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Wolfgang Schneiderhan & Helmut Winschermann, Aurele Nicolet, Irmgard Seefried, Geza Anda, Pierre Fournier, Janos Starker, Carl Seemann, Wilhelm Kempff, Friedrich Wührer, Walter Klien, Festival Strings Lucerne, Collegium Musicum Zürich, Berliner Philharmoniker, Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Bamberger Symphoniker, NDR Sinfonieorchester, Wiener Symphoniker, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Rudolf Baumgartner, Paul Sacher, Karl Richter, Eugen Jochum, Paul van Kempen, Wilhelm Furtwängler, Ferenc Fricsay, Ernest Ansermet, Ferdinand Leitner, Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt, Hans Rosbaud, Karel Ancerl

Hij zat bij Pietro Mascagni op schoot als "wonderkind", hij begeleidde de ballerina Anna Pavlova's "Stervende zwaan" en Fritz Kreisler bekende aan de jonge violist dat hij niet wist wat hij hem anders moest leren. "Niemand zet Schneiderhan in een rij met Kreisler, Heifetz, Huberman, Szigeti of Stern, en toch was hij net zo'n perfecte violist als ieder van hen, misschien zelfs meer volmaakt," schreef de criticus Tully Potter.

Wolfgang Schneiderhan's spel was nobel, evenwichtig en sober, maar even intens, soulvol en ontroerend. Artistieke afstand en directe expressie waren voor hem geen tegenpolen. Hij hechtte belang aan een betrouwbare notatie en stelde zichzelf in dienst van het werk - deugden die later belangrijk zouden worden voor de historische uitvoeringspraktijk. Kortom, we moeten een fascinerende kunstenaar herontdekken.

Nu verschijnen voor het eerst Schneiderhans complete werken op 34 cd's in een box op het label DG. Zijn repertoire reikt van barok tot hedendaagse muziek, met Bach, Beethoven, Brahms en Mozart als belangrijkste aandachtspunten. We beleven de violist met verrukkelijke toegiften, maar ook als begeleider van zijn vrouw, de sopraan Irmgard Seefried. Naast talloze cd-premières bevat de box vier niet eerder uitgebrachte opnamen. Een 104 pagina's tellend boekje met teksten van Tully Potter, Franz Fassbind en Wolfgang Schneiderhan en diverse foto's en documenten uit het DG-archief maken het portret compleet.

Bach, J S:
 Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F Major, BWV1046
 Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G major, BWV1049
 Cantata BWV202 'Weichet Nur, betrübte Schatten' (Wedding Cantata)
 Concerto for Two Violins in D minor, BWV1043
 Partita for solo violin No. 2 in D minor, BWV1004
 Sonatas for Violin & Harpsichord Nos. 1-6, BWV1014-1019
 Sonata for Violin & Harpsichord No. 1 in B minor, BWV1014
 Sonata for Violin & Harpsichord No. 2 in A major, BWV1015
 Sonata for Violin & Harpsichord No. 3 in E major, BWV1016
 Sonata for Violin & Harpsichord No. 4 in C minor, BWV1017
 Sonata for Violin & Harpsichord No. 5 in F minor, BWV1018
 Sonata for Violin & Harpsichord No. 6 in G major, BWV1019
 Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, BWV1041
 Violin Concerto No. 2 in E major, BWV1042

Bartók:
 Violin Sonata No. 2, BB 85, Sz. 76

Beethoven:
 Triple Concerto for Piano, Violin, and Cello in C major, Op. 56
 Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61
 Violin Sonatas Nos. 1-10
 Violin Sonata No. 1 in D major, Op. 12 No. 1
 Violin Sonata No. 2 in A major, Op. 12 No. 2
 Violin Sonata No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 12 No. 3
 Violin Sonata No. 4 in A minor, Op. 23
 Violin Sonata No. 5 in F major, Op. 24 'Spring'
 Violin Sonata No. 6 in A major, Op. 30 No. 1
 Violin Sonata No. 7 in C minor, Op. 30 No. 2
 Violin Sonata No. 8 in G major, Op. 30 No. 3
 Violin Sonata No. 9 in A major, Op. 47 ‘Kreutzer'
 Violin Sonata No. 10 in G major, Op. 96

Brahms:
 Double Concerto for Violin & Cello in A minor, Op. 102
 Hungarian Dance No. 5 in G minor
 Scherzo in C minor for violin and piano, WoO 2
 Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77
 Violin Sonata No. 1 in G major, Op. 78
 Violin Sonata No. 2 in A major, Op. 100
 Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor, Op. 108

Bruch:
 Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26

Debussy:
 Violin Sonata in G minor

Dvorak:
 Sonatina for violin and piano in G major, Op. 100

Elgar:
 La Capricieuse, Op. 17

Franck, C:
 Violin Sonata in A major

Henze, H:
 Violin Concerto No. 1

Hindemith:
 Sonata for Violin & Piano in C major

Kreisler:
 Caprice Viennois, Op. 2
 Liebesfreud
 Liebesleid

Martin, F:
 Violin Concerto

Mendelssohn:
 Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64

Mozart:
 Adagio for Violin and Orchestra in E, K261
 Ch'io mi scordi di te?... Non temer, amato bene, K505
 L'amerò, sarò costante (from Il re pastore)
 Rondo for Violin and Orchestra in B flat, K269
 Rondo for Violin and Orchestra in C, K373
 Violin Concerto No. 4 in D major, K218
 Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major, K219 'Turkish'
 Violin Concertos Nos. 1-5:
  No. 1 in B flat major K207
  No. 2 in D major, K211
  No. 3 in G major, K216
  Violin Sonata No. 17 in C major, K296
 Violin Sonata No. 18 in G major, K301
 Violin Sonata No. 21 in E minor, K304
 Violin Sonata No. 22 in A major, K305
 Violin Sonata No. 23 in D major, K306
 Violin Sonata No. 24 in F major, K376
 Violin Sonata No. 25 in F major, K377
 Violin Sonata No. 26 in B flat major, K378
 Violin Sonata No. 27 in G major, K379
 Violin Sonata No. 28 in E flat major, K380
 Violin Sonata No. 32 in B flat major, K454
 Violin Sonata No. 33 in E flat major K481
 Violin Sonata No. 35 in A major, K526

Prokofiev:
 Violin Sonata No. 2 in D major, Op. 94a

Reger:
 Wiegenlied, Op. 79d, 1

Saint-Saëns:
 Le carnaval des animaux: Le Cygne

Schubert of Dresden Jr.:
 Die Biene, Op. 13 No. 9
 Fantasie in C major for violin and piano, D934
 Grand Duo for Violin and Piano in A Major, D574
 Rondo brillant in B minor, D895 (Op. 70)
 Sonata (Sonatina) for violin & piano in A minor, D385 (Op. posth. 137 No. 2)
 Sonata (Sonatina) for violin & piano in D major, D384 (Op. posth. 137 No. 1)
 Sonatina (Sonatina) in G minor, D408 (Op. posth. 137 No. 3)

Schumann:
 Violin Sonata No. 1 in A minor, Op. 105

Strauss, R:
 Violin Sonata in E flat major, Op. 18

Stravinsky:
 Duo concertant
 Violin Concerto in D

Tartini:
 Violin Concerto in D minor, D45

Vivaldi:
 Concerto, Op. 3 No. 11 'Con due Violini e Violoncello obligato', RV 565
 The Four Seasons: Autumn, RV293 / Spring, RV269 / Summer, RV315 / Winter, RV297