Ginette Doyen

Johannes Brahms - Concerto for Violin and Orchestra
Ginette Neveu, violin / Sinfonieorchester des NDR / Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt
EAC+LOG+CUE | FLAC: 202 MB | Full Artwork: 43 MB | 5% Recovery Info
Label/Cat#: Acante # 43 314 | Country/Year: Germany 198_, 1982
Genre: Classical, Historical Recording | Style: Romantic, Violin

Ginette Neveu (11 August 1919 – 28 October 1949) was a famous French classical violinist who was killed in a plane crash at the age of 30. At age 16, Ginette Neveu achieved worldwide celebrity status when she won the Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition over 180 contestants, including the future virtuoso David Oistrakh, who finished second, and Henri Temianka, who finished third. Édith Piaf wrote of Neveu in her autobiography: "I would have traveled thousands of miles to hear the great Ginette Neveu…."

"Moi-même je le raconte, je le vois, et je me dis c'est pas possible d'avoir survécu…"
Arrêtée par la Gestapo en mars 1944 à Avignon avec son père, son petit frère et son neveu, Ginette Kolinka est déportée à Birkenau : elle sera seule à en revenir, après avoir été transférée à Bergen-Belsen, Raguhn et Theresienstadt. Dans ce convoi se trouvent deux jeunes filles dont elle deviendra l'amie, Simone Jacob et Marceline Rozenberg, plus tard Simone Veil et Marceline Loridan-Ivens. …

In the light of her untimely death, Ginette Neveu’s artistic achievements are legendary; she is remembered both for her outstanding personality and her prodigious talent. She was the world’s first great female violinist, adored everywhere and critically acclaimed for her virile playing that combined irresistible force, passion, intensity, lyricism, sonority and precision.

"Moi-même je le raconte, je le vois, et je me dis c'est pas possible d'avoir survécu…"
Arrêtée par la Gestapo en mars 1944 à Avignon avec son père, son petit-frère de douze ans et son neveu, Ginette Kolinka est déportée à Auschwitz-Birkenau : elle sera seule à en revenir, après avoir été transférée à Bergen-Belsen, Raguhn et Theresienstadt. Dans ce convoi du printemps 1944 se trouvaient deux jeunes filles dont elle devint amie, plus tard : Simone Veil et Marceline Rosenberg, pas encore Loridan – Ivens. …

The French violinist Ginette Neveu was just 30 when her plane crashed in the Azores in October 1949. She had studied with George Enescu and Carl Flesch, and as The Observer wrote in 1945, “Her playing was superbly vigorous and passionate, and made the impression that its great qualities, such as eloquent phrasing and an apparently limitless range and variety of tone, came from the only true source – an identity with the music and with her instrument.” Her complete recordings, specially remastered from the best sources available, are gathered on these four CDs, with her incandescent Sibelius Concerto taking pride of place.