INTRODUCTION ET RONDO CAPRICCIOSO, OP. 28
COMPOSER: CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS

VIOLIN AND PIANO
SERIES: HENLE MUSIC FOLIOS
PUBLISHER: HENLE URTEXT EDITION
FORMAT: SOFTCOVER
SCORE AND SOLO PART
EDITOR: PETER JOST

DESCRIPTION:
-THIS HIGHLY VIRTUOSIC CONCERT PIECE, COMPOSED IN 1863, IS ONE OF THE WORKS THAT SAINT-SAËNS WROTE ESPECIALLY FOR HIS FRIEND PABLO DE SARASATE. THE GREAT VIOLIN VIRTUOSOS OF THE 19TH CENTURY DELIGHTED THEIR AUDIENCES WITH IT - FIRST THE DEDICATEE HIMSELF, THEN LATER, MOST NOTABLY, EUGÈNE YSAŸE. “IT`S A KIND OF FANTASY WALTZ IN THE SPANISH MANNER, ENCHANTING IN ITS EFFECT,” WROTE A MUSIC CRITIC BACK IN 1876. TODAY, THIS WORK IS IN THE REPERTOIRE OF ALL THE GREAT VIOLINISTS. THE HENLE URTEXT EDITION IS THE FIRST-EVER CRITICAL EDITION OF THIS WORK. THE SOLO PART HAS BEEN ANNOTATED BY AUGUSTIN HADELICH.