FLAC tracks | Classical | 00:51:32 | 270 MbTibor Varga (1921-2003) was six years old when he made his first public appearance.

At ten, he took on his first solo role with an orchestra, performing the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto op.

64.

At the age of 13, he made his first recordings.

At 14, he took on his first concert tours abroad, until his career had abruptly been interrupted by World War II.

After the War he continued his concert activities, becoming one of the most prominent soloists.

Varga collaborated with eminent conductors such as Ernest Ansermet, Leonard Bernstein, Pierre Boulez, Ferenc Fricsay, Wilhelm Furtwängler, Igor Markevitch, Hans Rosbaud, Georg Solti and others.

He performed with the greatest orchestras such as the Philharmonia Orchestra London and the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra and recorded for labels such as Deutsche Grammophon and EMI.

A recording of the Bartok Violin Concerto no.

2 with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra under Ferenc Fricsay as well as his versions of the Violin Concertos by Max Bruch, Mozart, Carl Nielsen, Paganini, Tchaikovsky etc.

have become major references of musical interpretation.

Tracklist:01. Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Major, K. 219: I. Allegro aperto – Adagio – Allegro aperto (Live Recording, Lausanne)02. Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Major, K. 219: II. Adagio (Live Recording, Lausanne)03. Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Major, K. 219: III. Rondeau. Tempo di minuetto (Live Recording, Lausanne)04. Concerto funèbre: I. Introduction. Largo (Live Recording, Sion)05. Concerto funèbre: II. Adagio (Live Recording, Sion)06. Concerto funèbre: III. Allegro di molto (Live Recording, Sion)07. Concerto funèbre: IV. Choral. Langsamer Marsch (Live Recording, Sion)