Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst: 6 Polyphonic Études (Turban)

Composer:
Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst (1812-1865)
Date of composition:
1862-1864
Performer:
Ingolf Turban (1964-) (from his album "Ernst: Romantic Pieces for Violin")
Date of recording:
1996
1. Rondino scherzo. Con spirito (F major) (0:00)
2. Allegretto (A major) (5:10)
3. Terzetto. Allegro moderato e tranquilo (E major) (8:03)
4. Allegro risoluto (C major) (13:13)
5. Air de Ballet. Allegretto con giusto (E-flat major) (15:59)
6. Variations on "The Last Rose of Summer" (G major) (19:21)
Score can be found on IMSLP.

[@canman5060]

They are even harder than Paganini !

[@donesixfour]

Yes.

[@SisselOnline]

So clear!
All the different violinists always make this piece so colorful with their own phrasing, and this one is really good!

[@tfh5575]

beginning of etude 2 reminds me of like, christmas in the 1950s. like what a jolly tune ha love it

[@DaveCalungsod]

Except playing it is definitely not jolly 😂

[@aksuli1]

Ernst nailed it here. Well played too.

[@enricofante4683]

excellent playing, it is very hard to make this pieces sound like music when there are so many difficulties and uncomfortable positions to go through

[@TheMatviolin]

Il terzetto è straordinario

[@user-ub3hj5xe1t]

Фантастика! Брависсимо!!!

[@Bibbzyy]

Turban has such great taste

[@canman5060]

You are still a long way to go for these etudes after fully mastering the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto in D.

[@K-Viz]

Wow the amount of chords and multiple lines makes this look like it could be suited for piano or guitar! :o

[@chuckcornelius194]

amazing speed on #4! how the hell's he do that?

[@SebastianBohrenViolin]

Amazing playing!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@gsm2424]

just PERFECT

[@manfred4766]

on his Ernst CD there are quite a few of other Ernst gems like Othello fantasie, Rondo Papageno and the Erlkönig !

[@riccardopini9340]

Ottimo !

[@juanjosekunertviolinist833]

Wonderfulllllllllllll

[@lovebeast6653]

im liking these and donts

[@canman5060]

I guess the ability to comfortably master the 5th position of the violin is the absolute minimum requirement for these etudes.

[@gsm2424]

the absolute minimum requirement is to master the entire violin technique...this is the hardest piece for violin, all of these 6 pieces

[@wilh3lmmusic]

@@gsm2424 Roman Kim: bonjour

[@henrykwieniawski7233]

@@wilh3lmmusic lmaoo

[@henrykwieniawski7233]

@@gsm2424 oh boy just wait until you see Roman Kim’s arrangement of Beethoven’s 5th symphony

[@iM_euG]

What do plus and minus signs in brackets mean?

[@gongfu4562]

This is totally insane....

[@stacia6678]

So hard

[@pulsar2049]

5:52 New complexity before new complexity.

[@Machodave2020]

Shit, now I gotta learn how to play this. I can't rest until I do.

[@shin-i-chikozima]

Prodegious

[@trevorpinnocky]

Where in the depths of hell was this written? I thought the Bach sonatas and partitas were bad.. omg…

[@waffled7854]

why do you think these etudes and bach's sonatas and partitas are bad?

[@mrtchaikovsky]

@@waffled7854 "Bad" in the sense of "absurdly difficult".

[@ahmetgur5491]

Maybe Ernst's pieces are harder than Paganini's.

[@canman5060]

Maybe the guitar version can make it a little easier !

[@RE-nv4we]

Although they are technically very difficult, they don't work very well as a performance piece, they're very much Etudes to test your patience. Paganini Caprices offer a different type of difficulty, but are somehow more musical and easier on the ear than these.

[@Gersh_Chervinsky]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingolf_Turban
Great virtuoso! Such a musician!