Jean Ter-Merguerian – L’ame du Violon

Contents:

Brahms: Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77

Jean Ter-Merguerian (violin), Boston Symphony Orchestra, Arthur Fiedler

Beethoven: Triple Concerto for Piano, Violin, and Cello in C major, Op. 56

Jean Ter-Merguerian (violin), Pierre Barbizet (piano), Yvan Chiffoleau (cello), Orchestre de Cannes-Provence-Côte d’Azur, Philippe Bender

Brahms: Violin Sonata No. 1 in G major, Op. 78

Jean Ter-Merguerian (violin), Monique Oberdoerffer (piano)

Bach, J S: Partita for solo violin No. 2 in D minor, BWV1004: Chaconne

Jean Ter-Merguerian (violin)

Mozart: Violin Sonata No. 26 in B flat major, K378

Jean Ter-Merguerian (violin), Monique Oberdoerffer (piano)

Saint-Saëns: Havanaise, Op. 83

Jean Ter-Merguerian (violin), Monique Oberdoerffer (piano)

Sarasate:

Danza Española No. 5: Playera Op. 23 No. 1

Caprice Basque, Op. 24

Jean Ter-Merguerian (violin), Monique Oberdoerffer (piano)

Ysaÿe: Sonata for solo violin in D minor, Op. 27 No. 3 ‘Ballade’

Jean Ter-Merguerian (violin)

Beethoven:

Violin Sonata No. 1 in D major, Op. 12 No. 1

Violin Sonata No. 7 in C minor, Op. 30 No. 2

Violin Sonata No. 9 in A major, Op. 47 ‘Kreutzer’

Violin Sonata No. 5 in F major, Op. 24 ‘Spring – Adagio molto espressivo

Jean Ter-Merguerian (violin), Pierre Barbizet (piano)

Mozart: Violin Sonata No. 17 in C major, K296

Jean Ter-Merguerian (violin), Gérard Gasparian (piano)

Gasparian: Sonata for Violin and Piano

Jean Ter-Merguerian (violin), Gérard Gasparian (piano)

Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61 – Rondo

Jean Ter-Merguerian (violin), Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française, Louis Fourestier

Khachaturian: Violin Concerto in D minor

Jean Ter-Merguerian (violin), Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra, Michael Maluntsian

Khachaturian:

Dance in B flat major, Op. 1

Dance of Ayshe

Jean Ter-Merguerian (violin), Nelli Daniel-Beck (piano)

Prokofiev: Ten Pieces from Romeo and Juliet, Op. 75: Masks

Jean Ter-Merguerian (violin), Nelli Daniel-Beck (piano)

Sarasate:

Danza Española No. 2: Habanera, Op. 21, No. 2

Danza Española No. 3: Romanza Andaluza, Op. 22, No. 1

Jean Ter-Merguerian (violin), Nelli Daniel-Beck (piano)

Komitas:

kh Maral Jan

Qeler-tsoler

Krunk (la grue)

Jean Ter-Merguerian (violin), Nelli Daniel-Beck (piano)

Jean Ter-Merguerian won the “1er Prix” at the age of 11 at the Conservatory of Marseille in the violin class of Gabriel Rey. On 18 May 1947, he made his debut as a soloist with the Vivaldi Concerto in A minor and the Mendelssohn Concerto in E minor together with the Orchestre du Conservatoire under the baton of André Audoli. In the same year his family emigrated to the Soviet Republic of Armenia, where he continued his musical studies in Yerevan with Karp Dombayev and then at the Moscow Conservatory in the class of David Oistrakh.