Charles-Auguste de Bériot: Violin Concerto No.3, in E Minor, , Philippe Quint (violin)

Charles Auguste de Bériot - Violin Concerto No. 3 in E Minor, Op. 44, Philippe Quint (violin), Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Kirk Trevor (conductor) I. Moderato – 0:00 II. Adagio – 13:27 -------- III. Rondo: Allegretto - Allegro vivace – 19:08 “Charles-Auguste de Bériot, (b. Feb. 20, 1802, Leuven, Belgium—d. April 8, 1870, Brussels), was a Belgian violinist and composer known for establishing a particular performance style (the Franco-Belgian school) that combined classical elegance with technical virtuosity. His first teacher was Jean-François Tiby, who became Bériot’s guardian upon the death of his parents. He was so gifted that at the age of nine he performed a Giovanni Battista Viotti concerto in public. Later he undertook instruction from the noted Belgian violinist Andre who had been a pupil of Viotti. At that time, it was customary for musicians from the Low Countries to further their studies in Paris, and so, in 1821 at the age of nineteen, Bériot travelled to Paris to play for Viotti. He was pr