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Fritz Kreisler - Meditation from Thaïs, the earliest of his 4 recordings

Recorded in 1910, 16 years after Thaïs was composed. George Falkestein, piano. Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962) plays the Meditation from Thaïs by Jules Massenet (1842-1912) arranged by Marsick who taught Carl Flesch, Jacques Thibaud, and George Enescu (see below). The piece was originally scored for solo violin and orchestra as part of an entr'acte in the second act of Massenet's 1894 opera Thaïs. Martin Pierre Joseph Marsick (9 March 1847 in Jupille-sur-Meuse -- 21 October 1924 in Paris), was a Belgian violin player, composer and teacher. His violin was made by Antonio Stradivari in 1705 and has since become known as the Ex Marsick Stradivarius. It was the instrument of David Oistrakh from 1966 to 1974. In 1854, seven-year old Marsick was admitted to the Royal Conservatory of Music in Liège, to study violin with Désiré Heynberg (1831--1898). Graduating with the gold medal in 1864, he continued his studies in Brussels with Hubert Léonard and became the pupil of Joseph Massart (Kreisler's teacher 20 years later)at the Paris Conservatory in 1868. In 1871, Marsick joined the newly established Société Nationale de Musique in Paris and also founded a string quartet. Between 1875 and 1895, he performed in concerts in collaboration with the leading conductors in Paris - Charles Lamoureux, Jules Pasdeloup, and Édouard Colonne, while also touring the rest of Europe and the United States. He played additionally with Joseph Joachim and in a trio with the cellist Anatoliy Brandukov and the pianist Vladimir von Pachmann. From 1892 until 1900, he was a professor at the Paris Conservatory, where his students included Carl Flesch, Jacques Thibaud, and George Enescu. In 1900, he deserted his wife Berthe Marsick née Mollot (1848--1923; married 1872; divorced 1910) and his pupils and fled abroad with a married woman. Although the woman later rejoined her husband and Marsick returned to Paris in 1903, his professional career never recovered from the scandal and he died in poverty.