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Musician of Classical
Hyman Bress was a Canadian violinist (born June 30, 1931, Cape Town, South Africa). He is known for having recorded the violin concertos of Joseph Joachim and Ernest Bloch, probably the first to do so, among many other obscure works. He was the first violinist and founder of the Montreal String Quartet with the Joachim brothers. He became concertmaster, at age 27, of the Montreal Symphony for one season (1958-59) then continued his concertizing career as a soloist, often with major orchestras like the Berlin Philharmonic and the London Symphony and continued playing with the quartet until 1963. In the 1960s Bress recorded a series of five records for Folkways Records entitled The Violin, covering material from the Baroque to the Twentieth Century and included one of his own electronic compositions – the Fantasy for Violin, Piano, and electric tape. In New York, circa 1962, he presented his Fantasy while the score of the piece was being shown on a large screen as it was being played – one of the first instances of a multi-media concert presentation. He died on October 30, 1995 in Montreal.
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Title | Artist | Year | Type |
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Sonata Nr. 2 A-moll BWV 1003 / Partita Nr.2 D-moll BWV 1004 | Johann Sebastian Bach, Hyman Bress | 1997 | Album |
Two Romantic Sonatas For Violin | Hyman Bress | 1985 | Album |
Houslové Skladby | Franz Schubert, Hyman Bress, Alfred Holeček | 1978 | Album |
Violin Concerto In D Major, Opus 35 / Zigeunerweisen | Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky / Pablo de Sarasate, Hyman Bress - Solo Violin / The London Philharmonic Orchestra | 1974 | Album |
Violinkonzert Op. 36 / Suite Für Sieben Instrumente Op. 29 | Arnold Schoenberg - Hyman Bress, The Prague Symphony Orchestra, Jindřich Rohan, Musica Viva Pragensis, Zbyněk Vostřák | 1974 | Album |
Violin Piano | Hyman Bress, Charles Reiner, Sergei Prokofiev | 1969 | Album |
5 Concerti Fur Violine Und Orchester | Antonio Vivaldi, Hyman Bress, L'Orchestre Symphonique De Montreal | 1969 | Album |
Violin Concerto / Suite Hebraïque | Ernest Bloch, Hyman Bress, The Prague Symphony Orchestra, Jindřich Rohan | 1968 | Album |
Music And Musicians Of Canada Centennial Edition Vol VIII / Musique Et Musiciens Du Canada Edition Du Centenaire Vol VIII | Hyman Bress, Charles Reiner | 1967 | Album |
Violin Sonatas 1 & 2 | Ferruccio Busoni - Hyman Bress, Bengt Johnsson | 1967 | Album |
Eugène Ysaÿe: Six Sonatas For Solo Violin, Opus 27 | Hyman Bress | 1967 | Album |
Three Sonatas For Unaccompanied Violin From Opus 91 | Max Reger - Hyman Bress | 1966 | Album |
Spohr Violin Concertos 8 & 9 | Louis Spohr, Hyman Bress, Berliner Symphoniker Conducted By Richard Beck | 1966 | Album |
Sonatas Nos. 1 And 2 | Béla Bartók, Hyman Bress, Charles Reiner | 1966 | Album |
Violin Works Of Igor Stravinsky | Igor Stravinsky, Hyman Bress | 1964 | Album |
Sonatas For Violin And Piano | Robert Schumann, Hyman Bress, Charles Reiner | 1964 | Album |
Sonata And Partita For Violin Unaccompanied Vol.III | Johann Sebastian Bach, Hyman Bress | 1964 | Album |
5 Concerti For Violin & Orchestra | Antonio Vivaldi, Hyman Bress, L'Orchestre Symphonique De Montreal | 1963 | Album |
The Violin Vol. 5 | Hyman Bress / Charles Reiner / Roger Sessions / Anton Webern / Alois Hába | 1963 | Album |
The Violin Vol. 1 | Hyman Bress | 1962 | Album |
Baroque Records Sampler | Jean-Pierre Rampal, Kenneth Gilbert, Steven Staryk, Dresden Cathedral Choir, Alarius-Ensemble, Alexander Brott, The Sinnhoffer Quartet, Maria Varró, Charles Houdret, Hyman Bress | Album | |
Sonata And Partita For Violin Unaccompanied Vol. I | Johann Sebastian Bach, Hyman Bress | Album |