Biddulph Recordings
Rene Schmees - Renee Chemet : The Victor Recordings - Import CD
Rene Schmees - Renee Chemet : The Victor Recordings - Import CD
CD
Classical Music
December 11, 2025
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Catalog No.: BIDD85065
JAN/ISBN: 4589538828011
Number of Discs: 1
Country/Region of Manufacture: Import
Credits:
Rene Schmees
Description:
This is a collection of recordings by French-born Renée Schmay (1887-1977) from her Victor years in the US. Together with the previously released HMV recordings (BIDD85064), this rare reissue revives the long-overlooked appeal of this violinist. In 1921, Schmay performed Saint-Saens' Violin Concerto No. 3 at Carnegie Hall under Mengelberg's baton, and was hailed as the "French Kreisler." Schmay established his popularity in the United States, where he was signed by Victor (later RCA). He was signed by Victor (later RCA) and released his recordings as "Red Seal" (commonly known as "Red Disc" in Japan), a sign of a signature artist along with Kreisler, Ehrman, Heifetz, etc. This CD is the result of the Victorian era, when Schmöller's recordings were released on the Victor label. This CD reissues those Victor-era recordings. The first half of the album contains small pieces of classical music, while the second half features performances of popular songs that were popular at the time, with an eye on the American market. In Mozart's Rondo, the fast main part, with its unimpeded speed and technical brilliance, contrasts beautifully with the graceful singing in the middle part, and in small pieces by Tchaikovsky, Wieniawski, and Pierné, the use of free intonation and portamento allows for a very dense emotional expression. The use of intonation and portamento in the smaller pieces by Tchaikovsky, Wieniawski, Pierné, and others allows the listener to hear a very dense emotional expression.Popular songs were a favorite of Caruso and others, but Schmaye did not stop at imitating them, but made them into rewarding little pieces with violin-like intonation and the use of heavy notes. Schmay's Victor recordings came to an end with the Great Depression in 1929, and the only recording she made after that was "Haru no Umi" (Sea in Spring), which is included at the end of this album. It is said that he borrowed the score of "Spring Sea" written for koto and shakuhachi, and arranged it for violin and koto in one night. This is the last official recording of her life. At a time when it was still rare for leading Western musicians to come to Japan, "Spring Sea" was a pioneering example of "West meets East," and Schmay's open-mindedness can be felt in the way that she did not regard traditional Japanese music and its instruments as "behind the times," but rather as a duet. Although Schmay died out in the 1940s, the booklet of the previously released HMV recording of the duet shows that Japanese musicians visited Schmay's home in Paris many times after that, which is a heartwarming episode. Naxos Japan
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