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Eudice Shapiro (1914 – 2007), violin, was Professor Emerita of
strings at the University of Southern California Thornton School of Music. She
was a graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music and a former student of Ivan
Shapiro and Efrem Zimbalist. An internationally renowned soloist, recitalist, chamber
musician, and recording artist, Shapiro appeared as orchestra soloist under
Eugene Goossens, Fritz Reiner, William Steinberg,
Josef Rosensock, Igor Stravinsky, and lzler Solomon, and in chamber performances with Arthur
Schnabel, Bruno Walter, Lili Kraus, Rudolf Firkusny, Jascha Heifetz, Gregor Piatigorsky, Zara Nelsova, Darius Milhaud, and Leonard Pennario.
She was a frequent adjudicator for international competitions, taught master
classes nationally and in the Far East and was an artist-teacher at the Aspen
Festival and the Flagstaff Festival. More recently, she was an
artist-in-residence at the Manchester (Vermont) Music Festival and at the
Fairbanks (Alaska) Music Festival. Her former students appear in major
orchestras and on college faculties throughout the world. She received the
U.S.C. Ramo Music Faculty Award for Excellence in
Teaching, the ASTA Teacher of the Year Award, the Crossroads School Superior
Teaching Award, and an honorary doctorate from Northern Arizona University.
CD302: STRAVINSKY, Suites from Pulcinella, Firebird, Fairy’s Kiss,
Apollo, Mavra, & Petroushka. All for violin & piano (Stravinsky’s own arrangements); ERNST
TOCH: Violin Sonata. Eudice Shapiro, violin;
Ralph Berkowitz, piano. UPC 009414730220 BUY NOW
"Recording of
Special Merit",
Stereo Review. "Sensationally good", San Francisco Chronicle
Sound
samples (uses RealPlayer) Click on the link to hear up to
one minute of the movement shown.
Stravinsky Suite: Mvt 1(Introductione)
Mvt 2(Serenata) Mvt 3(Tarantella) Mvt 4(Gavotta)
Mvt 5(Minuetto) Apollon musagete:
Danse Firebird Suite: Berceuse Scherzo Mavra: Parashaճ Aria Le baiser de la
fee: Ballad Petrouchka: Danse
russe Sonata Mvt 1(Allegro non troppo) Mvt 2(Adagio non troppo) Mvt 3(Allegro giocoso)
CD836: Eudice Shapiro, Violin. With Brooks Smith, Piano. Igor
Stravinsky: Duo Concertant and Divertimento.
Lukas Foss: String Quartet No. 1. UPC 009414783622 BUY NOW
Stravinsky’s Duo Concertant
and Divertimento were recorded in 1962 in Los Angeles, California and
originally released on Ava Records. Foss’ String Quartet No.1 was originally released on
Columbia Masterworks LP. Shapiro is a member of the America Art Quartet in this
recording for which recording dates and other information are unavailable.
“Eudice Shapiro
is an absolute dynamo in these archival recordings of Stravinsky and Foss. The former
student of Efrem Zimbalist digs in with such verve that the music gains an
extra infectious aura.”
Gramophone, March 2007 “The Duo Concertant (1931) and the Divertimento
(from Le baiser de la fe)
are both prime Stravinskyɴhis
[recording] feels both authentic and sincere.” International
Record Review, January 2007 “Lukas Foss’
warm and
inviting First String Quartet was written in 1947 when he was just 23. It would
be impressive for a composer of any age. The American Art Quartet bestow on it
their collective love.” International Record Review, January 2007 “She works on the present disc have more
melodic concentration in common than you may at first have guessed. The Foss
demands to be heard. The Stravinsky pieces show the composer as passionate and
engaging at a more human level than was his wont in later years. Musicweb Sound samples (uses
RealPlayer) Click on the link to hear up to one minute of the
movement shown.
Stravinsky: Duo Concertant Cantilena Eclogue
I Eclogue
II Jig
Dithyramb Stravinsky: Divertimento Sinfonia,
Danses Suisses Scherzo Pas
de Deux Foss: String
Quartet No. 1
CD850: LOU HARRISON, Concerto for
Violin and Percussion; Concerto for Organ with Percussion Orchestra. Eudice
Shapiro, violin; David Craighead, organ; Los Angeles Percussion Ensemble,
William Kraft, conductor.
"Recording of
Special Merit",
Stereo Review. "The violin soars and sings. Superb performance" High
Fidelity "...marvelous expressive
melodies in the Violin Concerto. The Organ Concerto is even more flamboyant...
particularly joyous." Fanfare.
UPC 009414785022 BUY NOW
Sound samples (uses RealPlayer) Click on the link to hear up to one minute
of the movement shown.
Concerto for Violin: Mvt 1(Allegro maestoso) Mvt 2(Largo)
Mvt 3(Allegro)
Concerto for Organ: Mvt 1(Allegro) Mvt 2(Andante)
Mvt 3(Largo) Mvt 4(Canons and Choruses) Mvt 5(Allegro Finale)
CD801: MUSIC OF HOVHANESS Symphony
No.11: All Men Are Brothers (Royal Philharmonic – Hovhaness conducting),
Prayer of St. Gregory (Thomas Stevens, trumpet), Armenian Rhapsody No.1 (Crystal Chamber Orchestra –
Ernest Gold conducting), Tzaikerk (Eudice Shapiro, violin; Gretel Shanley, flute). UPC 009414780126 BUY
NOW
Sound
samples (uses
RealPlayer) Click on the link
to hear approximately one minute of the movement shown.
Symphony
No. 11 Armenian
Rhapsody Prayer
of St. Gregory Tzaikerk
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