Poème élégiaque by Eugène Ysaÿe

Eugène Ysaÿe was a composer, conductor, and violinist. He was born in Liège, Belgium in 1858 and during his life never hesitated to amuse people: say, Pablo Casals, one of the greatest cellists ever, insisted that Ysaÿe was the only violinist to play in tune he has heard. To justify those other violinists we can assume that Casals had a perfect pitch and it was more inaccurate tuning than their own fault; however, that doesn’t affect the fact that Ysaÿe was outstanding musician – even an international violin competition was created as a tribute to his mastery. Here is his twelfth opus for violin and piano: Poème élégiaque in D minor, Op.12.