Campoli (violin)
Eric Gritton (piano)
Polonaise No. 1, in D Legende
Caprice in E flat
Caprice in A minor Scherzo Tarantelle
Wieniawski, the son of a doctor in Poland, showed his musical bent so early that at the age of eight he was allowed to enter the Conservatoire in Paris, winning the first prize for violin playing when he was only eleven.
Most of his busy life was spent in concert tours, and even after his health was failing, he continued to make brilliantly successful appearances. His mastery of the instrument was so complete that his music for it is difficult and brilliant, demanding fine execution; it is all, however, so admirably suited to the violin that its popularity is inevitable.