 |
| Rachel Barton |
Rachel Barton, violin and the Encore Chamber Orchestra conducted by Daniel Hege
I Allegro
II Adagio, ma non troppo (11:40)
III Allegro moderato (16:34)
José Silvestre White Lafitte (17 January 1836 in Matanzas, Cuba - 12--15 March 1918, Paris, France), also known as Joseph, was a Cuban violinist and composer. His father Don Carlos White was Spanish and his mother was Afro-Cuban.
 |
| Cuban violinist and composer José White (1836-1918). Shown here after he received the 1st prize for violin at the Conservatoire de Paris in 1856. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
White gave his first concert in Matanzas on 21 March 1854. He was accompanied by the visiting American pianist-composer Louis Moreau Gottschalk, "who encouraged him to pursue further violin studies in Paris and raised money for him to travel there". José White studied at the Paris Conservatory between the years 1855 and 1871 and was highly praised by Rossini. From 1877 to 1889 he was director of the Imperial Conservatory in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, after which he returned to Paris to spend the rest of his days. The famous 1737 "Swansong" Stradivari was his instrument.
