Jacques Thibaud - de Falla: La Vida Breve

This white-hot interpretation is better than Kreisler’s, who arranged it, something I’d rarely say. Thibaud, Jacques, celebrated French violinist; b. Bordeaux, Sept. 27, 1880; d. in an airplane crash near Mt. Cemet, in the French Alps, en route to French Indochina, Sept. 1, 1953. He began his training with his father and made his debut at age 8 in Bordeaux; at 13, he entered the Paris Conservatory as a pupil of Martin Marsick, graduating with the premier prix in 1896. Obliged to earn his living, he played the violin at the Café Rouge in Paris, where he was heard by the conductor Colonne, who offered him a position in his orchestra; in 1898 he made his debut as a soloist (with Colonne) with such success that he was engaged for 54 concerts in Paris in the same season. Subsequently, he appeared in all the musical centers of Europe, and from 1903 visited America numerous times. With his two brothers, a pianist and a cellist, he formed a trio, which had some success, but this was discontinued when he joined