(1995) Arriaga: The Three String Quartets Georg Friedrich Händel and his love for these

and his love for these works is manifest in profound interpretations played with incomparable authenticity

and for his portrayals of the Evangelist in the Bach Passions

Haefliger's career as an opera singer led him to all the music centres of the world

The Fantasy for Piano and Orchestra is forceful and majestic

he confided

(1995) Arriaga: The Three String Quartets Georg Friedrich Händel and his love for theseThe premature death of Juan Crisostomo Jacobo Antonio de Arriaga y Balzola (Bilbao 1806 Paris 1826) ended the promising career of a gifted performer, composer and teacher. Arriaga first began performing as a child prodigy on the violin, appearing in cafes as well as in the noble salons in his hometown Bilbao. He soon turned to composition and quickly won critical acclaim and international recognition. The violinist Vaccari compared the young composer