During the last two decades of the 19th century, the generation of Danish composers born in the 1860s started to make an impact. Among them was Fini Henriques, who also had a veritable soloist career as a violin virtuoso and became one of best best-known Danes of his age, appealing to virtually everyone, both high and low. Johannes Søe Hansen and Christina Bjørkøe explore here his shorter pieces for violin and piano, both individual pieces and those in the collections Kleine bunte Reihe and Novelletter. Short pieces with a sharp characterisation – works with charm, warm-heartedness and gravity.

Danish composer Fini Henriques’ production comprised stage music, piano and chamber music and, in addition, a large number of songs. Furthermore, Henriques had a veritable soloist career as a virtuoso violinist. His development as a composer seems to have been easy, playful and completely carefree and he became one of the best best–known Danes of his age, appealing to practically everybody, high or low.

Apart from the violin sonata, Fini Henriques has only written shorter pieces for the violin. Some of them have been included in collections, two of which have been recorded in their entirety on this release.

The extremely short Myggedans (Mosquito Dance) was one of the regular numbers on Fini Henriques’ solo performances around the country. A highly original piece, it allows the violinist to hold his audience spellbound.

Simultaneous with this release, Dacapo is releasing Fini Henriques: Piano Pieces (8226150) performed by Christina Bjørkøe. Thus with these two new releases, Dacapo is giving a very broad insight into Fini Henriques’ oeuvre.