From a CD album attached to a book "Henryk Wieniawski. Klasyka na CD" [Henryk Wieniawski. Classics on CD]. Recorded in 1962 by Radio Merkury and published by Henryk Wieniawski Musical Society in 2001.
"The undisputed winner of the subsequent, fourth violinist contest was the American Charles Treger. He managed to reconcile the verdict by members of the jury with this of the audience, whose younger members for the first time (and so far, the last) expressed their delight by carrying their hero from the auditorium on their shoulders. Although the 27-year-old artist and mature virtuoso (with over 700 appearances under his belt) was already Professor at the Iowa Conservatory, he was pleased as Punch with his success. His joy was perhaps greater than when he performed Wieniawski’s Concerto with the orchestra at the age of 11. When he wrote about it in the competition questionnaire, he said that “the Same Charles Treger” had for long been familiar with Wieniawski. Interpreters overlooked this case subtlety and from then on, in almost all press reports, the no. 1 hero of the 1962 Competition was referred to by two first names: “Same Charles”. Other laureates were a little overshadowed. The Ukrainian, Oleh Krysa (Second Prize), and Pole, Krzysztof Jakowicz (Third Prize), then very much unknown, today attract music-lovers to concert halls around the globe. Charles Trager in turn, hundreds of domestic and international successes later, has nowadays mainly concentrated on work with his countless alumni. However, on his webpage he still emphasizes his 1962 Polish victory, as well as remembers the congratulations he received from President John Kennedy; in the image section, a prominent place is taken by a photograph in which he is showing the Poznań Diploma to his wife and two daughters." - Wieniawski Society
10 Sonatas for Violin and Piano - Complete Cycle Historic Concerts in 1975: Live Recordings Millard Auditorium, Hartt College of Music
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