Heifetz: Encores Vol. 1

1946-1956 Recordings

Bennett, Robert: A Song Sonata: excerpt Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 11 Hungarian Dance No. 17 in F sharp minor Hungarian Dance No. 20 in E minor Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Tango Debussy: Préludes - Book 1: No. 8, La fille aux cheveux de lin Dinicu: Hora Staccato Falla: El Amor Brujo: Pantomime Khachaturian: Sabre Dance from Gayane Kroll: Banjo and Fiddle Medtner: Skazka (Fairy Tale), Op. 20 No 1 in B flat minor Paganini: Caprice for solo violin, Op. 1 No. 13 in B flat major Caprice for solo violin, Op. 1 No. 20 in D major Prokofiev: Gavotta, Op. 32/3 Pieces (10), Op. 12: No. 1 - March Rachmaninov: Étude-Tableau, Op. 39 No. 2 in A minor Daisies, Op. 38 No. 3 Oriental Dance, Op. 2 No. 2 Ravel: Sonatine: Mouvement de Menuet Valses nobles et sentimentales No. 6 in C major Valses nobles et sentimentales No. 7 in A minor Sgambati: Serenata napoletana, Op. 24 No. 2 Shostakovich: Fantastic Dance, Op. 5 No. 2 Shulman: Cod Liver ’Ile Stravinsky: Berceuse from The Firebird

Heifetz’s series of arrangements and transcriptions for violin and piano reveal just how tasteful and refined a musician he was. Crafted with precision, and played with passion, they are alive with his stylistic awareness. Whether in his Rachmaninov transcriptions or in Robert Russell Bennett’s A Song Sonata, Heifetz lavished equal care on these gems and they enriched his concert programmes. They also proved hugely popular on disc – thirteen pieces come from a 1960 LP famously called ‘Heifetz’ – and their variety, virtuosity and sheer beauty remain imperishable examples of the art of the violin. Mark Obert-Thorn, reissue producer and audio restoration engineer

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