Jascha Heifetz: The Master Violinist - Icon

CD 1 - Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D minor, Op.47; with London Philharmonic Orchestra Sir Thomas Beecham
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D, Op.35; with London Philharmonic Orchestra John Barbirolli
Glazunov: Violin Concerto in A minor, Op.82; with London Philharmonic Orchestra John Barbirolli
CD 2 - Mozart: Violin Concerto No.4 in D, K.218; with Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Sir Thomas Beecham
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor, Op.64; with Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Sir Thomas Beecham
Mozart: Violin Concerto No.5 in D, K.219; with London Philharmonic Orchestra John Barbirolli
CD 3 - Wieniawski: Violin Concerto No.2 in D minor, Op.22
Vieuxtemps: Violin Concerto No.4 in D minor, Op.31 with London Philharmonic Orchestra John Barbirolli
Vieuxtemps: Violin Concerto No.5 in A minor, Op.37; with London Symphony Orchestra Sir Malcolm Sargent
Saint-Saëns: Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso in A minor, Op.28; Havanaise in E, Op.83; with London Philharmonic Orchestra John Barbirolli
CD 4 - Bach: Sonata No.1 in G minor, BWV1001; Partita No.2 in D minor, BWV1004; Sonata No.3 in C, BWV1005; Bach arr. Heifetz: English Suite No.3 in G minor, BWV808; with Arpád Sándor
CD 5: Clérambault arr. G. Dandelot: Largo in C minor; with Arpád Sándor
Bazzini: La Ronde de Lutins (Scherzo fantastique), Op.25; with Emanuel Bay
Strauss arr Heifetz: 3 Stimmungsbilder, Op.9 No.2 'An einsamer Quelle'; with Arpád Sándor
Wieniawski: 4 Polonaise No.1 in D, Op.4; with Emanuel Bay
Glazunov: Méditation in D, Op.32 with Arpád Sándor
Wieniawski: 6 Scherzo-tarantelle in G minor, Op.16; with Arpád Sándor
Debussy arr. Heifetz: 7 L'Enfant prodique – Prélude; with Arpád Sándor
Albéniz arr. Heifetz: 8 Suite española, Op.47 – No.3 'Sevilla'; with Arpád Sándor
Elgar: 9 La Capriccieuse, Op.17; with Arpád Sándor
Moszkowski arr. Sarasate: 10 Guitarre, Op.45 No.2; with Arpád Sándor
Falla arr. Kreisler: La vida breve – Danse española No.1; with Emanuel Bay
Dohnányi arr. Kreisler: Ruralia hungarica, Op.32a No.6 – Gypsy andante (Adagio non troppo) with Arpád Sándor
Korngold: Much ado about nothing, Op.11 No.3 – 'Dogberry and Verges'; with Arpád Sándor
Milhaud arr. C. Lévy: Saudades do Brasil, Op.67 No.9 – Sumaré; with Arpád Sándor
Castelnuovo-Tedesco arr. Heifetz: Alt Wien, Op.30 No.1 – Valse; with Arpád Sándor
Poulenc: Trois Mouvements perpétuels - No.1 Assez modéré; No.3 Alerte; with Emanuel Bay
Bach: English Suite No.3 in G minor, BWV808 – Gavottes 1 & 2; with Arpád Sándor
Szymanowski arr. P. Kochanski: King Roger – Roxanna's Song
Dinicu arr. Heifetz: Hora Staccato; with Emanuel Bay
Sarasate: 21 Zigeunerweisen, Op.20 No.1; with London Symphony Orchestra John Barbirolli
CD 6 - Vivaldi arr. Busch: Sonata in A, Op.2 No.2, RV31; with Arpád Sándor
Beethoven: Violin Sonata No.9 in A, Op.47 'Kreutzer'; with Benno Moiseiwitsch
Paganini: 24 Caprices, Op.1; No.13 in B flat (Allegro) arr. Kreisler; No.20 in D (Allegretto) arr. Kreisler (with Arpád Sándor); No.24 in A minor; (Tema Quasi presto con variazioni I-XI) arr. Auer with Arpád Sándor
Franck: Sonata in A; With Artur Rubinstein

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Jascha Heifetz was a Jewish Lithuanian-born American violin virtuoso who was born in 1901 and died in 1987. His father was a professional violinist who started to give him lessons when Heifetz was only three-years-old. He then went on to further studies and, when only six, was able to give a performance of the Mendelssohn Concerto.
Kreisler, after accompanying the 12-year-old Heifetz at the piano in a performance of the Mendelssohn Concerto, said to all present, 'We may as well break our fiddles across our knees'. Heifetz visited much of Europe while still in his teens and, in April 1911, he performed in an outdoor concert in St. Petersburg before an audience of 25,000; there was such a sensational reaction that police officers needed to protect the young violinist after the concert. Heifetz performed with the Berlin Philharmonic In 1914.
On October 27, 1917, Heifetz played for the first time in the United States at Carnegie Hall and became an immediate sensation. He became a US citizen in 1925.
Heifetz made his first recordings in Russia during 1910-11. Shortly after his Carnegie Hall début Heifetz made his first recordings for the Victor Talking Machine Company in the US. For several years in the 1930s Heifetz recorded primarily for HMV in the UK, because Victor had cut back on classical recordings during the Great Depression: many of the recordings here date from this time. His earliest recording in this set was made for The Victor Company in 1925 and the latest for EMI in 1949.

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