Jascha Heifetz plays Bach & Mozart Violin Concertos
Bach, J S: | Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, BWV1041 Recorded 6th December, 1953 in Republic Pictures Studios, Hollywood Los Angeles Philharmonic, Alfred Wallenstein Violin Concerto No. 2 in E major, BWV1042 Recorded 6th December, 1953 in Republic Pictures Studios, Hollywood Los Angeles Philharmonic, Alfred Wallenstein Concerto for Two Violins in D minor, BWV1043 Recorded 14th and 19th October, 1946 in Hollywood Jascha Heifetz (both solo parts) RCA Victor Chamber Orchestra, Franz Waxman | Mozart: | Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major, K219 "Turkish" Recorded 29th-30th May, 1951 in EMI Abbey Road Studio No. 1, London (Cadenzas: Joseph Joachim) London Symphony Orchestra, Malcolm Sargent |
One of the great 20th century violinists, at his best Heifetz played the concerto and sonata repertoire with a strong command of structure, minute attention to detail and an unequalled sensuous beauty of tone. Although Heifetz regarded the music of Mozart and Bach as integral to his repertoire, his style was grounded in a Romantic sensibility that sometimes courted controversy. Of the Mozart Concertos, Heifetz favoured the D major, K218 (recorded on Naxos 8.110941) and the A major, K219, which is heard on this re-issue in the second of three he made. Heifetz recorded the two Bach solo concertos only once. On these and his first recording of the Double Concerto, Heifetz’s playing (of both parts) is typically elegant and emotionally charged. | 
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