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Bach, J S: | Concerto for Two Violins in D minor, BWV1043 with Efrem Zimbalist (violin) Partita for solo violin No. 3 in E, BWV1006: Gavotte | Chaminade: | Sérénade espagnole, Op. 150 arr. F. Kreisler for violin and piano | Chopin: | Mazurka No. 45 in A minor, Op. 67 No. 4 rr. F. Kreisler for violin and piano | Dvorak: | Sonatina for violin and piano in G major, Op. 100: Larghetto arr. F. Kreisler for violin and piano Slavonic Dance No. 10 in E minor, Op. 72 No. 2 arr. F. Kreisler for violin and piano Humoresque in G flat major, Op. 101 No. 7 version for piano solo | Gärtner: | Viennese Melody 'Aus Wien' arr. F. Kreisler for violin and piano | Godowsky: | Viennese (from Twelve Impressions) arr. F. Kreisler for violin and piano | Handel: | Ombra mai fu (from Serse) arr. F. Kreisler for violin and piano | Haydn: | Gott erhalte den Kaiser! arr. F. Kreisler for violin and piano | Kreisler: | Slavonic Dance in G minor arr. F. Kreisler from Dvorak's Op. 46, No. 2 and Op. 72, No. 1 for violin and piano Tambourin Chinois, Op. 3 | Mendelssohn: | Song without Words, Op. 62 No. 1 in G major 'May Breezes' arr. F. Kreisler for violin and piano | Nevin, E W: | The Rosary arr. F. Kreisler for violin and piano Mighty Lak' a Rose arr. for voice, violin and orchestra | Tchaikovsky: | Souvenir de Hapsal, Op. 2: No. 3. Song without Words in F major arr. F. Kreisler for violin and piano | Thomas, Ambroise: | Connais-tu le pays (from Mignon) arr. for voice, violin and orchestra |
For the main work on this album of American recordings made at the time of the Great War, Bach’s Double Concerto in D minor (slightly abridged to fit on three 78rpm sides, Kreisler is joined by the Russian violinist Efrem Zimbalist. The Appendix features three tracks with soprano Geraldine Farrar and the only surviving recording of Kreisler-as-pianist, playing Dvorak’s Humoresque. Producer and Audio Restoration Producer: Ward Marston | | | (also available to download from $9.00) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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| |  | Emil Gilels: Early Recordings Volume 2All tracks recorded in the USSR, 1937-1954
Producer: Jonathan Summers Audio Restoration Engineer: Ward Marston “healthy doses of both tumultuousness and poignant delicacy” BBC Music Magazine, September 2010 **** “In large-scale sonatas by Glazunov, Medtner and Prokofiev, his playing glows with conviction and includes passagework spun off with an all-Russian legato. Then, his outwardly formidable and unsmiling demeanour on the concert platform is erased in a performance of Tchaikovsky's "Chant sans paroles" of a beguiling charm” Gramophone Magazine, October 2010 | | | (also available to download from $9.00) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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| |  | Tchaikovsky & Grieg - The Original Piano Roll Recordings
Grainger enjoyed a duo career as a concert pianist and composer. These recordings, taken from
piano rolls, allow us to sample the uniqueness of Grainger’s musicianship and skill.
For those who have not experienced these piano roll recordings, this is a highly
recommended starting point. “Insightful and affectionate performances of the rarely-heard Norwegian Folk Song arrangements of Grieg are a particular delight here. Grainger's Tchaikovsky is equally discerning.” BBC Music Magazine, November 2008 **** | | | Usually despatched in 8 - 10 working days. |
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| |  | Kreisler - Russian and Slavonic MiniaturesArrangements and original works by Fritz Kreisler
Dvorak: | Songs My Mother Taught Me, Op. 55 No. 4 Slavonic Dance No. 10 in E minor, Op. 72 No. 2 Humoresque in G flat major, Op. 101 No. 7 Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95 'From the New World' - Largo Slavonic Dance No. 2 in E minor, Op. 46 No. 2 Slavonic Dance No. 16 in A flat major, Op. 72 No. 8 Sonatina for violin and piano in G major, Op. 100: Larghetto | Kreisler: | Slavonic Fantasie (on themes by Dvorák) Fantasy on Two Russian Themes (after Rimsky Korsakov) | Rimsky Korsakov: | Hymn to the Sun Scheherazade, Op. 35: Oriental Dance Scheherazade, Op. 35: Arabian Song Song of the Hindu Guest (from Sadko) | Tchaikovsky: | Souvenir de Hapsal, Op. 2: Scherzo Humoresque, Op. 10 No. 2 Souvenir de Hapsal, Op. 2: No. 3. Song without Words in F major Andante Cantabile (from String Quartet No. 1 in D Op. 11) |
Nicolas Koeckert (violin), Milana Chernyavska (piano) “Nicolas Koeckert, a prizewinner in the 2002 Moscow Tchaikovsky Competition, wears his virtuosity with an admirably light touch. The sheer beauty of Koeckert's tone, enhanced by his unexaggerated vibrato, is most apparent in the largo from Dvorák's Ninth Symphony, and in the Larghetto ('Indian lament') from the same composer's Violin Sonatina he weaves almost as magical a spell.” The Strad | | | (also available to download from $6.00) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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| |  | Kreisler - Transcriptions for Violin and Piano
Dimitry Sitkovetsky (violin) & Bruno Canino (piano) | | | Usually despatched in 3 - 4 working days. |
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"she plays with evident sympathy"
- Penguin Guide | | | (also available to download from $6.00) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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| |  | Fritz Kreisler: Original Compositions & Transcriptions
Albéniz: | Tango (No. 2 from Espana, Op. 165) Malagueña, Op. 165, No. 3 | Brandl: | The Old Refrain | Dvorak: | Slavonic Dance No. 2 in E minor, Op. 46 No. 2 | Foster, S: | Old folks at home | Gluck: | Orfeo ed Euridice (Orphée et Euridice): Dance of the Blessed Spirits | Grainger: | Molly on the Shore | Kreisler: | La Précieuse (in the style of Louis Couperin) Aucassin and Nicolette (canzonetta medievale) Variations on a Theme by Corelli (in the style of Tartini) Andantino in the style of Martini Scherzo (In The Style Of Dittersdorf) | Lili'uokalani: | Aloha 'Oe | Mendelssohn: | Song without Words, Op. 62 No. 1 in G major 'May Breezes' | Rachmaninov: | Daisies, Op. 38 No. 3 | Rameau: | Tambourin | Tchaikovsky: | Souvenir de Hapsal, Op. 2: No. 3. Song without Words in F major Humoresque, Op. 10 No. 2 | Weber: | Violin Sonata No. 1 in F major, Op. 10 No. 1: Larghetto |
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| |  | Erica Morini Vol. 2Live & Studio Recordings 1921-1940
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| |  | Fritz Kreisler: The Charming Maverick
Bach, J S: | Gavotte (Rondeau) from Partita No. 3 in E major BWV1006 (arr. Kreisler) recorded February 1938 with Franz Rupp (piano) Violin Sonata No. 1 in G minor, BWV 1001: I. Adagio Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV1068: Air ('Air on a G String') (arr. Wilhelm) recorded February 1903 | Beethoven: | Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61 recorded December 1926 Berlin State Opera Orchestra, Leo Blech Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61 recorded June 1936 London Philharmonic Orchestra, John Barbirolli Violin Sonatas Nos. 1-10 (Complete) recorded 1935-1936 with Franz Rupp (piano) | Brahms: | Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77 recorded November 1927 Berlin State Opera Orchestra, Leo Blech Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77 recorded June 1936 London Philharmonic Orchestra, John Barbirolli | Brandl: | The Old Refrain (arr. Kreisler) with Michael Raucheisen (piano) | Bruch: | Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26 recorded December 1924 Royal Albert Hall Orchestra, Eugene Goossens | Chopin: | Mazurka No. 45 in A minor, Op. 67 No. 4 (arr. Kreisler) with Franz Rupp (piano) | Dvorak: | Humoresque in G flat major, Op. 101 No. 7 (arr. Kreisler) with Franz Rupp (piano) | Falla: | Jota (No. 4 from Siete canciones populares españolas) (arr. Kreisler) with Michael Raucheisen (piano) | Glazunov: | Spanish Serenade, Op. 20 No. 2 (arr. Kreisler) with Michael Raucheisen (piano) | Heuberger: | Midnight Bells (from Der Opernball) (arr. Kreisler) with Michael Raucheisen (piano) | Kreisler: | String Quartet in A minor recorded April 1935 Fritz Kreisler, Thomas Petre (violins), William Primrose (viola), Laurie Kennedy (cello) Caprice Viennois, Op. 2 Tambourin Chinois, Op. 3 recorded September 1936 with Franz Rupp (piano) Schön Rosmarin La Gitana Liebesleid Liebesfreud recorded February 1938 with Franz Rupp (piano) La Précieuse (in the style of Louis Couperin) Chanson Louis XIII and Pavane (In the style of Couperin) recorded February 1930 with Michael Raucheisen (piano) Rondo (after Mozart) Rondino on a Theme by Beethoven recorded February 1938 with Franz Rupp (piano) Scherzo (In The Style Of Dittersdorf) Aubade Provençale recorded November 1911 | Mendelssohn: | Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64 recorded December 1926 Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64 recorded April 1935 London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Landon Ronald Song without Words, Op. 62 No. 1 in G major 'May Breezes' recorded December 1926 with Arpád Sándor (piano) | Mozart: | Violin Concerto No. 4 in D major, K218 recorded December 1924 Sir Landon Ronald Violin Concerto No. 4 in D major, K218 recorded February 1937 London Philharmonic Orchestra, Malcolm Sargent | Poldini: | Poupée valsante (arr. Kreisler) with Franz Rupp (piano) | Rimsky Korsakov: | Hymn to the Sun Song of the Hindu Guest (from Sadko) (arr. Kreisler) with Franz Rupp (piano) | Schumann: | Romance in A major, Op. 94 No. 2 (arr. Kreisler) recorded December 1927 with Arpád Sándor (piano) | Scott, C: | Lotus Land, Op. 47 No. 1 (W183) (arr. Kreisler) with Franz Rupp (piano) | Tchaikovsky: | Andante Cantabile (from String Quartet No. 1 in D Op. 11) (arr. Kreisler) with Franz Rupp (piano) Souvenir de Hapsal, Op. 2: No. 3. Song without Words in F major recorded February 1903 | trad.: | Londonderry Air (arr. Kreisler) with Franz Rupp (piano) | Weber: | Violin Sonata No. 1 in F major, Op. 10 No. 1: Larghetto recorded February 1930 with Michael Raucheisen (piano) |
Fritz Kreisler was born in Vienna in 1875. His father was Jewish and his mother a Roman Catholic. He was the youngest pupil ever to enter the Conservatoire in Vienna, where he was taught by Anton Bruckner. He then went to Paris to continue his studies with, among others, Leo Delibes and Jules Massenet. He was 13 years old when he made his American début in New York, during his first tour of that country in 1888/1889. His début with the Berlin Philharmonic took place in 1898 and launched his international career. In 1910 he gave the premiére of Elgar's Violin Concerto, a work that was dedicated to him. After a short period of residence in the US during World War I, he finally settled there at the outbreak of World War II, becoming a US citizen in 1943. In 1941 a traffic accident caused his hearing and eyesight to be somewhat impaired but he continued to perform, giving his final public concert in 1947, although he continued to broadcast for some time after that. He died in New York City in 1962. Aside from being one of the great violin soloists of his time Kreisler was also a composer of some note, ascribing some of his own pastiche compositions to composers of an earlier time. When, in 1935, he revealed that these works were not written by the likes of Pugnani, Vivaldi and Tartini but were, in fact his own, he came in for a degree of critical opprobrium. Whatever the critics might have said it cannot be denied that many of Kreisler's shorter works, some of which are included in this set of 10 CDs, are among the most popular in the classical genre. Here is an opportunity for the collector to become familiar with these works played by the master himself. | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Gramophone Awards 2009