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Jascha Heifetz: The Complete Stereo Collection - Remastered | RCA - Red Seal 88843095342

Jascha Heifetz: The Complete Stereo Collection - Remastered

Label: RCA - Red Seal

Cat No: 88843095342

Barcode: 0888430953420

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 24

Release Date: 22nd July 2016

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Contents

Works

Arensky, Anton

Piano Trio no.1 in D minor, op.32

Bach, Johann Sebastian

Concerto for 2 violins in D minor, BWV1043
Partita for solo violin no.3 in E major, BWV1006

Beethoven, Ludwig van

Piano Trio no.1 in E flat major, op.1 no.1
Piano Trio no.6 in E flat major, op.70 no.2
Serenade in D major, op.8
String Trio in D major, op.9 no.2
Violin Concerto in D major, op.61
Violin Sonata no.9 in A major, op.47 'Kreutzer'

Benjamin, Arthur

Romantic Fantasy for Violin, Viola and Orchestra

Brahms, Johannes

Double Concerto for violin and cello in A minor, op.102
Piano Quartet no.3 in C minor, op.60
Piano Trio no.2 in C major, op.87
String Quintet no.2 in G major, op.111
String Sextet no.2 in G major, op.36
Violin Concerto in D major, op.77

Bruch, Max

Scottish Fantasy, op.46
Violin Concerto no.1 in G minor, op.26

Dvorak, Antonin

Piano Quintet in A major, op.81
Piano Trio no.3 in F minor, op.65
Piano Trio no.4 in E minor, op.90 'Dumky'

Ferguson, Howard

Violin Sonata no.1

Francaix, Jean

String Trio in C major

Franck, Cesar

Piano Quintet in F minor, FWV7
Violin Sonata in A major

Gershwin, George

Porgy and Bess: Suite (arr. Heifetz for violin and piano)
Preludes (3) (arr. Heifetz)

Khachaturian, Aram

Violin Sonata

Mendelssohn, Felix

Octet in E flat major, op.20
Piano Trio in C minor, op.66
Violin Concerto in E minor, op.64

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus

Sinfonia concertante for violin and viola in E flat major, K364
String Quintet no.3 in C major, K515
String Quintet no.4 in G minor, K516
Violin Concerto no.4 in D major, K218
Violin Concerto no.5 in A major, K219 'Turkish'

Rozsa, Miklos

Sinfonia Concertante, op.29
Tema con variazioni
Violin Concerto, op.24

Saint-Saens, Camille

Violin Sonata no.1 in D minor, op.75

Schubert, Franz

Fantasie in C major for violin and piano, D934
Piano Trio no.2 in E flat major, op.100 D929
String Quintet in C major, op.163 D956
String Trio in B flat major, D581

Spohr, Louis

Double Quartet no.1 in D minor, op.65

Strauss, Richard

Violin Sonata in E flat major, op.18 TrV151

Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich

Serenade for strings in C major, op.48 (arr. for violin and orchestra)
Serenade melancolique in B flat minor, op.26
Souvenir de Florence, op.70
Violin Concerto in D major, op.35

Turina, Joaquin

Piano Trio no.1 in D major, op.35

Vieuxtemps, Henri

Violin Concerto no.5 in A minor, op.37

Vivaldi, Antonio

Concerto for violin and cello in B flat major, RV547

Artists

Jascha Heifetz (violin)

Works

Arensky, Anton

Piano Trio no.1 in D minor, op.32

Bach, Johann Sebastian

Concerto for 2 violins in D minor, BWV1043
Partita for solo violin no.3 in E major, BWV1006

Beethoven, Ludwig van

Piano Trio no.1 in E flat major, op.1 no.1
Piano Trio no.6 in E flat major, op.70 no.2
Serenade in D major, op.8
String Trio in D major, op.9 no.2
Violin Concerto in D major, op.61
Violin Sonata no.9 in A major, op.47 'Kreutzer'

Benjamin, Arthur

Romantic Fantasy for Violin, Viola and Orchestra

Brahms, Johannes

Double Concerto for violin and cello in A minor, op.102
Piano Quartet no.3 in C minor, op.60
Piano Trio no.2 in C major, op.87
String Quintet no.2 in G major, op.111
String Sextet no.2 in G major, op.36
Violin Concerto in D major, op.77

Bruch, Max

Scottish Fantasy, op.46
Violin Concerto no.1 in G minor, op.26

Dvorak, Antonin

Piano Quintet in A major, op.81
Piano Trio no.3 in F minor, op.65
Piano Trio no.4 in E minor, op.90 'Dumky'

Ferguson, Howard

Violin Sonata no.1

Francaix, Jean

String Trio in C major

Franck, Cesar

Piano Quintet in F minor, FWV7
Violin Sonata in A major

Gershwin, George

Porgy and Bess: Suite (arr. Heifetz for violin and piano)
Preludes (3) (arr. Heifetz)

Khachaturian, Aram

Violin Sonata

Mendelssohn, Felix

Octet in E flat major, op.20
Piano Trio in C minor, op.66
Violin Concerto in E minor, op.64

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus

Sinfonia concertante for violin and viola in E flat major, K364
String Quintet no.3 in C major, K515
String Quintet no.4 in G minor, K516
Violin Concerto no.4 in D major, K218
Violin Concerto no.5 in A major, K219 'Turkish'

Rozsa, Miklos

Sinfonia Concertante, op.29
Tema con variazioni
Violin Concerto, op.24

Saint-Saens, Camille

Violin Sonata no.1 in D minor, op.75

Schubert, Franz

Fantasie in C major for violin and piano, D934
Piano Trio no.2 in E flat major, op.100 D929
String Quintet in C major, op.163 D956
String Trio in B flat major, D581

Spohr, Louis

Double Quartet no.1 in D minor, op.65

Strauss, Richard

Violin Sonata in E flat major, op.18 TrV151

Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich

Serenade for strings in C major, op.48 (arr. for violin and orchestra)
Serenade melancolique in B flat minor, op.26
Souvenir de Florence, op.70
Violin Concerto in D major, op.35

Turina, Joaquin

Piano Trio no.1 in D major, op.35

Vieuxtemps, Henri

Violin Concerto no.5 in A minor, op.37

Vivaldi, Antonio

Concerto for violin and cello in B flat major, RV547

Artists

Jascha Heifetz (violin)

About

Jascha Heifetz has been called the first and greatest of all virtuosos. Critics agree that, for once, a record company’s blurb approached the truth when RCA once dubbed him “The Violinist of the Century”. Now all of Heifetz’s stereo recordings are being issued together in a single Sony Classical box of 24 CDs, coupled by composer or theme and all newly remastered from the original analogue tapes in 24-bit quality. Heifetz authority John Maltese provides a new introductory note.

Less than two weeks after his sensational US debut at Carnegie Hall, a 16-year-old Russian émigré named Jascha Heifetz – protégé of the legendary St Petersburg violin teacher Leopold Auer and already acclaimed in Europe – made his first Victor recordings. Some 40 years later he began re-recording much of the mainstream violin repertoire for RCA Victor in stereo. These performances “find Heifetz at his most intense and glowing,” wrote Gramophone in its March 1988 obituary, “and their continued release on CD is building up a stunning three-dimensional sound-picture of Heifetz at his peak.”

In warhorses like the Beethoven, Brahms, Mendelssohn, Tchaikovsky and Sibelius concertos, his stereo LPs set new standards. Reviewing a previous reissue, ClassicsToday exclaimed: “Heifetz and Munch play the [Beethoven] with a classical poise and chiseled perfection. It goes without saying that Heifetz’s flawless intonation and ear-catching articulation leave most other players in the shade. As for the Mendelssohn, this is simply the greatest performance yet recorded. The work was made for Heifetz: Mendelssohn was himself a romantic of classical restraint and created a virtuoso showpiece that requires total control over the instrument.” Another typical Heifetz review, this time from Fanfare on his Bruch and Vieuxtemps: “There was simply no one who could play this florid Romantic music like Heifetz … This is the finest recording of Bruch’s masterpieces ever made in terms of both performance and sound.”

As the Gramophone obituary also noted, it is doubtful if any other international soloist lavished so much time and energy on chamber music, notably in the concerts and recordings with cellist Gregor Piatigorsky, which began in 1961 and are documented in this collection. Heifetz’s repertoire also featured a vast array of show-stopping virtuoso pieces and his own brilliantly effective transcriptions. Those are also generously represented in this box set.

The great violinist’s last “session” was a live recording of his last public performance, on 23 October 1972 in Los Angeles. Here it is complete on two CDs. Critic Tim Page has written that “the program – in both its planning and its execution – was not markedly different from one Heifetz might have offered decades before. From the beginning of the Franck Sonata – rapt, centered, directly linear in its phrasing, immaculately aristocratic in its bearing – there can be no mistaking the artist … There is something noble about Heifetz’s constancy. Few performing artists have exercised such meticulous control over their creative lives.”

Tracklisting:

CD 1:
Brahms: Violin Concerto in D major, op.77
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D major, op.35

CD 2:
Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D major, op.61
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor, op.64

CD 3:
Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D minor, op.47
Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No.2 in G minor, op.63
Glazunov: Violin Concerto in A minor, op.82

CD 4:
Bruch: Violin Concerto No.1 in G Minor, op.26
Bruch: Scottish Fantasy, op.46
Vieuxtemps: Violin Concerto No.5 in A minor, op.37

CD 5:
Bach: Concerto in D minor for two violins, BWV 1043
Mozart: Sinfonia concertante in E flat major, K364
Brahms: Concerto in A minor for violin and cello, op.102

CD 6:
Mozart: Violin Concerto No.4 in D major, K218
Mozart: Violin Concerto No.5 in A major, K219 "Turkish"
Vivaldi: Concerto in B flat major, RV547

CD 7:
Rozsa: Violin Concerto, op.24
Rozsa: Sinfonia concertante, op.29
Rozsa: Tema con variazioni
Benjamin: Romantic Fantasy

CD 8: Heifetz and Piatigorksy - The Duo Collection
Boccherini: Sonata in D major
Kodaly: Duo, op.7
Martinu: Duo for violin and cello
Toch: Divertimento, op.37 no.2
Stravinsky: Suite italienne
Glière: Duo Prelude, op.39 no.1
Handel: Passacaglia No.6 (Harpsichord Suite No.7) in G minor

CD 9: Heifetz, Primrose and Piatigorksy - The String Trio Collection
Bach: Sinfonia No.4 in D minor, BWV 790
Bach: Sinfonia No.9 in F minor, BWV 795
Bach: Sinfonia No.3 in D major, BWV 789
Beethoven: Serenade (Trio in D major), op.8
Beethoven: Trio in D major, op.9 no.2
Schubert: Trio No.2 in B flat major, D581

CD 10: The Piano Trio Collection
Beethoven: Trio in E flat major, op.1 no.1
Beethoven: Trio in E flat major, op.70 no.2

CD 11: The Piano Trio Collection
Schubert: Trio No.2, D929 / op.100
Brahms: Trio No.2 in C, op.87

CD 12: The Piano Trio Collection
Dvorak: Trio in F minor, op.65
Dvorak: Trio in E minor, op.90 "Dumky"

CD 13: The Piano Trio Collection
Mendelssohn: Trio No.2 in C minor, op.66
Arensky: Trio No.1 in D minor, op.32
Turina: Piano Trio No.1, op.35

CD 14: Piano Quintets
Dvorák: Piano Quintet in A major, op.81
Franck: Quintet in F minor

CD 15: Piano Quartet and Quintet
Brahms: Piano Quartet in C minor, op.60
Dvorak: Quintet in A major, op.81

CD 16: Chamber Music for Strings
Mozart: Quintet in C major, K515
Mozart: Quintet in G minor, K516

CD 17: Chamber Music for Strings
Schubert: Quintet in C major, D956 / op.163
Brahms: Sextet in G major, op.36

CD 18: Chamber Music for Strings
Mendelssohn: Octet in E flat major, op.20
Spohr: Double Quartet in D minor, op.65
Francaix: Trio in C major

CD 19: Chamber Music for Strings
Brahms: Quintet No.2 in G major, op.111
Tchaikovsky: Souvenir de Florence, op.70
Tchaikovsky: Sérénade mélancolique, op.26
Tchaikovsky: Serenade in C major, op.48 (arr. for violin and orchestra)

CD 20: Recitals
Ferguson: Sonata No.1, op.2
Khachaturian: Sonata in G minor, op.1
Saint-Saens: Sonata No.1 in D minor, op.75
Gershwin: Preludes
Gershwin: Porgy and Bess Selections

CD 21: Recitals
Beethoven: Sonata No.9 in A major, op.47 "Kreutzer"
Schubert: Fantasie in C major, D934
Debussy: Chansons de Bilitis - No.2 La chevelure
Debussy: Children's Corner - No.6 Golliwogg's Cakewalk
Debussy: Beau soir
Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales
Poulenc: Mouvements perpétuels
Saint-Saens: Le Carnaval des animaux - Le Cygne
Ibert: Histoires - No.2 Le petit âne blanc

CD 22: Live at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, 23 October 1972
Franck: Sonata in A major
Strauss: Sonata in E flat, op.18

CD 23:
Bach: Partita No.3 in E major, BWV 1006
Bloch: Baal Shem (Three Pictures of Chassidic Life) - Nigun
Debussy: La plus que lente
Rachmaninov: Etude-tableau in E flat major, op.33 no.4
Falla: Seven Popular Spanish Songs - Nana
Kreisler: La Chasse (In the style of Cartier)
Ravel: Tzigane (Rapsodie de concert)
Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Sea Murmurs (Deux études d'ondes)

CD 24: The Final Recordings & Popular Encores
Bach: Partita No.2 in D minor, BWV 1004 - Chaconne
Mozart: Serenade in D major, K250 "Haffner" - Rondo
Prokofiev: The Love of Three Oranges - March
Debussy: Préludes, Livre I - No.8 La Fille aux cheveux de lin
Gershwin: Porgy and Bess - It Ain't Necessarily So
Rachmaninoff-Heifetz: Daisies, op.38 no.3
Korngold: Garden Scene (from Much Ado About Nothing, op.11)
Korngold: Garden Scene - Rehearsal and excerpts - Heifetz Narration
Sibelius: Nocturne (from Belshazzar's Feast)
Wieniawski: Capriccio-valse, op.7
Rachmaninov: Daisies, op.38 no.3
Rachmaninov: Oriental Sketch, op.2 no.2
Falla: Nana (Berceuse) (Seven Popular Spanish Songs No.5)
Falla: Jota (Seven Popular Spanish Songs No.4)

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