A monumental set – the biggest CD edition for a solo artist in the world, celebrating the recording career of Jascha Heifetz, a legend who set a standard of violin playing to which violinists around the world still aspire.

This is an unparalleled collection of 103 CDs, plus a bonus DVD of Heifetz in performance.

The incredible recorded legacy collected here spans 55 years of Heifetz’s career: from 1917 to 1972, and contains three hours of previously unissued Heifetz recordings. The collection is accompanied by a 260-page hardback book with an original essay by John and John Anthony Maltese, photos, and full discography

Isaac Stern called his playing “the single most powerful violinistic influence in the twentieth century”. Itzhak Perlman says simply that Heifetz is the “God” of all violinists. The violinist Maxim Vengerov told The Strad magazine in 2009, Heifetz’s recordings “left an incredible mark on my musical life". Vengerov said that he would listen to a recording by Heifetz “from start to finish and then put it on again, to find out how interesting the violin can sound".

In his lifetime, the name Heifetz – which became synonymous with perfection – transcended the world of classical music. He made a Hollywood movie, appeared regularly on the radio, was pictured on the cover of Newsweek magazine, and reached an entirely new audience through his extensive USO tours for military service men and women during World War II. He even wrote a hit pop song under the name Jim Hoyl. No less than Frank Sinatra identified him as an influence, saying that he listened to Heifetz to learn how to improve his phrasing.
 
The incredible recorded legacy contained in this collection spans 55 years of Heifetz’s career: from his first recording session for Victor, just days after his triumphant 1917 Carnegie Hall debut, to his last public recital in October 1972.

These recordings are presented as originally issued on LP by RCA Red Seal, Columbia Masterworks, and Vox cum Laude. Original jacket covers and original labels are reproduced as they first appeared. Bonus CDs contain previously unreleased recordings dating from 1934 to 1964.

This beautifully crafted and carefully restored collection will allow a new generation to discover the Heifetz magic, and will remind the rest of us why the great critic Deems Taylor once wrote that Heifetz has “only one rival, one violinist whom he is trying to beat: Jascha Heifetz".

Contents:
1. [RCA LM-1015]  Beethoven - Sonata In D, Op.12, No.1 • Sonata In A, Op.12, No.2
2. [RCA LM-1022]  Beethoven - Spring Sonata In F, Op.24, No.5 • Mozart - Sonata In C, No.8, K.296
3. [RCA LM-1051]  J.S.Bach - Concerto In D Minor • Mozart - Concerto In D, No.1, K.?
4. [RCA LM-1090]  Elgar - Violin Concerto In B-Minor, Op.61
5. [RCA LM-1111]  Tchaikovsky - Concerto In D, Op.35
6. [RCA LCT-6]  Prokofieff - Concerto In G-Minor, No.2
7. [RCA LCT-1010]  Beethoven - Concerto In D-Major
8. [RCA LCT-1016]  Brahms - Concerto In A-Minor
9. [RCA LCT-1017]  Schubert - Trio No.1, In B, Op.49
10. [RCA LCT-1020]  Beethoven - Archduke Trio In B-Flat-Major, Op.97, No.7
11. [RCA LCT-1021]  Mozart - Divertimento In E-Flat-Major, K.563
12. [RCA LCT-1022]  Brahms - Trio No.1 In B-Major
13. [RCA LM-1119]  Mendelssohn - Trio No.1 In D-Minor, Op.49 • Ravel - Trio In A-Minor
14. [RCA LM-1120]  Tchaikovsky - Trio In A-Minor, Op.50
15. [RCA LM-1121]  Walton - Concerto For Violin • Vieuxtemps - Concerto In A-Minor, Op.37, No.5
16. [RCA LM-1166]  Encores
17. [RCA LM-1184]  Respighi - Sonata In D-Minor • Debussy - Sonata In G-Minor, No.3
18. [RCA LCT-1043]  Brahms - Concerto In D, Op.77
19. [RCA LM-9007]  Bruch - Concerto In G-Minor, Op.26, No.1 • Saint-Saëns - Sonata In D-Minor, Op.75, No.1
20. [RCA LM-1193]  Beethoven - Kreutzer Sonata
21. [RCA LM-9014]  Mozart - Concerto In A, No.5, K.219 • Beethoven - Romances, No.1 And 2
22. [RCA LCT-1113]  Sibelius - Violin Concerto • Chausson - Concerto For Violin
23. [RCA LM-9016]  Mendelssohn - Concerto In E-Minor • Bruch - Scottish Fantasy
24. [RCA LM-7017] (10")  Chausson - Poeme Op.25  • Conus - Concerto In E Minor
25. [RCA LCT-1122]  Franck - Sonata In A • Strauss - Sonata In E-Flat
26. [RCA LM-1782]  Korngold - Violin Concerto In D, Op.35 • Lalo - Symphonie Espagnole, Op.21
27. [RCA LCT-1150]  Mozart - Divertimento In E-Flat • Mozart - Duo In B-Flat, No.2 • Handel-Halvorsen - Passacaglia
28. [RCA LM-1842]  Beethoven - Sonata In A-Minor, No.4 • Beethoven - Sonata In C-Minor, No.7
29. [RCA LM-1818]  Bach - Concerto In A-Minor • Bach - Concerto In E-Major
30. [RCA LM-1861]  Bloch - Sonata • Händel - Sonata In E-Major • Schubert - Sonata In G-Minor
31. [RCA LCT-1160]  Dohnányi - Serenade In C • Gruenberg - Violin Concerto
32. [RCA LM-1832]  Tchaikovsky - Concerto • Sinding - Suite • Ravel - Tzigane
33. [RCA LM-1912]  Beethoven - Sonata No.3 • Beethoven - Sonata No.6
34. [RCA LM-1914]  Beethoven - Sonata No.8 • Beethoven - Sonata No.10
35. [RCA LM-1931]  Bruch - Concerto No.2 • Wieniawski - Concerto No.2
36. [RCA LM-1958]  Mozart - Sonata No.10, K378 • Mozart - Sonata No.15, K454
37. [RCA LM-1976]  Bach - Sonata No.1, Partita No.2
38. [RCA LM-2027]  Rózsa - Concerto • Spohr - Concerto No.8
39. [RCA LM-2050]  Castelnuovo-Tedesco - Concerto No.2 • Strauss - Sonata In E-Flat
40. [RCA LM-2074]  Castelnuovo-Tedesco - The Lark • Fauré - Sonata, Op.13 • Vitali - Chaconne
41. [RCA LM-2089]  Bloch - Poème Mystique • Grieg - Sonata In G
42. [RCA LM-2115]  Bach - Sonata No.2, Partita No.3
43. [RCA LSC-2129 (LM)]  Tschaikowsky - Violin Concerto
44. [RCA LM-2149]  Mozart - Symphonie In E-Flat, K.364 • Benjamin - Romantic Fantasy
45. [RCA LM-2186]  Beethoven - Trios In G, Op.9, No.1 • Beethoven - Trios In C-Minor, Op.9, No.3
46. [RCA LM-2180]  Beethoven - Trio In E-Flat, Op.3
47. [RCA LSC-1903 (LM)]  Brahms - Violin Concerto
48. [RCA LSC-2314 (LM)]  Mendelssohn - Concerto In E-Minor • Prokofieff - Concerto In G-Minor
49. [RCA LSC-1992 (LM)  Beethoven - Violin Concerto In D
50. [RCA LM-2210]  Bach - Sonata, No.3, Partita No.1
51. [RCA LM-2382]  Brahms - 3 Hungarian Dances • Paganini - 2 Caprices
52. [RCA LSC-2435 (LM)]  Sibelius - Violin Concerto
53. [RCA LSC-2550 (LM)]  Beethoven - Serenade, Op.8
54. [RCA LSC-2563 (LM)]  Beethoven - Trio In D, Op.9, No.2 • Bach - Three Sinfonias • Schubert - Trio In B-Flat, No.2
55. [RCA LDS-2513 (LD)]  Brahms - Concerto For Violin And Cello
56. [RCA LSC-2577 (LM)]  Beethoven - Kreutzer Sonata • Bach - Concerto For Two Violins
57. [RCA LSC-2603 (LM)]  Bruch - Scottish Fantasy • Vieuxtemps • Concerto No.5
58. [RCA LSC-2652 (LM)]  Bruch - Concerto In G-Minor • Mozart - Concerto In D-Major
59. [RCA LSC-2737 (LM)]  Schubert - Quintet In C-Major
60. [RCA LSC-2739 (LM)]  Franck - Piano Quintet In F-Minor • Brahms - Sextet In G-Major
61. [RCA LSC-2734 (LM)]  Glazounov - Violin Concerto • Mozart - Symphonie Concertante In E-Flat
62. [RCA LSC-2738 (LM)]  Mozart - Quintet In C-Minor •Mendelssohn - Octet In E-Flat Major
63. [RCA LSC-2770 (LM)]  Beethoven - Piano Trio, Op.1, No.1 • Haydn - Divertimento • Róza - Tema Con Variazioni
64. [RCA LSC-2856 (LM)]  Gershwin - Porgy And Bess • Music Of France
65. [RCA LSC-2867 (LM)]  Arensky - Trio In D-Minor • Vivaldi - Concerto For Violin And Cello In B-Flat • Martinů - Duo For Violin And Cello
66. [RCA LSC-2909 (LM)]  Ferguson - Sonata No.1 • Khachaturian - Sonata, Op.1
67. [RCA LSC-2957 (LM)]  Mozart - Violin Concerto, No.5, K.219 • Turina • Trio, Op.35, No.1
68. [RCA LSC-2978 (LM)]  Saint-Saëns - Sonata In D, No.1
69. [RCA LSC-2985 (LM)]  Dvořák - Piano Quintet In A • Françaix - String Trio
70. [RCA LSC-3009 (LM)  Brahms - Piano Quartet In C-Minor • Boccherini - Sonata In D • Toch - Divertimento, Op.37, No.2
71. [RCA LSC-3048]  Mozart - Quintet In C, K.515 • Mendelssohn - Trio In C-Minor, No.2
72. [RCA LSC-3068]  Spohr - Double String Quartet • Dvořák - Piano Trio, Dumky
73. [RCA LSC-3205]  Bruch - Scottish Fantasy
74. [RCA LSC-3109]  Schubert - Fantaisie • Tschaikowsky - Sérénade Mélancolique
75. [RCA LSC-3232(e)]  Showpieces - Zigeuerweisen, Havanaise, Carmen Fantasy, Chausson Poeme, Introduction And Rondo Capriccioso
76. [RCA LSC-3233(e)]  Encores - Ave Maria, Hora Staccato, Valse Bluette, On Wings Of Song, La Plus Quelente And More
77. [RCA LSC-3256]  Encores Vol.2
78. [RCA ARM4-0945]  Jascha Heifetz Collection Volume 4/1937-1941 - Great Concertos / Great Conductors Including Beethoven, Brahms, Prokofieff
79. [RCA ARM4-0946]  Jascha Heifetz Collection Volume 5/1946-1949 - The End Of An Era, The Late Rpm Recordings Including First Lp Release Of 20 Record
80. [RCA ARM4-0947]  Jascha Heifetz Collection Volume 6/1950-1955 - The New Era, The First Recordings
81-84. [RCA ARM4-0942]  Jascha Heifetz Collection Volume 1/1917-1924 - The Complete Acoustic Recordings, First Lp Release
85-88. [RCA ARM4-0943]  Jascha Heifetz Collection Volume 2/1925-1934 - The First Electrical Recordings, Including First Lp Release Of 41 Recordings
89-92. [RCA ARM4-0944]  Jascha Heifetz Collection Volume 3/1935-1937 - Early Recordings Of Concertos, Sonatas, And Encores, First Lp Release
93-94. [CBS M2-33444]  Jascha Heifetz In Concert
95. [CBS M-33447]  Dvořák - Piano Trio In F-Minor, Op.65 • Stravinsky - Suite Italienne • Glière - Duo For Violin And Cello, Op.39 • Handel-Halvorsen - Passacaglia For Violin And Cello
96-97. [RCA CRM6-2264]  Chamber Music Collection - Including First Lp Release Of Four Sonatas
98. [VCL VCL-9041]  Brahms - Quintette In G, Op: 111 • Beethoven - Piano Trio In E-Flat, Op.70, No.2
99. [RCA 9026617692]  Jascha Heifetz Collection - Schubert Trio No.2, D.929  •  Brahms Trio No.2 Op.87
100. [RCA 9026639072]  Jascha Heifetz Rediscovered Brahms - Violin Sonatas, No.1 • Grieg - Violin Sonatas, No.3
101. RCA NN  Bonus
102. RCA NN  Bonus
103. RCA NN  Bonus
104. [RCA 82876638869]  Heifetz In Performance