Salvatore Accardo (violin)
Adolf Busch (violin)
Zino Francescatti (violin)
Bronsilaw Huberman (violin)
Ginette Neveu (violin)
Ruggiero Ricci (violin)
Aaron Rosand (violin)
Wolfgang Schneiderhan (violin)
Toscha Seidel (violin)
Oscar Shumsky (violin)

Works

Bach, Johann Sebastian

Chorale Prelude BWV659 'Nun komm der Heiden Heiland' (arr. Huberman)
Orchestral Suite no.3 in D major, BWV1068

» II Air 'Air on the G string'

Partita for solo violin no.3 in E major, BWV1006

» I Preludio

Sonata for solo violin no.3 in C major, BWV1005

Bakaleinikoff, Mischa

Brahmsiana

Beethoven, Ludwig van

Brahms, Johannes

Hungarian Dances (21), WoO1 (trans. Joseph Joachim)

» no.1 in G minor

Hungarian Dances (21), WoO1 (violin and piano)

» no.1 in G minor

Bruch, Max

Kol Nidrei, op.47 (arr. violin and piano)
Scottish Fantasy, op.46
Violin Concerto no.1 in G minor, op.26
Violin Concerto no.2 in D minor, op.44

Busoni, Ferruccio

Violin Concerto in D major, op.35a

Chabrier, Alexis Emmanuel

Joyeuse Marche

Chopin, Frederic

Nocturnes (21)

» no.2 in E flat major, op.9 no.2 (arr. Pablo de Sarasate)

Dinicu, Grigoras

Hora staccato (arr. Heifetz)

Elgar, Edward

La Capricieuse, op.17

Falla, Manuel de

La vida breve

» Danse espagnole no.1 (arr. Kreisler)

Franck, Cesar

Violin Sonata in A major

Gluck, Christoph Willibald

Orfeo ed Euridice (Orpheus and Eurydice)

» Melodie

Korngold, Erich Wolfgang

Much Ado About Nothing, op.11: Suite for violin (or cello) and piano

Kreisler, Fritz

Allegretto (in the style of Boccherini)
Grave (in the style of WF Bach)
Londonderry Air
Menuet (in the style of Porpora)
Praeludium and Allegro (in the style of Pugnani)

Air in B minor (Suite no.5)

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus

Divertimento no.17 in D major, K334

» Menuetto (arr. Willy Burmeister)

Idomeneo, Re di Creta: ballet music, K367

» no.4 Gavotte (arr. Leopold Auer)

Paganini, Nicolo

» no.6 in E minor

Variations for solo violin on 'God Save the King', op.9 MS56
Variations on 'O mamma, mamma cara' from 'Il carnevale di Venezia'

Paradies, Domenico

Sicilienne (arr Dushkin)

Poulenc, Francis

Presto in B flat major

Provost, Heinz

Intermezzo (film score)

» Intermezzo

Rachmaninov, Sergei

Vocalise, op.34 no.14 (arr. Press)

Ravel, Maurice

Piece en forme de Habanera
Sonata for violin and cello
Tzigane

Respighi, Ottorino

Violin Sonata in B minor, P110

Saint-Saens, Camille

Introduction and Rondo capriccioso, op.28

Sarasate, Pablo de

Carmen Fantasy, op.25
Habanera
Introduction et Tarantelle, op.43
Romanza andaluza, op.22
Zapateado, op.23
Zigeunerweisen, op.20

Scarlatescu, Ion

Bagatelle

Schubert, Franz

Ave Maria, D839 (Ellens Gesang III, op.52 no.6)
Moments musicaux (6), op.94 D780

» no.3 in F minor

Sibelius, Jean

Violin Concerto in D minor, op.47

Strauss II, Johann

Fruhlingsstimmen (Voices of Spring), op.410 (arr. Dimitri Tiomkin)

Suk, Josef

Pieces (4) for violin and piano, op.17

Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich

Souvenir d'un lieu cher, op.42

» no.3 Melodie

Tiomkin, Dimitri

The Great Waltz

» One day when we were young (after J Strauss II)

» There'll come a time (after J Strauss II)

Vale, Flausino

Ao pe da fogueira (Prelude no.15)

Villa-Lobos, Heitor

O canto do cysne negro (Song of the Black Swan)

Viotti, Giovanni Battista

Violin Concerto no.22 in A minor, G97

Vitali, Tomaso Antonio

Chaconne in G minor

Wagner, Richard

Albumblatt (arr. A Wilhelmj for violin and piano)

Wieniawski, Henryk

Polonaise brillante no.1 in D major, op.4

Ysaye, Eugene

Reve d'enfant, op.14

Zarzycki, Aleksander

Mazurka in G major, op.26

Artists

About

More from Biddulph’s rich treasury of expert transfers and collections from iconic performances and arrangements by the greats, sampled here (again) for collectors: each defining collection collated from vintage periods of their careers.

Contents:

CD 1: Salvatore Accardo plays Paganini 24 Caprices for solo violin

CD 2: Adolf Busch
1-4. JS Bach - Sonata no.3 in C major for solo violin, BWV 1005
5-7. Beethoven - Violin Sonata in E flat major, op.12 no.3
- Rudolf Serkin (piano);
8-11. Beethoven - Violin Sonata in F major, op.24 “Spring”
- Rudolf Serkin (piano)
12-14. Busoni - Violin Concerto in D major, op.35a
- Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bruno Walter

CD 3: Zino Francescatti plays Encores (Biddulph 80224-2)
1. Vitali - Chaconne
2. Kreisler - Preludium and Allegro in the style of Pugnani
3. Kreisler - Grave in the style of WF Bach
4. Kreisler - Minuet in the style of Porpora
5. Kreisler - Allegretto in the style of Boccherini
6. Massenet - Thaïs: Meditation
7. Chabrier - March joyeuse
8. Poulenc - Presto
9. Villa-Lobos - O canto do cysne negro
10. Vallès - Ao pé da fogueira (Preludio XV)
11. Trad. arr. Kreisler - Londonderry Air
12. Paganini - Variations on Carnival of Venice (rec. 1954)
13. Saint-Saëns - Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso (rec. 1950)
14. Ravel - Tzigane (rec. 1947)

CD 4: Bronisław Huberman (from LAB077/8, 081/2)
1-3. Beethoven - Violin Sonata no.9 in A major ‘Kreutzer’
- Ignacy Friedman (piano)
4. JS Bach - Nun komm der Heiden Heiland
5. JS Bach - Air on the G string
6. Schubert - Moment musical no.3
7. Schubert - Ave Maria
8. Brahms - Hungarian Dance no.1 in G minor
9. Tchaikovsky - Mélodie in E flat major
10. Bruch - Kol Nidrei
11. Elgar - La Capricieuse
12. Sarasate - Romanza andalusa
13. Zarzycki - Mazurka in G major
14. Bizet/Sarasate - Carmen Fantasy

CD 5: Ginette Neveu - HMV treasures
1-4. Sibelius - Violin Concerto in D minor, op.47
4-7. Suk - Four Pieces, op.17
8. Ravel - Tzigane
9. Ravel - Pièce en forme de habañera
10. Dinicu arr. Heifetz - Hora Staccato
11. Gluck - Mélodie/Danse (Orfeo ed Euridice)
12. Scarlatescu - Bagatelle
13. Paradies arr. Dushkin - Sicilienne
14. de Falla arr. Kreisler - Danse Espagnole

CD 6: Ruggiero Ricci - 1938 Electrola (LAB044) + 1955 Decca
1. JS Bach - Prelude from Partita no.3 in E major
2. Mattheson - Air
3. Paganini - “Moses” Fantasy
4. Paganini-Kochanski - La Campanella
5. Sarasate - Introduction and Tarantelle
6. Sarasate - Habañera
7-10. Sarasate - Zigeunerweisen
11. Ysaÿe - Rêve d’Enfant
12. Rachmaninov-Press - Vocalise
13. Suk - Burleska
14. Sarasate - Zapateado, op.23 no.2
15. Kroll - Banjo and Fiddle
16. Paganini - Le Streghe: Witches’ Dance, op.8
17. Paganini - Moto perpetuo (Allegro di concerto) in C major, op.11
18. Paganini - Variations on ‘God Save the Queen’, op.9
19. Paganini - Violin Sonata no.12 in E minor, op.3 no.6
20. Paganini arr. Kreisler - Introduction & Variations, op.13, on ‘Di tanti palpiti’ from Rossini’s ‘Tancredi’

CD7: Aaron Rosand plays Max Bruch
1-3. Violin Concerto no.1 in G minor, op.26
4-6. Violin Concerto no.2 in D minor, op.44
7-11. Scottish Fantasy, op.46

CD 8: Wolfgang Schneiderhan (and David Oistrakh)
1-3. Beethoven - Violin Concerto in D major, Op.61
4-5. Beethoven - 2 Romances for Violin & Orchestra, opp.40 & 50

CD9: Toscha Seidel - Victor & Brunswick highlights (LAB138)
1. Mozart (arr. Auer) - Gavotte in G (Idomeneo)
2. Mozart (arr. Burmester) - Minuet in D major from K334
3. Wagner (arr.Wilhelmj) - Albumblatt
4. Brahms (arr. Joachim) - Hungarian Dance no.l in G minor
5. Bakaleinikoff - Brahmsiana
6. Provost - Escape to Happiness: Intermezzo
7-10. Korngold - “Much Ado About Nothing” Suite
11. J Strauss II/Tiomkin - The Great Waltz: One Day When We Were Young
12. J Strauss II/Tiomkin - The Great Waltz: There’ll Come a Time
13. J Strauss II/Tiomkin - Voices of Spring/Frühlingsstimmen
14-17. Franck - Violin Sonata in A major (recorded early 1950s, Impressario Records 101)

CD 10: Oscar Shumsky - The Art of... Vol.1 (LAB136)
1-3. Respighi - Violin Sonata in B minor
4-7. Ravel - Sonata for Violin & Cello
- Bernard Greenhouse (cello)
8-10. Viotti - Violin Concerto no.22 in A minor
- Vladimir Sokolov (piano)
11. Chopin (arr. Sarasate) - Nocturne in E flat major, op.9 no.2
- American Radio Orchestra, Alfonso D’Artega
12. Wieniawski - Polonaise in D major