Zino Francescatti plays Favourite Violin Pieces

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Album Summary

Performers

• Zino Francescatti (Violin)
• Artur Balsam (Piano)

Conductor

• Ormandy, Eugene

Ensemble

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Composers

• Jules Massenet (1842 - 1912)
• Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887 - 1959)
• Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921)
• Tommaso Antonio Vitali (1663 - 1745)
• Emmanuel Chabrier (1841 - 1894)
• Jascha Heifetz (1901 - 1987)
• Maurice Ravel (1875 - 1937)
• Fritz Kreisler (1875 - 1962)
• Francis Poulenc (1899 - 1963)
• Niccolò Paganini (1782 - 1840)

Notes & Reviews:

Zino Francescatti succeeded Jacques Thibaud in the second half of the 20th century as the French violinist par excellence. His suave refinement and elegant phrasing epitomized the best characteristics of French violin playing and his immaculate technique and brilliant tone secured his position among the great violinists of the century. These historic recordings date from 1947 through 1954.

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Vitali, Tommaso Antonio : Chaconne in G minor

• Performer: Zino Francescatti (Violin)
• Running Time: 9 min. 7 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: circa 1705-1745

Kreisler, Fritz : Praeludium and Allegro in the style of Pugnani

• Performer: Zino Francescatti (Violin)
• Running Time: 4 min. 52 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1910

Kreisler, Fritz : Grave in the style of W. F. Bach, for violin & piano in C minor

• Performer: Zino Francescatti (Violin)
• Running Time: 4 min. 20 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic

Kreisler, Fritz : Menuet in the style of Porpora

• Performer: Zino Francescatti (Violin)
• Notes: Composition written: By 1910.
• Running Time: 2 min. 51 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: by 1910

Kreisler, Fritz : Allegretto in the style of Boccherini

• Performer: Zino Francescatti (Violin)
• Running Time: 2 min. 18 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: by 1910

Massenet, Jules : Meditation (from "Thaïs")

• Performer: Zino Francescatti (Violin)
• Running Time: 4 min. 51 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic

Chabrier, Emmanuel : Joyeuse marche "Marche française"

• Performer: Zino Francescatti (Violin)
• Running Time: 3 min. 59 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: March
• Written: 1888

Poulenc, Francis : Presto for Piano in B flat major

• Performer: Zino Francescatti (Violin)
• Running Time: 1 min. 38 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1934

Villa-Lobos, Heitor : O canto do cysno negro (Song of the Black Swan), for violin & piano, A. 123

• Performer: Zino Francescatti (Violin)
• Running Time: 2 min. 36 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1917

Heifetz, Jascha : Ao pé da fogueira (By the bonfire), arrangement for violin & piano (after F. Valle's Preludio 15)

• Performer: Zino Francescatti (Violin)
• Running Time: 1 min. 30 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic

Kreisler, Fritz : Farewell to Cucullain (Londonderry Air), for violin & piano

• Performer: Zino Francescatti (Violin)
• Notes: Composition written: By 12/1921.
• Running Time: 4 min. 56 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: by 12/1921

Niccolò Paganini (1782 - 1840) : Variations for Violin and Orchestra on "Carnival of Venice", Op. 10

• Performers: Zino Francescatti (Violin); Artur Balsam (Piano)
• Running Time: 12 min. 8 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1829

Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921) : Havanaise for Violin and Orchestra in E major, Op. 83

• Performer: Zino Francescatti (Violin)
• Conductor: Eugene Ormandy
• Running Time: 8 min. 51 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1863

Ravel, Maurice : Tzigane

• Performers: Zino Francescatti (Violin); Artur Balsam (Piano)
• Running Time: 8 min. 23 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1922-1924