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Icon - Jascha Heifetz - Mozart, Mendelssohn, Sibelius, Tchaikovsky, etc

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-10-28

Works: Jean Sibelius: Concerto for Violin in D minor, Op. 47; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 35; Alexander Glazunov: Concerto for Violin in A minor, Op. 82; Meditation for Vi...
Performers: Bay, Emanuel; Heifetz, Jascha; Moiseiwitsch, Benno; Rubinstein, Artur [Piano]; Sandor, Arpad
Conductors: Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Barbirolli, John; Sargent, Malcolm, Sir
Ensemble: ; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Jascha Heifetz was a Jewish Lithuanianborn American violin virtuoso who first performed the Mendelssohn concerto at age six. He quickly rose to the heights of...continue...

Mozart: Violin Concertos No 4 & 5, Sinfonia Concertante / Heifetz, Primrose, et al

1 CD / Italian Discographic Institute / 2007-05-06

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Violin no 4 in D major, K 218; Concerto for Violin no 5 in A major, K 219 "Turkish"; Sinfonia concertante for Violin and Viola in E flat major, K 364 (320d)
Performers: Heifetz, Jascha; Primrose, William
Conductors: Sargent, Malcolm, Sir; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Solomon, Izler
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra; RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Even though Heifetz cannot quite be defined a "Mozart interpreter", at least in the more commonly accepted meaning of the word, he always showed a...continue...