Heifetz, Jascha

Gershwin & Kern / The Alexander String Quartet, Joan Enric Lluna, clarinet

1 CD / Foghorn Classics / 2012-08-14

Works: Jascha Heifetz: Porgy & Bess Selections for Clarinet and Strings; Jerome Kern: Very Warm for May; Swing Time; Bill, song (from "Show Boat"); Music in the Air; Roberta; Once in a Blue Moon, song (from...
Performers: Lluna, Joan Enric
Conductors:
Ensemble: The Alexander String Quartet

This recording presents some very familiar and much-loved music in an unexpected format. Ten of Jerome Kern and George Gershwin's greatest songs - songs almost...continue...
Recording information: St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Belvedere, California, (05/24/2011-05/26/2011); St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Belvedere, California, (07/15/2011)....continue...

Historic Russian Archives: David Oistrakh - Chamber Music Edition

10 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-07-31

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sonata for Violin and Piano in D major, K 306 (300l); Variations (12) on "La bergère Célimene," for violin & piano in G major, K. 359 (K. 374a); Sergey Rachmani...
Performers: Badura-Skoda, Paul; Bauer, Frida; Goldenweiser, Alexander [Composer]; Knushevitsky, Svyatoslav; Kollegorskaya, Inna; Makarov, Abram; Oborin, Lev; Oistrakh, David; Oistrakh, Igor [Violin]; Richter, Sv...

The reissue of this unique collection of chamber music masterpieces, ranging from Baroque to 20-century, played by the legendary David Oistrakh, with his luminous, sonorous

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Encore!

1 CD / K2 HD Import / 2012-06-26

Works: Fritz Kreisler: Praeludium and Allegro in the style of Pugnani; Marche Miniature Viennoise, for violin & piano; Apple Blossoms; Pablo de Sarasate: Spanish Dances (2) for Violin and Piano, Op. 21; Int...
Performers: McDonald, Robert; Midori

Dedications: A Life in Music / Keith Harvey, cello

2 CD / The Classics Label / 2012-05-08

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: Lasciatemi morire "Lamento d'Arianna a 1"; Ferruccio Busoni: Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue, arrangement for cello & piano (after J. S. Bach, BWV 903; BBGA 7/7), Ki; Alexander Scriab...
Performers: Harvey, Keith; Hendry, Linn; Knight, Meralyn; Pettinger, Peter

Legendary cellist Keith Harvey in arrangements and transcriptions dedicated to a lifetime of influences! Cello Classics presents the Emmy Award-winning cellist playing several works receiving...continue...
Recording information: All Saints Church, London N2; Conway Hall, London....continue...

Icon: Michael Rabin

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-01-10

Works: Niccolò Paganini: Concerto for Violin no 1 in E flat major (usually transposed to D major), Op. 6, MS 21; Caprices (24) for Violin solo, Op. 1; Moto perpetuo for Violin and Orchestra in C major,...
Performers: Pommers, Leon; Rabin, Michael
Conductors: Goossens, Eugene, Sir; Boult, Adrian; Matacic, Lovro von; Galliera, Alceo; Slatkin, Felix

Released to commemorate the 40th Anniversary of Michael Rabin's death on 19th January 1972 this collection brings together his finest recordings on EMI Classics in...continue...

Up In Lights / Works by Gershwin, Lloyd Webber, Rodger

1 CD / Carl Davis Collection / 2011-10-25

Works: John Kander: New York, New York (theme for the film New York New York); Richard Rodgers: Carousel; Andrew Lloyd Webber: Cats Suite for orchestra; Carl Davis: Hollywood, for orchestra ("Hollywood Them...
Performers: McLaren, Jenny; Trusler, Matthew
Conductors: Davis, Carl

Who doesn't want their name up in lights? The"X-Factor" era sparked inspiration for this album of Hollywood, Broadway & West End orchestral showstoppers. Featuring a...continue...
Recording information: Studio One, Abbey Road (2010-06-16_2010-06-17&2010-)....continue...

Russian Miniatures - Works By Glinka, Glazunov, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov / Sergej Azizian, violin; Elena Semishina, piano

1 CD / Scandinavian Classic / 2011-07-26

Works: Mikhail Glinka: Nocturne, for harp (or piano) in E flat major, G. vi62; Alexander Glazunov: Meditation for Violin and Piano in D major, Op. 32; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Valse-Scherzo for Violin and...
Performers: Azizian, Sergei; Norregaard, Alice; Semishina, Elena

Golden Age of Light Music: Confetti

1 CD / Guild / 2011-06-14

Works: Bronislaw Kaper: Confetti, for pops orchestra; Joseph Kuhn: Champs Elysées Café, for pops orchestra; Via Amalfi, for pops orchestra; Montevideo Bolero, for pops orchestra; Robert Farnon: Ma...
Performers: Miller, Mitch; Ventura, Dolores
Conductors: Green, Johnny; Jones, Leslie; Gould, Morton; Arlt, Hans-Georg; Farnon, Robert; Faith, Percy; Bergman, Buddy; Camarata, Salvatore '.; Melachrino, George; Rossani, Roberto; Hill-Bowen, William; Goodwin...

The title "Confetti" was chosen to convey an assortment of pieces in different styles, offering a variety of moods and emotions - almost a haphazard...continue...

Violin Romances / Aaron Rosand

2 CD / Musical Concepts / 2011-05-17

Works: Max Bruch: Romance, for violin & orchestra in A minor, Op. 42; Fritz Kreisler: Romanze, for violin & piano, Op. 4; Jean Sibelius: Romances, Op. 78; Antonin Dvorák: Romance for violin & piano in ...
Performers: Covelli, John; Rosand, Aaron [Violin]; Sung, Hugh

This release is a coupling of two remarkable albums that have not been available for some ten years. Aaron Rosand is most famous for his...continue...

Turning Points: works for violin & piano by Prokofiev, Bach, Gershwin et al. / Mikhail & Sonya Ovrutsky

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2011-05-10

Works: Sergey Prokofiev: Melodies (5) for Violin and Piano, Op. 35bis; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Souvenir d'un lieu cher; Johann Sebastian Bach: Sonata for Violin solo no 1 in G minor, BWV 1001; Jascha Hei...
Performers: Ovrutsky, Mikhail; Ovrutsky, Sonya

Ovrutsky's debut CD with Berlin Classics features him making music with his sister Sonya, and as the title suggests, this is a very personal album....continue...
Recording information: Köln, Deutschlandfunk Kammermusiksaal (03/25/2010-03/28/2010)....continue...

Springtime In The Park / EMI

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-03-29

Works: Claude Debussy: Petite Suite; Clair de lune (Suite bergamasque); Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt - Suite no 1, Op. 46; Elegiac Melodies (2) for Strings, Op. 34; Gabriel Fauré: Dolly Suite, Op. 56; Gusta...
Performers: Braley, Frank; Capucon, Gautier; Capucon, Renaud; Causse, Gerard [Viola]; Collard, Jean-Phillipe; Fray, David; Lane, Piers; Little, Tasmin; Posch, Alois; Rigutto, Bruno
Conductors: Martinon, Jean; Slatkin, Felix; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Muti, Riccardo; Eschenbach, Christoph; Fray, David; Berglund, Paavo; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Brown, Iona; Chang, Sarah; ; Nézet-Séguin, Yan...
Ensemble: ; Sabine Meyer Wind Ensemble

Spring is a season of immense beauty and magnificence. Flowers bloom to their fullest, and the trees are laden with sweet, juicy fruit, ripe enough...continue...

Violinist Amy Moretti: Kaleidoscope

1 CD / Sono Luminus / 2011-03-29

Works: Jascha Heifetz: Three Preludes, arrangement for violin & piano (after Gershwin); Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Op. 42; Valse-Scherzo for Violin and Orchestra in C major, Op. 34; Ottokar Novacek: Perpetu...
Performers: McDuffie, Robert; Moretti, Amy Schwartz [Violin]; Pridgen, Elizabeth

Violinist Amy Schwartz Moretti is recognized for her musical elegance and grace. Her playing has been described as "breathtakingly rich in tone and color" (St....continue...
Recording information: Neva Langley Fickling Hall, Townsend School of Music, M (04/01/2010-04/03/2010)....continue...

Con Amore / Kyung-Wha Chung

1 CD / Decca Import / 2011-02-01

Works: Fritz Kreisler: La Gitana; Liebesleid; Praeludium and Allegro in the style of Pugnani; Caprice for violin & piano in A minor (transcription of work by Wieniawski); Liebesfreud; Sérénade Esp...
Performers: Chung, Kyung-Wha [Violin]

BBC Music Magazine
A violinist at the height of her powers, in performances that are affectionate, powerful, playful or virtuosic, as the music requires. Especially attractive...continue...
Recording information: Forde Abbey Chard, Somerset (10/1985)....continue...

Lazarevitch and Husson play Strauss, Ravel, Elgar

1 CD / Gallo / 2010-11-09

Works: Richard Strauss: Sonata for Violin and Piano in E flat major, Op. 18; Maurice Ravel: Alborada del Gracioso, for orchestra; Ernest Chausson: Poème for Violin and Orchestra in E flat major, Op. ...
Performers: Suzanne Husson; Vojkan Lazarevitch

Vojkan Lazarevitch was born in Belgrade and studied in Brussels. He was concertmaster of the Goffredo Petrassi Chamber Orchestra in Rome before relocating to Geneva....continue...
Recording information: Salle de Musique de La Chaux-de-Fonds (06/26/2009-06/27/2009)....continue...

Essential Violin

2 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2010-08-17

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: The Four Seasons; Johannes Brahms: Sonata for Violin no 2 in A major, Op. 100; Hungarian Dance for piano, 4 hands, in D minor, WoO 1/2; F.A.E. Sonata Movement.; Pablo de Sarasate: Pl...
Performers: Almonte, Caroline; Anthony, Adele; Brown, Barbara; Gilby, Barbara Jane; Hall, Dimity; Kimber, Beryl; Michaels, Geoffrey; Olding, Dene; Olding, Max; Parsons, Geoffrey; Tognetti, Richard; Tsunoda, Miki...
Conductors: Lancaster, Geoffrey; Walker, Antony; Ronly-Riklis, Shalom; Lang-Lessing, Sebastian; Challender, Stuart; Halstead, Anthony; Volmer, Arvo
Ensemble: ; Tasmanian Symphony Chamber Players

Rozsa, Korngold: Violin Concertos

1 CD / Orchid Classics / 2010-06-29

Works: Miklós Rózsa: Concerto for Violin & orchestra, Op. 24; Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 35; Jascha Heifetz: Estrellita, arrangement for violin & piano (after Pon...
Performers: Trusler, Matthew
Conductors: Shinozaki, Yasuo

"Here, violinist Matthew Trusler and the Dusseldorfer Symphonikerjoin forces for what proves to be a pair of commanding performances. Trusler's playing in particular is technically...continue...
Recording information: Düsseldorf Tonhalle (06/2008)....continue...

Blues

1 CD / Orchid Classics / 2010-06-29

Works: Jascha Heifetz: Selections (5) from Gershwin's Porgy and Bess, arrangement for violin & piano; Three Preludes, arrangement for violin & piano (after Gershwin); Wayne Marshall: Blues Improvisation; Ge...
Performers: Trusler, Matthew; Wayne Marshall [Piano/Organ]

Recording information: Wigmore Hall, London (09/05/2006-09/06/2006)....continue...

Classical Top 100

5 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2010-05-04

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: The Four Seasons; Concerto for Flute "Il Gardellino"; Camille Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the animals; Carnival of the Animals; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Sonata, K. 331; Eine ...
Performers: Austbo, Hakon; Boer, Harmen de; Crombach, Sara; Geiger, Gyorgy; Goldstein, Misha; Grafova, Maria; Grauwels, Marc; Groop, Monica; Han, Derek; Hoek, Martijn van den; Holbling, Anna; Jerie, Marek; Jones...
Conductors: Warchal, Bohdan; Clark, Robert Haydon; Bátiz, Enrique; Ermler, Mark; ; Robev, Georgi; Sándor, János; Kosler, Zdenek; Heyerick, Florian; Davis, Carl; Lenárd, Ondrej; Vandernoot, An...
Ensemble: ; Early Music Consort of London; London Baroque; Musica ad Rhenum; New York Harp Ensemble

This set is newly compiled, choosing the 100 very best tracks in the best available performances, including London Symphony Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Carl...continue...

Dohnányi, Janácek: Violin Sonatas

1 CD / Hyperion / 2010-04-13

Works: Ernst von Dohnányi: Sonata for violin & piano in C sharp minor, Op. 21; Ruralia Hungarica, pieces (3) for violin & piano, Op. 32c; Jascha Heifetz: Romanza, arrangement for violin & piano (after ...
Performers: Erez, Arnon; Shaham, Hagai

Hagai Shaham and Arnon Erez have been enthusiastically acclaimed for their dazzling duo performances. For their latest disc, they turn to two composers who were...continue...
Recording information: Jerusalem Music Centre, Israel (01/04/2009-01/06/2009)....continue...

Rabin Collection 3 (Slim)

2 CD / Doremi / 2010-03-09

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Violin no 4 in D major, K. 218; Alexander Glazunov: Concerto for Violin in A minor, Op. 82; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 35; Op...
Performers: Rabin, Michael
Conductors: Gaston, Saul; Schmid, Erich; Fjeldstad, Oivin; Voorhees, Donald; Solti, Sir Georg

One of the greatest violinists of all time, who died at a young age (35) and is now a cult figure. Rare live performances, all...continue...

Encores & More

2 CD / Solo Musica / 2010-03-09

Works: Myron Poliakin: Le Canari Konzertpolka, for violin & piano; Franz Liszt: Grand Duo concertant sur la Romance de "Le Marin" (I & II), for violin & piano, S. 128 & S. 700h (LW; Franz von Vecsey: Valse ...
Performers: Eichhorn, Friedemann; Findeisen, Peer [Piano]

During the first part of the 20th century, short characteristic pieces that these days are almost only performed as encores played an important part for...continue...
Recording information: Mannheim, Reiss-Engelhorn-Museen, Egell-Saal (04/26/1008-10/18/1998)....continue...

Best Violin 100

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-01-26

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in E major, Op. 8 no 1/RV 269 "Primavera"; Sonata for Violin and Basso Continuo in A major, Op. 2 no 2/RV 31; Fritz Kreisler: Sonata for Violin in G minor 'The De...
Performers: Balsam, Artur; Barbizet, Pierre; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Beznosiuk, Pavlo; Brown, Ian [Piano]; Capucon, Renaud; Chang, Sarah; Chung, Kyung-Wha [Violin]; Collard, Jean-Phillipe; Domingo,...
Conductors: Lysy, Alberto; ; Halstead, Anthony; Accardo, Salvatore; Pritchard, John; Karajan, Herbert von; Marriner, Sir Neville; Boult, Adrian; Kondrashin, Kirill; Goossens, Eugene, Sir; Dervaux, Pierre; Previn...
Ensemble: ; Camerata Lysy Gstaad; Europa Galante; Hanover Band

This 6-CD set contains a fine collection of 100 favorite violin classics, performed by some of the world's leading artists. Among them are giants of...continue...

111 Years of Deutsche Grammophon [Limited Edition]

6 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2009-10-20

Works: Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dance for piano, 4 hands, in G minor, WoO 1/5; Concerto for Violin and Cello in A minor, Op. 102 "Double"; Scherzo for Violin and Piano in C minor, WoO 2 "FAE Sonata"; Joha...
Performers: Aimard, Pierre-Laurent; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Battle, Kathleen; Bay, Emanuel; Benson, Clifford; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Bielecki, Andre; Ble...
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio; Barenboim, Daniel; Baumgartner, Rudolf; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Bernstein, Leonard; Böhm, Karl; Boulez, Pierre; Maazel, Lorin; Marcon, Andrea; Karajan, Herbert von; Chung, Myung-W...
Ensemble: ; Andalucian Dogs; Concerto Köln ; English Baroque Soloists; English Consort; Gabrieli Consort; His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts; Les Musiciens du Louvre - Grenoble; Musica Antiqua Köln ...

Deutsche Grammophon is proud to celebrate its 111th birthday this year (December 6th, to be exact) and as part of the celebration will release a...continue...

Encores

1 CD / Hungaroton Import / 2009-10-06

Works: Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dances (21) for orchestra, WoO 1; Fritz Kreisler: Liebesleid; Liebesfreud; Schön Rosmarin; Midnight Bells; Eduard Gaertner: Aus Wien for violin & piano; Franz von Vecs...
Performers: Golani, Rivka; Levin, Michel

Miniatures

2 CD / Membran / 2009-09-15

Works: George Gershwin: Porgy and Bess; Preludes (3) for piano; Susan H. Dyer: An Outlandish Suite for violin & piano ("Florida Night Song"); Flausino Rodrigues DoVale: Prelude No 15, "Ao Pe Da Fogueira"; J...
Performers: Bay, Emanuel; Crosby, Bing; Heifetz, Jascha; Kaye, Milton
Conductors: Camarata, Tutti

2009 two CD set. With these miniatures, which were recorded between 1944 and 1946, Jascha Heifetz reacted against the classical purists of his time. Today...continue...

Café Fiddle / Ben Breen, Milton Kaye

1 CD / Tall Poppies / 2009-09-08

Works: Manuel de Falla: Dance no 1 (from La vida breve); Edward Elgar: Salut d'amour; Jascha Heifetz: Beau Soir, arrangement for violin & piano (after Debussy); Fritz Kreisler: Liebesfreud; Liebesleid; Rond...
Performers: Breen, Ben; Kaye, Milton

Recognized as one of Australia's outstanding violinists, Benjamin Breen made his Carnegie Hall debut in 1993. He has since toured in Australia, Europe, the United...continue...

Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky, etc / Leshenko, Argerich

1 Super Audio CD / Avanti Classic / 2009-09-01

Works: Sergey Prokofiev: Symphony no 1 in D major, Op. 25 "Classical"; Sonata for Piano no 7 in B flat major, Op. 83; Sonata for Cello and Piano in C major, Op. 119; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Souvenir d'un...
Performers: Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Leschenko, Polina; Poltera, Christian; Robert, Lakatos

Polina Leschenko headlines a program encompassing a broad variety of Sergei Prokofiev's work, beginning with a thrilling performance of the classical Symphony in an unedited...continue...

Caroline Goulding

1 CD / Telarc / 2009-08-25

Works: Fritz Kreisler: La Gitana; Gypsy Caprice; Berceuse romantique, Op. 9; Apple Blossoms; John Corigliano: The Red Violin Caprices for Violin solo; Paul Schoenfield: Souvenirs (4) for Flute and Piano; He...
Performers: Goulding, Caroline; O'Riley, Christopher; Randall, Janine

At age sixteen, violinist, Caroline Goulding has won the coveted first prize of the Aspen Music Festival's Concerto Competition (at age thirteen) and has appeared...continue...

Jascha Heifetz - Greatest Hits

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2009-06-23

Works: Camille Saint-Saëns: Havanaise for Violin and Orchestra in E major, Op. 83; Havanaise, for violin & piano (or orchestra) in E major, Op. 83; Jascha Heifetz: Hora staccato (after Grigoras Dinicu)...
Performers: Bay, Emanuel; Heifetz, Jascha; Sandor, Arpad; Smith, Brooks
Conductors: Steinberg, William; Reiner, Fritz; Voorhees, Donald; Wallenstein, Alfred; Sargent, Malcolm, Sir

Legendary Treasures - Michael Rabin Collection Vol 2

3 CD / Doremi / 2009-02-10

Works: Johannes Brahms: Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 77; Sergey Prokofiev: Concerto for Violin no 2 in G minor, Op. 63; Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for 2 Violins in D minor, BWV 1043; Henryk Wien...
Performers: Broddack, Lothar; Rabin, Michael; Sullivan, Brian
Conductors: Kubelik, Rafael; Vandernoot, Andre; Voorhees, Donald; Wallenstein, Alfred; Blackman, Charles; Schippers, Thomas; Mitropoulos, Dimitri; Scherman, Thomas

American violinist Michael Rabin was outstanding from a very young age. His prodigious technique, combined with a unique sound (big, voluptuous, and energetic) made him...continue...

Gipsy Way - Bach, Brahms, Sarasate, Monti, Hubay, etc / Pavel Sporcl, Romano Stilo

1 CD / Supraphon / 2009-01-04

Works: Unspecified: Russian Fantasy; Romanian "Hora" in F sharp minor; Old-Hungarian Gipsy Song in C sharp minor; Fakó Csárdás in D flat major; Transylvanian Fantasy in E minor; Gipsy Song "N...
Performers: Sporcl, Pavel
Conductors:
Ensemble: Romano Stilo

The violin virtuoso Pavel Sporcl's new CD captures his two unique concerts with the Slovak Gipsy cimbalom ensemble Romano Stilo. Just as Pavel Sporcl steps...continue...
Recording information: La Fabrika, Prague (07/28/2008-07/29/2008).

Includes gavotte en rondeau (from partita bwv 1006) / hejre by various composers....continue...

Souvenirs - Bloch, Massenet, Tchaikovsky, Debussy, etc / Sharon Kam, Itamar Golan

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-11-11

Works: Jules Massenet: Meditation (from "Thaïs"); Pièces de genre (10) for piano, Op. 10; Fritz Kreisler: Schön Rosmarin; Marche Miniature Viennoise, for violin & piano; Liebesleid; Apple Blo...
Performers: Golan, Itamar [Piano]; Kam, Sharon

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...

Zino Francescatti plays Favourite Violin Pieces

1 CD / Biddulph / 2008-08-12

Works: Tommaso Antonio Vitali: Chaconne in G minor; Fritz Kreisler: Praeludium and Allegro in the style of Pugnani; Grave in the style of W. F. Bach, for violin & piano in C minor; Menuet in the style of Po...
Performers: Balsam, Artur; Francescatti, Zino
Conductors: Ormandy, Eugene

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...continue...

Prokofiev: Violin Sonatas; Works Arranged for Violin / Schumann, Sigfridsson

1 CD / CAvi Music / 2008-07-08

Works: Sergey Prokofiev: Sonata for violin & piano no 1 in F minor, Op. 80; Sonata for Violin and Piano no 2 in D major, Op. 94bis; Cinderella; Jascha Heifetz: March, arrangement for violin & piano (after P...
Performers: Schumann, Erik; Sigfridsson, Henri

Virtuoso Violin Encores - Heifetz Transcriptions / Rosand

1 CD / Vox Classical / 2008-06-30

Works: Jascha Heifetz: Selections (5) from Gershwin's Porgy and Bess, arrangement for violin & piano; Hora staccato (after Grigoras Dinicu); Stephen Foster: Jeannie with the light brown hair; Maurice Ravel:...
Performers: Covelli, John; Rosand, Aaron [Violin]

Virtuoso Cello Encores / Joseph Kaizer, Nariaki Sugiura

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2008-02-13

Works: Jascha Heifetz: Hora staccato (after Grigoras Dinicu); Bohuslav Martinu: Variations on a theme of Rossini for Cello and Piano; Camille Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the animals; Alberto Ginastera: Pa...
Performers: Kaizer, Joseph [Cello]; Sugiura, Nariaki

The Essential Joshua Bell

2 CD / Sony Classical / 2007-04-03

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake; Felix Mendelssohn: Concerto for Violin in D minor; Song Without Words for piano no 30 in A major ("Frühlingslied"), Op. 62/6; Frédéric Chopin:...
Performers: Bell, Joshua; Bush, Sam; Chiu, Frederic [Piano]; Fleck, Bela; Marshall, Mike [Guitar/Mandolin]; Mulligan, Simon; Williams, John [Film Composer]
Conductors: Thomas, Michael Tilson; Norrington, Roger; Leon, Craig; Salonen, Esa-Pekka; Stern, Michael; Williams, John; Hess, Nigel; Zinman, David
Ensemble: ; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Camerata Salzburg; Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra; Orchestra of St. Luke's; Philharmonia Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Joshua Bell has captured the public's imagination like no other classical violinist of his time. His virtuosity in the most demanding concerto repertoire is second...continue...
Existing fans of violinist Joshua Bell are already well-acquainted with the broad scope of repertoire and performance abilities ranging deftly from the classical concerto repertoire to his well-known ...continue...

Salut d'amour - R. Strauss: Violin Sonata, etc / Chuanyun Li

1 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2007-02-12

Works: Antonin Dvorák: Slavonic Dances (8) for Piano 4 hands, Op. 72/B 145; William Kroll: Banjo and Fiddle; Edward Elgar: Salut d'amour; Antonio Bazzini: La ronde des lutins, Op. 25; Alexander Glazu...
Performers: Koenig, Robert; Li, Chuanyun

Hanssler Classic is proud to present the first recording of this exciting young artist to be made available outside of China. Hailed by the international...continue...

Heifetz - it ain't necessarily so - Legendary Classic and Jazz Studio Takes

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2006-10-10

Works: Samuel Gardner: From the Canebrake, for violin & piano, Op. 5; Arthur Benjamin: Jamaican Rumba; Jascha Heifetz: Beau Soir, arrangement for violin & piano (after Debussy); Jeanie with the Light Brown ...
Performers: Bay, Emanuel; Crosby, Bing; Heifetz, Jascha
Conductors: Camarata, Tutti; Young, Victor
Ensemble: ; Orchestra

"For almost all his career Heifetz recorded for Victor and RCA. From 1942, however, the American recording industry was in dispute with the musicians' union,...continue...

Reflections

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2006-09-26

Works: Vittorio Monti: Czardas; Jascha Heifetz: Deep River, arrangement of spiritual for violin & piano; March, arrangement for violin & piano (after Prokofiev's "The Love for Three Oranges"); Pieces from P...
Performers: Harrington, Gregory

French Collection - Debussy, Ravel, et al / De Groot, et al

2 CD / Preiser / 2006-05-01

Works: Claude Debussy: Sonata for Violin and Piano in G minor; Francis Poulenc: Sonata for violin & piano, FP 119; Maurice Ravel: Sonata for Violin and Piano in G major; Pablo de Sarasate: Ziegeunerweisen; ...
Performers: Brackman, Bernd; Groot, Jeroen de

Jeroen de Groot (b. 1961) studied with the eminent Dutch violinists Bets van der Horst and Herman Krebbers. After winning First Prize at the 1985...continue...

Heifetz Transcriptions / Su Yeon Lee

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-04-18

Works: Jascha Heifetz: Nocturne, arrangement for violin & piano (after Chopin's Op. 55/2); Dance no 4, arrangement for violin & piano (after Krien's Dance Suite, Op. 44); Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair, a...
Performers: Chertock, Michael; Lee, Su Yeon

The great violinist Jascha Heifetz made numerous transcriptions for violin and piano, many of which have come to form a standard part of violin repertoire,...continue...

Mozart, Beethoven, Grieg, Gershwin: Music for violin and piano

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2005-10-18

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sonata for violin & piano no 22 in A major, K. 305 (K. 293d); Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Violin and Piano no 8 in G major, Op. 30 no 3; Edvard Grieg: Sonata no 3 in C m...

Avec et Sans

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2005-03-15

Works: Eugène Ysaÿe: Sonata for violin solo no 1 in G minor, Op. 27/1; Sergey Prokofiev: Sonata for violin solo in D major, Op. 115; Jascha Heifetz: March, arrangement for violin & piano (after Pr...
Performers: Chiba, Saori; Skowronski, Vincent P.

Heifetz Transcriptions / Ruben Aharonian, Svetlana Safonova

1 CD / Delos / 2005-01-01

Works: Jascha Heifetz: Sarabande, arrangement for violin & piano (after Bach's English Suite no 3); Rondo, arrangement for violin & piano (after Weber's Violin Sonata, Op. 10/3); Contemplation, transcriptio...
Performers: Aharonian, Rouben; Safonova, Svetlana

This special new release by Ruben Aharonian and Svetlanov Safonova showcases 25 exciting transcriptions. Ruben Aharonian has more than lived up to the description of...continue...

Heifetz in Performance [includes DVD]

2 CD / RCA Records / 2004-12-07

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Serenade no 7 in D major, K 250 (248b) "Haffner"; Sergey Prokofiev: March & Scherzo for piano, Op. 33 ter (arr. from The Love for Three Oranges, Op. 33); Claude Debussy: La f...
Performers: Bay, Emanuel; Ellis, Osian; Heifetz, Jascha; Smith, Brooks
Conductors: Sargent, Malcolm, Sir

This DVD features a selection of the great violinist's favorite repertoire. Included in the program are several short works for violin and piano performed in...continue...

Michaël Zuber Plays Tartini, Bach, Mozart, Kreisler, Gershwin

1 CD / Frémeaux / 2003-07-04

Works: Giuseppe Tartini: Sonatas (12) e una pastorale, Op. 1; Johann Sebastian Bach: Sonata for Violin and Harpsichord no 4 in C minor, BWV 1017; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sonata for Violin and Piano in F ma...
Performers: Bourquin, Magali; Zuber, Michael

Tango Song and Dance / Mutter, Previn, Orkis

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2003-04-08

Works: André Previn: Tango Song and Dance, for violin & piano; Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dance for piano, 4 hands, in G minor, WoO 1/1; Hungarian Dance for piano, 4 hands, in D flat major, WoO 1/6; Hu...
Performers: Mutter, Anne-Sophie; Orkis, Lambert [Keyboards]; Previn, Andre [Conductor/Piano]

This album takes its name from the Previn composition included here, "Tango Song and Dance", which Anne-Sophie Mutter performs with Andre Previn at the piano....continue...
Personnel: Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin); André Previn , Lambert Orkis (piano).

Recording information: Herkulessaal (12/2001-07/2002); Munich, Germany (12/2001-07/2002); Residenz (12/2001-0...continue...

Polished Brass / River City Brass Band

1 CD / Summit Records / 2003-02-04

Works: Bruce Broughton: Harlequin, for brass band; Peter Graham: Gaelforce, for band; English Traditional: Brigg Fair, folk song; Drew Fennell: Hometown Miniatures, for brass band; Fanfare and Theme, for br...
Performers: Band, River City Brass; Black, Bernie; Gedris, David
Conductors: Colwell, Denis
Ensemble: River City Brass Band

Personnel: Paul Lennartz, William Hughes (cornet); Jason Malloy, Carl Jackson (trombone); Lance Laduke, Matthew Murchison (euphonium); David Knapp, James Stillwagon (tuba); David Piecka (horns); Carol...continue...