Great Violinists: Heifetz Encores Vol.1 | Naxos - Historical 8112072

Great Violinists: Heifetz Encores Vol.1

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Label: Naxos - Historical

Cat No: 8112072

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Release Date: 30th April 2012

Contents

Artists

Jascha Heifetz (violin)
Brookes Smith (piano)
Emanuel Bay (piano)

Works

Bennett, Robert Russell

A song sonata
» excerpts

Brahms, Johannes

Hungarian Dances (21), WoO1
» no.11 in D minor
» no.17 in F sharp minor
» no.20 in E minor

Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Mario

Tango, op.24b

Debussy, Claude

Preludes (12), Book 1
» no.8 La fille aux cheveux de lin (The girl with the flaxen hair)

Dinicu, Grigoras

Hora staccato

Falla, Manuel de

El amor brujo
» Pantomime

Khachaturian, Aram

Gayaneh: Ballet Suite
» Sabre Dance

Kroll, William

Banjo and Fiddle

Medtner, Nikolai

Fairy Tales (Skazki) (2), op.20
» no.1 in B flat minor

Paganini, Nicolo

Caprices (24) for solo violin, op.1
» no.13 in B flat major 'Devil's laughter'
» no.20 in D major

Prokofiev, Sergei

Pieces for Piano (4), op.32
» no.3 Gavotte
Pieces for Piano (10), op.12
» no.1 March in F minor

Rachmaninov, Sergei

Etudes-Tableaux (9), op.39
» no.2 in A minor
Pieces (2) for cello and piano, op.2
» no.2 Danse Orientale
Songs (6), op.38
» no.3 Daisies (arr. for violin and piano)

Ravel, Maurice

Sonatine
» Menuet
Valses nobles et sentimentales
» no.6 Vif
» no.7 Moins vif

Sgambati, Giovanni

Serenata napoletana, op.24 no.2

Shostakovich, Dmitri

Fantastic Dances (3), op.5
» no.2 Waltz

Shulman, Alan

Cod Liver 'Ile

Stravinsky, Igor

The Firebird (L'Oiseau de feu)
» Berceuse

Artists

Jascha Heifetz (violin)
Brookes Smith (piano)
Emanuel Bay (piano)

About

Heifetz’s series of arrangements and transcriptions for violin and piano reveal just how tasteful and refined a musician he was. Crafted with precision, and played with passion, they are alive with his stylistic awareness. Whether in his Rachmaninov transcriptions or in Robert Russell Bennett’s A Song Sonata, Heifetz lavished equal care on these gems and they enriched his concert programmes. They also proved hugely popular on disc – thirteen of these pieces come from a 1960 LP famously called ‘Heifetz’ – and their variety, virtuosity and sheer beauty remain imperishable examples of the art of the violin.

1946-1956 Recordings

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