Fritz Kreisler: The Complete Recordings Vol.6 | Naxos - Historical 8111400

Fritz Kreisler: The Complete Recordings Vol.6

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Label: Naxos - Historical

Cat No: 8111400

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Release Date: 31st July 2015

Contents

Works

Balogh, Erno

Caprice antique (arr. Kreisler for violin and piano)
Dirge of the North (arr. Kreisler for violin and piano)

Bass, George

Chansonette

Brandl, Johann Evangelist

Der liebe Augustin

Cadman, Charles Wakefield

The Legend of the Canyon, op.68

Dawes, Charles

Melody in A major

Dvorak, Antonin

Slavonic Dances: Series II, op.72 B147
» no.2 in E minor (arr. F Kreisler)

Grainger, Percy

Molly on the Shore (arr. Kreisler for violin and piano)

Handel, George Frideric

Serse (Xerxes), HWV40
» Ombra mai fu (arr. Kreisler for violin and piano)

Haydn, Franz Joseph

Symphony no.96 in D major, Hob.I:96 'Miracle'
» III Minuet (arr. violin and piano)

Herbert, Victor

Orange Blossoms
» A Kiss in the Dark (arr. Kreisler for violin and piano)

Korngold, Erich Wolfgang

Die tote Stadt, op.12
» Tanzlied des Pierrot (arr. Kreisler for violin and piano)

Kreisler, Fritz

Caprice viennois, op.2

Lalo, Edouard

Symphonie espagnole in D minor, op.21
» II Scherzando (arr. violin and piano)

Massenet, Jules

Thais: Meditation (arr. Martin Marsick)

Paderewski, Ignacy Jan

Humoresques de concert, op.14
» no.1 Minuet in G major (arr. Kreisler for violin and orchestra)

Poldini, Ede

Marionnettes (7)
» no.2 Poupee valsante (arr. Kreisler for violin and piano)

Schutt, Eduard

Slavonic Lament (arr. Carl Friedberg for violin and piano)

Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich

Souvenir de Hapsal, op.2
» no.3 Song without Words in F major (arr. Kreisler for violin and piano)
Violin Concerto in D major, op.35
» II Canzonetta (arr. violin and piano)

Traditional

Old French Gavotte (arr. Carl Friedberg for violin and piano)

Artists

Fritz Kreisler (violin)
Carl Lamson (piano)
Victor Orchestra

Conductor

Rosario Bourdon

Works

Balogh, Erno

Caprice antique (arr. Kreisler for violin and piano)
Dirge of the North (arr. Kreisler for violin and piano)

Bass, George

Chansonette

Brandl, Johann Evangelist

Der liebe Augustin

Cadman, Charles Wakefield

The Legend of the Canyon, op.68

Dawes, Charles

Melody in A major

Dvorak, Antonin

Slavonic Dances: Series II, op.72 B147
» no.2 in E minor (arr. F Kreisler)

Grainger, Percy

Molly on the Shore (arr. Kreisler for violin and piano)

Handel, George Frideric

Serse (Xerxes), HWV40
» Ombra mai fu (arr. Kreisler for violin and piano)

Haydn, Franz Joseph

Symphony no.96 in D major, Hob.I:96 'Miracle'
» III Minuet (arr. violin and piano)

Herbert, Victor

Orange Blossoms
» A Kiss in the Dark (arr. Kreisler for violin and piano)

Korngold, Erich Wolfgang

Die tote Stadt, op.12
» Tanzlied des Pierrot (arr. Kreisler for violin and piano)

Kreisler, Fritz

Caprice viennois, op.2

Lalo, Edouard

Symphonie espagnole in D minor, op.21
» II Scherzando (arr. violin and piano)

Massenet, Jules

Thais: Meditation (arr. Martin Marsick)

Paderewski, Ignacy Jan

Humoresques de concert, op.14
» no.1 Minuet in G major (arr. Kreisler for violin and orchestra)

Poldini, Ede

Marionnettes (7)
» no.2 Poupee valsante (arr. Kreisler for violin and piano)

Schutt, Eduard

Slavonic Lament (arr. Carl Friedberg for violin and piano)

Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich

Souvenir de Hapsal, op.2
» no.3 Song without Words in F major (arr. Kreisler for violin and piano)
Violin Concerto in D major, op.35
» II Canzonetta (arr. violin and piano)

Traditional

Old French Gavotte (arr. Carl Friedberg for violin and piano)

Artists

Fritz Kreisler (violin)
Carl Lamson (piano)
Victor Orchestra

Conductor

Rosario Bourdon

About

Volume 6 of this series completes Fritz Kreisler’s acoustic recordings for the Victor Talking Machine Company.

The February 1925 sessions were the final months of acoustic recording techniques and, despite numerous takes, many of the sides were regrettably not passed for release. Fortunately an extremely rare test pressing of the Scherzando from Lalo’s Symphonie espagnole has survived (Track 19) as has an unpublished test pressing from 24 January 1924 of Take 2 of the Tchaikovsky Canzonetta (Track 1), which preserves Kreisler’s hauntingly ‘speaking’ tone and lovely trills.

Kreisler turned 50 in February 1925, but with his sensitive tone and impeccably tuned double-stops he was playing better than ever.

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