The Heifetz Collection, Volume 2: 1925-1934

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Tracklist

▼ CD 1
# Title Artist Rating Length
1 La plus que lente
Claude Debussy 4:22
2 Menuets I & II (from Partida no. 3)
Johann Sebastian Bach 2:26
3 Les petits moulins a vent, XVII, no. 2
François Couperin 1:01
4 La Fille Aux Cheveux de Lin (The Girl with the Flaxen Hair)
Claude Debussy 2:30
5 Scherzo-Impromptu (no. 2, Moods, op. 73)
Edvard Grieg 2:15
6 Hebrew Melody, op. 33
Joseph Achron 4:56
7 Rondo (from Sonata in D)
Franz Schubert 4:52
8 Ave Maria D. 839
Franz Schubert 5:04
9 Zapateado, op. 23 no. 2
Pablo de Sarasate 3:28
10 Estrellita
Manuel María Ponce 2:53
11 Jota (Canciones populares españolas, no. 4)
Manuel de Falla 2:45
12 Puck / Småtrold / Kobold (no. 3, Lyric Pieces, op. 71)
Edvard Grieg 0:55
13 On Wings of Song, op. 34 no. 2
Felix Mendelssohn 3:34
14 Sonata in C minor, op. 45: II. Allegretto espressivo alla Romanza
Edvard Grieg 4:44
15 Valse bluette (Air de ballet no. 2)
Riccardo Drigo 1:51
16 Rondo in E-flat, op.11 "Rondo Favori"
Johann Nepomuk Hummel 4:37
17 Sea Murmurs (Deux études d'ondes)
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco 1:27
18 The Flight of the Bumblebee (Der Hummelflug)
Nicolas Rimsky-Korsakov 1:15
19 Impromptu in G, D. 899/op. 90 no. 3
Franz Schubert 4:17
20 Sarabande (from English Suite no. 3, BWV 808)
Johann Sebastian Bach 3:14
21 Alt Wien (Triakontameron no. 11)
Leopold Godowsky 2:45
22 Holzapfel und Schlehwein (from Much Ado About Nothing, op. 11)
Erich Wolfgang Korngold 2:11
▼ CD 2
# Title Artist Rating Length
1 Tzigane (Rapsodie de concert)
Maurice Ravel 7:50
2 Largo in C minor (arranged for the G string)
Louis‐Nicolas Clérambault 3:59
3 Sevilla, sevillanas (no. 3, Suite española, op. 47)
Isaac Albéniz 3:56
4 Prélude (from L'enfant prodigue)
Claude Debussy 2:44
5 Gypsy Andante (no. 6, Ruralia hungarica, op. 32a)
Ernő Dohnányi 4:37
6 La Capricieuse, op. 17
Sir Edward Elgar 3:28
7 Sumaré (Saudades do Brasil, no. 9)
Darius Milhaud 2:00
8 Sonata in A, op. 2 no. 2, RV 31: Preludio
Antonio Vivaldi 0:39
9 Sonata in A, op. 2 no. 2, RV 31: Capriccio
Antonio Vivaldi 0:45
10 Sonata in A, op. 2 no. 2, RV 31: Corrente
Antonio Vivaldi 1:23
11 Sonata in A, op. 2 no. 2, RV 31: Recitativo
Antonio Vivaldi 1:23
12 Sonata in A, op. 2 no. 2, RV 31: Giga
Antonio Vivaldi 1:48
13 Concerto no. 5 in A, K. 219 "Turkish": Allegro aperto
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 9:54
14 Concerto no. 5 in A, K. 219 "Turkish": Adagio
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 10:49
15 Concerto no. 5 in A, K. 219 "Turkish": Tempo di menuetto - Allegro
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 6:41
16 Caprice No. 13 in B
Niccolò Paganini 3:16
17 Gavotte I (from English Suite no. 3, BWV 808)
Johann Sebastian Bach 1:32
18 Gavotte II (Musette) (from English Suite no. 3, BWV 808)
Johann Sebastian Bach 1:40
▼ CD 3
# Title Artist Rating Length
1 Caprice no. 24 in A minor
Niccolò Paganini 7:26
2 An einsammer Quelle (no. 2, Stimmungsbilder, op. 9)
Richard Strauss 3:43
3 Guitarre, op. 45 no. 2
Moritz Moszkowski 3:04
4 Valse (no. 1, Alt Wien, op. 30)
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco 3:04
5 Scherzo-tarantelle, op. 16
Henryk Wieniawski 4:21
6 Concerto in A minor, op. 82: Moderato
Alexander Glazunov 4:22
7 Concerto in A minor, op. 82: Andante sostenuto
Alexander Glazunov 3:41
8 Concerto in A minor, op. 82: Tempo I
Alexander Glazunov 6:08
9 Concerto in A minor, op. 82: Allegro
Alexander Glazunov 5:46
10 Sonata in E-flat, op. 18: Allegro, ma non troppo
Richard Strauss 10:36
11 Sonata in E-flat, op. 18: Improvisation: Andante cantabile
Richard Strauss 8:06
12 Sonata in E-flat, op. 18: Finale: Andante - Allegro
Richard Strauss 7:29

Credits

CD 1

violin:
Jascha Heifetz (1925-12-29) (tracks 1–3)
Jascha Heifetz (1926-12-29) (tracks 4–5)
Jascha Heifetz (1926-12-31) (tracks 6–9)
Jascha Heifetz (1928-05-08) (tracks 10–15)
Jascha Heifetz (1934-02-03) (tracks 16–18, 21)
Jascha Heifetz (1934-02-06) (tracks 19–20)
Jascha Heifetz (1934-02-21) (track 22)
violin arranger:
Jascha Heifetz (track 16)
piano:
Isidor Achron (1925-12-29) (tracks 1, 3)
Isidor Achron (1926-12-29) (tracks 4–5)
Isidor Achron (1926-12-31) (tracks 6–9)
Isidor Achron (1928-05-08) (tracks 10–15)
Arpád Sándor (1934-02-03) (tracks 16–18, 21)
Arpád Sándor (1934-02-06) (tracks 19–20)
Arpád Sándor (1934-02-21) (track 22)
piano and violin arranger:
Joseph Achron (tracks 5, 12–13)
Leopold Auer (tracks 6, 15)
Carl Friedberg (track 7)
Arthur Hartmann (track 4)
Jascha Heifetz (tracks 17–19, 21)
Paweł Kochański (track 11)
Михаил Исаакович Пресс (Russian-American violinist, conductor and music educator) (track 3)
Léon Roques (track 1)
August Wilhelmj (track 8)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician) (track 20)
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (composer) (track 17)
François Couperin (French composer of the Baroque era) (track 3)
Riccardo Drigo (track 15)
Edvard Grieg (tracks 5, 12)
Erich Wolfgang Korngold (track 22)
Николай Андреевич Римский‐Корсаков (composer) (track 18)
Pablo de Sarasate (track 9)
Franz Schubert (Austrian composer Franz Peter Schubert) (tracks 7–8, 19)
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician) (1720) (tracks 2, 2)
Johann Nepomuk Hummel (1804) (track 16)
Felix Mendelssohn (1836) (track 13)
Edvard Grieg (1887) (track 14)
Claude Debussy (1909-12 – 1910-02) (track 4)
Claude Debussy (1910) (track 1)
Joseph Achron (1911) (track 6)
Manuel María Ponce (1912) (track 10)
Manuel de Falla (Spanish composer) (1914) (track 11)
Leopold Godowsky (1919 – 1920) (track 21)
lyricist:
Manuel María Ponce (1912) (track 10)
recorded at:
Victor Studios in Camden, New Jersey, United States (1925-12-29) (tracks 1–3)
RCA Studios (New York, later noted as RCA Recording Studios) in New York, New York, United States (1926-12-29) (tracks 4–5)
RCA Studios (New York, later noted as RCA Recording Studios) in New York, New York, United States (1926-12-31) (tracks 6–9)
RCA Studios (New York, later noted as RCA Recording Studios) in New York, New York, United States (1928-05-08) (tracks 10–15)
RCA Studios (New York, later noted as RCA Recording Studios) in New York, New York, United States (1934-02-03) (tracks 16–18, 21)
Victor Studios in Camden, New Jersey, United States (1934-02-03) (track 19)
Victor Studios in Camden, New Jersey, United States (1934-02-06) (track 20)
Abbey Road Studios in St John's Wood, Westminster, London, United Kingdom (1934-02-21) (track 22)
arrangement of:
4 Airs de Ballet: II. Valse bluette (for orchestra) (track 15)
Auf Flügeln des Gesanges, op. 34 Nr. 2 (track 13)
Dix-septième ordre de clavecin en mi mineur: No. 2. Les Petits Moulins à vent (track 3)
Ellens Gesang III, op. 52 no. 6, D. 839 “Ave Maria” (Schubert's song, not the Bach/Gounod work) (track 8)
Englische Suite Nr. 3 g-Moll, BWV 808: IV. Sarabande (track 20)
Hebrew Melody, op. 33 (for violin and orchestra) (track 6)
Impromptu in G-flat major, op. 90 no. 3, D. 899 no. 3. Andante (track 19)
La plus que lente, L. 121, CD 128 (pour piano solo) (track 1)
Lyriske stykker, hefte X, op. 71: No. 3: Smaatrold (track 12)
Préludes, Livre I, L. 117, CD 125: VIII. La fille aux cheveux de lin. Très calme et doucement expressif (track 4)
Rondo, op. 11 "Rondo favori" (track 16)
Sea Murmurs (track 17)
Siete canciones populares españolas, G. 40, nº 4: Jota (track 11)
Sonata for Piano no. 17 in D major, op. 53, D. 850 “Gasteiner”: IV. Rondo. Allegro moderato (track 7)
Stemninger, op. 73: No. 2. Scherzo-Impromptu (track 5)
Triakontameron, Thirty Moods and Scenes in Triple Measure: No. 11. Alt-Wien, 'Whose Yesterdays Look Backwards With a Smile Through Tears' (track 21)
Полёт шмеля (track 18)
arrangements:
Ave Maria (for violin and piano, arr. Wilhelmj, ed. Heifetz) (track 8)
Estrellita (for violin and piano, arr. Heifetz) (track 10)
Estrellita (for guitar, Abril) (track 10)
Spanish Dances, op. 23, no. 2: Zapateado (for string quartet, arr. Paul Cassidy) (track 9)
Spanish Dances, op. 23: No. 2. Zapateado (catch-all for arrangements) (track 9)
Suite populaire espagnole: III. Jota (arr. Maréchal for cello and piano) (track 11)
Violin Partita no. 3 in E major, BWV 1006: IV. Menuet I (catch-all for arrangements) (track 2)
Violin Partita no. 3 in E major, BWV 1006: V. Menuet II (catch-all for arrangements) (track 2)
is the basis for:
Allegretto in E minor (for cello and piano) (track 14)
Homage to Sarasate (track 9)
Little Star (track 10)
part of:
Much Ado about Nothing, op. 11 (suite for violin and piano) (track 22)
Sonata for Violin and Piano no. 3 in C minor, op. 45 (track 14)
Spanish Dances, op. 23 (track 9)
Violin Partita no. 3 in E major, BWV 1006 (movement) (tracks 2, 2)
Suite populaire espagnole (for violin and piano, arr. Kochanski) (track 11)
recording of:
Dix-septième ordre de clavecin en mi mineur: No. 2. Les Petits Moulins à vent (for violin and piano, arr. Press) (1925-12-29) (track 3)
La plus que lente (for violin and piano, arr. Roques) (1925-12-29) (track 1)
Violin Partita no. 3 in E major, BWV 1006: IV. Menuet I (1925-12-29) (track 2)
Violin Partita no. 3 in E major, BWV 1006: V. Menuet II (1925-12-29) (track 2)
La fille aux cheveux de lin (for violin and piano, arr. Hartmann) (1926-12-29) (track 4)
Stemninger, op. 73: No. 2. Scherzo-Impromtu (for piano and violin, arr. Achron) (1926-12-29) (track 5)
Ave Maria (for violin and piano, arr. Wilhelmj) (1926-12-31) (track 8)
Hebrew Melody, op. 33 (for violin and piano, arr. Auer) (1926-12-31) (track 6)
Rondo (for violin and piano, arr. Friedberg) (1926-12-31) (track 7)
Spanish Dances, op. 23, no. 2: Zapateado (1926-12-31) (track 9)
Air de ballet: No. 2. Valse bluette (for violin and piano, arr. Auer) (1928-05-08) (track 15)
Estrellita (1928-05-08) (track 10)
Lyriske stykker, hefte X, op. 71 no. 3: Smaatrold (for piano and violin, arr. Achron) (1928-05-08) (track 12)
On Wings of Song, op. 34 no. 2 (for violin and piano, arr. Achron) (1928-05-08) (track 13)
Sonata for Violin and Piano no. 3 in C minor, op. 45: II. Allegretto espressivo alla romanza (1928-05-08) (track 14)
Suite populaire espagnole: VI. Jota (for violin and piano, arr. Kochanski) (1928-05-08) (track 11)
Rondo, op. 11 "Rondo favori" (for violin and piano. arr. Heifetz) (1934-02-03) (track 16)
Sea Murmurs (for violin and piano, arr. Heifetz) (1934-02-03) (track 17)
The Flight of the Bumblebee (for violin and piano, arr. Heifetz) (1934-02-03) (track 18)
Triakontameron: No. 11. Alt Wien (for violin and piano, arr. Heifetz) (1934-02-03) (track 21)
Englische Suite Nr. 3 g-Moll, BWV 808: IV. Sarabande (catch all for arrangements) (1934-02-06) (track 20)
Impromptu in G major, D. 899 no. 3 (for violin and piano, arr. Heifetz) (1934-02-06) (track 19)
Much Ado about Nothing, op. 11: II. Dogbery and Verges. March of the Watch: In the tempo of a grotesque funeral march (1934-02-21) (track 22)

CD 2

violin:
Jascha Heifetz (1934-02-06) (track 1)
Jascha Heifetz (1934-02-19) (tracks 17–18)
Jascha Heifetz (1934-02-21) (tracks 2–4, 6–12)
Jascha Heifetz (1934-02-23) (tracks 13–15)
Jascha Heifetz (1934-03-27) (track 5)
Jascha Heifetz (1934-03-28) (track 16)
violin arranger:
Georges Dandelot (track 2)
piano:
Arpád Sándor (1934-02-06) (track 1)
Arpád Sándor (1934-02-19) (tracks 17–18)
Arpád Sándor (1934-02-21) (tracks 2–4, 6–12)
Arpád Sándor (1934-03-27) (track 5)
Arpád Sándor (1934-03-28) (track 16)
piano and violin arranger:
Adolf Busch (tracks 8–12)
Jascha Heifetz (tracks 3–4, 17–18)
Fritz Kreisler (violinist / composer) (tracks 5, 16)
Claude Lévy (track 7)
balance engineer:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist - Do not add releases here, if possible.) (1934-02-23) (track 15)
composer:
Isaac Albéniz (track 3)
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician) (tracks 17–18)
Louis‐Nicolas Clérambault (track 2)
Ernő Dohnányi (Hungarian conductor, composer and pianist) (track 5)
Darius Milhaud (track 7)
Niccolò Paganini (composer) (track 16)
Antonio Vivaldi (tracks 8–12)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (classical composer) (1775-04 – 1775-12) (tracks 13–15)
Claude Debussy (1884) (track 4)
Edward Elgar (1891) (track 6)
Maurice Ravel (classical composer) (1922 – 1924) (track 1)
conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli (1934-02-23) (tracks 13–15)
dedicated to:
Fred Ward (track 6)
Jelly d'Arányi (track 1)
orchestra:
London Philharmonic Orchestra (1934-02-23) (tracks 13–15)
producer:
Lawrance Collingwood (track 15)
revised by:
Claude Debussy (1907 – 1908) (track 4)
recorded at:
Victor Studios in Camden, New Jersey, United States (1934-02-06) (track 1)
Abbey Road Studios in St John's Wood, Westminster, London, United Kingdom (1934-02-19) (tracks 17–18)
Abbey Road Studios in St John's Wood, Westminster, London, United Kingdom (1934-02-21) (tracks 2–4, 6–12)
Abbey Road Studios: Studio 1 in St John's Wood, Westminster, London, United Kingdom (1934-02-23) (tracks 13–15)
Abbey Road Studios in St John's Wood, Westminster, London, United Kingdom (1934-03-27) (track 5)
Abbey Road Studios in St John's Wood, Westminster, London, United Kingdom (1934-03-28) (track 16)
part of:
Works of Edward Elgar by opus number (number: op. 17) (track 6)
Catalogue Marcel Marnat des œuvres de Maurice Ravel (number: M. 76) (track 1)
arrangement of:
24 Caprices for Solo Violin, op. 1: No. 13 in B-flat major: Allegro “The Devil’s Laughter” (track 16)
Englische Suite Nr. 3 g-Moll, BWV 808: V. Gavotte I (track 17)
Englische Suite Nr. 3 g-Moll, BWV 808: VI. Gavotte II ou la Musette - Gavotte I da capo (track 18)
L’Enfant prodigue, L. 57, CD 61: I. Prélude (track 4)
Ruralia hungarica, op. 32c: II. Andante rubato alla Zingaresca (for violin and piano, arr. composer) (track 5)
Saudades do Brasil, op. 67: IX. Sumaré (for piano) (track 7)
Sonata in A major, op. 2 no. 2, RV 31 (tracks 8–12)
Suite española no. 1, op. 47: III. Sevilla (Sevillanas) (track 3)
arrangements:
La Capricieuse, op. 17 (catch-all for arrangements) (track 6)
La Capricieuse, op. 17 (for violin and piano, ed. Heifetz) (track 6)
La capricieuse, op. 17 (for string quartet, arr. Paul Cassidy) (track 6)
orchestrations:
Tzigane (for violin and orchestra) (track 1)
part of:
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra no. 5 in A major, K. 219 “Turkish” (movement) (tracks 13–15)
partial recording of:
Sonata in A major, op. 2 no. 2, RV 31 (for violin and piano, arr. Busch) (1934-02-21) (tracks 8–12)
recording of:
Tzigane (for violin and piano) (1934-02-06) (track 1)
Gavotte I (from English Suite No. 3, BWV 808) (for violin and piano, arr. Heifetz) (1934-02-19) (track 17)
Gavotte II (Musette) (from English Suite No. 3, BWV 808) (for violin and piano, arr. Heifetz) (1934-02-19) (track 18)
La Capricieuse, op. 17 (for violin and piano) (1934-02-21) (track 6)
Largo in C minor (Arranged for the G string) (for violin and piano, arr. Dandelot) (1934-02-21) (track 2)
Prélude (from L’Enfant prodigue) (for violin and piano, arr. Heifetz) (1934-02-21) (track 4)
Saudades do Brasil, op. 67: IX. Sumaré (for violin and piano, arr. Lévy) (1934-02-21) (track 7)
Sevilla, sevillanas (for violin and piano, arr. Heifetz) (1934-02-21) (track 3)
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra no. 5 in A major, K. 219 “Turkish”: I. Allegro aperto (1934-02-23) (track 13)
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra no. 5 in A major, K. 219 “Turkish”: II. Adagio (1934-02-23) (track 14)
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra no. 5 in A major, K. 219 “Turkish”: III. Rondeau. Tempo di menuetto – Allegro (1934-02-23) (track 15)
Gypsy Andante (for violin and piano, arr. Kreisler) (1934-03-27) (track 5)
Caprice no. 13 in B-flat (for violin and piano, Kreisler) (1934-03-28) (track 16)

CD 3

violin:
Jascha Heifetz (1934-02-06) (tracks 10–12)
Jascha Heifetz (1934-02-19) (track 4)
Jascha Heifetz (1934-02-21) (track 1)
Jascha Heifetz (1934-02-23) (track 5)
Jascha Heifetz (1934-03-27) (track 2)
Jascha Heifetz (1934-03-28) (tracks 3, 6–9)
piano:
Arpád Sándor (1934-02-06) (tracks 10–12)
Arpád Sándor (1934-02-19) (track 4)
Arpád Sándor (1934-02-21) (track 1)
Arpád Sándor (1934-02-23) (track 5)
Arpád Sándor (1934-03-27) (track 2)
Arpád Sándor (1934-03-28) (track 3)
piano and violin arranger:
Leopold Auer (track 1)
Jascha Heifetz (track 2)
Pablo de Sarasate (track 3)
composer:
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (composer) (track 4)
Moritz Moszkowski (track 3)
Niccolò Paganini (composer) (track 1)
Henryk Wieniawski (1855) (track 5)
Richard Strauss (German composer) (1884) (track 2)
Richard Strauss (German composer) (1887 – 1888) (tracks 10–12)
Александр Константинович Глазунов (composer) (1904) (tracks 6–9)
conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli (1934-03-28) (tracks 6–9)
dedicated to:
Leopold Auer (tracks 6–9)
orchestra:
London Philharmonic Orchestra (1934-03-28) (tracks 6–9)
premiered at:
Russian Musical Society: [concert] (1905-02-15) (tracks 6–9)
recorded at:
Victor Studios in Camden, New Jersey, United States (1934-02-06) (tracks 10–12)
Abbey Road Studios in St John's Wood, Westminster, London, United Kingdom (1934-02-19) (track 4)
Abbey Road Studios: Studio 3 in St John's Wood, Westminster, London, United Kingdom (1934-02-19) (track 4)
Abbey Road Studios in St John's Wood, Westminster, London, United Kingdom (1934-02-21) (track 1)
Abbey Road Studios in St John's Wood, Westminster, London, United Kingdom (1934-02-23) (track 5)
Abbey Road Studios: Studio 3 in St John's Wood, Westminster, London, United Kingdom (1934-02-23) (track 5)
Abbey Road Studios in St John's Wood, Westminster, London, United Kingdom (1934-03-27) (track 2)
Abbey Road Studios in St John's Wood, Westminster, London, United Kingdom (1934-03-28) (tracks 3, 6–9)
part of:
Works of Henryk Wieniawski by opus number (number: op. 16) (track 5)
Works of Alexander Glazunov by opus number (number: op. 82) (tracks 6–9)
arrangement of:
24 Caprices for Solo Violin, op. 1: No. 24 in A minor: Tema con variazioni. Quasi presto (track 1)
Guitarre, op. 45 no. 2 (track 3)
Stimmungsbilder, op. 9 no. 2: An einsamer Quelle (track 2)
part of:
Sonata for Violin and Piano in E-flat major (op. 18; TrV 151) (tracks 10–12)
partial recording of:
Violin Concerto in A minor, op. 82 (1934-03-28) (tracks 6–9)
recording of:
Sonata for Violin and Piano in E-flat major, op. 18: I. Allegro ma non troppo (1934-02-06) (track 10)
Sonata for Violin and Piano in E-flat major, op. 18: II. Improvisation. Andante cantabile (1934-02-06) (track 11)
Sonata for Violin and Piano in E-flat major, op. 18: III. Finale. Andante - Allegro (1934-02-06) (track 12)
Alt-Wien, op. 30: No. 1. Valse (for violin and piano) (1934-02-19) (track 4)
Caprice no. 24 in A minor (for violin and piano, arr. Auer) (1934-02-21) (track 1)
Scherzo-tarantelle, op. 16 (1934-02-23) (track 5)
An einsamer Quelle (for violin and piano, arr. Heifetz) (1934-03-27) (track 2)
Guitarre, op. 45 no. 2 (for violin and piano, arr. Sarasate) (1934-03-28) (track 3)

Release

art direction: J.J. Stelmach (art direction)
liner notes: Irving Kolodin
mastering: Nathaniel S. Johnson
Thomas MacCluskey (engineer)
producer: John Pfeiffer (producer and engineer)
part of: The Heifetz Collection (RCA Victor Gold Seal) (number: 2)
ASIN: US: B000003FIF [info]