Heifetz Showpieces

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Lalo's Symphonie Espagnole is a riot of instrumental color and virtuoso challenges; exactly Jascha Heifetz's piece of cake, as are Saint-Saëns's Havanaise, Chausson's Poème and Sarasate's Zigeunerweise (Gypsy Tunes). The sound is pre-stereo but well detailed. One movement of the Lalo is left out, but there are plenty of fireworks in the four that remain. --Joe McLellan

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Heifetz Showpieces
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • very poor recording
  • Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant!
  • One of The Best Violin CDs
  • Where is the intermezzo?
  • Heifetz is IT!
 Heifetz Showpieces

Manufacturer: RCA
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000003FIX
Release Date: 1997-06-17

Tracks:

  1. Symphonie espagnole, Op. 21: Allegro non troppo
  2. Symphonie espagnole, Op. 21: Scherzando: Allegro molto
  3. Symphonie espagnole, Op. 21: Andante
  4. Symphonie espagnole, Op. 21: Rondo: Allegro
  5. Havanaise, Op. 83: Allegretto e lusinghiero
  6. Havanaise, Op. 83: Allegro
  7. Havanaise, Op. 83: Allegro ma non troppo
  8. Zigeunerweisen, Op. 20: Moderato
  9. Zigeunerweisen, Op. 20: Lento
  10. Zigeunerweisen, Op. 20: Un poco piu lento
  11. Zigeunerweisen, Op. 20: Allegro molto vivace
  12. Poeme, Op.25
  13. Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, Op. 28: Andante
  14. Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, Op. 28: Allegro ma non troppo
  15. Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, Op. 28: Piu allegro

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Lalo's Symphonie Espagnole is a riot of instrumental color and virtuoso challenges; exactly Jascha Heifetz's piece of cake, as are Saint-Saëns's Havanaise, Chausson's Poème and Sarasate's Zigeunerweise (Gypsy Tunes). The sound is pre-stereo but well detailed. One movement of the Lalo is left out, but there are plenty of fireworks in the four that remain. --Joe McLellan

Customer Reviews:

1 out of 5 stars very poor recording.......2007-05-25

Besides having to turn up the volume to the max just so I could hear the music. The background is full hiss and stratches

5 out of 5 stars Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant!.......2007-01-03

Anything Heifetz ever recorded is sublime and this CD is no exception.

5 out of 5 stars One of The Best Violin CDs.......2005-11-06

If you could own only two classical violin CDs, this should be one of them! (The other is the Heifetz recording of the Tchaikovsky & Brahms violin concertos.)

Skip right past the first piece (Lalo), and you will enjoy violin music like liquid silver, with unbelievable passion, fireworks and virtuosity. This is Heifetz at his very best!

The Symphonie Espagnole performance is pedestrian. Neither Heifetz nor the orchestra quite catch the mood of the music. Buy the CD anyway! The rest of the music sets the standard for fine violin playing!

5 out of 5 stars Where is the intermezzo? .......2005-11-04

Ok, great play by Heifetz but why is the "intermezzo" in Symph.Espagnole missing??

5 out of 5 stars Heifetz is IT!.......2004-05-31

When it comes to Tchaikowsky, Mendelssohn, Lalo, Kreisler, and ANY kind of show piece, no one can touch Heifetz. Non of the violinists alive today can ever come close to his level of musical personality, command of his instrument and sound. He is the father of all violin virtuoso, together with Paganini himself, perhaps. My only negative comment is regarding the restoration sound of the CD, it is alright, but could be better.

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