Franck: Piano Concerto No. 2/Variations Op. 8

1. Piano Concerto No.2, in G minor
Composed by Cesar Franck

2. Variations brillantes sur la ronde favorite de Gustave III, for piano & orchestra
Composed by Cesar Franck

Tracks:

Bach: Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring
Vivaldi: Largo Winter
Bach: Air On A G String
Torelli: Trumpet Concerto
Bach: Sheep May Safely Graze
Handel: Let The Bright Seraphim
Handel: Pastoral Symphony
Boccherini: String Quintet, Minuet
Mendelssohn: On Wings Of Song
Liszt: Dream Of Love
Rachmaninov: Vocalise
Debussy: Claire De Lune
Satie: Gymnopedie No.1
Gluck: Dance Of The Blessed Spirits
Debussy: Arabesque
Bizet: Intermezzo
Elgar: Salut D'amour
Debussy: Prelude A L'apres - Midi D'un Faun

Tracks:

Wagner: Bridal Chorus
Clarke: Trumpet Voluntary
Handel: Royal Fireworks Music, Overture
Gabrieli: Canzon V
Charpentier: Te Deum
Purcell: Trumpet Tune
Mussorgsky: Promenade
Pachebel: Canon In D
Handel: Larghetto
Vivaldi: Guitar Concerto In D Major, Largo
Handel: Water Music, Air
Macdowell: To A Wild Rose
Beethoven: Pathetique Sonata, Adagio
Melchior: Adagio
Gounod: Ave Maria
Schubert: Ave Maria
Franck: Panis Angelicus
Faure: Pie Jesu
Rachmaninov: Rhapsody On A Theme Of Paganini
Schumann: Romance For Violin And Piano
Massenet: Meditation

Tracks:

Mendelssohn: Wedding March
Vivaldi: Concerto For Two Trumpets In B, Allegro
Telemann: Trumpet Concerto In D, Allegro
Vivaldi: Spring, Allegro
Telemann: Trumpet Concerto In B, Allegro
Handel: Concerto Grosso, Hornpipe
Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No.4, Allegro
Handel: Arrival Of The Queen Of Sheba
Schumann: Piano Quintet In E Flat Major
Widor: Toccata
Dubois: Toccata
Walton: Crown Imperial
Bach: Cantata No.51. 'Jauchzet Gott In Allen Landen.' Alleluia
Mozart: Exsultate Jubilate, Alleluia
Handel: Water Music, Hornpipe
Chopin; Variations On A Theme From 'La Cenerentola'
Faure: Sicilienne
Offenbach: Barcarolle
Faure: Berceuse
Saint-Saens: The Swan
Brahms: Waltz In A Flat
Grieg: Wedding Day At Troldhaugen

Album Description

The process of choosing music for a wedding day can certainly be a daunting process for any couple. There are many choices and the questions can be endless. Traditional music or something off the beaten path? Will your Mom cry (and not in a good way) if you do not come down the aisle to the traditional Wedding March from Wagner, or are you eager to try something new? This collection is designed to give the bridal couple some key pointers to navigate the world of classical music for their wedding day. The package includes over 3 1/2 hours of music on 3 CDs for all portions of the wedding service, all from the Naxos classical label (known for high-quality recordings at inexpensive prices). Wedding day favorites are there, along with new discoveries and tunes you may have never considered for a wedding. All pieces are hand selected by professional wedding musicians and consultants. As a bonus, the 20 page booklet will lead you through the process of choosing music, from hiring musicians to sample programs. Everything you need to create your own unique personal wedding soundtrack.

Customer Reviews:

GREAT WEDDING MUSIC!.......2007-01-24

I used these CD's for my wedding, and I was so happy I did. You need to buy this CD if you like having a traditional wedding! :)

Good Music.......2006-07-05

I bought these CDs for my wedding, in ceremony and reception. Also, when I created my own wedding video, I used it as background music.

A very complete selection of ceremony music!.......2005-02-02

I am getting married in several months and we couldn't decide what music we wanted at our wedding ceremony. This three disk compilation reminded us of all the great ones- including new options we hadn't thought about. I really enjoyed hearing the organ and strings versions of the songs. If you're someone who hears a classical or baroque piece of music, but can't remember the name or the precise tune, this is a must-have to jog your memory and trigger the tear ducts!

Comprehensive Classical Selection.......2004-04-15

I searched all over for a CD set that had a somewhat comprehensive list of classical selections that are traditionally played at weddings. When I found this 3 CD set, I was very pleased. It contains 61 works from almost as many composers. This set might not contain the "best recording ever" of each of the selections, however it is very well done and the quality is very good. I used it primarily to choose the pieces that I wanted to have played by the church organist, and so the actual recordings were more for my consumption rather than for use in the ceremony/reception itself. However, I would not have hestitated to use the CD's in the wedding itself if needed. The book inside includes a list of suggested songs for various wedding styles (formal, outside, morning, etc.). From the classical neophyte to the seasoned classical music expert, this CD set will meet if not exceed expectations.

Just one note..........2003-06-07

I have not heard this album, so I cannot rate it as a whole. (The form made me include a rating, but disregard that.) However, I want to point out that track 36, the Pie Jesu from Gabriel Faure's Requiem is - well, from a requiem, a mass for the dead. The Pie Jesu is a lovely, gentle movement, and it has a beautiful and pure sound that does seem to fit the mood of a wedding. The Latin words, however, mean "Merciful Lord Jesus, grant them everlasting rest," where "them" refers to the dead.

Tracks:

Violin Sonata In A: Allegretto ben moderato
Violin Sonata In A: Allegro - Quasi lento - Tempo l. Allegro
Violin Sonata In A: Recitativo - Fantasia. Ben moderato - Largamente - Molto vivace
Violin Sonata In A: Allegretto poco mosso
Piece haroique In B Minor
Choral No. 2 In B Minor
Panis angelicus
Variations symphoniques

Tracks:

Les Eolides: Les Eolides - Symphonic Poem
Prelude, choral et fugue: Prelude
Prelude, choral et fugue: Choral
Prelude, choral et fugue: Fugue
Cantabile In B: Cantabile In B - Pierre Cochereau
Symphony In D Minor: Lento - Allegro ma non troppo - Allegro
Symphony In D Minor: Allegretto
Symphony In D Minor: Allegro non troppo

Customer Reviews:

Phenomenal.......2005-07-11

Undoubtedly one of the best contemporary classical works. The Violin and Piano Sonata is in itself worth the price of the CD. The grace of this music perfectly reflects the optimism and progress in late 19C-early 20th century Western civilization. No composer since has captured the magic of classical music as Franck has done.

Great Music by a Great Composer.......2003-08-21

Cesar Franck (1822 -- 1890)was born in Belgium but spent most of his life in France. For much of his career, he was a church organist and professor of organ at the Paris Conservatory. He wrote music from an early age. His early works consist mostly of piano music or works for the organ. But he discovered himself as a composer only in the last decade or so of his life. During this period, he wrote in many musical genres (typically only a single work) and produced a small number of lasting masterpieces. His work is heavily influenced by late Beethoven, Liszt, and Wagner. It is late musical romanticism at, I think, its best.

This 2-CD mid-priced set, "The Best of Cesar Frank" lives up to its name. It consists of many of the masterpieces of Franck's late years in a variety of forms. It is a convenient way to get much of Cesar Frank's music, well-played, in a single set. It includes a symphony, vocal music, organ music, music for piano and orchestra, and a work for solo piano by a variety of musicians. The CD will repay repeated hearings and give the listener a good exposure to Franck.

The most famous work on this CD is Franck's "Symphony in D minor"
which was first performed in 1889 and presented here by the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra conducted by Willem Van Otterloo. This is a fine performance of a much-beloved symphony. I found it emphasized the romantic, passionate character of the music with its frequent changes of tempo and mood.

But other selections on this CD I enjoyed substantially more than the symphony. Franck's greates work is probably his violin sonata in A which dates from 1886. It receives an outstanding performance on this CD from violinist Arthur Gumiaux and pianist Istvan Hajdu. The violin sonata is in four movements, which develop aspects of the same underlying theme ("cyclic" composition, typical of Franck). The music is glorious, elevated and lyrical throughout, in contrast to most of Franck's music which emphasizes contrasts between serenity and passion. The first and third movements are slow and reflective while the second and fourth are faster. The climax of this work, its final movement, is intense, reflective, and joyous all at once. It is based upon the same theme that Beethoven used as his main theme in the finale of the cello sonata in A opus 69.
Frank's work (and Beethoven's cello sonata as well) is one of the high watermarks of chamber music literature.

I also was much taken with the "Prelude, Choral and Fugue" for solo piano. This work dates from 1884 and it is performed here by pianist Eduardo Del Pueyo. This was my first exposure to this work, and I loved it. It consists of three movements which combine, to my ears, a romantic style, featuring long passages of broken chords and lyrical melodies, with baroque contrapuntal writing. I found this piece and the violin sonata the highlights of this fine collection.

Franck wrote extensively for the organ and this CD features his "Piece Heroique" which lives up to its name together with two other late and deeper works, the Choral in B minor and the Cantabile in B that are much more intense and reflective in character. Listeners who are unfamiliar with organ music, or with organ music beyond Bach, may enjoy exploring this music.

The CD also includes a lovely vocal piece "Panis angelicus" , Franck's "Variations Symphoniques" for piano and orchestra, and a Wagnerian tone poem "Les Etolides" all of which are well performed here and worth knowing.

Franck is an inspiring figure to me in that he persevered, stayed within himself, and produced some undoubted musical masterworks near the close of a long life. This disc is a fine way to get to know his music.

Listeners who wish to hear more of the best of Cesar Franck beyond the selections on this CD might enjoy his Piano Quintet in F Minor (1880) and his String Quartet in D Major (1890).

5 Stars aren't enough!.......1998-11-14

The Sonata for Piano and Violin is the most beautiful piece of music I have EVER heard. especially movements 1 & 4. The Symphony (Disc 2) is merely outstanding. Either of the pieces is well worth the entire price for the collection.

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Panorama: Virtuoso Violin

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Release Date: 2001-01-23

Tracks:

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Romance No.1 in G, Op.40 - David Oistrakh
Romance No.2 in F, Op.50 - David Oistrakh
Liebesfreud - Arthur Grumiaux/Istvan Hajdu
Liebesleid - Arthur Grumiaux/Istvan Hajdu
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Son in G, Op.1 No.4 'The Devil's Trill': 3. Grave - Arthur Grumiaux/Riccardo Castagnone
Son in G, Op.1 No.4 'The Devil's Trill': 4. Allegro Assai - Arthur Grumiaux/Riccardo Castagnone

Tracks:

Partita No.2, BWV 1004: Chaconne in d - Henryk Szeryng
Son No.5 in F, Op.24 'Spring': 1. Allegro - Martha Argerich/Gidon Kremer
Son No.5 in F, Op.24 'Spring': 2. Adagio Molto Espressivo - Martha Argerich/Gidon Kremer
Son No.5 in F, Op.24 'Spring': 3. Scherzo. Allegro Molto - Martha Argerich/Gidon Kremer
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Tzigane - Gil Shaham/Gerhard Oppitz

The Most Romantic Violin Music in the Universe

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ASIN: B000C3H4MW
Release Date: 2006-01-10

Tracks:

Andante - Festival Strings Lucerne
Allegro Ma Non Troppo - Kocian Quartet
I. Allegro Molto Vivace - Jean-Jacques Kantorow
Allegretto Ben Moderato - Jean-Jacques Kantorow
Andantino Doucement Expressif - Carmina Quartet
Allegro Moderato - Carmina Quartet
Andante - Jean-Jacques Kantorow
Adagio - I Solisti Italiani
III. Lento Assai - Cantante E Tranquillo - Smetana Quartet
Sarabande - Andante - Baroque Strings Zurich
Finale - Allegro Vivace - Sofia Chamber Orchestra

Tracks:

Pezzo In Forma Di Sonatina - Sofia Chamber Orchestra
Nocturne - Akira Eguchi
II. Andante Ma Non Troppo - Jean-Jacques Kantorow
La Capricieuse - Akira Eguchi
Variations - Andantino Con Moto - Jean-Jacques Kantorow
Allegro - Josef Suk
II. Canzonetta - Andante - Jean-Jacques Kantorow
Somewhere - Akira Eguchi
II. Andante - Jean-Jacques Kantorow
La Fontaine D'Arethuse - Akira Eguchi
Adagio For Strings - Baroque Strings Zurich

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Anda The Master
Awesome Anda

Troubadour of the Piano

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Release Date: 2005-09-13

Tracks:

I. Allegro Affettuoso
II. Intermezzo: Andantino Grazioso
III. Allegro Vivace
Thema: Andante
Etude I (Variation I): Un Poco Piu Vivo
Etude II (Var. II)
Etude III: Vivace
Etude IV (Var. III)
Etude V (Var. IV): Vivacissimo
Etude Vi (Var. V): Agitato
Variation II Posth.
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Etude VIII (Var. VII): Andante
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Etude X (Var.VIII): Allegro
Etude XI (Var. IX): Con Espressione
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Allegretto

Tracks:

I. Allegro Non Troppo
II. Allegro Appassionato
III. Andante-Piu Adagio
IV. Allegretto Grazioso-Un Poco Piu Presto
Adagio Molto
Poco Allegretto
Vivace

Tracks:

Thema: Vivace
Var. I: Alla Marcia Maestoso
Var. II: Poco Allegro
Var. III: L'Istesso Tempo
Var. IV: Un Poco Piu Vivace
Var. V: Allegro Vivace
Var. VI: Allegro Ma Non Troppo E Serioso
Var. VII: Un Poco Piu Allegro
Var. VIII: Poco Vivace
Var. IX: Allegro Pesante E Risoluto
Var. X: Presto
Var. XI: Allegretto
Var. XII: Un Poco Piu Moto
Var. XIII: Vivace
Var. XIV: Grave E Maestoso
Var. XV: Presto Scherzando
Var. XVI: Allegro
Var. XVII
Var. XVIII: Poco Moderato
Var. XIX: Presto
Var. XX: Andante
Var. XXI: Allegro Con Brio-Meno Allegro-Tempo I
Var. XXII: Allegro Molto (Alla 'Notte E Giorno Faticar' Di Mozart)
Var. XXIII: Allegro Assai
Var. XXIV: Fughetta: Andante
Var. XXV: Allegro
Var. XXVI
Var. XXVII: Vivace
Var. XXVIII: Allegro
Var. XXIX: Adagio Ma Non Troppo
Var. XXX: Andante, Sempre Cantabile
Var.XXXI: Largo, Molto Espressivo
Var. XXXII: Fuga: Allegro-Poco Adagio
Var.XXXIII: Tempo Di Menuetto Moderato
I. Molto Moderato
II. Andante Sostenuto
III. Scherzo: Allegro Vivace Con Delicatezza (Quasi Attacca:)
IV. Allegro, Ma Non Troppo

Tracks:

No.1 In C Major: Agitato
No.2 In A Minor: Lento
No.3 In G Major: Vivace
No.4 In E Minor: Largo
No.5 In D Major: Allegro Molto
No.6 In B Minor: Lento Assai
No.7 In A Major: Andantino
No.8 In F Sharp Minor: Molto Agitato
No.9 In E Major: Largo
No.10 In C Sharp Minor: Allegro Molto
No.11 In B Major: Vivace
No.12 In G Sharp Minor: Presto
No.13 In F Sharp Major: Lento
No.14 In E Flat Minor: Allegro
No.15 In D Flat Major 'Raindrop': Sostenuto
No.16 In B Flat Minor: Presto Con Fuoco
No.17 In A Flat Major: Allegretto
No.18 In F Minor: Allegro Molto
No.19 In E Flat Major: Vivace
No.20 In C Minor: Largo
No.21 In B Flat Major: Cantabile
No.22 In G Minor: Molto Agitato
No.23 In F Major: Moderato
No.24 In D Minor: Allegro Appasionato
Maestoso
I. Lebhaft
II. Innig
III. Mit Humor (Etwas Hahnbuchen)
IV. Ungeduldig
V. Einfach
VI. Sehr Rasch (Sehr Rasch Und In Sich Hinein)
VII. Nicht Schnell (Mit Ausserst Starker Empfindung)
VIII. Frisch
IX. Lebhaft
X. Balladenmassig. Sehr Rasch
XI. Einfach
XII. Mit Humor
XIII. Wild Und Lustig
XIV. Zart Und Singend
XV. Frisch
XVI. Mit Gutem Humor
XVII. Wie Aus Der Ferne
XVIII. Nicht Schnell
Vivace
Allegretto
Lento

Tracks:

I. Ausserst Bewegt
II. Sehr Innig Und Nicht Zu Rasch-Intermezzo I: Sehr Lebhaft/Intermezzo II: Etwas Bewegter-Langsamer (Erstes Tempo)
III. Sehr Aufgeregt
IV. Sehr Langsam
V. Sehr Lebhaft
VI. Sehr Langsam
VII. Sehr Rasch
VIII. Schnell Und Spielend
I. Durchaus Phantastisch Und Leidenschaftlich Vorzutragen-Im Legendenton-Tempo Primo
II. Massig. Durchaus Energisch-Etwas Langsamer-Viel Bewegter
III. Langsam Getragen. Durchweg Leise Zu Halten-Etwas Bewegter
Thema: Andante
Etude I (Var. I): Un Poco Piu Vivo
Etude II (Var. II)
Etude III: Vivace
Etude IV (Var. III)
Etude V (Var. IV): Vivacissimo
Etude VI (Var. V): Agitato
Variation II Posth.
Etude VII (Var. VI): Allegro Molto
Etude VIII (Var. VII): Andante
Variation V Posth.
Etude IX: Presto Possibile
Etude X (Var. VIII): Allegro
Etude XI (Var. IX): Con Espressione
Finale: Etude XII: Allegro Brillante

Customer Reviews:

Anda The Master.......2006-09-02

It's fortunate that DGG is re-releasing so many of the stellar recordings of artists of the past including this 5-CD set of Geza Anda. Recordings of his that have been out of print for a long time are in this set thankfully. As a young budding piano student I had never purchased or listened to an Anda recording having been taken with the more technically richly endowed wiles of Horowitz and Richter's pianism. I focussed almost exclusively on pyrotechnics as a youth and didn't appreciate the intellect and artistry of artists such as Anda, Backhaus and Kempff until many years later as an adult.

Once I discovered Anda (or re-discovered him might be more like it) I fell in love with his deep sense of musicianship, grasp of musical structure, elemental pianism and visceral yet intellectually weighted emotionality. Because most of his recordings had gone out of print I snapped up what I could, notably the Bartok 3 piano concertos and Mozart complete piano concertos with the Camerata Salzburg. I also got some of the live performance CDs floating around which elucidated his excitement as a performer (along with the fallibility of his technique at times; a technique though that could handle anything thrown at it however).

The most eagerly awaited work for me in this set is the Brahms B-Flat performance which I had unsuccessfully had tried to acquire in LP format for a few years. It was the first thing I listened to in the set and it lived up to my expectations and more. This is a titanic performance of this towering massive concerto. Anda brings out all the fire and gut-pounding power in the places that call for it (e.g. at the beginning opening cadenza's finish before the orchestra tutti starts). He also brings an element of deep elemental mystery to other of the more ethereal passages in the first movement. The second movement it elemental in its power and expression. The end of the 2nd movement is exciting as all get out. My heart raced as Anda came cascading down in the d minor chords at the end of the movement! The cello soloist in the 3rd movement plays with soulfull intensity yet the movement is not taken at too slow a tempo which keeps the overall conception of the work moving with a forward impetus. Anda's entrance is beautiful beyond belief. He conveys a sense of mystery in his playing without it ever getting bogged down in the beautiful details of the notes. The last movement is buoyant and jubilation along with a sense of the delicateness abound. All in all a great performance! The DGG engineering is apparent in this recording with even being so old sounds as if it were recorded yesterday.

The rest of the performances are just as enthralling including 2 performances of the symphonic etudes (an early mono version on Disc 1 and the later stereo version on Disc 5) which are interesting to hear the juxtaposition of an artist's development. Like Julius Katchen, William Kapell and Dino Ciani, Anda was taken from us much too soon.

Awesome Anda.......2006-02-08

Best known as the first pianist to record a complete cycle of Mozart's Piano Concertos, Geza Anda shows his awesome power as both soloist and accompanist in a variety of works on "Troubadour of the Piano." For me, the collection's best moments were the opportunity to finally hear Anda's highly acclaimed accounts of the Schumann Piano Concerto, with Rafael Kubelik and the Berlin Philharmonic in stereo from 1963, and the Brahms Piano Concerto No. 2, with Ferenc Fricsay and the Berliners in stereo from 1960. The Schumann is outstanding, but the Brahms is truly brilliant! Those familiar with Anda will know that the pianist made his definitive readings of the Bartok PCs with Fricsay, and they capture that magic once again. The pace is never rushed, and the playing clear and distinct -- it is a legendary performance. Speaking of Bartok, Anda and Fricsay also combine to perform the composer's Rhapsody for Piano and Orchestra. Recorded in 1960 and originally paired on vinyl with the Bartok 1st, it was unable to fit on the aforementioned disc of the three Concertos and thus makes its CD debut here. Other highlights from this collection are stereo performances of Beethoven's Diabelli Variations and Chopin's 24 Preludes, and two versions of Schumann's Symphonic Etudes -- one in mono from 1943 and the other in stereo twenty years later. Some of the historical recordings are marred by poor sound, in particular the Franck Symphonic Variations with Van Beinum from 1943, but are delightful as reference material. In all, "Troubadour of the Piano" is another gem in Deutsche Grammophon's "Original Masters" series.

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A great pianist
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Les Introuvables de Alexis Weissenberg

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Choral Nun Komm' Der Heiden Heiland (Viens, Sauveur Des Paiens), BWV 659
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Forlane
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Menuet
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A great pianist.......2007-03-10

The Rachmaninoff and the Prokofiev Piano Concertos have no equal. It's a great collection.

FULL OF MUSICAL RICHES.......2007-02-26

This compilation of recordings by Alexis Weissenberg consists of some of his recordings dating from 1950 through 2004 which, I don't believe, were ever issued in the USA. (At least, I've never heard them!) What musical riches are contained in this 4 disc set which consists of some of the greatest works composed for the piano by great composers such as Liszt, Chopin, Brahms, Czerny, Ravel, Rachmaninov and Prokofiev (plus others) played by (in my opinion) one of the greatest pianist ever. I loved this compilation. Of course, I had favorites on the discs; I will now list some of highlights for me from this compilation.

The two "Sonettos" by Franz Liszt are gorgeous! Alexis plays them beautifully with much feeling. Surprising for me, (I usually don't) I even enjoyed the BIG "Mephistophelian" Liszt sonata in B minor--my god, Weissenberg plays the hell out of that work (no pun intended). One of my favorites, the Chopin Sonata #2 is given a splendid reading--the first two movements are played at a ferociously fast tempo; however, the "Marche funebre" is the most moving account of that movement that I've ever heard! Weissenberg's account of the last movement is most impressive--he never allows the tone to get any louder until the very last profound chord--wow! The Rachmaninov concerto #3 with Georges Pretre and the Chicago Symphony is wonderfully mysterious and very melodic. I also loved his recordings of the Ravel Concerto in G major plus Ravel's "Le tombeau de Couperin suite" and "Valses nobles" hearing Weissenberg play Ravel reminded me of a good glass of Champagne filled with many bubbles and with a great bouquet. The Prokofiev concerto recorded with the Orchestra of Paris and Ozawa is thrilling with its intensity--what virtuosity Alexis Weissenberg has! Weissenberg along with Muti and the Philadelphia Orchestra give a wonderfully "full bodied" reading of Brahms 1st Piano Concerto--I've never heard the Philadelphia sounding any better--it is a great recording of a work that I adore!

I truly loved this 4 disc set (each running over 70 minutes) of some very GREAT piano playing. NO, I did not listen with score(s) in hand nor did I seek out other recordings of these works from my collection to compare Alexis' interpretations with. Instead, I allowed myself the luxury of sitting back in my favorite "arm chair" and simply enjoying these great works for the piano that are played by a Master of the piano! What really impresses me is that Weissenberg plays with very beautiful tone no matter how demanding the work may be--that is certainly the main reason I, for once, enjoyed the Liszt B minor sonata!

By the way, EMI has done a superlative job--the sound of ALL the works is great. Not once, was I aware that I was listening to an older recording. The sound is great!!

The greatest pianist I've ever heard.......2006-12-21

Personally, I regard Alexis Weissenberg as the greatest pianist I've ever heard. Although superb technically, Weisenberg is most outstanding for his incredible artistry. This set of recordings contains some of his greatest recordings -- indeed some of the greatest performances ever recorded by anyone. Very highly recommended.

Longing for Schumann.......2005-12-16

I saw Maestro Weissenberg in concert several times throughout the 70s in New York. Once he played the Rachmanninoff preludes. Another time an all-Schumann program. I once went to hear him with friends at Alice Tully Hall, a small room in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC. After the concert we went backstage. He approached me, took my hand and said 'so nice of you to come.' It remains one of my favorite moments in my life. Having moved around a great deal in the last 30 years, I lost track of my recording of Carnaval and Sonata in B Minor. Sometimes if I lay quite still I can hear the pieces playing in my head. Won't EMI take pity on us mere mortals and release the recording soon? I think of it almost daily.

Alexis Weissenberg , Piano : Logic, Passions and Poesy.......2004-12-17

By: Frank Georg B e c h y n a,M.D.--General Practitioner--
D - 40235 Düsseldorf ( Germany / Allemagne )
Decembre 17 , 2004 -- FB/3

Who could listen to Maestro Weissenberg's many recitals during his career and has his recordings knows, that he belongs for all time to the Greatest Pianists . This compiliation was selectet by Mr. Weissenberg himself. CD 1 continues two of the most important piano sonatas . Liszt's b minor sonata 8 the second recording by Weissenberg ) ist tremendous. I have never heard the work from the lento - beginning , the phaenomenal played Grandioso to the Lento end. It is only comparable by the interpretation by Argerich, Barere and the young Horowitz. The 2nd sonata by Chopin is the Olymp of all of the 100 different intertretaions! The concertos of Rachmaninov ( d-minor ), Ravel and Prokoviec find a similar great interpretation in all cases also by the faboulos Martha Argerich . Pretere and Ozawa are on their highest levels . Also the superb Orchestras, especially the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Weissenberg's J S Bach "Nun komm der Heiden Heiland" is a gem !Never before - including Katchen and Arrau - i have heard the Intermezzo 0ßus 118 No 2 by Brahms in this analysis of what Brahms meant in his late piano works- a summary of his life .The 1st concerto of Brahms is a summary of the history of this singular work. The interpretation by Alexis Weissenberg is like a psychoanlysis of the soul in this monument ! When he plays Maurice Ravel I can compare these recordings only with the young Vlado Perlemuter, who had studied the works with the composer . And to all who say Mr Weissenberg's play is too intellectual, too
perfect in every technical detail should listen to the wonderful tone in Carl Czerny's "La Ricordanza" .when this record was made Alexis Weissenberg was just a liitle more than 20 years old. Who could play all these works today ???
Personally , I miss Robert Schumann's master works for piano solo, like the C majoe Fanatsy, opus 17, the"Humoreske" , the incomparable interpretation of his "Carnaval"-an interpretation Glenn Gould had admired so much -,the "Scenes of Childhood" . But : As far I have heard next year will follow the Schumann recordings reissued by EMI . Arur Rubinstein , Artur Schnabel, Mr. Horowitz , Gould, Madame Argerich admired Maestro Weissenberg's Art and personality as well as Harold C Schonberg, Norman Lebrecht or Bryce Morrison .
These 4 CDs are on a high technical level and - I must repeat it - all interpretations are outstanding . With a playing like this , full of passion , logic , poesy and tecnical perfectness Mr. Weissenberg will stay forever under the most impertant Artist and Pianists of all time . And he is a great personality ! Sometimes equally important !
Frank G. B e c h y n a

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Top notch mostly 1950s mono recordings in excellent sound.......2005-11-10

"Ferenc Fricsay: A Life in Music" consists mostly of top notch 1950s mono recordings in excellent sound, from DG's back catalog. I knew of Ferenc Fricsay (1914-1963) mostly from his recording of Bartok's Piano Concertos 1,2,and 3 with pianist Geza Anda. Fricsay also recorded Mozart's operas "Don Giovanni" and "Die Zauberflote", both with Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau in the cast for DG; also Beethoven's 9th Symphony; Bartok's "Concerto for Orchestra", and "Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta", all for DG. Fricsay did not live a long time, dying at age 48 from cancer, but he made alot of recordings from 1949 until his death in 1963, many of them sadly hidden in DG's vaults for decades.

DG has given the public a great release with this 9 disc set of Fricsay recordings, mostly in mono, but excellent sound. Do not be afraid of the mono sound: it is very clear and balanced, in many cases better than many stereo and even digital recordings made more recently. Included are Beethoven's Symphony 1; Mendelssohn's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" with the vocal duets included; Prokofiev's "Classical" Symphony; Franck's Symphonic variations and Rachmaninoff Paganini Variations with Swiss pianist Margrit Weber; Haydn's "The Seasons" (complete, live performance with Maria Stader, Ernst Haeflinger, and Joseph Greindl); works of Falla, Francaix, Hindemith, Frank Martin, Hartmann, and others. There is a wide variety of music and you will not be disappointed.

Most of these recordings are with the RIAS Symphony Orchestra of Berlin, which Fricsay conducted for the majority of his conducting career. The RIAS orchestra was "Radio in the American sector" of Berlin, a part of West Berlin during the 1940s, 50s, and 60s. Some tracks are with the Berlin Philharmonic, others with the Berlin Radio Orchestra. In all cases, the orchestras play very well, responding with great precision to every nuance of Fricsay's direction.

I believe Fricsay would have wider recognition had he lived longer. He was roughly a contemporary of Karajan, Solti, Giulini, and Bernstein, and is sadly underrated today. Perhaps this collection will help to boost his reputation with a new generation of music lovers born after his time. Highly recommended.

A great conductor's legacy of great performances of music of a wide variety of composers........2005-09-18

Some two years after Mr. Richman posted his review, I wish only to support his high rating of these masterful performances by one of the greatest conductors of the mid-twentieth century. These recordings are gifts of grace. The fact that this collection remains available is little short of a miracle. And in addition thre is a Fricsay set in the series of "Great Conductors of the 20th Century" also still available. Many other recordings of performances under the baton of Ferenc Fricsay are to be found if one searches under his name on Amazon. His recordings of Verdi's Requiem and Beethoven's Ninth Symphony on DG remain among the greatest ever made of either of these two eternal masterpieces.

Try the $12.00 2CD "great Conductors" set first. At that price you can't lose. I predict that having heard those recordings you will quickly seek out and purchase "Ferenc Fricsay, A Life in Music." Too expensive? Not at all. It's worth every penny. It's easily worth several months of anyone's budget for buying CDs. And the recorded interview with Fricsay, already ill and seemingly knowing his death is approaching, will inspire you even as it breaks your heart. His death as he approached his 40th birthday was an incalculable loss to the Western classical tradition. Yet we do have the recordings -- go and listen to them!

Brilliant "Life in Music" Rescued from the Vaults.......2003-08-13

Now that Deutsche Grammophon is part of Universal, we have seen some interesting things happen, and not all of them bad. What I'm referring to in this case is the new "Original Masters" Limited Edition Box Set series. Finally, the classical music world has taken a page out of the jazz reissue handbook -- put out a quality product featuring rare recordings but make its availability limited, and people will snatch it up.

Now in its second round of the "Original Masters" box sets, DG has chosen to follow-up on the success of the "Great Conductors of the Century" series. They have just released two glorious 9-disc collections of the performances of conductors Ferenc Fricsay and Igor Markevitch, the vast majority of which have been previously unavailable on CD.

This particular set, "A Life in Music," showcases some of the numerous recordings made by the great conductor Ferenc Fricsay for Deutsche Grammophon, many of which have been rare (and expensive) collector's items for years. As the track information is non-existent above, I will try to be of assistance.

The first disc contains Beethoven's 1st Symphony (1953) and the Overture and Incidental Music to Mendelssohn's A Midsummer Night's Dream (1950) both with the Berlin Philharmonic (BP), and Prokofiev's 1st Symphony with the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra (BRSO) from 1954.

Disc two features Mahler's Ruckert-Lieder with Maureen Forrester (BRSO, 1958), and Tchaikovsky's 6th Symphony (BRSO, 1959).

Discs three begins with Respighi's orchestration of Rossini's La Boutique Fantasque (BRSO, 1955) and ends with Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade (BRSO, 1956).

Disc four features the great Waltzes, Polkas, Overtures and Marches of the Strauss Family (all with BRSO from 1949-52). Included here are The Blue Danube, Vienna Blood, Musical Joke, Pizzicato-Polka, Die Fledermaus, The Gypsy Baron, Voices of Spring, Roses from the South, Morning Papers, Annen-Polka, Chit-Chat Polka, and the Radzetky March.

Disc five focuses on Fricsay as an accompanist with pianist Margrit Weber (and the BRSO). Together they tackle Falla's Nights in the Garden of Spain (1957), Francaix's (1956) and Honegger's (1955) Concertos for Piano, Franck's Symphonic Variations (1957) and Rachmaninov's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini (1960).

Disc six shines the spotlight on 20th Century composers. Here we get Von Einem's Zwischenspiel Interlude (1949), Hindemith's Symphonic Dances (1950), Hartmann's 6th Symphony (1955), and Martin's Petite Symphonie Concertante (1950), with Gerty Herzog on piano, Sylvia Kidd on harpsichord and Irmgard Helmis on harp.

On discs seven and eight, Fricsay performs a memorable account of Haydn's The Seasons. This is a live recording with the Berlin RSO from 1961 featuring soprano Maria Stader, tenor Ernst Haefliger, bass Josef Greindl and the St. Hedwigs Cathedral Choir, Berlin.

The final disc, number nine, wraps things up with "Ferenc Fricsay: A Life Retold," a 57-miunte interview complete with excerpts of memorable performances.

Despite the fact that most of these recordings are in mono (only the selections on disc two, and the Paganini Rhapsody are in stereo), the first rate performances more than compensate for any audio shortcomings. Well, I guess the consolidation of the music industry isn't so bad after all, as long as I can look forward to more reissues like Ferenc Fricsay: A Life in Music.

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Tragic delights
A definite must have!
Ideal Chopin
Unjustly neglected genius
Divine Music

Tiegermann: The Lost Legend of Cairo

Manufacturer: Arbiter
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00000IKPQ
Release Date: 1999-04-01

Tracks:

Capriccio in b, Op.76, No.2 - Ignac Tiegerman
Intermezzo in b flat, Op.117, No.2 - Ignac Tiegerman
Pno Con No.5, Op.103, 'Egyptian': Allegro Animato - Jose Ferriz/Cairo SO
Pno Con No.5, Op.103, 'Egyptian': Andante - Jose Ferriz/Cairo SO
Pno Con No.5, Op.103, 'Egyptian': Molto Allegro - Jose Ferriz/Cairo SO
Vars Syms - Jose Ferriz/Cairo SO
Romanza in F, Op.118, No.5 - Ignac Tiegerman
Pno Con No.2 in B flat, Op.83: Allegro Non Troppo - Oreste Campisi/Cairo SO
Pno Con No.2 in B flat, Op.83: Allegro Appassionato - Oreste Campisi/Cairo SO

Tracks:

Nocturnes: No.1 in E flat - Ignac Tiegerman
Nocturnes: No.13 in d - Ignac Tiegerman
Prld in A, Op.28, No.7 - Ignac Tiegerman
Prld in f#, Op.28, No.8 - Ignac Tiegerman
Nocturne in B, Op.9, No.3 - Ignac Tiegerman
Scherzo in b, Op.20 - Ignac Tiegerman
Ballade in f, Op.52 - Ignac Tiegerman
Barcarolle, Op.60 - Ignac Tiegerman
Etude in A flat, Op.10, No.10 - Ignac Tiegerman
Etude in G#, Op.25, No.6 - Ignac Tiegerman
Son No.3 in b, Op.58: Allegro Maestoso - Henri Barda
Son No.3 in b, Op.58: Scherzo. Molto Vivace - Henri Barda
Son No.3 in b, Op.58: Largo - Henri Barda
Son No.3 in b, Op.58: Finale. Presto, Non Tanto - Henri Barda
Nocturne in E flat, Op.36 - Henri Barda
Meditation - Henri Barda
Recites His Artistic Credo - Theodor Leschetizky
Speaks - Ignace Tiegerman

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Tiegerman, a pupil of Ignaz Friedman and of the legendary Leschetizky, abandoned his European career in 1931 because of ill health. In Cairo, he created a conservatory and gave occasional concerts. This set consists, for the most part, of broadcast concerts and amateur tapes of his playing in informal settings. They prove Tiegerman a remarkable talent. Even at his farewell concert, we hear, albeit in primitive recorded sound, a pianist of tremendous authority. Two movements from the Brahms Second made a decade earlier give us an artist of power and sensitive pianistic touch. Disc 2 includes some of the most remarkable Chopin playing ever--listen to the lilting Barcarolle, taken faster than usual, so charged with spontaneity and active rubato that others sound lumpy and forced. The Third Sonata is incredibly free, swinging from otherworldly pianissimos to powerful eruptions. Be warned: the sound is often distorted and the amateur tapes sound as if recorded underwater. Those with patience to listen through these defects will be rewarded with unforgettable playing of a legendary artist no longer lost. --Dan Davis

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Tragic delights.......2006-06-06

Ignance Tiegerman's story is bittersweet. He, like Feinberg, and Sirota, exemplifies the very highest accomplishments of pianistic art, yet was consigned to obscurity while Hofmann,d'Albert,Rosenthal, Horowitz,Rubinstein,Moiseiwitsch,Gieseking,Lhevinne,Rachmaninoff garnerd the headlines.

Tiegerman was a pupil of Freidman and Leschetitsky, and a friend of Horowitz when both were in Berlin.Horowitz is reported to have said Tiegerman was his greatest rival in Berlin,the only one who could eclipse Horowitz. Tiegerman was overwhelmed by Roaring 20's America,and at Freidman's urging in 1931 took over a conservatory in Cairo,whose climate was better for Tiegerman's asthma and lifestyle.

The story behind the search for these recordings, all taken from private recordings and radio,and all nearly lost forever, is fascinating. Would suggest you read the liner notes available at the Arbiter Records website.

The music:

Tiegerman's farewell concert in Cairo in 1963 featured eclectic selections: Saint Saens Egyptian Concerto and the Frank Symphonic Variations. The Concerto had always seemed a trifle to me,not worth purchasing; the Variations a simplistic, one-hearing work. As with all the greats, Tiegerman elevates these works, avoiding in the slow movement of the Concerto any semblance of banality in the "egyptian" theme, in fact transforming it beautifully; and creating a concerto from the Variations, exploring depths and detail in the opening section most pianists simply play through unaware, as most pianists apparently have no clue what to do with the opening slow section of the Variations. I will be listening several times now to both, as Tiegerman has opened doors.

There is wonderful,first class Chopin playing here, grand manner, wonderful tone and lyricism,and when required the titanic technique and sonority of his teacher,Freidman.In the 3rd Sonata, where most take the lyrical Largo as an overly- sacchrine ballad, Tiegerman quite originally takes a much quicker tempo, mf rather than p or mp, a vital lied instead. The entire Sonata is heroic, in the manner of the Scherzi . Yet, in the 4th Ballade, Tiegerman finds mainly quiet solitude where others often strain,IMO, to find more drama than there, simply because a "ballade."

Only the first 2 opening movements of the Brahms 2nd were found,from a 1954 live Cairo Symphony radio broadcast.Only the 1958 Gilels-Reiner,IMO, prepares one for what Tiegerman does here,and the young Gilels simply does not bring all the gravitas needed. Schnabel tried to so play,but did not have the technique;by the time I believe Backhaus would have liked to (his last concerto recording with Bohm in 1967), he did not have the technique. Tiegerman simply blazes through these movements, making a case Brahms of the 2nd may have been bearded, but in appearance only,these movements unfinished business from the 1st Concerto,or 1st Symphony, perhaps informed by reflections on a more passionate life Brahms' recent Italian trip may have suggested. Tiegerman takes great risk with such sweeping gestures,faster tempi, and intensity, such symphonic playing,bringing to mind the d'Albert Emperor, and his own teacher Freidman's approach to the Chopin Mazurkas, but then Brahms himself frequently complained his music was not being played correctly, too formally. Tiegerman knows no difficulty, the technique,sonority in this live performance staggering.One is almost emotionally relieved by arrival of,and in great need of, the pastoral 3rd movement which,alas, has been lost.

Yet, in some Field and Faure Nocturnes, Tiegerman is the intimate,lyrical colorist.

Per the generous liner notes: In May,1968 he was operated on for prostate cancer,an operation the doctors botched.One of his last pupils stayed at the hospital every day until another pupil,Prince Hassan of Morocco, arrived and stayed with Tiegerman through the night,feeding him by hand grapes and apple slices. Hassan and other pupils sought from the Egyptian Government a gesture of recognition, but only a low level functionary was sent, who knew nothing of Tiegerman.He came into the hospital room, and upon seeing Tiegerman, immediately fell to his knees and,kneeling at the bedside,kissed his hand.In an instant,he understood who Tiegerman was. And death came May 31.

Tiegerman lost his parents and brother to the Holocaust, his mother throwing herself before one of the camp-bound trains. Teigerman was buried in the Bassatine Jewish cemetary in Cairo, but refugees from the 1967 War in the Sinai who came to Cairo after the War moved into the cemetaries near Ma'adi,overturning or demolishing headstones,and the whereabouts of Tiegerman's grave now remains a mystery.

"Tiegerman was the greatest talent I ever worked with." Ignazy Freidman.

Suggest you give a listen, before you purchase your next Lang Lang, or Volodos, or Lugansky,or Kissin. Sound not perfect,weak in some places, but surprisingly good most often, definitely not an impediment here.

A definite must have!.......2006-02-11

Exceptional playing from a true master.
It seems that Tiegermann's fingers function as magic wands over the large percussive instrument, presenting unparalleled possibilities in performances which no one else can imitate.

Ideal Chopin.......2003-10-23

Tiegerman, more than any pianist I've ever heard, combined power with restraint, lyricism with structure -- in short, romantic ardor with classical poise -- in a way that seems ideal for Chopin. Forgive the invidious comparisons, but compared with Tiegerman, Cortot for me was alternately grandiloquent and coy; Friedman (Tiegerman's teacher) too often crude; Lipatti too chaste; Rubinstein (in his commercial recordings, less often when I heard him live) too careful; Hofmann too cyncically manipulative -- okay, enough. It's juvenile to run down these giants. The point is that Tiegerman deserved to be compared with them, and we owe a great debt to Allan Evans for letting him rejoin the pantheon.

Unjustly neglected genius.......2003-02-23

We are lucky to have the few recordings of Tiegermann that we do. It is one of the great tragedies in music that he wasn't recorded more than he was. I'd trade the entire recorded output of many other pianists for even one more recording by him...he was that great.

Divine Music.......2003-02-01

Heavenly music, is the least I can say. He definitely was the biggest challenge to Horowitz. It has been a very long time when I sat and listned to such superb piano playing. He is one of a kind. It is very regrettable that he did not get the fame and appreciation who so well deserve.

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Jascha Heifetz Recital
Ludwig van Beethoven , Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco , Louis-Nicolas Clerambault , Claude Debussy , Grigoras Dinicu , Ernst von Dohnanyi , Edward Elgar , Cesar Franck , Alexander Konstantinovich Glazunov , Erich Wolfgang Korngold , Fritz Kreisler , Darius Milhaud , Moritz Moszkowski , Niccolo Paganini , Francis Poulenc , Cyril Scott , Richard Strauss , Karol Szymanowski , Antonio Vivaldi , and Henryk Wieniawski
Manufacturer: Angel Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Suites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

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ASIN: B000002S58
Release Date: 1994-03-15

Tracks:

Son in A, Op.2 No.2, RV 31: I. Preludio - Jascha Heifetz/Arpad Sandor
Son in A, Op.2 No.2, RV 31: II. Capriccio - Jascha Heifetz/Arpad Sandor
Son in A, Op.2 No.2, RV 31: III. Corrente - Jascha Heifetz/Arpad Sandor
Son in A, Op.2 No.2, RV 31: IV. Recitativo - Jascha Heifetz/Arpad Sandor
Son in A, Op.2 No.2, RV 31: V. Giga - Jascha Heifetz/Arpad Sandor
Vn Son No.9 in A, Op.47 'Kreutzer': I. Adagio sostenuto-Presto - Jascha Heifetz/Benno Moiseiwitsch
Vn Son No.9 in A, Op.47 'Kreutzer': II. Andante con Vars I-IV - Jascha Heifetz/Benno Moiseiwitsch
Vn Son No.9 in A, Op.47 'Kreutzer': III. Finale (Presto) - Jascha Heifetz/Benno Moiseiwitsch
Caprices, Op.1: No.13 in B flat (Allegro) - Jascha Heifetz
Caprices, Op.1: No.20 in D (Allegretto) - Jascha Heifetz
Caprices, Op.1: No.24 in a (Tema (Quasi Presto) con Vars I-XI) - Jascha Heifetz
Son in A: I. Allegretto ben moderato - Jascha Heifetz/Arthur Rubinstein
Son in A: II. Allegro - Jascha Heifetz/Arthur Rubinstein
Son in A: III. Recitativo-Fant (Ben moderato-Molto lento) - Jascha Heifetz/Arthur Rubinstein
Son in A: IV. Allegretto poco mosso - Jascha Heifetz/Arthur Rubinstein

Tracks:

Largo in c - Jascha Heifetz/Arpad Sandor
La Ronde des lutins (Scherzo fantastique), Op.25 - Jascha Heifetz/Emanuel Bay
An eisamer Quelle (Stimmungsbilder, Op.9 No.2) - Jascha Heifetz/Arpad Sandor
Poloniase No.1 in D, Op.4 - Jascha Heifetz/Emanuel Bay
Meditation in D, Op.32 - Jascha Heifetz/Arpad Sandor
Scherzo-Tarentelle in g, Op.16 - Jascha Heifetz/Arpad Sandor
Prld ('L'Enfant prodigue') - Jascha Heifetz/Arpad Sandor
Sevillanas (Sevilla) (Ste espagnola, Op.47 No.3) - Jascha Heifetz/Arpad Sandor
La Capricieuse, Op.17 - Jascha Heifetz/Arpad Sandor
Guitarre, Op.45 No.2 - Jascha Heifetz/Arpad Sandor
Danza espagnola No.1 ('La vida breve') - Jascha Heifetz/Emanuel Bay
Tallahassee Ste, Op.73: No.1 Bygone memories - Jascha Heifetz/Emanuel Bay
Tallahassee Ste, Op.73: No.2 After sundown - Jascha Heifetz/Emanuel Bay
Tallahassee Ste, Op.73: No.3 Danse negre - Jascha Heifetz/Emanuel Bay
Gypsy Andante (Ruralia hungarica, Op.32a No.6) - Jascha Heifetz/Arpad Sandor
Dogberry and Verges (March of the Watch) ('Much Ado About Nothing', Op.11 No.3) - Jascha Heifetz/Arpad Sandor
Sumare (Saudades do Brasil, Op.67 No.9) - Jascha Heifetz/Arpad Sandor
Valse (Alt-Wien, Op.30 No.1) - Jascha Heifetz/Arpad Sandor
Mouvements perpetuels: No.1 Assez modere - Jascha Heifetz/Emanuel Bay
Mouvements perpetuels: No.3 Alerte - Jascha Heifetz/Emanuel Bay
Roxana's Song ('King Roger') - Jascha Heifetz/Emanuel Bay
Hora staccato - Jascha Heifetz/Emanuel Bay

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Music for a Good Book

Manufacturer: Denon Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Quartets | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music

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