Performer: Fritz Kreisler, Carl Lamson
Orchestra: Victor Orchestra
Conductor: Rosario Bourdon
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Naxos
Catalogue: 8111400
Release: 2015
Size: 188 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35
01. II. Canzonetta (Arr. for Violin & Piano)
02. Schütt: Slavonic Lament (Arr. C. Friedberg for Violin & Piano)
Haydn: Symphony No. 96 in D major ‘Miracle’
03. III. Minuet (Arr. C. Friedberg for Violin & Piano)
04. Friedberg: Altfranzösische Gavotte
Poldini: Marionettes
05. No. 2, Poupée valsante (Arr. F. Kreisler for Violin & Piano)
06. Grainger: Molly on the Shore (Arr. F. Kreisler for Violin & Piano)
Korngold: Die Tote Stadt, Op. 12
07. Tanzlied des Pierrot (Arr. F. Kreisler for Violin & Piano)
Massenet: Thaïs
08. Méditation (Arr. M.P. Marsick for Violin & Piano)
Dvořák: Slavonic Dances Nos. 9-16, Op. 72
09. No. 2 in E Minor (Arr. F. Kreisler for Violin & Piano)
10. Balogh: Dirge of the North (Arr. F. Kreisler for Violin & Piano)
Brandl: Der liebe Augustin
11. Du alter Stephansturm (Arr. F. Kreisler for Violin & Piano)
Paderewski: Humoresques de concert, Op. 14
12. No. 1, Menuet célèbre (Arr. F. Kreisler for Violin & Orchestra)
13. Dawes: Melody in A Major
Herbert: Orange Blossoms
14. A Kiss in the Dark (Arr. F. Kreisler for Violin & Piano)
Handel: Serse
15. Ombra mai fù (Arr. F. Kreisler for Violin & Piano)
16. Kreisler: Caprice Viennois, Op. 2
Tchaikovsky: Souvenir de Hapsal, Op. 2
17. No. 3, Chant sans paroles (Arr. F. Kreisler for Violin & Piano)
18. Bass: Chansonette
Lalo: Symphonie espagnole, Op. 21
19. II. Scherzando (Version for Violin & Piano)
20. Cadman: The Legend of the Canyon
21. Balogh: Caprice antique (Arr. F. Kreisler for Violin & Piano)
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an extremely rare test pressing of the Scherzando from Lalo’s Symphonie espagnole has survived (Track 19) as has an unpublished test pressing from 24 January 1924 of Take 2 of the Tchaikovsky Canzonetta (Track 1), which preserves Kreisler’s hauntingly ‘speaking’ tone and lovely trills.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.