Performer: Fritz Kreisler
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Naxos
Catalogue: 8112053
Release: 2009
Size: 238 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Bach: Partita for solo violin No. 3 in E major, BWV1006
01. I. Preludio (Arr. F. Kreisler)
Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV1068
02. II. Air (On a G String)
Tchaikovsky: Souvenir de Hapsal, Op. 2
03. No. 3, Chant sans paroles (1904 recording) [arr. F. Kreisler]
04. Sulzer: Sarabande, Op. 8
Schubert of Dresden Jr.: 12 Bagatelles, Op. 13
05. No. 9, L’abeille (the Bee)
Smetana: Z domoviny
06. No. 2, Andantino, “Bohemian Fantasy” (take 1) [from the Homeland]
07. Foster: Old Folks at Home (Arr. F. Kreisler)
08. Kreisler: Caprice viennois, Op. 2 (take 2)
Dvořák: Humoresque in G flat major, Op. 101
09. No. 7, Poco lento e grazioso in G-Flat Major (Arr. F. Kreisler)
Massenet: Thaïs, Act II, Méditation, Thais, Act II
10. Meditation (take 2) [arr. M.P. Marsick]
11. Meditation (take 3) [arr. M.P. Marsick]
12. Kreisler: Tambourin Chinois, Op. 3
13. Kreisler: Liebesleid
14. Kreisler: Liebesfreud (take 1)
15. Kreisler: Liebesfreud (take 2)
Smetana: Z domoviny
16. No. 2, Andantino, “Bohemian Fantasy” (take 2) [from the Homeland]
Brahms: Hungarian Dances
17. No. 5 in G Minor (arr. J. Joachim) [Original in F-Sharp Minor]
18. Kreisler: Variations on a Theme by Corelli (in the style of Tartini)
19. Kreisler: Caprice viennois, Op. 2 (take 3)
Schubert: Moments Musicaux, D780, Op. 94
20. No. 3 in F Minor (Arr. F. Kreisler)
Rameau: Les Fêtes d’Hébé
21. Tambourin (Arr. F. Kreisler)
Tchaikovsky: Souvenir de Hapsal, Op. 2
22. No. 3, Chant sans paroles (1910 recording) [arr. F. Kreisler]
23. Bach: Chanson meditation (Arr. F. Kreisler)
Bach,: Partita for solo violin No. 3 in E major, BWV1006
24. III. Gavotte en rondeau (Arr. F. Kreisler)
This disc brings together recordings made in 1904 and 1910 which, despite the recording industry’s infancy and the extraordinary limitations placed on the musicians, are amazingly good in both artistic and technical terms.