Performer: Fritz Kreisler, Michael Raucheisen, Kreisler String Quartet, Alexander Schmidt, Sam Pasternack, Alfred Lennartz, Rosario Bourdon
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Naxos
Catalogue: 8111412
Release: 2022
Size: 190 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Gluck: Orphée et Euridice
01. Dance of the Blessed Spirits (Arr. F. Kreisler for Violin & Piano)
02. Ravel: Vocalise-étude en forme de habanera
Brandl: Der liebe Augustin
03. Du alter Stefansturm (Arr. F. Kreisler for Violin & Piano]
Glazunov: Two Pieces, Op. 20
04. No. 2, Sérénade espagnole (Arr. F. Kreisler for Violin & Piano)
05. trad.: Londonderry Air (Arr. F. Kreisler for Violin & Piano) [Take 1]
06. trad.: Londonderry Air (Arr. F. Kreisler for Violin & Piano) [Take 3]
07. Kreisler: Polichinelle, serenade
Falla: Siete Canciones populares españolas
08. No. 4, Jota (Arr. P. Kochanski for Violin & Piano)
Heuberger: Der Opernball (The Opera Ball)
09. Geh’n wir ins Chambre séparée (Arr. F. Kreisler for Violin & Piano)
Schubert: Incidental music to Rosamunde, D797
10. Ballet No. 2 in G Major (Arr. F. Kreisler for Violin & Piano)
11. Kreisler: La Précieuse (in the style of Louis Couperin)
12. Kreisler: Chanson Louis XIII and Pavane (In the style of Couperin)
13. Weber: Violin Sonata No. 1 in F major, Op. 10 No. 1: Larghetto
14. Kreisler: Schön Rosmarin
Kreisler: String Quartet in A minor
15. I. Fantasia. Moderato – Allegro moderato
16. II. Scherzo. Allegro vivo con spirito
17. III. Einleitung and Romanze. Allegretto – Andante con moto
18. IV. Finale. Allegro molto moderato
19. Kreisler: Scherzo (In The Style Of Dittersdorf)
20. Bizet: L’Arlesienne Suite No. 1: III. Adagietto
The period covered by these recordings was a momentous one for Fritz Kreisler as the ascent of the Nazis meant he was frozen out of German musical life. In 1930 he had managed to rerecord a long sequence of titles in HMV’s Berlin studios that had been unsuccessfully attempted in New York, and included here are three test pressings, unpublished on shellac. In London in 1935, Kreisler along with specially selected colleagues recorded his String Quartet in A minor, a work close to his heart. Additionally, an acoustically recorded bonus track is making a first ever appearance.