Performer: Fritz Kreisler, Carl Lamson Vincent O’Brien, Efrem Zimbalist, Howard Rattay, Rosario Bourdon, Geraldine Farrar
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Naxos
Catalogue: 8112064
Release: 2011
Size: 184 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Kreisler: Serse (Xerxes), HWV 40, Act I: Ombra mai fu, “Largo” (arr. F. Kreisler for violin and piano)
02. Kreisler: Aus Wien (arr. F. Kreisler for violin and piano)
03. Kreisler: Lieder ohne Worte (Songs without Words), Book 5, Op. 62: No. 1 in G major (arr. F. Kreisler for violin and piano)
04. Kreisler: Gott, erhalte Franz den Kaiser!, Hob.XXVIa:43 (arr. F. Kreisler for violin and piano)
05. Kreisler: Violin Sonatina in G major, Op. 100, B. 183: II. Larghetto, “Indian Lament” (arr. F. Kreisler for violin and piano)
Bach: Concerto for Two Violins in D minor, BWV1043
06. I. Vivace
07. II. Largo ma non tanto
08. III. Allegro
09. Gartner: Aus Wien (arr. F. Kreisler for violin and piano)
10. Mendelssohn: Lieder ohne Worte (Songs without Words), Book 5, Op. 62: No. 1 in G major (arr. F. Kreisler for violin and piano)
11. Haydn: Gott, erhalte Franz den Kaiser!, Hob.XXVIa:43 (arr. F. Kreisler for violin and piano)
12. Kreisler: Slavonic Dance in G minor (arr. F. Kreisler from Op. 46, No. 2 and Op. 72, No. 1 for violin and piano)
Kreisler: Slavonic Dances, Op. 72 (arr. F. Kreisler for violin and piano)
13. No. 2 (arr. F. Kreisler for violin and piano)
14. Kreisler: The Rosary (arr. F. Kreisler for violin and piano)
15. Kreisler: Chanson serenade espagnole, Op. 150 (arr. F. Kreisler for violin and piano)
16. Kreisler: Tambourin Chinois, Op. 3
17. Kreisler: Mazurka No. 45 in A minor, Op. 67, No. 4 (arr. F. Kreisler for violin and piano)
Kreisler: Souvenir de Hapsal, Op. 2
18. No. 3. Chant sans paroles (arr. F. Kreisler for violin and piano)
Bach: Partita for solo violin No. 3 in E major, BWV1006
19. III. Gavotte en rondeau
Kreisler: 12 Impressions
20. No. 11. Viennese (arr. F. Kreisler for violin and piano)
21. Nevin: Mighty Lak’ a Rose (arr. for voice, violin and orchestra)
22. Cesareo: La serenata (arr. for voice, violin and orchestra)
23. Thomas: Mignon, Act I: Connais-tu le pays (arr. for voice, violin and orchestra)
Dvořák: Humoresques, Op. 101
24. No. 7 in G flat major (version for piano solo)
For the main work on this album of American recordings made at the time of the Great War, Bach’s Double Concerto in D minor (slightly abridged to fit on three 78rpm sides, Kreisler is joined by the Russian violinist Efrem Zimbalist. The Appendix features three tracks with soprano Geraldine Farrar and the only surviving recording of Kreisler-as-pianist, playing Dvorak’s Humoresque.