Performer: William Primrose, Joseph Kahn, Franz Rupp, Marian Anderson, Henry Isaacs, David Stimer, Sidonie Goossens, Vladimir Sokoloff
Orchestra: Victor Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Charles O’Connell
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Naxos
Catalogue: 8111382
Release: 2011
Size: 141 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Kreisler: Allegretto (in the style of Boccherini)
Dvořák: Zigeunermelodien, Op. 55, B. 104
02. No. 4, Als die alte Mutter [Songs my Mother Taught Me] [arr. F. Kreisler for viola and piano]
Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95 ‘From the New World’
03. II. Largo (Arr. F. Kreisler for viola and piano)
Dvořák: Humoresques, Op. 101
04. No. 7 in G-Flat Major (Arr. E. De Luca for viola and orchestra)
05. Massenet: Elégie
06. Kreisler: Liebesfreud
07. Kreisler: Liebesleid
08. Kreisler: Praeludium and Allegro (in the style of Pugnani)
09. trad.: Londonderry Air (Arr. P. Hughes for viola and harp)
10. Chopin: Nocturne No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 9 No. 2
11. Schubert: Ellens Gesang III (Ave Maria!), Op. 52, No. 6, D. 839, “Hymne an die Jungfrau” [arr. A. Wilhelmj for viola and harp]
Tchaikovsky: String Quartet No. 1 in D major, Op. 11
12. II. Andante cantabile (Arr. F. Kreisler for viola and piano)
Tchaikovsky: 6 Romances, Op. 6
13. No. 6, None but the Lonely Heart (Arr. W. Primrose for viola and piano)
Rachmaninov: 6 Songs, Op. 4
14. No. 4, In the Silence of the Night (Arr. For voice, viola and piano)
Bach: Partita for solo violin No. 3 in E major, BWV1006
15. III. Gavotte en rondeau (Arr. F. Kreisler for violin and piano)
16. Bach CPE: Solfeggio in C Minor, Wq. 117 / 2, H. 220 (Arr. W. Primrose for viola and piano)
Rameau: Les Fêtes d’Hébé
17. Tambourin (Arr. F. Kreisler for viola and piano)
Benjamin: 2 Jamaican Pieces
18. No. 2, Jamaican Rumba (Arr. For viola and piano)
Benjamin: 2 Jamaican Street Songs
19. No. 1, Mattie Rag (Arr. For viola and piano)
20. No. 2, Cookie (Arr. For viola and piano)
21. Benjamin: From San Domingo (Arr. For viola and piano)
Saint-Saëns: Le carnaval des animaux
22. XIII. The Swan (Arr. For viola and piano)
23. Myronoff: Caprice
The great Scottish violist William Primrose revolutionised the playing of his instrument through both his virtuosity and the myriad colours he could evoke. Fully the equal of his colleagues Heifetz and Feuermann, he recorded a number of concertos and sonatas. However he also committed a substantial number of shorter pieces to disc, from Chopin and Dvořák to Kreisler and Arthur Benjamin. They reveal his lustrous, vibrant sound in some of the most beautiful pieces in the repertory. Two feature the great singer Marian Anderson. There are also two pieces from 1927 in which Primrose plays his first instrument, the violin. This is the first of two volumes.