Composer: Samuel Barber, Robert Russell Bennett, Ernest Chausson, Aaron Copland, Frederick Delius, Frantisek Alois Drdla, Antonín Dvořák, César Franck, Camargo Guarnieri, Fritz Kreisler, Bohuslav Martinů, Jules Massenet, Felix Mendelssohn, Darius Milhaud, Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov, Camille Saint-Saëns, Franz Schubert, Robert Schumann, Richard Strauss, Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky, Antonio Vivaldi
Performer: Louis Kaufman, Artur Balsam, Peter Rybar, Pina Pozzi, Theodore Saidenberg, Paul Ulanowsky, Helene Pignari, Aaron Copland, Robert Russell Bennett, Pascal String Quartet
Orchestra: Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestre National de France, Musical Masterpiece Symphony Orchestra, Concert Hall Chamber Orchestra, Winterthur Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Maurits van den Berg, Darius Milhaud, Otto Ackermann, Walter Goehr, Henry Swoboda, Clemens Dahinden
Number of Discs: 6
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Profil
Release: 2021
Size: 1.49 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
CD 01
Chausson: Concert for Violin, Piano & String Quartet in D Major, Op. 21
01. I. Décidé – Animé
02. II. Sicilienne. Pas vite
03. III. Grave
04. IV. Très animé
Saint-Saëns: Violin Concerto No. 3 in B Minor, Op. 61, R. 198
05. I. Allegro non troppo
06. II. Andantino quasi allegretto
07. III. Molto moderato e maestoso – Allegro non troppo
Saint-Saëns: Havanaise in E Major, Op. 83, R. 202
08. Havanaise in E Major, Op. 83, R. 202
CD 02
Martinů: Sonata for 2 Violins & Piano, H. 213
01. I. Allegro poco moderato
02. II. Andante – Allegretto – Allegro
Martinů: 5 Short Pieces for Violin & Piano, H. 184 (Excerpts)
03. No. 2, Andante
04. No. 5, Allegro
Strauss: Violin Sonata in E-Flat Major, Op. 18, TrV 151
05. I. Allegro, ma non troppo
06. II. Improvisation. Andante cantabile
07. III. Finale. Andante – Allegro
Delius: Violin Sonata No. 1, RT VIII/6
08. I. With Easy Movement but Not Quick – Slow
09. II. With Vigour and Animation
Milhaud: Danses de Jacaremirim, Op. 256
10. No. 1, Sambinha
11. No. 2, Tanguinho
12. No. 3, Chorinho
CD 03
Milhaud: Violin Concerto No. 2, Op. 263
01. I. Dramatique
02. II. Lent et sombre
03. III. Emporté
04. Milhaud: Concertino de printemps, Op. 135
Dvořák: 8 Humoresques, Op. 101, B. 187
05. No. 7 in G-Flat Major (Arr. for Violin & Piano)
06. Tchaikovsky: Andante cantabile in B Minor, Op. 11, TH 63
07. Drdla: Souvenir in D major
08. Kreisler: Farewell to Cucullain (Londonderry Air)
Massenet: Thaïs
09. Méditation (Arr. for Violin & Piano)
Schumann: Kinderszenen, Op. 15
10. No. 7, Träumerei (Arr. for Violin & Piano)
Rimsky-Korsakov: Le Coq d’or
11. Hymne à soleil (Arr. F. Kreisler for Violin & Piano)
12. Schubert: Ave Maria, Op. 52 No. 6, D. 839
CD 04
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E Minor Op. 64, MWV O 14
01. I. Allegro molto appassionato
02. II. Andante
03. III. Allegretto non troppo – Allegro molto vivace
Franck: Violin Sonata in A Major, FWV 8
04. I. Allegretto ben moderato
05. II. Allegro
06. III. Recitativo-Fantasia. Ben moderato – Molto lento
07. IV. Allegretto poco mosso
Barber: Violin Concerto, Op. 14
08. I. Allegro
09. II. Andante
10. III. Presto in moto perpetuo
CD 05
Copland: Violin Sonata
01. I. Andante semplice
02. II. Lento
03. III. Allegretto giusto
Bennett: A Song Sonata
04. I. Quiet and Philosophic
05. II. Same Tempo but Belligerent
06. III. Slow and Lonely
07. IV. Madly Dancing
08. V. Gracefully Strolling
09. Bennett: Hexapoda (5 Studies in Jitteroptera)
Guarnieri: Violin Sonata No. 2
10. I. Ben ritmato
11. II. Profoundly Warm
12. III. Allegro
13. I. Allegro
14. II. Andante
15. III. Allegro con fuoco
CD 06
Vivaldi: The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto in E Major, Op. 8 No. 1, RV 269 “Spring”
01. I. Allegro
02. II. Largo e pianissimo sempre
03. III. Danza pastorale. Allegro
Vivaldi: The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto in G Minor, Op. 8 No. 2, RV 315 “Summer”
04. I. Allegro non molto
05. II. Adagio
06. III. Presto
Vivaldi: The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto in F Major, Op. 8 No. 3, RV 293 “Autumn”
07. I. Allegro
08. II. Adagio molto
09. III. Allegro
Vivaldi: The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto in F Minor, Op. 8 No. 4, RV 297 “Winter”
10. I. Allegro non molto
11. II. Largo
12. III. Allegro
Vivaldi: Violin Concerto in G Minor, Op. 8 No. 8, RV 332
13. I. Allegro
14. II. Largo
15. III. Allegro
Vivaldi: Violin Concerto in C Major, Op. 8 No. 12, RV 178
16. I. Allegro
17. II. Largo
18. III. Allegro
Vivaldi: Concerto for 2 Violins in D major, RV 513
19. I. Allegro molto
20. II. Andante
21. III. Allegro
Louis Kaufman was born on May 10, 1905 in Portland, Oregon. His parents were Jewish immigrants from Romania who were very interested in the arts and took their son to concerts. Kaufman gave his solo debut in the New York Town Hall in 1928 under the auspices of the International Naumburg Competition, which he proceeded to win. He then went on to play with such acclaimed musicians as Pablo Casals (cello), Mischa Elmann (violin), Jascha Heifetz (violin), Gregor Piatigorsky (cello) and Alfredo Rossi (piano). He also played classical music in ensembles, such as the Musical Art Quartet, the Kaufman Quartet, the Westwood String Quartet, the Bach Chamber Symphony Group.
In 1932 Kaufman married the pianist Annette Leibole and performed frequently with her in public. In 1956 Louis Kaufman and his wife returned to Los Angeles. The violinist continued to give wonderful concerts until the late 1970s. After an eye operation he decided to retire from active performance. Louis Kaufman died on February 9, 1994. He was probably the violinist who had recorded the most works in the twentieth century. In addition to building up this huge body of recordings he was also the inventor of the Kaufman chinrest for the violin. The recordings featured on this historic box are predominantly from the 1940s and 50s.