Works on This Recording
1.
Préludes, Book 1: no 8, La fille aux cheveux de lin by Claude Debussy
Performer:
Jascha Heifetz (Violin),
Isidor Achron (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1909-1910; France
Date of Recording: 12/29/1926
Venue: RCA Studios, New York City
Length: 2 Minutes 27 Secs.
Notes: Arranged: Arthur Hartmann
2.
Tale of Tsar Saltan: Suite, Op. 57 - Flight of the bumblebee by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Performer:
Jascha Heifetz (Violin),
Arpád Sándor (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1903; Russia
Date of Recording: 02/03/1934
Venue: RCA Studios, New York City
Length: 1 Minutes 12 Secs.
Notes: Arranged: Jascha Heifetz
3.
Concerto for Violin no 2 in G minor, Op. 63: 2nd movement, Andante assai by Sergei Prokofiev
Performer:
Jascha Heifetz (Violin)
Conductor:
Serge Koussevitzky
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1935; Paris, France
Date of Recording: 12/20/1937
Venue: Symphony Hall, Boston, MA
Length: 8 Minutes 15 Secs.
4.
Passacaglia and Sarabande with Variations in G minor after Handel by Johan Halvorsen
Performer:
Jascha Heifetz (Violin),
William Primrose (Viola)
Period: Romantic
Written: Norway
Date of Recording: 05/22/1941
Venue: RCA Studio 2, New York City
Length: 6 Minutes 40 Secs.
5.
Songs (6), Op. 38: no 3, Daisies by Sergei Rachmaninov
Performer:
Emanuel Bay (Piano),
Jascha Heifetz (Violin)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1916; Russia
Date of Recording: 10/16/1946
Venue: RCA Studios, Hollywood, California
Length: 1 Minutes 57 Secs.
Notes: Transcribed: Jascha Heifetz
6.
Concerto for 2 Violins in D minor, BWV 1043: 3rd movement, Allegro by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer:
Jascha Heifetz (Violin)
Conductor:
Franz Waxman
Orchestra/Ensemble:
RCA Victor Chamber Orchestra
Period: Baroque
Written: 1717-1723; Cöthen, Germany
Date of Recording: 10/14/1946
Venue: RCA Studios, Hollywood, CA
Length: 3 Minutes 30 Secs.
Notes: Jascha Heifetz plays both solo parts on this concerto.
7.
Sonata for Violin and Piano no 5 in F major, Op. 24 "Spring": 1st movement, Allegro by Ludwig van Beethoven
Performer:
Jascha Heifetz (Violin),
Emanuel Bay (Piano)
Period: Classical
Written: 1800-1801; Vienna, Austria
Date of Recording: 12/17/1947
Venue: RCA Studios, Hollywood, CA
Length: 6 Minutes 32 Secs.
8.
Hora staccato by Grigoras Dinicu
Performer:
Jascha Heifetz (Violin),
Emanuel Bay (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1906; Romania
Date of Recording: 1950
Venue: RCA Studios, Hollywood, CA
Length: 2 Minutes 7 Secs.
Notes: Transcribed: Jascha Heifetz
9.
Introduction and Rondo capriccioso for Violin and Orchestra in A minor, Op. 28 by Camille Saint-Saëns
Performer:
Jascha Heifetz (Violin)
Conductor:
William Steinberg
Orchestra/Ensemble:
RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1863; France
Date of Recording: 06/19/1951
Venue: Stage 9, Republic Studios, Hollywood, CA
Length: 8 Minutes 26 Secs.
10.
Partita for Violin solo no 3 in E major, BWV 1006: 1st movement, Prelude by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer:
Jascha Heifetz (Violin)
Period: Baroque
Written: 1720; Cöthen, Germany
Date of Recording: 10/22/1952
Venue: RCA Studios, Hollywood, California
Length: 3 Minutes 13 Secs.
11.
Suite for Violin and Orchestra in A minor, Op. 10 "In alten Stil": 3rd movement, Tempo giusto by Christian Sinding
Performer:
Jascha Heifetz (Violin)
Conductor:
Alfred Wallenstein
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1889; Norway
Date of Recording: 12/09/1953
Venue: Stage 9, Republic Studios, Hollywood, CA
Length: 4 Minutes 35 Secs.
12.
Octet for Strings in E flat major, Op. 20: 3rd movement, Scherzo by Felix Mendelssohn
Performer:
Jascha Heifetz (Violin),
Israel Baker (Violin),
Arnold Belnick (Violin),
Joseph Stepansky (Violin),
William Primrose (Viola),
Virginia Majewski (Viola),
Gregor Piatigorsky (Cello),
Gabor Rejto (Cello)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1825; Germany
Date of Recording: 08/25/1961
Venue: RCA Studios, Hollywood, CA
Length: 4 Minutes 16 Secs.
Notes: This selection is a stereo recording.
13.
Porgy and Bess: Summertime by George Gershwin
Performer:
Brooks Smith (Piano),
Jascha Heifetz (Violin)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1935; USA
Date of Recording: 04/13/1965
Venue: RCA Studios, Hollywood, CA
Length: 1 Minutes 32 Secs.
Notes: Transcribed: Jascha Heifetz
This selection is a stereo recording.
14.
Porgy and Bess: It ain't necessarily so by George Gershwin
Performer:
Brooks Smith (Piano),
Jascha Heifetz (Violin)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1935; USA
Date of Recording: 04/13/1965
Venue: RCA Studios, Hollywood, CA
Length: 2 Minutes 22 Secs.
Notes: Transcribed: Jascha Heifetz
This selection is a stereo recording.
15.
Canciones populares españolas (7): no 5, Nana by Manuel de Falla
Performer:
Brooks Smith (Piano),
Jascha Heifetz (Violin)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1914-1915; Spain
Date of Recording: 10/23/1972
Venue: Live Dorothy Chandler Pavillion, Los Angeles
Length: 2 Minutes 6 Secs.
Notes: Transcribed: Paul Kochanski
This selection is a stereo recording.
16.
Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 35: 3rd movement, Allegro vivacissimo by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Performer:
Jascha Heifetz (Violin)
Conductor:
Fritz Reiner
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1878; Russia
Date of Recording: 04/19/1957
Venue: Orchestra Hall, Chicago
Length: 8 Minutes 13 Secs.
Notes: This selection is a stereo recording.
Sound Samples
La fille aux cheveux de lin
The Flight of the Bumblebee (from Tsar Saltan)
Scherzo: Allegro leggierissimo
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