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Expanded Edition - Humoresque / Isaac Stern


Release Date: 08/03/2004 
Label:  Sony Classical Masterworks Catalog #: 92741   Spars Code: n/a 
Composer:  Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov,  Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky,  George Gershwin,  Fritz Kreisler,   ... 
Performer:  Isaac Stern
Conductor:  Milton Katims,  Frank Brieff,  János Rolla
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Columbia Symphony Orchestra,  Franz Liszt Academy Chamber Orchestra
Number of Discs: 1 
Recorded in: Stereo 
Length: 1 Hours 18 Mins. 

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Works on This Recording

1. Tale of Tsar Saltan: Suite, Op. 57 - Flight of the bumblebee by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Performer:  Isaac Stern (Violin)
Conductor:  Milton Katims
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Columbia Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1903; Russia 
 Venue:  Manhattan Center, New York City, NY 
Length: 1 Minutes 14 Secs. 
Notes: Manhattan Center, New York City, NY (06/12/1963 - 06/14/1963) 
2. Songs (6), Op. 6: no 6, None but the lonely heart by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Performer:  Isaac Stern (Violin)
Conductor:  Milton Katims
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Columbia Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1869; Russia 
 Venue:  Manhattan Center, New York City, NY 
Length: 3 Minutes 15 Secs. 
Notes: Manhattan Center, New York City, NY (06/12/1963 - 06/14/1963) 
3. Porgy and Bess: Bess, you is my woman now by George Gershwin
Performer:  Isaac Stern (Violin)
Conductor:  Milton Katims
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Columbia Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1935; USA 
 Venue:  Manhattan Center, New York City, NY 
Length: 5 Minutes 19 Secs. 
Notes: Manhattan Center, New York City, NY (06/12/1963 - 06/14/1963) 
4. Liebesleid by Fritz Kreisler
Performer:  Isaac Stern (Violin)
Conductor:  Milton Katims
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Columbia Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: Austria 
 Venue:  Manhattan Center, New York City, NY 
Length: 3 Minutes 24 Secs. 
Notes: Manhattan Center, New York City, NY (06/12/1963 - 06/14/1963) 
5. Hungarian Dances (21) for Orchestra, WoO 1: no 5 in G minor by Johannes Brahms
Performer:  Isaac Stern (Violin)
Conductor:  Milton Katims
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Columbia Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1868; Austria 
 Venue:  Manhattan Center, New York City, NY 
Length: 2 Minutes 35 Secs. 
Notes: Manhattan Center, New York City, NY (06/12/1963 - 06/14/1963) 
6. Soirées ŕ Saint-Pétersbourg, Op. 44: no 1, Romance in E flat major by Anton Rubinstein
Performer:  Isaac Stern (Violin)
Conductor:  Frank Brieff
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Columbia Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1860; Russia 
 Venue:  Columbia 30th St. Studio, New York City 
Length: 3 Minutes 39 Secs. 
Notes: Columbia 30th St. Studio, New York City (01/17/1972 - 01/18/1972) 
7. Nocturnes (3) for Piano, B 54/Op. 9: no 2 in E flat major by Frédéric Chopin
Performer:  Isaac Stern (Violin)
Conductor:  Frank Brieff
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Columbia Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1830-1831; Poland 
 Venue:  Columbia 30th St. Studio, New York City 
Length: 4 Minutes 45 Secs. 
Notes: Columbia 30th St. Studio, New York City (01/17/1972 - 01/18/1972) 
8. Songs (6), Op. 34: no 2, Auf Flügeln des Gesanges by Felix Mendelssohn
Performer:  Isaac Stern (Violin)
Conductor:  Frank Brieff
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Columbia Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1836; Germany 
 Venue:  Columbia 30th St. Studio, New York City 
Length: 2 Minutes 57 Secs. 
Notes: Columbia 30th St. Studio, New York City (01/17/1972 - 01/18/1972) 
9. Caprice viennois, Op. 2 by Fritz Kreisler
Performer:  Isaac Stern (Violin)
Conductor:  János Rolla
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Franz Liszt Academy Chamber Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: Austria 
 Venue:  Italian Institute, Budapest, Hungary 
Length: 3 Minutes 45 Secs. 
Notes: Italian Institute, Budapest, Hungary (05/16/1996 - 05/21/1996) 
10. Rodeo: Four Dance Episodes - no 4, Hoe-down by Aaron Copland
Performer:  Isaac Stern (Violin)
Conductor:  Milton Katims
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Columbia Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1942; USA 
 Venue:  Manhattan Center, New York City, NY 
Length: 2 Minutes 47 Secs. 
Notes: Manhattan Center, New York City, NY (06/12/1963 - 06/14/1963) 
11. Humoresques (8) for Piano, Op. 101/B 187: no 7 in G flat major by Antonín Dvorák
Performer:  Isaac Stern (Violin)
Conductor:  Milton Katims
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Columbia Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1894; Bohemia 
 Venue:  Manhattan Center, New York City, NY 
Length: 3 Minutes 49 Secs. 
Notes: Manhattan Center, New York City, NY (06/12/1963 - 06/14/1963) 
12. Quartet for Strings no 2 in D major: 3rd movement, Andante "Nocturne" by Alexander Borodin
Performer:  Isaac Stern (Violin)
Conductor:  Frank Brieff
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Columbia Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1881; Russia 
 Venue:  Columbia 30th St. Studio, New York City 
Length: 5 Minutes 44 Secs. 
Notes: Columbia 30th St. Studio, New York City (01/17/1972 - 01/18/1972) 
13. Suite bergamasque: 3. Clair de lune by Claude Debussy
Performer:  Isaac Stern (Violin)
Conductor:  Milton Katims
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Columbia Symphony Orchestra
Period: Modern 
Written: 1890; France 
 Venue:  Manhattan Center, New York City, NY 
Length: 4 Minutes 41 Secs. 
Notes: Manhattan Center, New York City, NY (06/12/1963 - 06/14/1963) 
14. Jamaican Rumba by Arthur Benjamin
Performer:  Isaac Stern (Violin)
Conductor:  Milton Katims
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Columbia Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1938; England 
 Venue:  Manhattan Center, New York City, NY 
Length: 1 Minutes 49 Secs. 
Notes: Manhattan Center, New York City, NY (06/12/1963 - 06/14/1963) 
15. Greensleeves by Traditional
Performer:  Isaac Stern (Violin)
Conductor:  Milton Katims
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Columbia Symphony Orchestra
Period: Renaissance 
Written: 16th Century; England 
 Venue:  Manhattan Center, New York City, NY 
Length: 3 Minutes 9 Secs. 
Notes: Manhattan Center, New York City, NY (06/12/1963 - 06/14/1963) 
16. Jeannie with the light brown hair by Stephen Foster
Performer:  Isaac Stern (Violin)
Conductor:  Milton Katims
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Columbia Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1854; USA 
 Venue:  Manhattan Center, New York City, NY 
Length: 3 Minutes 17 Secs. 
Notes: Manhattan Center, New York City, NY (06/12/1963 - 06/14/1963) 
17. Gymnopédies (3) for Piano: no 3, Lent et grave by Erik Satie
Performer:  Isaac Stern (Violin)
Conductor:  Frank Brieff
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Columbia Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1888; France 
 Venue:  Columbia 30th St. Studio, New York City 
Length: 3 Minutes 45 Secs. 
Notes: Columbia 30th St. Studio, New York City (01/17/1972 - 01/18/1972) 
18. Schwanengesang, D 957: no 4, Ständchen by Franz Schubert
Performer:  Isaac Stern (Violin)
Conductor:  Frank Brieff
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Columbia Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1828; Vienna, Austria 
 Venue:  Columbia 30th St. Studio, New York City 
Length: 4 Minutes 15 Secs. 
Notes: Columbia 30th St. Studio, New York City (01/17/1972 - 01/18/1972) 
19. La fille aux cheveux de lin by Claude Debussy
Performer:  Isaac Stern (Violin)
Conductor:  Frank Brieff
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Columbia Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1882; France 
 Venue:  Columbia 30th St. Studio, New York City 
Length: 2 Minutes 29 Secs. 
Notes: Columbia 30th St. Studio, New York City (01/17/1972 - 01/18/1972) 
20. Songs (14), Op. 34: no 14, Vocalise by Sergei Rachmaninov
Performer:  Isaac Stern (Violin)
Conductor:  Frank Brieff
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Columbia Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1912-1915; Russia 
 Venue:  Columbia 30th St. Studio, New York City 
Length: 5 Minutes 42 Secs. 
Notes: Columbia 30th St. Studio, New York City (01/17/1972 - 01/18/1972)
Composition written: Russia (1912 - 1915). 
21. Ellens Gesang III, D 839/Op. 52 no 6 "Ave Maria" by Franz Schubert
Performer:  Isaac Stern (Violin)
Conductor:  Milton Katims
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Columbia Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1825; Vienna, Austria 
 Venue:  Manhattan Center, New York City, NY 
Length: 5 Minutes 45 Secs. 
Notes: Manhattan Center, New York City, NY (06/12/1963 - 06/14/1963) 

Sound Samples

Flight of the Bumblebee
None but the lonely heart, Op. 6, No. 6
Bess, you is my woman now from Porgy and Bess
Liebesleid
Hungarian Dance No. 5
String Quartet No. 2: Nocturne
Romance in E-flat, Op. 44, No. 1
Nocturne in E-Flat Major, Op. 9, No. 2
Clair de lune
Jamaican Rumba
Greensleeves
On Wings of Song, Op. 34, No. 2
Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair
Gymnopédie No. 3
Serenade
The Girl with the Flaxen Hair
Vocalise, Op. 34, No. 14
Humoresque, Op. 101, No. 7
Ave Maria
Hoe-Down from Rodeo
Caprice viennois

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