Fritz Kreisler

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Born: 1875   Died: 1962   Country: Austria   Period: 20th Century
Violinist Fritz Kreisler was one of the most beloved and best known of early recording era musicians. His burnished tone and patrician phrasing were quintessentially Viennese, and the warmth of his playing won him devoted followers wherever he appeared. So great was his fame and the affection in which he was held that he survived a blaze of controversy when he revealed in 1935 that many of the short pieces he had performed as transcriptions of Read more such composers as Couperin, Vivaldi, and Pugnani were, in fact, his own work. While the critics fumed, the public expressed little concern and continued to pack his concert appearances.

Kreisler was the son of a famous surgeon, a good amateur musician who gave young Fritz his first violin lessons. Kreisler made his public debut at seven in a collection of short works. Shortly thereafter, he was permitted to enter the Vienna Conservatory despite a policy that no one younger than 14 be accepted. After three years of study with Joseph Hellmesberger, he was awarded a gold medal.

Kreisler was sent to Paris for further studies with Delibes and Massart. At the age of 12, he won the Premier Grand Prix de Rome gold medal competing against 40 other players, all of whom were at least 20 years of age.

In 1888, Kreisler sailed to the United States for a concert tour with pianist Moriz Rosenthal, earning many complimentary reviews. When he returned to Vienna, he applied to the Vienna Philharmonic for a position but was turned down. Feeling discouraged, he resolved to abandon music and chose to pursue a career in medicine. After several years, he rejected that course and began the study of painting. First in Paris, then in Rome, he worked toward mastering his technique, but soon this, too, became tiresome. He returned to Vienna and enlisted in the army.

A full year as a soldier was sufficient to cause yet more rethinking and Kreisler resigned his commission and returned to the study of violin. He spent eight weeks in country solitude readying himself for his return to the concert stage. His "second debut" in Berlin was successful, but widespread acclaim came during several American tours between 1901 and 1903. In the United States, he was hailed as one of the foremost violinists of his time and, soon after, Europe followed suit in recognizing his extraordinary artistry.

In 1910 in London, Kreisler gave the premiere performance of Elgar's Violin Concerto, a work dedicated to him.

While vacationing in Switzerland in 1914, Kreisler received the news that Austria was at war. Returning to his native country, he rejoined his former division, now stationed in Galicia. An attack by the Russians resulted in an injury and his discharge with high honors. Wishing to help his country, Kreisler embarked on a lengthy concert tour of America. The United States' entry into the war, however, put him in the awkward position of being an ex-Austrian officer aiding what was now an enemy nation. Negative reaction obliged him to withdraw from concertizing and retire to Maine to pass the remaining period of hostilities.

At his return to the New York concert stage in 1919, however, he was given a tumultuous reception. He took up residence in Berlin for ten years beginning in 1924. With the Anschluss in 1938, he moved to France, but returned to the United States before the Nazi invasion and lived his remaining years in America, where he gave his final public concert in 1947. He continued to perform on broadcasts until 1950. Read less

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The Perlman Edition - The Kreisler Album / Perlman, Sanders
The Perlman Edition - The Kreisler Album / Perlman, Sanders
Release Date: 10/21/2003   Label: Emi Classics  
Catalog: 62601   Number of Discs: 1
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Szeryng Plays Kreisler And Other Treasures / Charles Reiner
Szeryng Plays Kreisler And Other Treasures / Charles Reiner
Release Date: 04/25/1995   Label: Mercury Living Presence  
Catalog: 434351   Number of Discs: 1
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Milstein - Encores - Kreisler, Debussy, Szymanowski, Et Al
Milstein - Encores - Kreisler, Debussy, Szymanowski, Et Al
Release Date: 07/13/1999   Label: Emi Classics  
Catalog: 66872   Number of Discs: 1
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Fritz Kreisler - Original Compositions & Arrangements
Fritz Kreisler - Original Compositions & Arrangements
Release Date: 09/13/2005   Label: Emi Great Recordings Of The Century  
Catalog: 76841   Number of Discs: 1
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Arturo Delmoni - Ysaye, Kreisler, Bach: Solo Violin Works
Arturo Delmoni - Ysaye, Kreisler, Bach: Solo Violin Works
Release Date: 08/01/1996   Label: John Marks Records  
Catalog: 14   Number of Discs: 1
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  • 76.
    The Virtuoso Violin Of Benno Rabinof / Sylvia Rabinof, Et Al
    The Virtuoso Violin Of Benno Rabinof / Sylvia Rabinof, Et Al
    Label: Pearl   Catalog: 205 Release Date: 04/27/2004   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Niccolò Paganini,  Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov,  Fritz Kreisler,  Karol Szymanowski  ... 
    Performer:  Benno Rabinof,  Sylvia Rabinoff
    Conductor:  Robert Stanley,  Ernie Fiorrito
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  New York WOR Radio Orchestra,  Orchestra
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  • 77.
    Gaede Trio Series Vol. Ix - Haydn, Beethoven, Kreisler
    Gaede Trio Series Vol. Ix - Haydn, Beethoven, Kreisler
    Label: Tacet   Catalog: 122 Release Date: 04/20/2004   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Fritz Kreisler,  Ludwig van Beethoven,  Franz Joseph Haydn
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Gaede Trio
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  • 78.
    Light Classics - Salon Orchestra Favourites Vol 3 / Huber
    Light Classics - Salon Orchestra Favourites Vol 3 / Huber
    Label: Naxos   Catalog: 8557048 Release Date: 02/17/2004   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Sir Edward Elgar,  Karel Komzak II,  Franz von Suppé,  Oscar Straus  ... 
    Conductor:  Georg Huber
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Salonorchester Schwanen
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  • 79.
    Greatest Hits - Violin
    Greatest Hits - Violin
    Label: Decca   Catalog: 000192002 Release Date: 02/10/2004   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Edouard Lalo,  Sir Edward Elgar,  Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov,  Jerry Bock  ... 
    Performer:  Shlomo Mintz,  Kyung-Wha Chung,  Phillip Moll,  Henryk Szeryng  ... 
    Conductor:  Zubin Mehta,  Lakatos Róbert,  Andrew Litton,  Sir Neville Marriner
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Israel Philharmonic Orchestra,  Roby Lakatos Ensemble,  Royal Philharmonic Orchestra  ... 
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  • 80.
    Scene Rachmaninoff: Sonata 2, Complete Piano Transcriptions
    Scene Rachmaninoff: Sonata 2, Complete Piano Transcriptions
    Label: Md&g (Dabringhaus & Grimm)   Catalog: 6110547 Release Date: 01/20/2004   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Johann Sebastian Bach,  Fritz Kreisler,  Sergei Rachmaninov,  Felix Mendelssohn  ... 
    Performer:  Friedrich Höricke
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  • 81.
    Kreisler: Works / James Ehnes
    Kreisler: Works / James Ehnes
    Label: Analekta   Catalog: 23159 Release Date: 09/23/2003   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Fritz Kreisler
    Performer:  Eduard Laurel,  James Ehnes
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  • 82.
    Essential Violin - Over 2 1/2 Hours Of Glorious Melodies
    Essential Violin - Over 2 1/2 Hours Of Glorious Melodies
    Label: Decca   Catalog: 000109202 Release Date: 09/09/2003   Number of Discs: 2
    Composer:  Edouard Lalo,  Johann Sebastian Bach,  Johannes Brahms,  Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky  ... 
    Performer:  Kyung-Wha Chung,  Phillip Moll,  Akiko Suwanai,  Mayumi Fujikawa  ... 
    Conductor:  Charles Dutoit,  Walter Weller,  Andrew Litton,  André Previn  ... 
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Montreal Symphony Orchestra,  Royal Philharmonic Orchestra,  London Symphony Orchestra  ... 
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  • 83.
    Michael Zuber Plays Tartini, Bach, Mozart, Kreisler, Gershwin
    Michael Zuber Plays Tartini, Bach, Mozart, Kreisler, Gershwin
    Label: De Plein Vent   Catalog: 9024 Release Date: 08/05/2003   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Giuseppe Tartini,  Johann Sebastian Bach,  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart,  Fritz Kreisler  ... 
    Performer:  Magali Bourquin,  Michaël Zuber
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  • 84.
    Bach: Two Sonatas For Solo Violin; Et Al / Oscar Renardy
    Bach: Two Sonatas For Solo Violin; Et Al / Oscar Renardy
    Label: Testament   Catalog: 1292 Release Date: 05/13/2003   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Johann Sebastian Bach,  Niccolò Paganini,  Fritz Kreisler,  Henri Wieniawski  ... 
    Performer:  Ossy Renardy,  Ernest Lush
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  • 85.
    Rachmaninov: Piano Transcriptions / Vladimir Ashkenazy
    Rachmaninov: Piano Transcriptions / Vladimir Ashkenazy
    Label: Decca   Catalog: 470291 Release Date: 09/10/2002   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  John Stafford Smith,  Sergei Rachmaninov,  Johann Sebastian Bach,  Fritz Kreisler  ... 
    Performer:  Vladimir Ashkenazy,  Alastair Mackie,  Vovka Ashkenazy,  Dody Ashkenazy
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  • 86.
    For Your Life - For A Summer Evening
    For Your Life - For A Summer Evening
    Label: Decca   Catalog: 470036 Release Date: 05/07/2002   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Ralph Vaughan Williams,  Antonio Vivaldi,  Maurice Ravel,  Gabriel Fauré  ... 
    Performer:  Alan Loveday,  Dame Kiri Te Kanawa,  Lynn Harrell,  Joshua Bell  ... 
    Conductor:  Sir Neville Marriner,  Charles Dutoit,  Ernest Ansermet,  Raymond Leppard  ... 
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Academy of St. Martin in the Fields,  Montreal Symphony Orchestra,  Suisse Romande Orchestra  ... 
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  • 87.
    Masters Of The Bow - Violin / Accardo, Bell, Grumiaux, Et Al
    Masters Of The Bow - Violin / Accardo, Bell, Grumiaux, Et Al
    Label: Deutsche Grammophon   Catalog: 472207 Release Date: 03/19/2002   Number of Discs: 2
    Composer:  Béla Bartók,  Grigoras Dinicu,  Enrique Granados,  Maurice Ravel  ... 
    Performer:  Charles Reiner,  Henryk Szeryng,  Jean-Claude Ambrosini,  Christian Ferras  ... 
    Conductor:  James Levine,  Sir Neville Marriner,  Claudio Abbado,  Zubin Mehta  ... 
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra,  Academy of St. Martin in the Fields,  Israel Philharmonic Orchestra  ... 
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  • 88.
    Essential Rachmaninoff - 15 Of His Greatest Masterpieces
    Essential Rachmaninoff - 15 Of His Greatest Masterpieces
    Label: Decca   Catalog: 470457 Release Date: 01/15/2002   Number of Discs: 2
    Composer:  Sergei Rachmaninov,  Fritz Kreisler
    Performer:  Julian Lloyd Webber,  John Lenehan,  Sergei Rachmaninov,  Rafael Orozco  ... 
    Conductor:  Vladimir Ashkenazy,  Nikolai Korniev,  Anatole Fistoulari,  Edo De Waart  ... 
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra,  St. Petersburg Chamber Choir,  London Symphony Orchestra  ... 
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  • 89.
    Kreisler: Selected Works For Violin & Piano / Maltsev, Et Al
    Kreisler: Selected Works For Violin & Piano / Maltsev, Et Al
    Label: Eroica Classical Recordings   Catalog: 3060 Release Date: 07/01/2001   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Fritz Kreisler,  Antonín Dvorák,  Johannes Brahms
    Performer:  Sergey Maltsev,  Zino Vinnikov
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  • 90.
    Sonatas & Dances For Violin / Sitkovetsky, Gililov
    Sonatas & Dances For Violin / Sitkovetsky, Gililov
    Label: Virgin Classics   Catalog: 61887 Release Date: 06/05/2001   Number of Discs: 2
    Composer:  Sergei Prokofiev,  Enrique Granados,  Antonín Dvorák,  Aram Khachaturian  ... 
    Performer:  Pavel Gililov,  Dmitri Sitkovetsky
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  • 91.
    Rachmaninov: Complete Transcriptions / Sequeira Costa
    Rachmaninov: Complete Transcriptions / Sequeira Costa
    Label: Marco Polo   Catalog: 8220093 Release Date: 05/24/2001   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Johann Sebastian Bach,  Georges Bizet,  Felix Mendelssohn,  Modest Mussorgsky  ... 
    Performer:  Sequeira Costa
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  • 92.
    Elmar Oliveira Plays Favorite Encores
    Elmar Oliveira Plays Favorite Encores
    Label: Artek   Catalog: 7 Release Date: 04/24/2001   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Manuel de Falla,  Victor Herbert,  George Gershwin,  Maurice Ravel  ... 
    Performer:  Robert Koenig,  Elmar Oliveira
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  • 93.
    The Classical Collection Part 1 / Vanessa-Mae
    The Classical Collection Part 1 / Vanessa-Mae
    Label: Emi Classics   Catalog: 67456 Release Date: 11/07/2000   Number of Discs: 3
    Composer:  Sze-Du,  Albert Hammond,  Pablo de Sarasate,  Paul McCartney  ... 
    Performer:  Vanessa-Mae
    Conductor:  Nicholas Cleobury,  Anthony Inglis,  Kees Bakels
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  New Belgian Chamber Orchestra,  London Mozart Players,  London Symphony Orchestra
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  • 94.
    Marimba Dances / Ludwig Albert
    Label: Talent Records   Catalog: 61 Release Date: 08/29/2000   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Fritz Kreisler,  Marco Antonio Guimares,  Johann Strauss Jr.,  Dmitri Kabalevsky
    Performer:  Ludwig Albert,  Guy Remmerie
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  • 95.
    Rachmaninov: Piano Music / Idil Biret
    Rachmaninov: Piano Music / Idil Biret
    Label: Naxos   Catalog: 8501005 Release Date: 08/15/2000   Number of Discs: 10
    Composer:  John Stafford Smith,  Franz Behr,  Sergei Rachmaninov,  Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky  ... 
    Performer:  Idil Biret
    Conductor:  Antoni Wit
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra Katowice
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  • 96.
    The Romantic Violin / Sergiu Schwartz, Ruzhka Charakchieva
    The Romantic Violin / Sergiu Schwartz, Ruzhka Charakchieva
    Label: Gega New   Catalog: 211 Release Date: 02/14/2000   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  George Gershwin,  Fritz Kreisler,  César Franck,  Sergei Rachmaninov  ... 
    Performer:  Ruzhka Charakchieva,  Sergiu Schwartz
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  • 97.
    Love's Joy And Sorrow - Julia Krasko Plays Fritz Kreisler
    Love's Joy And Sorrow - Julia Krasko Plays Fritz Kreisler
    Label: Delos   Catalog: 3249 Release Date: 12/07/1999   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Fritz Kreisler
    Performer:  Yulia Krasko,  Olga Kondratieva
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  • 98.
    Gran Viola - Paganini, Bloch, Et Al / Bianchi, Canino, Et Al
    Gran Viola - Paganini, Bloch, Et Al / Bianchi, Canino, Et Al
    Label: Dynamic   Catalog: 259 Release Date: 11/30/1999   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Niccolò Paganini,  Maurice Ravel,  Claude Debussy,  Ernest Bloch  ... 
    Performer:  Luigi A. Bianchi,  Bruno Canino
    Conductor:  Jacques Delacôte
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Berlin RIAS Symphony Orchestra
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  • 99.
    Homage to Kreisler - 22 Miniatures for Violin / Campoli, Gritton, Wada
    Homage to Kreisler - 22 Miniatures for Violin / Campoli, Gritton, Wada
    Label: Eloquence   Catalog: 4666662 Release Date: 10/04/1999   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Fritz Kreisler,  Franz Schubert
    Performer:  Eric Gritton,  Alfredo Campoli,  Noriko Wada
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  • 100.
    The Violinist - Massenet, Brahms, Et Al / Aaron Rosand
    The Violinist - Massenet, Brahms, Et Al / Aaron Rosand
    Label: Vox Allegretto   Catalog: 8149 Release Date: 10/23/1998   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Jules Massenet,  Johannes Brahms,  Fritz Kreisler,  Ottokar Novácek  ... 
    Performer:  Aaron Rosand,  Eileen Flissler
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