Kreisler Archive

Albert Markov, Vol. 1 – The Melodiya Recordings, 1956-1963 = Works for Violin by PAGANINI; KREISLER, CORELLI, FALLA and more – DOREMI
Albert Markov’s stellar rendering of classics of the violin literature… Paganini, Kreisler, Brahms, Khatchturian…

Vilde Frang: Homage = Violin Music by RIES; SCHUMANN; WIENIAWSKI; GLUCK; SCHUBERT; POLDOWSKI; DEBUSSY; SCRIABIN; KREISLER; DVORAK; PROKOFIEV; ALBENIZ; PONCE; BAZZINI; MENDELSSOHN – Vilde Frang / Jose Gallardo – Warner
Vilde Frang: Homage = RIES: La capricciosa; SCHUMANN: Widmung; WIENIAWSKI: “Obertass” Mazurka; Caprice in E-flat; GLUCK: Melodie; SCHUBERT: Ballet Music from “Rosamunde”; POLDOWSKI: Tango; DEBUSSY: La plus que lente; SCRIABIN: Etude, Op. 8, No. 10; KREISLER: Gypsy Caprice; Rondino; DVORAK: Slavonic Dance in e minor; PROKOFIEV: Masks; ALBENIZ: Sevilla; PONCE: Estrellita; BAZZINI: Calabrese, OP. 34, […]

Eugene YSAŸE: 6 Sonatas for Solo Violin – Sharon Park – MSR Classics
Eugene YSAŸE: 6 Sonatas for Solo Violin – Sharon Park — MSR Classics MS 1631, 66:55—7/29/17, ****: Ysaÿe lived during an interesting period of history (1858-1923). Having witnessed the advances in the first third of the twentieth-century, his music reflects models of the old but in quite modern clothing. Dr. Sharon Park has recorded his […]

BACH: Italian Concerto in F Major; BRAHMS: Three Intermezzi; MUSSORGSKY: Pictures at an Exhibition; KREISLER: Schoen Rosmarin; KHACHATURIAN: Toccata; NAZARETH: Odeon – Tango Brasiliero – Mordecai Shehori, piano – Cembal d’amour
Another in the thoughtful, excitingly virtuosic recitals that lit the New York stages in the course of 20 years. Mordecai Shehori – The Celebrated New York Concerts, Vol. 11 = BACH: Italian Concerto in F Major, BWV 971; BRAHMS: Three Intemezzi, Op. 117; MUSSORGSKY: Pictures at an Exhibition; KREISLER: Schoen Rosmarin; KHACHATURIAN: Toccata; NAZARETH: Odeon […]

Benjamin Beilman, v. – Spectrum = Works of SCHUBERT, JANACEK, STRAVINSKY & KREISLER – Warner Classics
Benjamin Beillman’s “Spectrum” displays a fine virtuoso talent in a variety of persuasive styles. Benjamin Beilman – Spectrum = SCHUBERT: Violin Sonata in A Major, D. 574 “Grand Duo”; JANACEK: Sonata for Violin and Piano; STRAVINSKY: Divertimento for V. & P.; KREISLER: Viennese Rhapsodic Fantasietta – Benjamin Beilman, v./ Yekwon Sunwoo, p. – Warner Classics […]

BRAHMS: Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Major; Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Major; BRAHMS: Violin Sonata No. 3 in d minor – Georg Kulenkampff, v./ Georg Solti, p. – Pristine Audio
Violinist Georg Kulenkampff has his Decca Brahms sonata cycle restored, a testament to the artist’s fine gifts.

PROKOFIEV: Violin Sonatas No. 1 in F Minor; No. 2 in D; RACHMANINOV: Marguerite; TCHAIKOVSKY: Melodie – Sidney Weiss, violin/ Jeanne Weiss, p. – Crystal
A solid Russian program from 1968 testifies to the easy, fluent virtuosity of the Weiss Duo, whose work gleaned praise from Solti and Giulini.

Ida Haendel – Prague Recordings 1957-1965 = Supraphon (5 CDs)
Supraphon’s generous tribute to Polish violin virtuoso Ida Haendel restores her Prague recordings and appearances, many of them superlative readings.

RACHMANINOV: The Transcriptions = of works by RIMSKY-KORSAKOV, KREISLER, MUSSORGSKY, SCHUBERT, BIZET, BACH, Etc. – Howard Shelley, p. – Helios
Howard Shelley imbues virtuosity of expression and salon intimacy on these Rachmaninov transcriptions, extending through the composer’s creative life.

Michael Rabin: The Unpublished Recordings, 1947-1971 = Works of LALO, PAGANINI, KREISLER, BACH, DVORAK, DEBUSSY, SARASATE, CHOPIN, FALLA, SCHUMANN, BRAHMS, CARPENTER & others – Testament (3 CDs)
Testament revives the art of Michael Rabin in superior fashion, exploring the evolution of his fine art in both private and commercial recordings, 1947-1971.

KREISLER: String Quartet in A Minor; ZIMBALIST: String Quartet in E Minor; YSAYE: Harmonies du soir, Op. 31 – Fine Arts Quartet/ Philharmonic Orch. of Europe/ Otis Kloeber – Naxo
The Fine Arts Quartet (estab. 1946) bring us two world premier recordings by Zimbalist and Ysaye, respectively, along with Fritz Kreisler’s lovely A Minor Quartet.