Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto : Heifetz(Vn)Susskind / Philharmonia +Korngold Violin Concerto : Wallenstein / LAPO, Conus, etc

JASCHA HEIFETZ (1901-1987) violin

TCHAIKOVSKY:
Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35
Philharmonia Orchestra / Walter Susskind
Recorded in EMI Abbey Road Studio No. 1, London, 19-20 July 1950

CONUS:
Violin Concerto in E minor
RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra / Izler Solomon
Recorded in United Artists Studios, Hollywood, 3 December 1952

SARASATE:
Zigeunerweisen, Op. 20, No. 1
RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra / William Steinberg
Recorded in Sound Stage 9, Republic Pictures Studios, Hollywood, 16 June 1951

KORNGOLD:
Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35
Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra / Alfred Wallenstein
Recorded in Sound Stage 9, Republic Pictures Studios, Hollywood, 10 January 1953

Producer and Audio Restoration Engineer: Mark Obert-Thorn

This classic recording features Jascha Heifetz in the kind of repertoire that fitted him like a glove: virtuoso Romantic music, including his only recordings of the ravishing violin concertos by Julius Conus and Erich Korngold. Tchaikovsky’s ever-popular Violin Concerto, of which this 1950 recording is the favourite of many of his fans, receives an ecstatic and seemingly effortless interpretation. Heifetz’s aristocratic playing also imbues the hyper-romantic spirit of Sarasate’s ubiquitous Zigeunerweisen with both dignity and familiarity with the true gypsy style. ( NAXOS )