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• The Legendary Heifetz / Heifetz, Sandor, Bay, et al
Jascha Heifetz, Johann Sebastian Bach, ...

EMI Classics, 1999

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Wonderful recordings by the young Jascha Heifetz

These old (1920s) recordings are amazing in the modernity of Heifetz's musical conception and style, as well as in the reliability of his technique. They are among those recordings with which Heifetz created an entirely new aesthetic and technical standard for violin playing, a standard that is controlling to this day. He simply moved violin playing into the modern age. For example, the way Itzhak Perlman, Pinchas Zukerman and Hilary Hahn play violin (strong, smooth, even tone; total technical reliability; carefully restrained emotion; the complete ease and understatement with which even the most difficult passages are mastered) is simply inconceivable without the pervasive influence exerted by Jascha Heifetz. And these recordings let us witness how he did it, how he single-handedly revolutionized violin playing (and, together with Toscanin and Horowitz, classical music in general). It's great stuff, and in many ways he is better, more exciting to listen to, than all those that had the misfortune of coming after him. The review below is exceptionally silly for taking Heifetz to task for minor technical issues. When he recorded these pieces, there was no splicing, no re-recording passages that didn't work out so well, no electronic tricks. not only are these recordings essential to the history of musical interpretation, they're also simply great fun to listen to.


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for shame!

[...]Heifetz is incomparable; everyone ought to have a disc of him playing showpieces, and I see no reason why this shouldn't be that disc. He recorded for RCA with better sound quality, but these early recordings are what made him famous. The second piece, a transcription of a Strauss song, is a model of "vocal-style" playing. This is what the violin should sound like. I was absolutely transfixed by this CD, and if you have any emotions you will be too. [...]









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Perfect

The sound quality is perfect. Not "good considering...", but perfect, period. The music is marvelous. The virtuosity is stunning. Heifetz (and then Perlman) is my favorite. And then Horowitz on the piano and Sumi Jo soprano. In case you were wondering. As someone said about Midori's performance of Paganini's caprices, they knock the others into the pavement! I can't recommend this CD highly enough.


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Tracks
La Ronde Des Lutins, Op. 25 | An Eisamer Quelle, Op.9 No.2 | Polonaise No.1 In D Major, Op.4 | Meditation In D Major, Op.32 | Scherzo-Tarantelle In G Minor, Op.16 | L'Enfant Prodigue | Suite Espanola - No.3 - Sevillanas | La Capricieuse, Op.17 | Guitarre, Op.45 No.2 | Donza Espanola No.1 | Tallahassee Suite: No.1 - Bygone Memories | Ruralia Hungarica, Op.32a: No.6 - Gypsy Andante | Valse | Mouvements Perpetuels: No.1 | Hora Staccato | Sonata In A Major, Op.2 No.2: I. Preludio | Sonata In A Major, Op.2 No.2: II. Capriccio | Sonata In A Major, Op.2 No.2: III. Corrente | Sonata In A Major, Op.2 No.2: IV. Recitativo | Sonata In A Major, Op.2 No.2: V. Giga | Caprice No.13 In B-flat, Op. 1, No.13 | English Suite No.3 In G Minor, BWV 808: Gavotte I & II | Sonata In A Major: Allegretto Poco Masso





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