Greatest Violin Encores

Fritz Kreisler (Composer), Niccolo Paganini (Composer), Antonio Bazzini (Composer), Jules Massenet (Composer), Josef [Composer] Suk (Composer), Henryk Wieniawski (Composer), Pablo de Sarasate (Composer), Isaac Albeniz (Composer), George Frederick Handel (Composer), Frederic Chopin (Composer), Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (Composer), Giuseppe Tartini (Composer), Franz Waxman (Conductor), Max Lanner (Performer), Arpad Sandor (Performer), Emanuel Bay (Performer), Artur Balsam (Performer), Louis Persinger (Performer), Theodore Saidenberg (Performer), Carl Lamson (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Max Lanner, Arpad Sandor, Emanuel Bay, Artur Balsam, Louis Persinger, et al.
• Conductor: Franz Waxman
• Composer: Fritz Kreisler, Niccolo Paganini, Antonio Bazzini, Jules Massenet, Josef [Composer] Suk, et al.
• Audio CD (March 27, 2001)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Pearl
• ASIN: B000056H33
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #625,959 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Caprice for violin & piano in A minor (transcription of work by Wieniawski)

2. Caprice for solo violin in A minor (Theme & Variations), Op. 1/24, MS 25/24

3. La Ronde des Lutins, scherzo fantastique for violin & piano, Op. 25

4. Méditation, for violin & orchestra (or other arrangement) (from opera 'Thaïs')

5. Burleska, for violin & piano, Op. 17/4

6. Scherzo-tarantelle, for violin & piano in G minor, Op. 16

7. Fantasy on Bizet's 'Carmen,' for violin & orchestra (or piano), Op. 25

8. Suite española No. 1, for piano, Op. 47, B. 7: Sevillanas

9. Liebesfreud (Love's Joy), for violin & piano

10. Romanza Andaluza, for violin & piano, Op. 22/1

11. Violin Sonata in D major, Op.1/13, HWV 371: Allegro

12. Nocturne for piano No. 8 in D flat major, Op. 27/2, CT. 115

13. Zapateado, for violin & piano, Op. 23/2

14. The Tale of Tsar Saltan (Skazka o Tsare Saltane), opera in 4 acts with a prologue: The Flight of the Bumble Bee

15. Polonaise (No. 1) de concert, for violin & orchestra in D major, Op. 4

16. Rondino on a Theme by Beethoven, for violin & piano

17. Zigeunerweisen, for violin & piano (or orchestra) ('Gypsy Airs'), Op. 20

18. Variations (50) on a Theme of Corelli for violin & piano: Fransecatti's edition

Customer Reviews

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Rare, priceless, June 30, 2002

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"nderrick" (Holland, Michigan United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Greatest Violin Encores (Audio CD)

This collecrtion has some pieces that are hard to find. Dance of the goblins is a excellent violin piece, but finding it played by a great violinist is hard. Jascha Heifetz plays is perfectly. The songs are not only great, but this CD features an ALL STAR cast. Every artist on this CD is of a class of violinst that has vanished. The only one remaining, Isaac Stern, died a while ago, leaving this amazing, unbeatable generation gone forever.

Buy this CD now, you will never find a collection this stackedm or find these pieces played so well.

Please excuse the poor sound, it can be largely removed with proper equlization and sound controls, the music is worth it.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The BEST classical music CD on this planet!, March 18, 2003

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This review is from: Greatest Violin Encores (Audio CD)

I got this on a Monday and by Tuesday evening, I must have listened to it about 10 times. It is the absolutely best compilation of violin works by the best violinists that ever lived. Yes, there is surface noise due to the age of recordings (most were done during the 1930's and 1940's) but I was absolutely riveted by the music that I didn't even notice the surface noise. This is a CD you really find yourself listening to from beginning to end with no distractions (cooking, reading, etc.) because the music is so beautiful, you are spellbounded.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Rare Jewels, March 28, 2005

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Faddle "Steven" (California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Greatest Violin Encores (Audio CD)

There be rare jewels here.

They're all great encores by the greatest violinists of the 20th

century. I wish Fritz Kreisler had been represented by a piece

that isn't so overplayed. There are gems in this set, every one of them, but you have to hear Ricci in 'Burleska'; such amazing incisiveness and bite (accompanied by his teacher, Louis Persinger !!). I wouldn't blame you if you listen to Amazon's

music links here over and over. These guys are the best !!

Foreign violinists, save Francescatti are probably under-represented here.