It is highly recommended that you acquire the Heifetz recordings to fully appreciate the magnitude of his legacy. They can be obtained from the usual music outlets. The excerpts below from Heifetz's recordings have been reprocessed and streamed in a compressed format.. | |||
Heifetz 1911-12 recordings | |||
Schubert (François, Franz Anton) - The Bee (rec.Russia 1911) | |||
Kreisler - Schon Rosmarin (rec.Germany 1912, part of Julius Block cylinder recordings preserved in St. Petersburg, issued by Marston Records) | |||
Heifetz post 1917 recordings | |||
Brahms - concerto in D Cadenza (Auer-Heifetz), Chicago SO - Fritz Reiner | |||
Bruch - concerto no.2 in D minor Op. 44 | |||
Conus - Violin concerto in E minor | |||
Brahms - Hungarian dance no.7 | |||
Valle - Ao pe da fogueira | |||
Rossini-Tedesco - Figaro (Barber of Seville) | |||
Gluck - Melodie from Orfeo and Euridice | |||
Martinů - Duo for Violin and Cello - Gregor Piatigorsky, cello | |||
Gershwin - Summertime | |||
Rachmaninov - Cello sonata in G minor Op.19 - Andante (arr. Heifetz) | |||
Wieniawski - concerto no.2 - Andante | |||
Wieniawski - Capriccio-valse, Op. 7 | |||
Sgambati - Serenata Napoletana | |||
Sibelius - Violin concerto in D minor Op.47 - II | |||
Korngold - Violin concerto in D op.35 - II | |||
Saint-Saens - Sonata no.1 in D minor (4th movement: Allegretto Molto | |||
The 'perpetual' Heifetz | |||
Paganini - Perpetuum mobile | |||
Novacek -
Perpetuum mobile The Bell Telephone Hour Orch - Donald Vorhees, 1945 |
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Tansman - Mouvement Perpetuel | |||
Sinding - Suite In A Minor, Op. 10: Presto | |||
Burleigh - Moto Perpetuo | |||
Some Historical Gems | |||
Glazunov - Grand Adagio from 'Raymonda', Samuel Chotzinoff, pf. (rec.1922) | |||
Brahms Double concerto - Emanuel Feuermann, Philadelphia Orchestra - Eugene Ormandy (rec. 31 Dec. 1939) | |||
Tchaikovsky - Eugene Onegin (Act_2) - Lensky's aria (trans. L. Auer) - Samuel Chotzinoff, pf. (rec.1922 | |||
Beethoven - Violin concerto in D, NBC SO - Arturo Toscanini (rec. 1940) | |||
Mendelssohn - Violin concerto in E minor, Arturo Toscanini, cond. (live rec. 1944) | |||
Brahms - Violin concerto in D, Boston SO - Serge Koussevitzky (rec. 11 Aprill, 1939) | |||
Korngold - Violin concerto in D op.35, NYPO - Efrem Kurtz, 30.3.1947 | |||
Heifetz 'On the Air' | |||
Armed Forces Radio Service, with Lionel Barrimore | |||
Mozart - violin concert no.4, 2nd mvt. 1942 | |||
Schumann - Prophet Bird, 1942 | |||
Tchaikovsky - violin comcerto, 3rd mvt. 1942 (ending with the station's signature tune) | |||
Wieniawski - violin concert no.2, 2nd mvt. 1942 | |||
Rossini-Tedesco - Figaro (Barber of Seville) | |||
Scott - Bygone Memories (Tallahasse suite) 1942 | |||
Dohnany - Andante rubato, 1942 | |||
Mairzy Doats | |||
Heifetz & Jack Benny skit (Aug.17, 1942) | |||
Bell Telephone Hour, Donald Vorhees, conductor | |||
Bach-Gounod - Ave Maria (chorus and orchestra c.1945) | |||
Berlin - I'm dreaming of a white Christmas c.1945 | |||
Vieuxtemps - Ballade & Polonaise | |||
Stars Spangled Banner (arr. Heifetz) | |||
Villa-Lobos - Moth around the Flame | |||
Ravel - Tzigane | |||
Sarasate - Introduction & Tarantelle Op.43 | |||
Hubay - The Zephyr | |||
Benjamin - Jamaican Rumba | |||
Brahms -
Double concerto, Gregor Piatigorsky
cello, NYPO, Leonard Bernstein, live, September 1, 1963. Encore: Handel-Halvorsen - Passacaglia |
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The lighter Heifetz | |||
Joseph Hague, violin - Floyd E. Sharp, piano | |||
Poliakin - Le Canari | |||
Saint-Saens - Introduction & Rondo Capriccioso | |||
Sarasate - Habanera | |||
Heifetz - "When You Make Love To Me, Don't Make Believe"- orchestra, Harry Lillis, Bing Crosby, vocal | |||
Heifetz at the piano | |||
Heifetz and Isidor Achron - Mixing it four hands: Beethoven violin concerto intro turns into Padilla's Valencia. 1928 | |||
Jim Hoyl - "When You Make Love To Me, Don't Make Believe" - Heifetz, pf. | |||
Masterclass | |||
Demonstrating an "audition" to his students (you can watch it on video in Media) | |||
Teacher-pupil communication |