TAS Recommended! Rated a 'Best Audiophile Label Recording' in the November 2009 issue of The Absolute Sound!
Out Of Print! Only 1 copy available!
Renowned violinist Jascha Heifetz is joined by Brooks Smith, Erick Friedman and the New Symphony Orchestra of London conducted by Sir Malcom Sargent.
Beethoven's 9th violin sonata, "The Kreutzer", is one of the greatest works ever written for violin and piano. Originally dedicated to virtuoso violinist George Autusts Polgreen Bridgetower, the Kreutzer was premiered by Bridgetower with the composer at the piano on May 24, 1803 in Vienna. After a falling out with the composer, the work was rededicated to Rudolph Kreutzer, who ironically never played the work and criticized it as outrageous and unmanageable.
History has proven that this music is hardly outrageous and while it's not a particularly easy piece to play, it is hardly unmanageable, especially when the musician is Jascha Heifetz. Recorded September 22, 1960, with the help of pianist Brooks Smith, this is one of the most intense readings of the Kreutzer ever committed to LP. Its vivid sound is equally exciting. The world "Living Stereo" are to be taken seriously on Cisco's 180g pressing. Your seat is front-row-center for this once in a lifetime performance!
Also included is Bach's Concerto for Two Violins and Orchestra. Hardly playing "2nd fiddle" to Heifetz, this is the debut recording for the late violinist Erick Friedman. Friedman, who made fabulous RCA recordings of the Tchaikovsky and Mendelssohn concertos, as well as the Franck Sonata (with Andre Previn), was a student of Heifetz and was picked by his mentor for this monumental recording.
Musicians:
Jascha Heifetz, violin
Brooks Smith, piano
Erick Friedman
New Symphony Orchestra of London
Sir Malcom Sargent, conductor
Features:
Limited Edition
180g Vinyl
Selections:
Ludwig Van Beethoven
"Kreutzer" Sonata, No. 9
Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto for two violins
Out Of Print! Only 1 copy available!
Renowned violinist Jascha Heifetz is joined by Brooks Smith, Erick Friedman and the New Symphony Orchestra of London conducted by Sir Malcom Sargent.
Beethoven's 9th violin sonata, "The Kreutzer", is one of the greatest works ever written for violin and piano. Originally dedicated to virtuoso violinist George Autusts Polgreen Bridgetower, the Kreutzer was premiered by Bridgetower with the composer at the piano on May 24, 1803 in Vienna. After a falling out with the composer, the work was rededicated to Rudolph Kreutzer, who ironically never played the work and criticized it as outrageous and unmanageable.
History has proven that this music is hardly outrageous and while it's not a particularly easy piece to play, it is hardly unmanageable, especially when the musician is Jascha Heifetz. Recorded September 22, 1960, with the help of pianist Brooks Smith, this is one of the most intense readings of the Kreutzer ever committed to LP. Its vivid sound is equally exciting. The world "Living Stereo" are to be taken seriously on Cisco's 180g pressing. Your seat is front-row-center for this once in a lifetime performance!
Also included is Bach's Concerto for Two Violins and Orchestra. Hardly playing "2nd fiddle" to Heifetz, this is the debut recording for the late violinist Erick Friedman. Friedman, who made fabulous RCA recordings of the Tchaikovsky and Mendelssohn concertos, as well as the Franck Sonata (with Andre Previn), was a student of Heifetz and was picked by his mentor for this monumental recording.
Musicians:
Jascha Heifetz, violin
Brooks Smith, piano
Erick Friedman
New Symphony Orchestra of London
Sir Malcom Sargent, conductor
Features:
Limited Edition
180g Vinyl
Selections:
Ludwig Van Beethoven
"Kreutzer" Sonata, No. 9
Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto for two violins
