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JASCHA HEIFETZ (VILNA (RUSSIAN EMPIRE, NOW LITHUANIA) FEBRUARY 2 [O.S. JANUARY 20] 1901 – LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA DECEMBER 10, 1987)

 

 

 

 

Russian-born American violinist noted for his conscientious musical interpretation, his smooth tone, and his technical proficiency. His name became associated with musical perfection. Heifetz studied violin from age three and at six performed Felix Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto. At nine he entered the St. Petersburg (Russia) Conservatory, where he studied under the noted violinist and teacher Leopold Auer. His first Berlin appearance in 1912 led to an invitation from the celebrated conductor Arthur Nikisch to play Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto with the Berlin Philharmonic. He toured Europe from age 12. In 1917 he fled the Russian Revolution via Siberia. He made his American debut in 1917 at Carnegie Hall, New York City, and became a U.S. citizen in 1925. He toured widely in Europe, the Orient, the Middle East, and Australia. Heifetz transcribed works of Johann Sebastian Bach, Antonio Vivaldi, and the 20th-century French composer Francis Poulenc for the violin. He also commissioned violin concerti by modern composers, among them Sir William Walton and Louis Gruenberg. After 1962 he taught at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, where the Heifetz Chair in Music was established in 1975.

 

 

TRACKLIST

 

 

Alt wien (Godowsky-Heifetz) Arpad Sandor (piano) Victor 1645 BS-81353 231934 New York, New York. Studio 2

Andante from Concerto in A minor, op. 28 (Goldmark) Josef Pasternack (conductor) Victor 74764 C-24476 9 17 1920 Camden, New Jersey

Ave Maria (Schubert-Wilhelmj) Isidor Achron (piano) Victor 6691 CVE-21072 12 31 1926 New York, New York

Ave Maria (Schubert-Wilhelmj) with André Benoist (piano) Victor 74563 C-21072 11 9 1917 Camden, New Jersey

Berceuse, op. 28, no. 3 Valse du ballet Raymonde, op. 57, no. 6 (Glazunov) Victor 74660 C-24471 9 16 1920 Camden, New Jersey

Canzonetta from Violin concerto (Tchaikovsky) Josef Pasternack (conductor) Victor 74678 C-24475 9 17 1920 Camden, New Jersey

Caprice in E flat major Alla saltarella (Wieniawski-Kreisler) Isidor Achron (piano) RCA Victor 09026-63907-2 B-23404 12 19 1924 Camden, New Jersey

Caprice no. 13 (Paganini-Kreisler) with Samuel Chotzinoff (piano) Victor 66037 B-24470 9 16 1920 Camden, New Jersey

Caprice no. 20 (Paganini-Kreisler) with André Benoist (piano) Victor 64833 B-22274 10 4 1918 Camden, New Jersey

Capricieuse (Elgar) with André Benoist (piano) Victor 64760 B-21075 11 9 1917 Camden, New Jersey

Carmen Fantasie (Bizet) Isidor Achron (piano) Victor 6510 C-31383 12 19 1924 Camden, New Jersey

Chorus of dervishes from Ruins of Athens (Beethoven) André Benoist (piano) Victor 64759 B-21073 11 9 1917 Camden, New Jersey

Concerto in D minor, op. 22 Romance (Wieniawski) with André Benoist (piano) Victor 74600 C-22266 10 3 1918 Camden, New Jersey

Concerto in E minor, op. 64 Finale (Mendelssohn) Samuel Chotzinoff (piano) Victor 74721 C-24472 9 16 1920 Camden, New Jersey

English Suite No 3 Bwv 808 Gavotte I (Bach) Arpad Sandor RCA Victor ARM4-0943 2 3 1934 New York, New York. Studio 2

English Suite No 3 Bwv 808 Gavotte Ii (Bach) Arpad Sandor RCA Victor ARM4-0943 2 3 1934 New York, New York. Studio 2

English Suite No 3 Bwv 808 Sarabande (Bach) Arpad Sandor (piano) RCA Victor ARM4-0943 BS-81350 2 6 1934 New York, New York. Studio 2

Estrellita (Ponce-Heifetz) Isidor Achron (piano) Victor 1332 BVE-43945 5 8 1928 New York, New York

Eugene Onegin (Tchaikovsky) Air de Lenski Samuel Chotzinoff (piano) RCA Victor 09026-63907-2 C-27036 10 19 1922 Camden, New Jersey

From Sonata In D D 850 Op 53 Rondo (Schubert) Isidor Achron (piano) Victor 6691 CVE-38948 12 31 1926 New York, New York

Guitarre (Moszkowski-Sarasate) with André Benoist (piano) Victor 64823 B-22270 10 3 1918 Camden, New Jersey

Gypsy airs no. 1 Zigeunerweisen (Sarasate) with Samuel Chotzinoff (piano) Victor 74689 C-23410 10 14 1919 Camden, New Jersey

Gypsy airs no. 2 (op. 20) (Sarasate) with Samuel Chotzinoff (piano) Victor 74694 C-23407 10 13 1919 Camden, New Jersey

Havanaise (Saint-Saëns) Isidor Achron (piano) Victor 6510 C-31382 12 19 1924 Camden, New Jersey

Hebrew dance (Achron) Isidor Achron (piano) Victor 6491 C-30931 9 24 1924 Camden, New Jersey

Hebrew lullaby (Achron) Samuel Chotzinoff (piano) Victor 970 B-27034 10 19 1922 Camden, New Jersey

Hebrew melody (Achron) Victor 74568 C-21268 12 19 1917 Camden, New Jersey

Hebrew Melody Op 33 (Achron) Isidor Achron (piano) Victor 6695 CVE-38949 12 31 1926 New York, New York

Impromptu no. 3 (Schubert-Heifetz) Arpad Sandor (piano) Victor 8420 CS-78974 2 6 1934 Camden, New Jersey. Studio 2

Introduction et tarantelle, violin, piano, op. 43 (Sarasate) with André Benoist (piano) Victor 74626 C-22268 10 3 1918 Camden, New Jersey

Jota (de Falla-Achron) Isidor Achron (piano) Victor 6848 CVE-43960 5 8 1928 New York, New York

La fille aux cheveux de lin (Debussy) Isidor Achron (piano) Victor 6622 CVE-37290 12 29 1926 Camden, New Jersey

La plus que lente (Debussy) Isidor Achron (piano) Victor 6622 CVE-34070 12 29 1925 Camden, New Jersey

La ronde des lutins (Bazzini) André Benoist (piano) Victor 74570 C-21271 12 19 1917 Camden, New Jersey

Les petits moulins à vent (Couperin) Isidor Achron (piano) RCA Victor ARM4-0943 CVE-34072 Camden, New Jersey

Méditation (Glazunov) with André Benoist (piano) Victor 64769 B-21269 12 19 1917 Camden, New Jersey

Millions d’Arlequin (Drigo-Auer) Valse bluette with André Benoist (piano) Victor 64758 B-21068 11 9 1917 Camden, New Jersey

Minuet (Porpora-Kreisler) with André Benoist (piano) Victor 64856 B-22275 10 4 1918 Camden, New Jersey

Minuet in D (Mozart) Samuel Chotzinoff (piano) Victor 997 B-23440 10281919 Camden, New Jersey

Minuetto, nos. 1 and 2 (Bach) Isidor Achron (piano) RCA Victor ARM4-0943 12 29 1925 Camden, New Jersey

Moto perpetuo Allegro de concert op. 11 (Paganini) with André Benoist (piano) Victor 74581 C-22267 10 3 1918 Camden, New Jersey

Nocturne (Boulanger) Isidor Achron (piano) Victor 1082 B-30929 9 25 1924 Camden, New Jersey

Nocturne in E flat (Chopin) with André Benoist (piano) Victor 74616 C-22269 10 3 1918 Camden, New Jersey

Nocturne, op. 27, no. 2 (Chopin) Samuel Chotzinoff (piano) Victor 74811 C-27038 10 20 1922 Camden, New Jersey

On wings of song (Mendelssohn) André Benoist (piano) Victor 74583 C-22272 10 4 1918 Camden, New Jersey

On wings of song Isidor Achron (piano) Victor 6848 CVE-22272 5 8 1928 New York, New York

Partita No 3 Bwv 1006 Menuets I Ii (Bach) Isidor Achron (piano) RCA Victor ARM4-0943 CVE-34072 12 29 1925 Camden, New Jersey

Quartet in D major, no. 35 (Haydn) Vivace Samuel Chotzinoff (piano) Victor 1024 B-27037 10 19 1922 Camden, New Jersey

Raĭmonda Grand adagio (Glazunov) Victor 970 B-27033 10 19 1922 Camden, New Jersey

Romance (Wieniawski) with André Benoist (piano) Victor 74600 C-22266 10 3 1918 Camden, New Jersey

Rondo in A flat (Hummel) Arpad Sandor (piano) Victor 8420 CS-81355 2 3 1934 New York, New York. Studio 2

Rondo in G major (Mozart-Kreisler) with Samuel Chotzinoff (piano) Victor 74750 C-24469 9 16 1920 Camden, New Jersey

Scherzo, op. 42, no. 2 (Tchaikovsky) with Samuel Chotzinoff (piano) Victor 1024 B-23406 10 13 1919 Camden, New Jersey

Scherzo-impromptu (Grieg) Isidor Achron (piano) Victor 6622 CVE-37290 12 29 1926 Camden, New Jersey

Scherzo-tarantelle Op 16 (Wieniawski) André Benoist (piano) Victor 74562 C-21069 11 9 1917 Camden, New Jersey

Sea murmurs (Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco) Arpad Sandor (piano) Victor 1645 BS-81352 2 3 1934 New York, New York. Studio 2

Sérénade mélancolique, op. 26 (Tchaikovsky) Josef Pasternack (conductor) Victor 74711 C-24478 9 18 1920 Camden, New Jersey

Sérénade, op. 4 (A. D’Ambrosio) with Samuel Chotzinoff (piano) Victor 66022 B-23405 10 13 1919 Camden, New Jersey

Sicilienne (Bach) Isidor Achron (piano) Victor Unpublished, B-31381 12 18 1924 Camden, New Jersey

Sicilienne and rigaudon (Kreisler) with André Benoist (piano) Victor 64917 B-22271 10 3 1918 Camden, New Jersey

Slavonic dance no. 1 in G minor (Dvorak-Kreisler) with Samuel Chotzinoff (piano) Victor 66139 B-23411 10 14 1919 Camden, New Jersey

Slavonic dance no. 2 in E minor (Dvorak-Kreisler) Victor 6376 C-23412 10 20 1922 Camden, New Jersey

Slavonic dance no. 3 in G major (Dvorak-Kreisler) with Samuel Chotzinoff (piano) Victor 74821 C-24467 9 16 1920 Camden, New Jersey

Sonata in C minor Second movement (Grieg) Isidor Achron (piano) RCA Victor ARM4-0943 CVE-31380 5 8 1928 New York, New York

Spanish dance (Granados-Kreisler) Victor 66110 B-27035 10 19 1922 Camden, New Jersey

Spanish dance op. 21, no 1 (Sarasate) André Benoist (piano) Victor 74569 C-21270 12 19 1917 Camden, New Jersey

Stimmung (Achron) Isidor Achron (piano) Victor 1048 B-30936 9 24 1924 Camden, New Jersey

Symphonie espagnole. Andante (Lalo) Victor 74646 C-23408 10 14 1919 Camden, New Jersey

Tambourin (Rameau-Achron) Isidor Achron (piano) Victor Unpublished, B-30932 9 24 1924 Camden, New Jersey

The gentle maiden (Scott) Cortege (Boulanger) Isidor Achron (piano) Victor 1082 B-31379 12 18 1924 Camden, New Jersey

Turkish march (Beethoven-Auer) André Benoist (piano) Victor 64770 B-21074 12 19 1917 Camden, New Jersey

Tzigane rapsodie De Concert (Ravel) Arpad Sandor (piano) Victor 8411, 8411, CS-78975, CS-78976 2 6 1934 Camden, New Jersey. Church Bldg. Studio 2

Valencia Isidor Achron (piano) Victor Unpublished, BVE-43973 5 8 1928 New York, New York

Valse (Tchaikovsky) Serenade for string orchestra, op. 48 Victor 74635 C-23409 10 14 1919 Camden, New Jersey

Valse bluette (Drigo-Auer) André Benoist (piano) Victor 64758 B-21068 11 9 1917 Camden, New Jersey

Valse bluette (Drigo-Auer) Isidor Achron (piano) Victor 1332 BVE-21068 5 8 1928 New York, New York

Waltz in D major (Godowski) Samuel Chotzinoff (piano) Victor 1048 B-24477 9 17 1920 Camden, New Jersey

Widmung (Schumann-Auer) Samuel Chotzinoff (piano) Victor 997 B-23403 10 13 1919 Camden, New Jersey

Zapateado (Sarasate) André Benoist (piano) Victor 66097 B-22273 10 4 1918 Camden, New Jersey

Zapateado (Sarasate) Isidor Achron (piano) Victor 6695 CVE-22273 12 31 1926 New York, New York

Zapateado (Sarasate) Isidor Achron (piano) Victor Unpublished, C-22273 10 4 1918 Camden, New Jersey