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The recordings on this disc were made between 1930 and 1938, while the career of Austrian violinist Fritz Kreisler was still in full swing. They are excellent examples of his style, which was elegance itself. EMI's remastering job is superb; at the price of just a bit of surface noise, the sonic palette of Kreisler's violin and the piano accompaniments comes through in startling fidelity. Better still is the selection of pieces included; although a few famous favorites are left out, that makes room for more of Kreisler's arrangements of classical melodies from Dvorák's Humoresque to less-familiar items such as Rimsky-Korsakov's Chanson hindoue, and for a few of Kreisler's little-known forgeries of works from earlier eras of classical music. There are two pieces "in the style of Couperin" and one for string quartet, in the style of Karl Ditters von Dittersdorf, of all people. For quite a while, Kreisler got away with passing these off as rediscovered old manuscripts. He eventually owned up to having written them himself, and from the perspective of the present day it's amazing that anyone was fooled. Yet these pieces point to Kreisler's skill as a composer. There were more emotionally affecting violinists from this era, and there were players with a more chilling control over intonation. But Kreisler was one of just a few who wrote distinctive works of their own and seemed to spontaneously create music audiences had never heard before. Everyone should hear Kreisler perform favorites like Schön Rosmarin and the Liebesleid-Liebesfreud pair, and Kreisler offers a marvelous version of "Danny Boy," here titled the Londonderry Air, eschewing the usual emotion in favor of a restrained reading that lets the melody's pentatonic outlines speak for themselves. That's the key to Kreisler's greatness -- he was an interesting combination of musical thinker and crowd-pleaser, and his well-known lack of confidence about his compositional skills grew ultimately from his lack of role models in negotiating this unusual pairing. Unlike many items in EMI's Great Recordings of the Century series, this one is really a bedrock collection item. Fans of the various modern violinists influenced by Kreisler, including Joshua Bell and Nigel Kennedy, should definitely have it.
© TiVo
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Franz Rupp, Piano, MainArtist - Fritz Kreisler, MainArtist - Walter Michael Berten, Producer - Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962), Composer, Violin
© 2005 EMI Records Ltd. ℗ 2005 Digital remastering (p) 2005 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Franz Rupp, Piano, MainArtist - Fritz Kreisler, MainArtist - Walter Michael Berten, Producer - Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962), Composer, Violin
© 2005 EMI Records Ltd. ℗ 2005 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Franz Rupp, Piano, MainArtist - Fritz Kreisler, MainArtist - Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962), Composer, Violin
© 2005 EMI Records Ltd. ℗ 2005 Digital remastering (p) 2005 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Franz Rupp, Piano, MainArtist - Fritz Kreisler, MainArtist - Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962), Composer, Violin
© 2005 EMI Records Ltd. ℗ 2005 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Franz Rupp, Piano, MainArtist - Fritz Kreisler, MainArtist - Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962), Composer, Violin
© 2005 EMI Records Ltd. ℗ 2005 Digital remastering (p) 2005 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Franz Rupp, Piano, MainArtist - Fritz Kreisler, Composer, Violin, MainArtist
© 2005 EMI Records Ltd. ℗ 1938 Parlophone Records Limited. Remastered (p) 2005 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962), Composer, Violin, Lead Vocals - Michael Raucheisen, Piano, Lead Vocals - Fritz Kreisler/Michael Raucheisen, MainArtist
© 2005 EMI Records Ltd. ℗ 2005 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Franz Rupp, Piano, MainArtist - Fritz Kreisler, Composer, MainArtist - Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962), Violin
© 2005 EMI Records Ltd. ℗ 2005 Digital remastering (p) 2005 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Fritz Kreisler, Composer, Violin - Michael Raucheisen, Piano - Fritz Kreisler/Michael Raucheisen, MainArtist
© 2005 EMI Records Ltd. ℗ 2005 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962), Composer, Violin - Michael Raucheisen, Piano - Fritz Kreisler/Michael Raucheisen, MainArtist
© 2005 EMI Records Ltd. ℗ 2005 Digital remastering (p) 2005 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962), Composer - Kreisler String Quartet, Performance, MainArtist
© 2005 EMI Records Ltd. ℗ 2005 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Franz Rupp, Piano, MainArtist - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Fritz Kreisler, Arranger, Violin, MainArtist
© 2005 EMI Records Ltd. A Warner Classics release, ℗ 2005 Parlophone Records Limited. Remastered 2005 Parlophone Records Limited
Franz Rupp, Piano, MainArtist - Traditional, Composer - Fritz Kreisler, MainArtist - Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962), Violin
© 2005 EMI Records Ltd. ℗ 2005 Digital remastering (p) 2005 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Franz Schubert, Composer - Fritz Kreisler, Violin - Michael Raucheisen, Piano, FeaturedArtist - Fritz Kreisler/Michael Raucheisen, MainArtist
© 2005 EMI Records Ltd. A Warner Classics release, ℗ 2005 Parlophone Records Limited
Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962), Violin - Michael Raucheisen, Piano - Johann Brandl, Composer - Fritz Kreisler/Michael Raucheisen, MainArtist
© 2005 EMI Records Ltd. ℗ 2005 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Franz Rupp, Piano, MainArtist - Fritz Kreisler, MainArtist - Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962), Arranger, Violin - Ede Poldini, Composer
© 2005 EMI Records Ltd. ℗ 2005 Digital remastering (p) 2005 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Franz Rupp, Piano, MainArtist - Fritz Kreisler, Violin, MainArtist - Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962), Arranger - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer
© 2005 EMI Records Ltd. A Warner Classics release, ℗ 2005 Parlophone Records Limited
Franz Rupp, Piano, MainArtist - Antonín Dvorák, Composer - Fritz Kreisler, Violin, MainArtist
© 2005 EMI Records Ltd. A Warner Classics release, ℗ 2005 Parlophone Records Limited
Fritz Kreisler, Violin - Alexander Glazunov, Composer - Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962), Arranger - Michael Raucheisen, Piano, FeaturedArtist - Fritz Kreisler/Michael Raucheisen, MainArtist
© 2005 EMI Records Ltd. A Warner Classics release, ℗ 2005 Parlophone Records Limited. Remastered 2005 Parlophone Records Limited
Carl Maria Von Weber, Composer - Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962), Arranger, Violin - Michael Raucheisen, Piano - Fritz Kreisler/Michael Raucheisen, MainArtist
© 2005 EMI Records Ltd. ℗ 2005 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962), Arranger, Violin - Richard Heuberger, Composer - Michael Raucheisen, Piano - Fritz Kreisler/Michael Raucheisen, MainArtist
© 2005 EMI Records Ltd. ℗ 2005 Digital remastering (p) 2005 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Franz Rupp, Piano, MainArtist - Fritz Kreisler, Violin, MainArtist - Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962), Arranger - Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Composer
© 2005 EMI Records Ltd. A Warner Classics release, ℗ 2005 Parlophone Records Limited. Remastered 2005 Parlophone Records Limited
Franz Rupp, Piano, MainArtist - Fritz Kreisler, MainArtist - Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962), Arranger, Violin - Cyril Scott, Composer
© 2005 EMI Records Ltd. ℗ 2005 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Franz Rupp, Piano, MainArtist - Fritz Kreisler, Violin, MainArtist - Manuel De Falla, Composer
© 2005 EMI Records Ltd. A Warner Classics release, ℗ 2005 Parlophone Records Limited. Remastered 2005 Parlophone Records Limited
Album review
The recordings on this disc were made between 1930 and 1938, while the career of Austrian violinist Fritz Kreisler was still in full swing. They are excellent examples of his style, which was elegance itself. EMI's remastering job is superb; at the price of just a bit of surface noise, the sonic palette of Kreisler's violin and the piano accompaniments comes through in startling fidelity. Better still is the selection of pieces included; although a few famous favorites are left out, that makes room for more of Kreisler's arrangements of classical melodies from Dvorák's Humoresque to less-familiar items such as Rimsky-Korsakov's Chanson hindoue, and for a few of Kreisler's little-known forgeries of works from earlier eras of classical music. There are two pieces "in the style of Couperin" and one for string quartet, in the style of Karl Ditters von Dittersdorf, of all people. For quite a while, Kreisler got away with passing these off as rediscovered old manuscripts. He eventually owned up to having written them himself, and from the perspective of the present day it's amazing that anyone was fooled. Yet these pieces point to Kreisler's skill as a composer. There were more emotionally affecting violinists from this era, and there were players with a more chilling control over intonation. But Kreisler was one of just a few who wrote distinctive works of their own and seemed to spontaneously create music audiences had never heard before. Everyone should hear Kreisler perform favorites like Schön Rosmarin and the Liebesleid-Liebesfreud pair, and Kreisler offers a marvelous version of "Danny Boy," here titled the Londonderry Air, eschewing the usual emotion in favor of a restrained reading that lets the melody's pentatonic outlines speak for themselves. That's the key to Kreisler's greatness -- he was an interesting combination of musical thinker and crowd-pleaser, and his well-known lack of confidence about his compositional skills grew ultimately from his lack of role models in negotiating this unusual pairing. Unlike many items in EMI's Great Recordings of the Century series, this one is really a bedrock collection item. Fans of the various modern violinists influenced by Kreisler, including Joshua Bell and Nigel Kennedy, should definitely have it.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 24 track(s)
- Total length: 01:18:23
- Main artists: Fritz Kreisler
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Warner Classics
- Genre: Classical
© 2005 EMI Records Ltd. 2005 ℗ as shown. This compilation (P) 1993 by EMI Records Ltd.
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