JASCHA HEIFETZ Collection

Momentous Historic Recordings, by the greatest violin virtuoso of the 20th century at the pinnacle of his artistry.
Legendary broadcasts released for the first time ever!
Restored in state of the art 20-bit DLC® sound.
"A useful supplement to The Heifetz Collection by RCA"  Gramophone Magazine, 1998

DHR-7705:  JASCHA HEIFETZ Collection Vol. 1 

 Erich KleiberHoward Barlow

Bell Telephone Laboratories recordings of December 23, 1932:

Grigoras Dinicu: Hora Staccato Takes 1&2
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco:Sea murmurs Op. 9 No. 1 Takes 1,2&3
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Flight of the Bumblbee Takes 1& 2
Leopold Godowsky: Alt Wien
Felix Mendelssohn: On Wings of Song Takes 1;2;3&4
Louis Nicolas Clérambault: Largo in C minor Takes 1& 2

1943-1945 "Concert Hall" Radio Broadcasts: Introduced by Lionel Barrymore (1878-1954):

Johannes Brahms: Violin Concerto in D major Op. 77 : 2nd Mvt: Adagio & 3rd Mvt: Allegro giocoso, ma non troppo vivace(1)
Manuel de Falla: Jota from Canciones populares españolas)(1)
Ernst von Dohnányi: Adagio (arr. by Kreisler as "Gypsy Andante")(2);(3)
Max Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 2 in D minor Op. 44: 1st Mvt: Adagio ma non troppo(2)

(1) 1945 Concert Hall, USA Broadcast, with Concert Hall Orchestra conducted by Erich Kleiber.
(2) c.1943 Concert Hall, USA Broadcasts for the Armed Forces Radio Service, Los Angeles.
(3) Concert Hall Orchestra conducted by Howard Barlow.

DHR-7707: JASCHA HEIFETZ Collection Vol. 2

Concert Hall Broadcasts of 1943. Introduced by the actor Lionel Barrymore (1878-1954):
Antonio Bazzini: La Ronde de Lutins Op.25(1)
Serge Prokofiev: Violin concerto No. 2 in G minor Op. 63: 2nd Mvt: Andante assai(1)
Robert Russell Bennett: Jim jives from Hexapoda (5 studies in Jitteroptera)(1)

NBC - Bell Telephone Hour Broadcast of Nov. 26, 1945:
W. A. Mozart: Divertimento No. 17 in D major K. 334: 1st Mvt: Allegro (arr. Heifetz)(2)
Ottocar Novacek: Concert Caprice Op. 5 No. 4: Perpetuum mobile(2)
Claude Debussy: Golliwog's cake-walk from Children's Corner Suite (arr. Heifetz)(3)
Serge Rachmaninoff: Cello sonata in g minor Op. 19: 3rd Mvt: Andante (arr. Heifetz)(3)

NBC - Bell Telephone Hour Broadcast of Nov. 11, 1946:
J.S. Bach: Partita for violin No.3 in E major BWV 1006 Preludio, Gavotte & Gigue

NBC - Bell Telephone Hour Broadcast of June 9, 1943:
Karl Goldmark: Violin Concerto in A minor Op. 28: 2nd Mvt: "Air" (Andante)(2)
Leopold Godowsky: From 12 Impressions: No. 12 Viennese (arr. Heifetz)(2)
From Triakontameron: No.11 Alt Wien (arr. Heifetz)(2)
Moritz Moszkowsky: From Stüke Op. 45: No. 2: Guitarre (arr. Sarasate)(2)
Claude Debussy: Beau soir (arr. Heifetz)(2)
Pablo Sarasate: Introduction & Tarantelle Op. 43(2)

(1) With Concert Hall Orchestra, USA Broadcasts for the Armed Forces Radio Service.
(2) Accompanied by NBC - Bell Telephone Hour Orchestra, conducted by Donald Voorhees (1903-1989).
(3) Piano accompaniment by Emanuel Bay (1891-1967).
Donald VoorheesJascha Heifetz and Emanuel Bay

DHR-7717: JASCHA HEIFETZ Collection Vol. 3


With New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini, conductor:

BRAHMS: Violin concerto in D major Op. 77

(Live performance, February 24, 1935)
Heifetz & ToscaniniDonald Voorhees

With the Bell Telephone Hour Orchestra, Donald Voorhees, conductor:
SAINT-SAENS: Havanaise in E major Op. 83
Live performance, August 30, 1943

LALO: Symphonie espagnole for violin and orchestra Op. 21
1st Mvt: Allegro non troppo; 2nd Mvt: Scherzando
Live performance, June 21, 1948

Concert Hall broadcast, USA Armed Forces Radio Service:
BRAHMS: Hungarian dance No. 1 in g minor
January 29, 1945: with Orchestra and with Milton Kaye, piano)

DHR- 7725: JASCHA HEIFETZ Collection Vol. 4


Beethoven: Violin concerto in D major Op. 61
Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, Serge Koussevitzky, conductor. Live performance, September 2, 1950
NBC - Bell Telephone Hour Broadcast of April 19, 1948:Donald Voorhees
Falla: Jota (arr: Kochanski) Bell Telephone Hour Orchestra, Donald Voorhees, conductor.
NBC - Bell Telephone Hour Broadcast of March 21, 1949:
Mendelssohn: Song without words Op. 19 No. 1 (arr: Heifetz) "Sweet remembrance"
Brahms: Hungarian dance No. 7 (arr: Joachim)
Bell Telephone Hour Orchestra, Donald Voorhees, conductor.
NBC - Bell Telephone Hour Broadcast of January 24, 1949:
Vieuxtemps: Ballade et Polonaise in G major Op. 38
Bell Telephone Hour Orchestra, Donald Voorhees, conductor.
NBC - Bell Telephone Hour Broadcast of June 21, 1949: 
Kreisler: Recitative e Scherzo-Caprice Op. 6 (solo violin)

DHR- 7727: JASCHA HEIFETZ Collection Vol. 5


Beethoven: Violin concerto in D major Op. 61
New York PhSO, Artur Rodzinski, conductor. Live performance, January 14, 1945

The six newly discovered Russian recordings of 1911:
Dvorak: Humoresque Op. 101 No. 7 (arr. Wilhelmj); Schubert: L'abeille (The Bee) Op. 13 No. 9
Kreisler: Caprice viennois Op. 2; Auer: Romance Op. 4; Drdla: Souvenir & Serenade
Played by the 10-year old Jascha Heifetz. First release in 90 years.
 

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