Heifetz, Jascha
Rysk violinist f 1900 d 1987
Elev till Auer.
H's födelseĺr har ibland angivits som 1901/1899 men det lär vara felaktigt. H. slog igenom som underbarn den 27 oktober 1917 i Carnegie Hall, och gjorde sina första inspelningar 2 veckor senare. H's verkliga debut gjordes 1907 med Mendelssohns violinkonsert i Kovno - Ryssland och 1912 i Berlin med Tchaikovsky's konsert. 1917 flyttade familjen Heifetz till USA, undan den ryska revolutionen. H. har ofta räknats som den ultimata virtuosen trots att han aldrig spelat in de svĺraste verken i reportoaren. H. hade en vacker ton som blev stilbildande men ett ej lika lyckat vibrato som ocksĺ fick mĺnga efterföljare. H. var en perfektionist och spelade sällan fel och intonationen var alltid mitt i prick. Hans pappa var ocksĺ violinist och hade alltid anmärkningar pĺ sin sons spel. H. var flitig i att transkribera för sitt instrument, först kom Estrellita av Ponce (1927) sedan ett hundratal till. 1972 gav han sin sista konsert.

Arr
Achron: 	Fr Childrens Suite
		Jumping with Tounge out
		Sleep my Puppy
		Birdies
		March of the toys
		Mamma, tell a fairy tale
		The Top
		The Caravan
		Parade with Presents
Aguirre:	Huella
Albeniz:	El Puerro (fr Iberia)
	Navarra
	Sevilla
Arensky:	Tempo di Valse
Bach:	Air
	Prelude (fr Partita 3)
	Prelude nr 8 (fr Well tempered..)
	Sarabande (fr Engelsk svit nr 3)
	Gavotte & Musette (fr Engelsk svit nr 3)
	Sarabande (fr Engelsk svit nr 6)
	2 Gavotter (fr Engelsk svit nr 6)
Bax:	Mediterranean
Beethoven:	Folk Dance
	Minuet D-dur
	Contra Dance
Borodin: 	Serenade (fr Piano svit)
Brahms: 	Contemplation
Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Tango
	Ritmo di Tango
	Sea-Murmurs
Chopin: 	Nocturne, Op. 55, No. 2
Debussy: 	Beau Soir
	L'Apres-midi d'un faune (fr. preludiet)
	La Chevelure
	Golliwogg's Cace-Walk
Dinicu: 	Hora Staccato
Dvorak:	Humoresk
Foster:	Jeanie With the Light Brown Hair
Gershwin:	Summertime
		A Woman is a Sometime Thing
		My Man's Gone Now
		It Aint Necessarily So
		Bess, You is My Woman Now
		Tempo di Blues
		3 Preludier
Godowsky:	Alt Wien
Khachaturian: Sabre Dance
Medtner: 	Fairy Tale
Mendelssohn:Sweet Remembrance
Ponce:	Estrellita
Prokofiev: 	March (fr The Love for Three Oranges, Op. 33a)
Saint-Saens:Svanen
Rachmaninoff:It's Peaceful Here
	Melody
Ravel:	Valse noble et sentimentale
Rimsky-Korsakov: Humlans flykt
Trad:	Deep River
Turina:	La Oracion del Torero
Valle: 	Ao Pe da Fogueira

Kompositioner
Kadens till Brahms Violinkonsert
Kadens till Mozarts 4'e violinkonsert
Inspelningar

Achron: 	Hebrew Dance, Op. 35, No. 1
		Hebrew Lullaby, Op. 35, No. 2
		Hebrew Melody, Op. 33 
		Stimmung, Op. 32, No. 1
			(Cembal D'Amour - #113)
Aguirre:	Huella, Op. 49 (Canción argentina) 
Albéniz:	Sevilla, sevillanas (No. 3, Suite espańola, Op. 47)
d'Ambrosio, A:	Serenade, Op. 4
Arensky:	Concerto in A Minor, Op. 54: II. Tempo di valse
Auer:		Romance op 4
			(Doremi Records - #7727)1911
Bach, J.S:	VK nr 1 A-moll bwv1041
		VK nr 2 E-dur bwv1042
		Konsert för tvĺ violiner D-moll bwv1043
			(Bmg/Rca Victor - #6778) m. Freidmann
			(Rca - #63531) m. Freidmann
		Gavotte I-II (Musette) (EMI CDH 764494-2) 1934
		Gavottes I-II (fr Engelsk Svite nr 6 bwv811)
		Menuets I-II (fr Partita nr 3 bwv1006)(EMI CDH 764494-2) 1925
		Sarabande (fr Engelsk Svite nr 3 bwv808)(EMI CDH 764494-2) 1934
		Sonater & Partitor (Rca - #61748)
		Sonat nr 1 G-moll 
			(EMI CDH 764494-2) 1935
			(Magic Master - #37095)
		Sonat nr 2 A-moll
		Sonat nr C-dur (EMI CDH 764494-2) 1935
		Partita nr 1 B-moll
		Partita nr 2 D-moll (EMI CDH 764494-2) 1935
		Partita No. 3 in E, bwv1006
		Preludio, Loure, Gigue
Bax:		Mediterranean
Bazzini:	La ronde des lutins (Scherzo fantastique, Op. 25) Mp3
Beethoven:	Chorus of Dervishes
		Violinkonsert (Naxos 8.110936)(1940)
			(Rca - #68980)
			(Classica D'Oro - #2002)
			(Doremi Records - #7727) 1911
		Folk Dance (No. 6, Deutsche Tänze, WoO8)
		Romance No. 1 in G, Op. 40
		Romance No. 2 in F, Op. 50
		Sonatas for Violin and Piano:
		Nr 1 Op. 12:1
		Nr 2 Op. 12:2
		Nr 3 Op. 12:3
		Nr 4 Op. 23
		Nr 5 Op. 24
		Nr 6 Op. 30:1
		Nr 7 Op. 30:2
		Nr 8 Op. 30:3
		Nr 9 Op. 47
			(Bmg/Rca Victor - #61738) 1960
			/1949
		Nr 10 Op. 96
		Turkish March (No. 4, Die Ruinen von Athen, Op. 113)
Benjamin:	Jamaican Rumba
Bennett:	Hexapoda (5 Studies in Jitteroptera)
		A Song Sonata
Berlin:		White Christmas
Bloch:		Nigun (Improvisation) (No. 2, Baal Shem)
		Sonata No. 1
		Sonata No. 2 "Počme mystique"
Boulanger:	Cortčge
		Nocturne in F
Brahms:		Concerto for Violin and Cello in A Minor, Op. 102
			(Bmg/Rca Victor - #6778) m. Piatigorsky
			(Rca - #63531) m. Piatigorsky
			(Magic Master - #37095) m. Feuermann
			(Pearl - #9293) m. Feuermann
			(Naxos - #8110940) m. Feuermann
		Violinkonsert (RCA 09026 61495 2)(1955)
		Violinkonsert (Naxos 8.110936)(1939)
		Sonata No. 2 in A, Op. 100
			(Pearl - #9293)
		Sonata No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 108
			(Rca - #68996)
		Ungarische Tänze/Hungarian Dances
		No. 1
		No. 7
		No. 11
		No. 17
		No. 20
Bruch:		Vk nr 1 Op. 26
			(Rca - #61745)
			(Bmg/Rca Victor - #6214)
		Vk nr 2 Op. 44
		Skottsk fantasi op 46
			(Rca - #61745)
			(Bmg/Rca Victor - #6214)
			(Naxos - #8110940)
Burleigh:	Hills (No. 4, Pictures, Op. 30)
		Moto perpetuo (No. 4, Small Concert Pieces, Op. 21)
Castelnuovo-Tedesco:	Concerto No. 2, Op. 66 "I profeti"
		Sea Murmurs (Deux études d'ondes)
		Tango (Songs of Shakespeare, Book VIII, No. 3)
		The Lark
		Valse (No. 1, Alt Wien, Op. 30)
Chausson:	Concerto for Violin, Piano & String Quartet in D, Op. 21
		Počme, Op. 25
Chopin:		Nocturne in E-Flat, Op. 9, No. 2
		Nocturne in D-Flat, Op. 27, No. 2
		Nocturne in E-Flat, Op. 55, No. 2
		Nocturne in E Minor, Op. 72, No. 1
Clérambault:	Largo in C Minor
Conus:		Concerto in E Minor
Couperin:	Les petits moulins ŕ vent, XVII, No. 2
Debussy:	Beau soir
		Clair de lune (No. 3, Suite bergamasque)
 		Golliwog's Cakewalk (No. 6, Children's Corner)
  		Il pleure dans mon coeur (Ariettes oubliées, No. 2)
		La chevelure (Chansons de Bilitis, No. 2)
		La fille aux cheveux de lin (Préludes, Livre I, No. 8)
		La plus que lente
		Prélude (from L'enfant prodigue)
		Sonata No. 3 in G Minor
Dinicu:		Hora Staccato
Dohnányi:	Gypsy Andante (No. 6, Ruralia hungarica, Op. 32a)
Drdla:		Serenade
			(Doremi Records - #7727) 1911
		Souvenir
			(Doremi Records - #7727)1911
Drigo:		Valse bluette (Air de ballet No. 2)
Dvorák:		Humoreske in G-Flat, Op. 101, No. 7
			(Doremi Records - #7727)1911
		Slavisk dans Op. 46, No. 2
		Slavisk dans Op. 72, No. 2
		Slavisk dans Op. 72, No. 3
			(Cembal D'Amour - #113)
		Slavisk dans Op. 72, No. 8
Elgar:		Vk Op. 61
			(Bmg/Rca Victor - #61738) 1949
			(Naxos - #8110939)
		La capricieuse, Op. 17
			(Cembal D'Amour - #113)
Falla:		Danza espańola No. 1 (from La vida breve)
		Jota (No. 4, Siete canciones populares espańolas)
		Nana (Berceuse) (No. 5, Siete canciones populares espańolas)
		Pantomime (El amor brujo, No. 2)
Fauré:		Sonata No. 1 in A, Op. 13
Ferguson:	Sonata No. 1, Op. 2
Foster:		I Dream of Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair
		Old Folks at Home
Franck:		Sonata in A (Strings QT 99 325)
Gardner:	From the Canebrake, Op. 5, No. 1
Gershwin:       Porgy and Bess:
		   A Woman Is a Sometime Thing
		   Bess, You Is My Woman
	  	   It Ain't Necessarily So
		   My Man's Gone Now
		   Summertime
	  	   Tempo di Blues
	        Preludes:
		   No. 1
  		   No. 2
  		   No. 3
Glazunov:	Vk Op. 82
			(Naxos - #8110940)
		Grand Adagio (No. 4, Raymonda, Op. 57)
		Méditation, Op. 32
		Valse (No. 6, Raymonda, Op. 57)
Gličre:		Prelude, Op. 39, No. 1
Gluck:		Mélodie
Godard:		Berceuse (from Jocelyn)
Godowsky:	Alt Wien (Triakontameron No. 11)
		Waltz in D (Impression No. 8)
		Viennese (Impression No. 12)
Goldmark:	Concerto in A Minor, Op. 28: II. Andante
Granados:	Andaluza (No. 5, Danzas espańolas, Op. 37)
Grasse:		Waves at Play/Wellenspiel
Grieg:		Puck/Smĺtrold/Kobold (No. 3, Lyric Pieces, Op. 71)
		Scherzo-Impromptu (No. 2, Moods, Op. 73)
		Sonata in C Minor, Op. 45 - sats II
		Sonata No. 2 in G, Op. 13
Gruenberg:	Vk Op. 47
Halffter:	Danza de la gitana (Sonatina, No. 4)
Handel: 	Passacaglia (No. 6, Harpsichord Suite No. 7 in G Minor)
		Sonata in D, Op. 1, No. 13
		Sonata in E, Op. 1, No. 15
Haydn:		Vivace (Quartet, Op. 64, No. 5 "The Lark")
Herbert:	A la valse
Hubay:		Zefyr
			(Cembal D'Amour - #113)
Hummel:		Rondo in E-Flat, Op. 11 "Rondo favori"
Ibert:		The Little White Donkey
Juon:		Berceuse, Op. 28, No. 3
Khachaturian, A: Sabre Dance
			(Cembal D'Amour - #113)
Khachaturian, K: Sonata in G Minor, Op. 1
Kodály:		Duo, Op. 7
Korngold:	Vk Op. 35 (RCA GD 87963)1953
		Much Ado About Nothing, Op. 11
		   Garden Scene
		   Holzapfel und Schlehwein (March)
Krein:		Dance No. 4
Kreisler:	La chasse (In the style of Cartier)
		Minuet (In the style of Porpora)
		Caprice Viennois
			(Doremi Records - #7727)1911
		Sicilienne et Rigaudon (In the style of Francoeur)
		Tambourin Chinois
			(Cembal D'Amour - #113)
Kroll:		Banjo and Fiddle
Lalo:		Symphonie espagnole, Op. 21 (1948)
Löhr:		Where My Caravan Has Rested
Martinu:	Duo for Violin and Cello
Massenet:	Meditation
			(Cembal D'Amour - #113)
Medtner:	Fairy Tale in B-Flat Minor, Op. 20, No. 1
Mendelssohn:	On Wings of Song Op. 34, No. 2
		Concerto in E Minor, Op. 64
			(Rca - #68980)
Milhaud:	Corcovado (Saudades do Brasil, No. 7)
		Sumaré (Saudades do Brasil, No. 9)
Moszkowski:	Guitarre, Op. 45, No. 2
Mozart:		Concerto No. 4 in D, K.218
		Concerto No. 5 in A, K.219 "Turkish" (Biddulph LAB 012)
		Rondo (Serenade in D, K.250 "Haffner")
		Sinfonia concertante in E-Flat, K.364
			(Bmg/Rca Victor - #6778) m. Primrose
			(Rca - #63531) m. Primrose
		Sonata in C, K.296
		Sonata in B-Flat, K.378
		Sonata in B-Flat, K.454
Nin:		Cantilčne asturienne (Cantos d'Espańa, No. 14)
Paganini:	Caprice No. 13 (1920)
		Caprice nr 13+20 (1956)
		Caprice nr 13,20,24 (1934)
		Caprice No. 20
			(Magic Master - #37095)
		Caprice No. 24 Mp3
			(Cembal D'Amour - #113)
		Moto perpetuo, Op. 11
Poldowski:	Tango
Ponce:		Estrellita
Poulenc:	Mouvement perpétuel
		Presto in B-Flat
Prokofiev:	Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 63
		Gavotte, Op. 32, No. 3
		March (from The Love for Three Oranges)
		March in F Minor, Op. 12, No. 1
		Masques (No. 5, Romeo & Juliet piano suite, Op. 75)
Rachmaninoff:	Daisies, Op. 38, No. 3
		Etude-tableau in E-Flat, Op. 33, No. 4
			(Cembal D'Amour - #113)
		Etude-tableau in A Minor, Op. 39, No. 2
			(Cembal D'Amour - #113)
		Oriental Sketch, Op. 2, No. 2
		Vocalise, Op. 34, No. 14
Ravel:		Menuet (from Sonatine in F-Sharp)
		Pičce en forme d'un habanera
 		Tzigane (Rapsodie de concert)
		Valses nobles et sentimentales: Nos. 6 and 7
Respighi:	Sonata in B Minor
Rimsky-Korsakov: Hymn to the Sun (from Le coq d'or)
 		The Flight of the Bumblebee (from Tsar Saltan)
Rossini:	Figaro
Rózsa:		Concerto, Op. 24
		Sinfonia concertante, Op. 29: sats II
Saint-Saëns:	Havanaise Op 83 (EMI CDH 7 64251-2)
			(Magic Master - #37095)
			(Naxos - #8110943)
		Introduction & Rondo Capriccioso (EMI CDH 7 64251-2)
			(Naxos - #8110943)
		The Swan
		Sonata No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 75
			(Bmg/Rca Victor - #61738)
Sarasate:	"Carmen" Fantasy, Op. 25
		Habanera, Op. 21, No 2
			(Cembal D'Amour - #113)
		Introduction and Tarantelle Op 43
		Malagueńa, Op. 21 No. 1
		Romanza andaluza Op. 22, No. 1
		Zapateado, Op. 23 No. 2
		Zigeunerweisen Op 20
			(EMI CDH 7 64251-2)
			(Naxos - #8110943)
			(Classica D'Oro - #2001)
Schubert:	Ave Maria, D.839
		Fantasie in C, D.934
		Impromptu in G, D.899/Op. 90, No. 3
		Rondo (from Sonata in D, D.850/Op. 53)
		Sonatina in G Minor, D.408/Op. 137, No. 3
Schubert:	Biet
			(Doremi Records - #7727)1911
Schumann:	The Prophet Bird (No. 7, Waldszenen, Op. 82)
	 	Widmung (No. 1, Myrthen, Op. 25)
Scott:		Tallahassee Suite
		The Gentle Maiden
Sgambati:	Serenata napoletana, Op. 24, No. 2
Shostakovich:	Danse fantastique, Op. 5, No. 2
		Prelude in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 34, No. 10
		Prelude in D-Flat, Op. 34, No. 15
Shulman:	Cod Liver 'Ile (No. 4, Suite on American Folksongs)
Sibelius:	Violinkonsert (Biddulph LAB 018)/
			(Pearl GEMM CDS9159)/(EMI CDH 764 030-2)1935
		Violinkonsert (RCA 09023 61779-2)
		Nocturne (from Belshazzar's Feast)
Sinding:	Suite in A Minor, Op. 10
			(Cembal D'Amour - #113)
Spohr:		Concerto No. 8 in A Minor, Op. 47 "Gesangsszene"
Strauss:	An einsamer Quelle (No. 2, Stimmungsbilder, Op. 9)
		Sonata in E-Flat, Op. 18
Stravinsky:	Berceuse (from The Firebird)
		Suite italienne
Szymanowski:	Roxana's Song (from King Roger)
Tansman:	Mouvement perpétuel (5 Pieces for Violin & Piano, No. 3)
Tchaikovsky:	Vk 
			(Strings QT 99 325)
			(RCA 09026 61495-2)
			(Bmg/Rca Victor - #61738)
			(Classica D'Oro - #2001)
		Mélodie in E-Flat (No. 3, Souvenir d'un lieu cher, Op. 42)
		Scherzo (No. 2, Souvenir d'un lieu cher, Op. 42)
		Sérénade mélancolique, Op. 26
		Waltz (No. 2, Serenade in C, Op. 48)
Trad:		Deep River
		Traditional Irish 
		Gweedore Brae
Turina:		Vale, Flausino Rodrigues do 
		Ao pé da fogueira (Preludio XV)
Walton:		Concerto in B Minor
			(Naxos - #8110939)
Waxman:		"Carmen" Fantasy
			(Naxos - #8110943)
Weill:		Moderato assai (Mack the Knife) (from Die Dreigroschenoper)
White:		Levee Dance, Op. 27, No. 2 (based on Go Down, Moses)
Wieniawski:	Capriccio-valse, Op. 7
			(Cembal D'Amour - #113)
		Violinkonsert nr 2 (EMI CDH 7 64251-2)
			(Cembal D'Amour - #113)
			(Classica D'Oro - #2001)
		Polonaise brillante No. 1 in D, Op. 4 Mp3
		Scherzo-tarantelle, Op. 16
			(Cembal D'Amour - #113)
			(Magic Master - #37095)
Vieuxtemps:	Concerto nr 4 D Minor Op 31 (EMI CDH 7 64251-2)
			(Classica D'Oro - #2002)
			(Naxos - #8110943)
		Concerto nr 5 A-Moll Op 37 (EMI CDH 7 64251-2)
			(Rca - #61745)
			(Bmg/Rca Victor - #6214)
			(Naxos - #8110943)
Vitali:		Chaconne in G Minor
			(Cembal D'Amour - #113)
Vivaldi:	Concerto in B-Flat, rv547/Op. 22, No. 2
		Sonata in A, rv31/Op. 2, No. 2

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