Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. I Allegro 9.06
2. II Andante cantabile 8.30
3. III Rondo: Andante grazioso - Allegro ma non troppo 8.27
4. I Allegro ma non troppo 23.34
5. II Larghetto 10.19
6. III Rondo: Allegro 10.03

Disc 2:

1. I Allegro 9.27
2. II Andante cantabile 8.28
3. III Rondo: Andante grazioso - Allegro ma non troppo 8.57
4. I Allegro ma non troppo 23.01
5. II Larghetto 10.41
6. III Rondo: Allegro 10.06

Disc 3:

1. I Allegro molto appassionato 12.10
2. II Andante 6.59
3. III Allegretto non troppo - Allegro molto vivace 6.41
4. I Allegro non troppo (Cadenza: Kreisler) 20.59
5. II Adagio 8.24
6. III Allegro giocoso, ma non troppo vivace 8.19
7. CD4

Disc 4:

1. I Vorspiel: Allegro moderato 7.20
2. II Adagio 7.29
3. III Finale: Allegro energico 7.13
4. I Moderato 7.55
5. II Allegro vivo con spirito 6.26
6. III Allegretto - Andante con moto 4.47
7. IV Allegro molto moderato 7.40

Disc 5:

1. I Allegro con brio 6.08
2. II Tema con variazioni: Andante con moto 7.19
3. III Rondo: Allegro 4.36
4. I Allegro vivace 6.49
5. II Andante, più tosto allegretto 5.35
6. III Allegro piacevolle 4.17
7. I Allegro con spirito 5.49
8. II Adagio con molt'espressione 6.06
9. III Rondo: Allegro molto 4.07
10. I Presto 3.56
11. II Andante scherzoso 8.11
12. III Allegro molto 5.40

Disc 6:

1. I Allegro 6.56
2. II Adagio molto espressivo 5.18
3. III Scherzo: Allegro molto 1.09
4. IV Rondo: Allegro ma non troppo 6.31
5. I Allegro 7.01
6. II Adagio molto espressivo 6.51
7. III Allegretto con variazioni 7.19
8. II Adagio cantabile 8.33
9. III Scherzo: Allegro 3.12
10. IV Finale: Allegro 4.58

Disc 7:

1. I Allegro assai 4.02
2. II Tempo di minuetto 6.52
3. III Allegro vivace 3.06
4. I Adagio sostenuto - Presto 10.53
5. II Andante con variazioni 13.35
6. III Finale: Presto 8.14
7. I Allegro moderato 7.02
8. II Adagio espressivo 5.31
9. III Scherzo: Allegro 2.05
10. IV Poco allegretto 7.37

Disc 8:

1. from Toshiba TOCE 6969 [1] 3.38
2. from Toshiba TOCE 6969 [2] 3.23
3. from Toshiba TOCE 6969 [3] 1.57
4. from Toshiba TOCE 6969 [4] 3.09
5. from Toshiba TOCE 6969 [5] 3.36
6. from Toshiba TOCE 6969 [6] 3.12
7. from Toshiba TOCE 6969 [7] 3.16
8. from Toshiba TOCE 6969 [8] 3.22
9. from Toshiba TOCE 6969 [9] 3.38
10. from Toshiba TOCE 6969 [10] 7.32
11. from Toshiba TOCE 6969 [11] 2.27
12. from Toshiba TOCE 6969 [12] 2.59
13. from Toshiba TOCE 6969 [14] 4.04
14. from Toshiba TOCE 6969 [15] 3.46

Disc 9:

1. from Toshiba TOCE 6970 [1] 2.40
2. from Toshiba TOCE 6970 [2] 2.44
3. from Toshiba TOCE 6970 [3] 2.25
4. from Toshiba TOCE 6970 [4] 3.39
5. from Toshiba TOCE 6970 [5] 4.31
6. from Toshiba TOCE 6970 [6] 4.01
7. from Toshiba TOCE 6970 [7] 3.12
8. from Toshiba TOCE 6970 [8] 2.39
9. from Toshiba TOCE 6970 [9] 3.42
10. from Toshiba TOCE 6970 [10] 4.06
11. from Toshiba TOCE 6970 [11] 2.45
12. from Toshiba TOCE 6970 [12] 3.28
13. from Toshiba TOCE 6970 [13] 3.11
14. from Toshiba TOCE 6970 [14] 3.14
15. from Toshiba TOCE 6970 [15] 3.20
16. from Toshiba TOCE 6970 [16] 2.30
17. from Toshiba TOCE 6970 [17] 2.44
18. from Toshiba TOCE 6970 [18] 2.43

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #5729 in Music
• Released on: 2009-03-23
• Number of discs: 10
• Formats: CD, Box set
• Dimensions: .72 pounds
• Running time: 632 minutes

Customer Reviews

A Superb Collection
The bulk of Kreisler's recordings for HMV are included in this boxed set. That is to say the Berlin and London concertos, the Beethoven sonatas with Fritz Rupp and two CD's made up of shorter pieces - compositions by both Kreisler himself and others. The remastering is perfectly acceptable and the booklet contains details of recording dates and an excellent essay on Kreisler by Duncan Druce.

Kreisler was one of the greatest violinists of the last century and probably the most loveable. Although not a virtuoso in the style of Heifitz, his love for the music he is playing shines out of every bar and his tone is surely the most beautiful ever recorded. Kreisler was of a generation that believed that music making should be a dialogue between composer and interpreter and that individual response to the score was vital. There could be no such thing as a definitive performance but only one that was 'right' for the moment.

There are many such moments in this excellent set which should be in the collection of all lovers of great violin playing. An essential purchase.