Humoresque Favourite Violin Encores
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Composer or Director: Traditional, George Gershwin, Arthur Benjamin, Fritz Kreisler, Anton (Grigor'yevich) Rubinstein, Sergey Rachmaninov, Alexander Borodin, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Felix Mendelssohn, Franz Schubert, Erik Satie, Johannes Brahms, Claude Debussy, Aaron Copland, Fryderyk Chopin, Stephen Collins Foster, Antonín Dvořák, Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov
Label: Classical
Magazine Review Date: 7/1990
Media Format: Cassette
Media Runtime: 0
Mastering:
ADD
Catalogue Number: ST45816
Tracks:
| Composition | Artist Credit |
|---|---|
| (The) Tale of Tsar Saltan, Movement: Flight of the bumble-bee |
Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov, Composer
Columbia Symphony Orchestra Isaac Stern, Violin Milton Katims, Conductor Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov, Composer |
| (6) Songs, Movement: No. 6, None but the lonely heart (wds. Mey, after Goethe) |
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer
Columbia Symphony Orchestra Isaac Stern, Violin Milton Katims, Conductor Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer |
| Porgy and Bess, Movement: Bess, you is my woman now |
George Gershwin, Composer
Columbia Symphony Orchestra George Gershwin, Composer Isaac Stern, Violin Milton Katims, Conductor |
| Liebesleid |
Fritz Kreisler, Composer
Columbia Symphony Orchestra Fritz Kreisler, Composer Isaac Stern, Violin Milton Katims, Conductor |
| (21) Hungarian Dances, Movement: No. 5 in F sharp minor |
Johannes Brahms, Composer
Columbia Symphony Orchestra Isaac Stern, Violin Johannes Brahms, Composer Milton Katims, Conductor |
| String Quartet No. 2, Movement: Notturno |
Alexander Borodin, Composer
Alexander Borodin, Composer Columbia Symphony Orchestra Frank Brieff, Conductor Isaac Stern, Violin |
| (6) Soirées de Saint-Pétersbourg, Movement: No. 1, Romance in E flat |
Anton (Grigor'yevich) Rubinstein, Composer
Anton (Grigor'yevich) Rubinstein, Composer Columbia Symphony Orchestra Frank Brieff, Conductor Isaac Stern, Violin |
| Nocturnes, Movement: No. 2 in E flat, Op. 9/2 |
Fryderyk Chopin, Composer
Columbia Symphony Orchestra Frank Brieff, Conductor Fryderyk Chopin, Composer Isaac Stern, Violin |
| Suite bergamasque, Movement: Clair de lune |
Claude Debussy, Composer
Claude Debussy, Composer Columbia Symphony Orchestra Isaac Stern, Violin Milton Katims, Conductor |
| Jamaican Rumba |
Arthur Benjamin, Composer
Arthur Benjamin, Composer Columbia Symphony Orchestra Isaac Stern, Violin Milton Katims, Conductor |
| Greensleeves, 'Alas! my love' |
Traditional, Composer
Columbia Symphony Orchestra Isaac Stern, Violin Milton Katims, Conductor Traditional, Composer |
| (6) Lieder, Movement: No. 2, Auf Flügeln des Gesanges (wds. Heine) |
Felix Mendelssohn, Composer
Columbia Symphony Orchestra Felix Mendelssohn, Composer Frank Brieff, Conductor Isaac Stern, Violin |
| Jeanie with the light brown hair |
Stephen Collins Foster, Composer
Columbia Symphony Orchestra Isaac Stern, Violin Milton Katims, Conductor Stephen Collins Foster, Composer |
| (3) Gymnopédies, Movement: Lent et grave |
Erik Satie, Composer
Columbia Symphony Orchestra Erik Satie, Composer Frank Brieff, Conductor Isaac Stern, Violin |
| Schwanengesang, 'Swan Song', Movement: No. 4, Ständchen |
Franz Schubert, Composer
Columbia Symphony Orchestra Frank Brieff, Conductor Franz Schubert, Composer Isaac Stern, Violin |
| (24) Préludes, Movement: La fille aux cheveux de lin |
Claude Debussy, Composer
Claude Debussy, Composer Columbia Symphony Orchestra Frank Brieff, Conductor Isaac Stern, Violin |
| Vocalise |
Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer
Columbia Symphony Orchestra Frank Brieff, Conductor Isaac Stern, Violin Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer |
| (8) Humoresques, Movement: No. 7 in G flat |
Antonín Dvořák, Composer
Antonín Dvořák, Composer Columbia Symphony Orchestra Isaac Stern, Violin Milton Katims, Conductor |
| Ave Maria, 'Ellens Gesang III' |
Franz Schubert, Composer
Columbia Symphony Orchestra Franz Schubert, Composer Isaac Stern, Violin Milton Katims, Conductor |
| Rodeo, Movement: Hoe-Down |
Aaron Copland, Composer
Aaron Copland, Composer Columbia Symphony Orchestra Isaac Stern, Violin Milton Katims, Conductor |
Author:
I am not quite sure what ''Humoresque'' actually means; but although it certainly serves for identification, it only doubtfully describes the disc as a whole. For this consists almost entirely of slower, gentler tunes (played most beautifully), with only the most occasional hint of something livelier (played anything up to devastatingly). Thus it is the excellent quality of the playing, backed by the excellent quality of the arranging, which must win any willing listener's ear; not, probably, the programme as such.
Yet many of the pieces, taken in isolation, are undoubted winners: the Benjamin Jamaican Rumba is, the Rachmaninov Vocalise is, the Satie Gymnopedie is. But above all the very first excerpt, the altogether stunningFlight of the bumble-bee is. If you are a violinist who thinks he knows something about bow-control you had better steer clear of this one, lest disillusion and despair set in.
The booklet's notes illuminated one small corner of history for me, and well may for many other listeners. I have always thought Stephen Foster's Jeanie with the light brown hair was among the most entirely charming of popular tunes (not matched, perhaps, until Cole Porter'sHave you met Miss Jones?). But I did not, alas, know that the Jeanie referred to by Foster was his wife Jane McDowell, who, unhappily, later twice (the second time finally) left him. Life does not always go right, we all know: but it seems such a pity that the marvellous tune had such an unhappy outcome!'
Yet many of the pieces, taken in isolation, are undoubted winners: the Benjamin Jamaican Rumba is, the Rachmaninov Vocalise is, the Satie Gymnopedie is. But above all the very first excerpt, the altogether stunning
The booklet's notes illuminated one small corner of history for me, and well may for many other listeners. I have always thought Stephen Foster's Jeanie with the light brown hair was among the most entirely charming of popular tunes (not matched, perhaps, until Cole Porter's
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