Henryk Szeryng - Szeryng plays Kreisler (1963/2018) [Official Digital Download 24/192]

These performances of Fritz Kreisler's Violin Works by violinist Henryk Szeryng and pianist Charles Reiner are outstanding…! Feature rarely recorded compositions by Leclair, Gluck and Locatelli, which are ever bit as enjoyable as the well-known works by Kreisler!

Henryk Szeryng and Charles Reiner taped this recital in 1963, for the Mercury Living Presence label. Using revolutionary three-track equipment, the recording director, Wilma Cozart, and chief engineer, Robert Fine, achieved unprecedented fidelity and dynamic range, throughout a series of legendary LP issues which became bywords for excellence among a generation of hi-fi buffs. Three decades later, this outstanding album testifies eloquently to the prodigious results obtained. One need hardly add that Henryk Szeryng’s accounts of these Kreisler bon-bons are masterly. He brings to these delectable miniatures much of the sparkle and inimitable Gemütlichkeit of the master himself. A treasure of a reissue. Performance: 5 (out of 5), Sound: 5 (out of 5) (Michael Jameson, BBC Music Magazine)

Tracklist:
1. Caprice viennois, Op. 2 04:15
2. 3 Old Viennese Dances : 3. Schön Rosmarin 01:56
3. 3 Old Viennese Dances : 2. Liebesleid 03:37
4. 3 Old Viennese Dances : 1. Liebesfreud 03:45
5. Recitativo and Scherzo-Caprice, Op.6 04:56
6. Tempo di menuetto (in the style of Pugnani) 03:27
7. Praeludium and Allegro 05:24
8. Chanson Louis XIII and Pavane 03:43
9. Tambourin chinois 03:45
10. Menuet (in the style of Porpora) 03:28
11. The Old Refrain 03:42
12. Rondino on a Theme by Beethoven 02:33
13. Allegretto (in the style of Boccherini) 02:29

Personnel:
Henryk Szeryng, violin
Charles Reiner, piano

Digitally remastered