Bruch Jascha Heifetz

"The greatest number of audio discs in a boxed set of classical recordings by a single instrumentalist is 103, achieved by Jascha Heifetz - The Complete Album Collection (Sony Music)" GUINNESS WOLRD RECORDS LTD – Guinness World Records, December 14, 2010
Befitting his legendary status, Jascha Heifetz-The Complete Album Collection, is the biggest box set ever created for a solo artist. With 103 CDs and 1 DVD, this limited edition collection features all of the violinist's recordings made by RCA Victor between 1917 and 1972,those made in England for His Master's Voice and distributed in the U.S. by RCA Red Seal, three LPs issued on Columbia Masterworks and one on Vox Cum Laude.

Jascha Heifetz was the prodigy of the twentieth century. Debuting in 1908 at the age of seven, he was known throughout his life for his infallible intonation and the unflappable ease with which he played even the most difficult repertoire. Though he was sometimes maligned as being coldly technical, no one ever said he wasn't amazing. This compilation offers ample opportunities to marvel.
Disc one opens with Heifetz alone on Bach's Chaccone for violin solo, inviting us to contemplate the purity of his musicality without the distraction of accompaniment. This memorial provides a great opportunity to cleanse the palate before the 140 minute Romantic tour de force that follows. After this heavy and heady repast, the disc neatly closes with a light set of Gershwin duets.

"The greatest number of audio discs in a boxed set of classical recordings by a single instrumentalist is 103, achieved by Jascha Heifetz - The Complete Album Collection (Sony Music)" GUINNESS WOLRD RECORDS LTD – Guinness World Records, December 14, 2010
Befitting his legendary status, Jascha Heifetz-The Complete Album Collection, is the biggest box set ever created for a solo artist. With 103 CDs and 1 DVD, this limited edition collection features all of the violinist's recordings made by RCA Victor between 1917 and 1972,those made in England for His Master's Voice and distributed in the U.S. by RCA Red Seal, three LPs issued on Columbia Masterworks and one on Vox Cum Laude. Of special note is the inclusion of three bonus CDs containing over two-and-a-half hours of previously unreleased music and a DVD documentary, "Heifetz in Performance", with footage of the artist playing his favorite repertoire. Rounding out this impressive collection are CDs packaged in reproductions of the original LP sleeves and labels, plus a 260-page hardcover book, making this THE must-have box set of the year.

"The greatest number of audio discs in a boxed set of classical recordings by a single instrumentalist is 103, achieved by Jascha Heifetz - The Complete Album Collection (Sony Music)" GUINNESS WOLRD RECORDS LTD – Guinness World Records, December 14, 2010
Befitting his legendary status, Jascha Heifetz-The Complete Album Collection, is the biggest box set ever created for a solo artist. With 103 CDs and 1 DVD, this limited edition collection features all of the violinist's recordings made by RCA Victor between 1917 and 1972,those made in England for His Master's Voice and distributed in the U.S. by RCA Red Seal, three LPs issued on Columbia Masterworks and one on Vox Cum Laude.

On October 6, 1953, RCA held experimental stereophonic sessions in New York's Manhattan Center with Leopold Stokowski conducting a group of New York musicians in performances of Enesco's Roumanian Rhapsody No. 1 and the waltz from Tchaikovsky's opera Eugene Onegin. There were additional stereo tests in December, again in the Manhattan Center, this time with Pierre Monteux conducting members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. In February 1954, RCA made its first commercial stereophonic recordings, taping the Boston Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Charles Münch, in a performance of The Damnation of Faust by Hector Berlioz.

In his second EMI Classics recordings of Bruch’s two best-loved works, Perlman is joined by the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra and Zubin Mehta. He dedicated this recording to his great predecessor Jascha Heifetz, saying that “his artistry will always be my inspiration”.

There are several reasons to own this Vox Box 2CD set. For the first, it includes five great violin concertos in some of the very best performances in their discography. For the second, Ivry Gitlis (born 1922) is a great living violinist and these recordings made in early 1950s show his art in the best way, when Ivry's violin sounded powerful and brilliant.

Deutsche Grammophon proudly presents 42 of its greatest ever recordings for violin, from its matchless catalogue of the finest violinists of the last 75 years. Fritz Kreisler began it all for the company by recording a series of his own compositions and arrangements. 31 violinists grace 111 The Violin, with recordings from the early 1900s to 2012.

10 CD box set comprised of all the classic's by the masters of strings; Yehudi Menuhin, Bronislaw Heberman, George Enescu, Joseph Szigeti, Nathan Milstein, Jascha Heifetz, Fritz Kreisler, Ida Haendel, David Oistrakh & Isaac Stern.