Fritz Kreisler
Fritz Kreisler's violin miniatures and arrangements pour Viennese charm into the encore repertoire: Liebesleid and Liebesfreud, Caprice Viennois, and those sly pastiches that sound like rediscovered baroque gems.
He wrote for the violin as a singer writes for the voice: short pieces built for warmth, sliding portamento and free rubato. Beside the famous waltzes sit arrangements of Corelli, Gluck, Dvořák and Spanish dances, and original works cast in the style of Tartini or Pugnani. The music wants elegance and sensuality more than bare display, and it still sets the temperature of a salon encore.
Compositions by Fritz Kreisler appear on
Tuba Magnifique
Ian King, painter, scientist and tuba player extraordinaire, joins pianists Margaret Schofield and Dean Sky-Lucas for a wide-ranging recital that is truly très magnifique, spanning Spanish dances, Bach, Fauré and Kreisler.
Con Sentimento
Thomas Jones gives exuberant, virtuosic performances of Fritz Kreisler’s best-loved compositions and arrangements, joined by pianist Rachel Valler in a celebration of Viennese romantic violin style.
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Kevin Kanisius Suherman presents Schimmel Konzert 219
Kevin Kanisius Suherman presents the new Schimmel Konzert 219 concert grand in a recital that sets Romantic and early twentieth-century piano works beside his own arrangements of Indonesian song.