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.
Fritz Kreisler is featured on the following titles
Violin Recital
Marina Marsden, then Deputy Concertmaster of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra and a seasoned chamber player, brings faultless technique and real insight to these less familiar corners of the violin repertoire.
Compositions by Fritz Kreisler also appear on
Cafe Fiddle
After the success of his Tall Poppies Brahms sonatas with Milton Kaye, Australian violinist Ben Breen reunited with the veteran pianist for a second disc. Recorded near the end of Kaye’s life, it became the last chapter in the accompanist’s long recording career.
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Souvenir
An engaging collection of violin and piano works, several drawn from the Australian Music Examinations Board violin syllabus, spanning salon pieces, spirituals and early Mozart.