Violin Transcriptions by Heifetz

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Composer or Director: Robert Schumann, George Gershwin, Anton Stepanovich Arensky, Sergey Prokofiev, Manuel (Maria) Ponce, Sergey Rachmaninov, Leopold Godowsky, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Aram Il'yich Khachaturian, Felix Mendelssohn, Ernesto Halffter, Fryderyk Chopin, Antonín Dvořák, Pietro Domenico Paradis (Paradies), Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov

Magazine Review Date: 12/1988

Media Format: Cassette

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Catalogue Number: ZCDCA624

Tracks:

Composition	Artist Credit
Divertimento No. 17, Movement: Menuetto I	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer Hideko Udagawa, Violin Pavel Gililov, Piano Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer
(6) Songs, Movement: No. 3, Daisies (wds. Severianin)	Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer Hideko Udagawa, Violin Pavel Gililov, Piano Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra	Anton Stepanovich Arensky, Composer Anton Stepanovich Arensky, Composer
(8) Humoresques, Movement: No. 7 in G flat	Antonín Dvořák, Composer Antonín Dvořák, Composer Hideko Udagawa, Violin Pavel Gililov, Piano
Sonatina	Ernesto Halffter, Composer Ernesto Halffter, Composer
Triakontameron, Movement: Alt Wien (Old Vienna)	Leopold Godowsky, Composer Hideko Udagawa, Violin Leopold Godowsky, Composer Pavel Gililov, Piano
(The) Love for Three Oranges, Movement: March	Sergey Prokofiev, Composer Hideko Udagawa, Violin Pavel Gililov, Piano Sergey Prokofiev, Composer
(The) Tale of Tsar Saltan, Movement: Flight of the bumble-bee	Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov, Composer Hideko Udagawa, Violin Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov, Composer Pavel Gililov, Piano
Waldszenen, Movement: Vogel als Prophet	Robert Schumann, Composer Hideko Udagawa, Violin Pavel Gililov, Piano Robert Schumann, Composer
Piano Trio No. 1	Felix Mendelssohn, Composer Felix Mendelssohn, Composer
(12) Sonate di gravicembalo, Movement: Sonata in A	Pietro Domenico Paradis (Paradies), Composer Hideko Udagawa, Violin Pavel Gililov, Piano Pietro Domenico Paradis (Paradies), Composer
Nocturnes, Movement: No. 16 in E flat, Op. 55/2	Fryderyk Chopin, Composer Fryderyk Chopin, Composer Hideko Udagawa, Violin Pavel Gililov, Piano
Estrellita	Manuel (Maria) Ponce, Composer Hideko Udagawa, Violin Manuel (Maria) Ponce, Composer Pavel Gililov, Piano
Gayaneh, Movement: Sabre Dance	Aram Il'yich Khachaturian, Composer Aram Il'yich Khachaturian, Composer Hideko Udagawa, Violin Pavel Gililov, Piano
Porgy and Bess, Movement: Summertime	George Gershwin, Composer George Gershwin, Composer Hideko Udagawa, Violin Pavel Gililov, Piano
Porgy and Bess, Movement: A woman is a sometime thing	George Gershwin, Composer George Gershwin, Composer Hideko Udagawa, Violin Pavel Gililov, Piano
Porgy and Bess, Movement: My man's gone now	George Gershwin, Composer George Gershwin, Composer Hideko Udagawa, Violin Pavel Gililov, Piano
Porgy and Bess, Movement: Bess, you is my woman now	George Gershwin, Composer George Gershwin, Composer Hideko Udagawa, Violin Pavel Gililov, Piano
Porgy and Bess, Movement: It ain't necessarily so	George Gershwin, Composer George Gershwin, Composer Hideko Udagawa, Violin Pavel Gililov, Piano
Porgy and Bess, Movement: There's a boat dat's leavin'	George Gershwin, Composer George Gershwin, Composer Hideko Udagawa, Violin Pavel Gililov, Piano

Magazine Review Date: 12/1988

Media Format: CD or Download

Media Runtime: 58

Mastering:

DDD

Catalogue Number: CDDCA624

Tracks:

Composition	Artist Credit
Divertimento No. 17, Movement: Menuetto I	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer Hideko Udagawa, Violin Pavel Gililov, Piano Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer
(6) Songs, Movement: No. 3, Daisies (wds. Severianin)	Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer Hideko Udagawa, Violin Pavel Gililov, Piano Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra	Anton Stepanovich Arensky, Composer Anton Stepanovich Arensky, Composer
(8) Humoresques, Movement: No. 7 in G flat	Antonín Dvořák, Composer Antonín Dvořák, Composer Hideko Udagawa, Violin Pavel Gililov, Piano
Sonatina	Ernesto Halffter, Composer Ernesto Halffter, Composer
Triakontameron, Movement: Alt Wien (Old Vienna)	Leopold Godowsky, Composer Hideko Udagawa, Violin Leopold Godowsky, Composer Pavel Gililov, Piano
(The) Love for Three Oranges, Movement: March	Sergey Prokofiev, Composer Hideko Udagawa, Violin Pavel Gililov, Piano Sergey Prokofiev, Composer
(The) Tale of Tsar Saltan, Movement: Flight of the bumble-bee	Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov, Composer Hideko Udagawa, Violin Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov, Composer Pavel Gililov, Piano
Waldszenen, Movement: Vogel als Prophet	Robert Schumann, Composer Hideko Udagawa, Violin Pavel Gililov, Piano Robert Schumann, Composer
Piano Trio No. 1	Felix Mendelssohn, Composer Felix Mendelssohn, Composer
(12) Sonate di gravicembalo, Movement: Sonata in A	Pietro Domenico Paradis (Paradies), Composer Hideko Udagawa, Violin Pavel Gililov, Piano Pietro Domenico Paradis (Paradies), Composer
Nocturnes, Movement: No. 16 in E flat, Op. 55/2	Fryderyk Chopin, Composer Fryderyk Chopin, Composer Hideko Udagawa, Violin Pavel Gililov, Piano
Estrellita	Manuel (Maria) Ponce, Composer Hideko Udagawa, Violin Manuel (Maria) Ponce, Composer Pavel Gililov, Piano
Gayaneh, Movement: Sabre Dance	Aram Il'yich Khachaturian, Composer Aram Il'yich Khachaturian, Composer Hideko Udagawa, Violin Pavel Gililov, Piano
Porgy and Bess, Movement: Summertime	George Gershwin, Composer George Gershwin, Composer Hideko Udagawa, Violin Pavel Gililov, Piano
Porgy and Bess, Movement: A woman is a sometime thing	George Gershwin, Composer George Gershwin, Composer Hideko Udagawa, Violin Pavel Gililov, Piano
Porgy and Bess, Movement: My man's gone now	George Gershwin, Composer George Gershwin, Composer Hideko Udagawa, Violin Pavel Gililov, Piano
Porgy and Bess, Movement: Bess, you is my woman now	George Gershwin, Composer George Gershwin, Composer Hideko Udagawa, Violin Pavel Gililov, Piano
Porgy and Bess, Movement: It ain't necessarily so	George Gershwin, Composer George Gershwin, Composer Hideko Udagawa, Violin Pavel Gililov, Piano
Porgy and Bess, Movement: There's a boat dat's leavin'	George Gershwin, Composer George Gershwin, Composer Hideko Udagawa, Violin Pavel Gililov, Piano

Magazine Review Date: 12/1988

Media Format: Vinyl

Media Runtime: 0

Mastering:

DDD

Catalogue Number: DCA624

Tracks:

Composition	Artist Credit
Divertimento No. 17, Movement: Menuetto I	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer Hideko Udagawa, Violin Pavel Gililov, Piano Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer
(6) Songs, Movement: No. 3, Daisies (wds. Severianin)	Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer Hideko Udagawa, Violin Pavel Gililov, Piano Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra	Anton Stepanovich Arensky, Composer Anton Stepanovich Arensky, Composer
(8) Humoresques, Movement: No. 7 in G flat	Antonín Dvořák, Composer Antonín Dvořák, Composer Hideko Udagawa, Violin Pavel Gililov, Piano
Sonatina	Ernesto Halffter, Composer Ernesto Halffter, Composer
Triakontameron, Movement: Alt Wien (Old Vienna)	Leopold Godowsky, Composer Hideko Udagawa, Violin Leopold Godowsky, Composer Pavel Gililov, Piano
(The) Love for Three Oranges, Movement: March	Sergey Prokofiev, Composer Hideko Udagawa, Violin Pavel Gililov, Piano Sergey Prokofiev, Composer
(The) Tale of Tsar Saltan, Movement: Flight of the bumble-bee	Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov, Composer Hideko Udagawa, Violin Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov, Composer Pavel Gililov, Piano
Waldszenen, Movement: Vogel als Prophet	Robert Schumann, Composer Hideko Udagawa, Violin Pavel Gililov, Piano Robert Schumann, Composer
Piano Trio No. 1	Felix Mendelssohn, Composer Felix Mendelssohn, Composer
(12) Sonate di gravicembalo, Movement: Sonata in A	Pietro Domenico Paradis (Paradies), Composer Hideko Udagawa, Violin Pavel Gililov, Piano Pietro Domenico Paradis (Paradies), Composer
Nocturnes, Movement: No. 16 in E flat, Op. 55/2	Fryderyk Chopin, Composer Fryderyk Chopin, Composer Hideko Udagawa, Violin Pavel Gililov, Piano
Estrellita	Manuel (Maria) Ponce, Composer Hideko Udagawa, Violin Manuel (Maria) Ponce, Composer Pavel Gililov, Piano
Gayaneh, Movement: Sabre Dance	Aram Il'yich Khachaturian, Composer Aram Il'yich Khachaturian, Composer Hideko Udagawa, Violin Pavel Gililov, Piano
Porgy and Bess, Movement: Summertime	George Gershwin, Composer George Gershwin, Composer Hideko Udagawa, Violin Pavel Gililov, Piano
Porgy and Bess, Movement: A woman is a sometime thing	George Gershwin, Composer George Gershwin, Composer Hideko Udagawa, Violin Pavel Gililov, Piano
Porgy and Bess, Movement: My man's gone now	George Gershwin, Composer George Gershwin, Composer Hideko Udagawa, Violin Pavel Gililov, Piano
Porgy and Bess, Movement: Bess, you is my woman now	George Gershwin, Composer George Gershwin, Composer Hideko Udagawa, Violin Pavel Gililov, Piano
Porgy and Bess, Movement: It ain't necessarily so	George Gershwin, Composer George Gershwin, Composer Hideko Udagawa, Violin Pavel Gililov, Piano
Porgy and Bess, Movement: There's a boat dat's leavin'	George Gershwin, Composer George Gershwin, Composer Hideko Udagawa, Violin Pavel Gililov, Piano

Author: James Methuen-Campbell

It is interesting to compare Heifetz's transcriptions with those of Kreisler. Whereas the latter was an accomplished composer, whose original works have an irresistible elan and deeply poetic inspiration, Heifetz kept to transcriptions—but not always of the most obvious pieces. Who, for instance, would ever conceive of Chopin's E flat Nocturne, Op. 55 No. 2 (not the famous one) as a piece for violin and piano? Although it is not stated in the enclosed notes, I presume that the piano parts were written by Heifetz himself (as were Kreisler's), since he is said to have accompanied pupils during maste classes with considerable expertise.
Udagawa has been a pupil of Heifetz's one-time rival, Nathan Milstein, and yet I do not feel that she is always attuned to the genre of these transcriptions. One inevitably has memories of Heifetz's own recordings, so it is very difficult to listen to her interpretations without drawing an unfavourable comparison. She is a capable technician, although I was surprised that the first item, the Mozart Menuet, was fractionally out of tune. If she doesn't quite possess Heifetz's rocksteady purity and incredible intensity, she does display real resources of tone and colour in various numbers. The Arensky Tempo di valse and Chopin Nocturne work especially well.
However, it is the Gershwin group that is the most impressive. The slightly sleazy mood may be missing, but in It ain't necessarily so she takes time with the phrasing and the rhythm works well. Too many of the pieces, though, sound rather the same. I felt that The flight of the bumble-bee was too slow, and the Mendelssohn Scherzo short on vivacity. But then these are not easy pieces. The violin is rather closely recorded with the piano tone being a bit on the reverberant side. Gililov is a fine artist and could have been given more profile.'

Violin Transcriptions by Heifetz

Divertimento No. 17, Movement: Menuetto I

(6) Songs, Movement: No. 3, Daisies (wds. Severianin)

Concerto for Violin and Orchestra

(8) Humoresques, Movement: No. 7 in G flat

Sonatina

Triakontameron, Movement: Alt Wien (Old Vienna)

(The) Love for Three Oranges, Movement: March

(The) Tale of Tsar Saltan, Movement: Flight of the bumble-bee

Waldszenen, Movement: Vogel als Prophet

Piano Trio No. 1

(12) Sonate di gravicembalo, Movement: Sonata in A

Nocturnes, Movement: No. 16 in E flat, Op. 55/2

Estrellita

Gayaneh, Movement: Sabre Dance

Porgy and Bess, Movement: Summertime

Porgy and Bess, Movement: A woman is a sometime thing

Porgy and Bess, Movement: My man's gone now

Porgy and Bess, Movement: Bess, you is my woman now

Porgy and Bess, Movement: It ain't necessarily so

Porgy and Bess, Movement: There's a boat dat's leavin'

Violin Transcriptions by Heifetz

Divertimento No. 17, Movement: Menuetto I

(6) Songs, Movement: No. 3, Daisies (wds. Severianin)

Concerto for Violin and Orchestra

(8) Humoresques, Movement: No. 7 in G flat

Sonatina

Triakontameron, Movement: Alt Wien (Old Vienna)

(The) Love for Three Oranges, Movement: March

(The) Tale of Tsar Saltan, Movement: Flight of the bumble-bee

Waldszenen, Movement: Vogel als Prophet

Piano Trio No. 1

(12) Sonate di gravicembalo, Movement: Sonata in A

Nocturnes, Movement: No. 16 in E flat, Op. 55/2

Estrellita

Gayaneh, Movement: Sabre Dance

Porgy and Bess, Movement: Summertime

Porgy and Bess, Movement: A woman is a sometime thing

Porgy and Bess, Movement: My man's gone now

Porgy and Bess, Movement: Bess, you is my woman now

Porgy and Bess, Movement: It ain't necessarily so

Porgy and Bess, Movement: There's a boat dat's leavin'

Violin Transcriptions by Heifetz

Divertimento No. 17, Movement: Menuetto I

(6) Songs, Movement: No. 3, Daisies (wds. Severianin)

Concerto for Violin and Orchestra

(8) Humoresques, Movement: No. 7 in G flat

Sonatina

Triakontameron, Movement: Alt Wien (Old Vienna)

(The) Love for Three Oranges, Movement: March

(The) Tale of Tsar Saltan, Movement: Flight of the bumble-bee

Waldszenen, Movement: Vogel als Prophet

Piano Trio No. 1

(12) Sonate di gravicembalo, Movement: Sonata in A

Nocturnes, Movement: No. 16 in E flat, Op. 55/2

Estrellita

Gayaneh, Movement: Sabre Dance

Porgy and Bess, Movement: Summertime

Porgy and Bess, Movement: A woman is a sometime thing

Porgy and Bess, Movement: My man's gone now

Porgy and Bess, Movement: Bess, you is my woman now

Porgy and Bess, Movement: It ain't necessarily so

Porgy and Bess, Movement: There's a boat dat's leavin'

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