KEY RELEASES | February 2022

HISTORY LIVES ON

Fritz Kreisler’s
RECITAL
RECORDINGS
1930–35

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Fritz Kreisler
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Fritz KREISLER (1875–1962) Click to listen to an extract from

The Complete Recordings, Vol. 11 KREISLER, F.: String Quartet in A minor:
Recorded 1930–35 III. Einleitung und Romanze: Allegretto – Andante con moto
BIZET • BRANDL • FALLA • GLAZUNOV
GLUCK • HEUBERGER • KREISLER
RAVEL • SCHUBERT • WEBER
Fritz Kreisler, Violin
Michael Raucheisen, Piano
Kreisler String Quartet

The period covered by these recordings was a momentous one for Fritz Kreisler as the ascent of the Nazis
meant he was frozen out of German musical life. In 1930 he had managed to rerecord a long sequence
of titles in HMV’s Berlin studios that had been unsuccessfully attempted in New York, and included here
are three test pressings, unpublished on shellac. In London in 1935, Kreisler along with specially selected
colleagues recorded his String Quartet in A minor, a work close to his heart. Additionally, an acoustically
recorded bonus track is making a first ever appearance on CD.

Key Features:
• This final volume of Fritz Kreisler’s recital recordings was restored and transferred by the renowned record producer,
engineer and pianist Ward Marston. He has won several recognitions including GRAMMY and Gramophone
Awards, as well as a special achievement award from ICMA. According to the Chicago Tribune, Marston’s name
is ‘synonymous with tender loving care to collectors of historical discs.’ Opera News calls his work ‘revelatory,’ and
Fanfare deems him ‘miraculous.’
• Vol. 10, available on 8.111411, received 5 stars from Musica and critical acclaim from Gramophone: ‘Kreisler in the
late 1920s (the period covered by these Victor recordings), with pianist Carl Lamson, drew from his bow a sound that
for warmth, vibrancy and elegance would brook no comparison’.
• Other releases on the Naxos Historical catalogue include Kreisler plays Kreisler (8.110992), a ‘programme every
Kreislerian will know and love’ (MusicWeb International), and five volumes of Kreisler’s concerto recordings that
received critical acclaim such as the Choc Award from La Monde de la Musique.

Naxos Historical recordings are not available in the United States

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Previous releases in the series

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‘Kreisler’s golden sound and inimitable sense

of timing remains unequalled in these sweetmeats.’
– BBC Music Magazine on Vol. 5

‘Kreisler in the late 1920s (the period covered by these Victor recordings),
with pianist Carl Lamson, drew from his bow a sound that for warmth,
vibrancy and elegance would brook no comparison,
and don’t forget that this was an age when numerous great violinists
were regularly treading the boards.’
– Gramophone on Vol. 10

For the full list of Kreisler titles on Naxos, visit www.naxos.com/composerinfo/Fritz_Kreisler/918.htm

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Other Fritz Kreisler recordings on Naxos Historical

‘The programme is one ‘What music-making this is!
that every Kreislerian Here is a reading as
will know and love…and vital and illuminating as
savour his inimitable way many you’ll hear from so
with these originals and called “authenticists” …
transcriptions.’ there’s a reassuring lack
– MusicWeb International of affectation about the
8.110992

8.110922
solo contributions.’
– ClassicsToday.com

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‘Kreisler is at his very ‘Kreisler shapes the
peak in this wonderful, solo part with more nobility,
poetically rich account of control, and less rhapsodic
the Beethoven Concerto … impulse… An essential
this one is a must, with acquisition for
the Bach Adagio making a Kreisler fans.’
treasurable encore.’ – ClassicsToday.com
8.110909

8.110925
– The Penguin Guide

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‘[The] remastering in
the two Kreisler concertos
is rock solid.’
– ClassicalCDReview.com
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8.110959

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Acclaimed releases of music by violinist-composers

‘Tianwa Yang accompanied ‘[Rashidova’s] playing is
by the Orchestra of Navarre, spectacular … with such a
plays most beautifully a lot consummate technique and
8.504046 [4 Discs]

of attractive pieces.’ unabashed bravura wedded

– Classic FM to a great sense of style.’
– American Record Guide
8.573704

CRITIC’S CHOICE

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‘Yang and Hadulla seem to ‘Superb renditions … Both

have a lot of fun with this artists possess awesome
music, playing with style technical abilities!’
8.504054 [4 Discs]

and finesse.’ – Classical Lost and Found

– WQXR (New York)
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For the full list of Naxos Historical titles, please visit www.naxos.com/labels/naxos_historical-cd.htm

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