Itzhak Perlman Plays Fritz Kreisler

CD1

1. Kreisler: Caprice viennois, Op. 2
2. Kreisler: Andantino - in the style of Martini
3. Kreisler: Allegretto - in the style of Boccherini
4. Kreisler: La Gitana
5. Kreisler: Slavonic Dance in A-Flat Major, Op. 72, No. 8
6. Kreisler: Chanson Louis XIII and Pavane - in the style of Dittersdorf
7. Kreisler: Schön Rosmarin
8. Kreisler: Liebesfreud
9. Kreisler: La vida breve: Danse Espagnole No. 1
10. Kreisler: Liebesleid
11. Kreisler: Recitative and scherzo-caprice, Op. 6
12. Kreisler: España, Op. 165: II. Tango
13. Kreisler: Rondino on a Theme by Beethoven
14. Kreisler: Tambourin Chinois, Op. 3 

CD2

1. Tartini: The Devil's Trill
2. Poldini: Dancing Doll
3. Wieniawski: Caprice in A Minor 
4. Trad: Londonderry Air
5. Rondo from Haffner Serenade
6. Sarabande & Allegretto
7. Malagueña, Op. 165 No. 3 
8. Der Opernball: Midnight Bells
9. Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 17 in F Minor
10. Mendelssohn: Song without Words, Op. 62: No. 1 May Breezes

CD3

1. Kreisler: La Precieuse - in the style of Couperin 
2. Kreisler: Sicilienne & Rigaudon - in the style of Francoeur
3. Chaminade: Sérénade espagnole 
4. Kreisler: Aubade Provençale
5. Kreisler: Menuet - in the Style of Porpora
6. Lehár: Frasquita: Serenade ("Hab' ein blaues Himmelbett")
7. Paderewski: Melody, Op. 16, No. 2
8. Kreisler: Toy Soldiers' March
9. Tchaikovsky: Andante cantabile, Op. 11
10. Tchaikovsky: Chanson sans paroles
11. Kreisler: Scherzo - in the style of Dittersdorf
12. Dvorák: Slavonic Dance in E Minor, Op. 72, No. 2  Paganini: 24 Caprices, Op. 1: No. 20 in D Major
13. Kreisler: Syncopation  
14. Grainger: Molly on the shore, BFMS 19

“He was an incredibly intimate artist,” said Itzhak Perlman of Fritz Kreisler in an interview with The Strad magazine, “For me, he was best in violin-and-piano repertoire”. Perlman pays tribute to the great Viennese violinist with these three albums of delightful short pieces.