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On this episode: The Budapest String Quartet play Beethoven and Heifetz, Rubinstein and Piatigorsky play Chopin, Mendelssohn, Tchaikovsky and Schubert.
The Budapest String Quartet: Beethoven String Quartet 4 in C minor, Op. 18, No. 4
1st Violin: Josef Roisman (Joe) (1900--1974) (from 1932 to 1967)
2nd Violin: Jac Gorodetzky (1913--1955) (from 1949 to 1955)
Viola: Boris Kroyt (1897--1969) (from 1936 to 1967)
Cello: Mischa Schneider (1904--1985) (from 1930 to 1967)
Recorded, 2 December 1951
1.Allegro ma non tanto
2.Andante scherzoso quasi Allegretto
3.Menuetto: Allegretto
4.Allegro -- Prestissimo
Arthur Rubinstein, Gregor Piatigorsky and Jascha Heifetz:
Spinning song (Mendelssohn) -- Liebestraum (Liszt) -- C# minor waltz (Chopin) -- A major polonaise (Chopin) -- Prelude F# minor (Chopin) -- Mazurka C# minor (Chopin) -- Scherzo C# minor (Chopin) -- Nocturne F# (Chopin) -- Polonaise A-flat (Chopin) -- Piano] Trio in B-flat, First movement (Schubert) -- [Piano] Trio in D minor, 1st, 2nd & 3rd movements (Mendelssohn)
Arthur Rubinstein, Gregor Piatigorsky and Jascha Heifetz play Mendelssohn.
Arthur Rubinstein, Gregor Piatigorsky and Jascha Heifetz:
Tchaikovsky Piano Trio in a minor
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| English: Lithuanian-born American violinist Jascha Heifetz (1901-1987) as a young boy (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
Variazioni #1 and #2
Variation 1: (:50)
Variation 2: Piu mosso (0:56)
Variazioni #3 and #4
Variation 3: Scherzando: Allegro moderato (:56)
Variation 4: L'istesso tempo (1:13)
Variazioni #5, #6, #7, #8
Variaton 5: L'istesso tempo (1:13)
Variation 6: Tempo di valse (2:21)
Variation 7: Allegro moderato (1:13)
Variation 8: Fuga: Allegro moderato (2:32)
Variazioni #9, #10, #11
Variation 9: Andante flebile, ma non tanto (2:28)
Variation 10: Tempo di Mazurka (1:44)
Variation 11: Moderato (1:54)
Variozione Finale E Coda
Heifetz, Rubinstein, Piatigorsky: Schubert trio No. 1 1st mvmt.
Jascha Heifetz- Violin
Artur Rubinstein- Piano
Gregor Piatigorsky- Cello
1953 in Rubinstein's house.
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| Piatigorsky in 1945 (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
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| Rubinstein in 1906 (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
