Heifetz Master Classics [KUL:D1550]

Heifetz - Master Classics.

Jascha Heifetz

Composed by: Johann Sebastian Bach

DVD.

Jascha Heifetz, this country's greatest violinist, makes a rare television appearance, sharing his technical wizardry and performance wisdom in the acclaimed Master Class Series filmed at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles in 1962.

"Heifetz Teaching Rare Television Treat" - Variety.

"It's a privilege to look in on Jascha Heifetz, the master violinist, in action, and this new series catches him in a rare blend of sternness and informality as he works with gifted students." - The Boston Globe

Maestro Jascha Heifetz, becomes Professor Heifetz in these rare filmed master classes from the early 1960s. Taken from his legendary sessions at USC, Los Angeles, this brilliant musician can be seen demonstrating, cajoling, inspiring and occasionally-terrifying his pupils as he imparts his unquestioned genius and lifetime of musical experience.

Learn the secrets of intonation, phrasing and vibrato from the man whose name has become synonymous with the violin. 

Program Includes: 
Volume 1 
1. Wieniawski: Polonaise Brilante No. 2; Valle: Ao pe da fogueira 
Varoujon Kodjian; Brooks Smith, piano 
2. Brahms: Concerto in D Major, Op. 77 (First Movement) 
Erick Friedman; Brooks Smith, piano 
Bach: Double Concerto in D Minor (Third Movement) 
Erick Friedman and Jascha Heifetz; Brooks Smith, piano 
3. Dont: Etude No. 5; Chausson: Poeme, Op. 25 
Claire Hodgkins; Brooks Smith, piano 
4. Bach: Concerto No. 1 in A Minor (First Movement) 
Carol Sindell; Jascha Heifetz, piano 
Tchaikovsky: Concerto in D Major, Op. 35 (Third Movement) 
Robert Witte; Brooks Smith, piano 
5. Credits

Volume 2 
1. Bach: Sonata in G Minor (Adagio and Fugue) 
Erick Friedman 
Bach:Double Concerto in D Minor (Second Movement) 
Jascha Heifetz and Erich Friedman; Brooks Smith, piano 
2. Franck: Sonata in A Major (First Movement) 
Erick Friedman; Brooks Smith, piano 
Brahms: Sonata in D Minor (Third and Fourth Movements) 
Adam Han-Gorski; Brooks Smith, piano 
3. Bach: Partita No. 2 in D Minor (Chaconne) 
Varoujon Kodjian 
Beethoven: String Quartet, Op. 18, No. 5 (First Movement) 
Carol Sindell and Jascha Heifetz; Erick Friedman, viola; Nathaniel Rosen, cello 
4. Brahms: Sonata in D Minor (First Movement) 
Adam Han-Gorski; Brooks smith, piano 
Paganini: Caprice No. 17 
Erick Friedman 
Collector's Item - Heifetz Parody of an Audition 
5. Credits