This second of two volumes (Vol. 1 is available on 8111379) completes the repertoire recorded by Jascha Heifetz during his short wartime period with American Decca. Aware of the need for lighter music while touring for the US troops, Heifetz nonetheless refused to play down to his audiences, praising the G.I.s’ ‘interest in good music’. This more classical programme represents the violinist’s staggering virtuosity and range, from a spectacular paraphrase of Rossini’s The Barber of Seville to the lyrical expressiveness of Saint-Saens’s The Swan. The inclusion of four rare V-Disc recordings concludes a remarkable legacy of uniquely vibrant performances.

Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 7
Brahms: Hungarian Dances
Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Figaro Variations from Rossini’s ‘The Barber of Seville’
Chopin: Nocturne No. 16 in E flat major, Op. 55 No. 2
Debussy: Beau Soir
Debussy: Clair de Lune (from Suite Bergamasque)
Debussy: Golliwog's Cakewalk (from Children's Corner)
Dohnányi: Andante Rubato alla Zingaresca
Dvořák: Humoresque in G flat major, Op. 101 No. 7
Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice: Mélodie
Godowsky: Viennese (from Twelve Impressions)
Grasse, E: Wellenspiel (Waves at Play)
Krein, A: Dance No. 4
Prokofiev: March in B flat major Op. 99 'Military March'
Prokofiev: Masks from ‘Romeo and Juliet'
Prokofiev: The Love for Three Oranges: Suite Op. 33a: March
Ravel: Vocalise-étude en forme de habanera
Rimsky Korsakov: Hymn to the Sun
Rossini: Figaro
Saint-Saëns: Le Cygne (from Le carnaval des animaux)
Sarasate: Danza Española No. 3: Romanza Andaluza, Op. 22, No. 1
Sarasate: Danza Española No. 6: Zapateado, Op. 23, No. 2
Schubert: Impromptu in G flat major, D899 No. 3
Schumann: Vogel als Prophet (No. 7 from Waldszenen, Op. 82)
Shostakovich: Prelude for piano, Op. 34 No. 10 in C sharp minor
Shostakovich: Prelude for piano, Op. 34 No. 15 in D flat major
Shostakovich: Preludes for piano (24), Op. 34
Shostakovich: Prelude for piano, Op. 34 No. 1 in C major
Shostakovich: Prelude for piano, Op. 34 No. 2 in A minor
Shostakovich: Prelude for piano, Op. 34 No. 3 in G major
Shostakovich: Prelude for piano, Op. 34 No. 4 in E minor
Shostakovich: Prelude for piano, Op. 34 No. 5 in D major
Shostakovich: Prelude for piano, Op. 34 No. 6 in B minor
Shostakovich: Prelude for piano, Op. 34 No. 7 in A major
Shostakovich: Prelude for piano, Op. 34 No. 8 in F sharp minor
Shostakovich: Prelude for piano, Op. 34 No. 9 in E major
Shostakovich: Prelude for piano, Op. 34 No. 11 in B major
Shostakovich: Prelude for piano, Op. 34 No. 12 in G sharp minor
Shostakovich: Prelude for piano, Op. 34 No. 13 in F sharp major
Shostakovich: Prelude for piano, Op. 34 No. 14 in E flat minor
Shostakovich: Prelude for piano, Op. 34 No. 16 in B flat minor
Shostakovich: Prelude for piano, Op. 34 No. 17 in A flat major
Shostakovich: Prelude for piano, Op. 34 No. 18 in F minor
Shostakovich: Prelude for piano, Op. 34 No. 19 in E flat major
Shostakovich: Prelude for piano, Op. 34 No. 20 in C minor
Shostakovich: Prelude for piano, Op. 34 No. 21 in B flat major
Shostakovich: Prelude for piano, Op. 34 No. 22 in G minor
Shostakovich: Prelude for piano, Op. 34 No. 23 in F major
Shostakovich: Prelude for piano, Op. 34 No. 24 in D minor
Tchaikovsky: Souvenir d'un lieu cher, Op. 42
Tchaikovsky: Souvenir d'un lieu cher, Op. 42: Mélodie in E flat major
Conductors
Voorhees, Donald