LAB 138

£9.99

“The quality of [Seidel’s] tone is one of the most beautiful I have heard in my career…it is an injustice of fate that he is not considered the third in a triumvirate with Heifetz and Elman.” So wrote Carl Flesch

[1] Mozart (arr. Auer) Gavotte in G (Idomeneo) 2:27
[2] Mozart (arr. Burmester) Minuet in D from K334 3:03
11 Dec 1938, RCA Victor 4536 (matrix PBS042261, Gavotte- 042262)
[3] Wagner (arr.Wilhelmj) Albumblatt* 4:21
[4] Brahms (arr. Joachim) Hungarian Dance No.l in G minor 3:26
RCA Victor 4458 (matrix PCS055460)(Wagner 11 Dec 1938, Brahms 27 Feb 1941)
[5] Bakaleinikoff: Brahmsiana* 4:32
27 Feb 1941, RCA 18014, matrix PCS055459)
[6] Provost: (Escape to Happiness) Intermezzo 3:30
11 Dec 1938, RCA Victor 4458 (matrix PBS042259)
[above: with Eugene Kusmiak, Max Rabinovitch*]
Korngold “Much Ado About Nothing” Violin & Piano Suite
31 July 1941, previously unissued, Matrices PBS 061507/10
[7] Bridal Morning 3:20 [8] Dogberry & Verges (March of the Sentinel) 2:30
[9] Intermezzo (Garden Scene) 3:05 [10] Masquerade (Hornpipe) 2:48
[with Erich Wolfgang Korngold (piano)]
[11] J.Strauss/Tiomkin (The Great Waltz) One Day When We Were Young 3:24
[12] J.Strauss/Tiomkin (from The Great Waltz) There’ll Come a Time 3:16
[13] J.Strauss/Tiomkin: Voices of Spring /Frühlinstimmen 6:28
11 Dec 1938, RCA Victor 4411 (matrix PBS026294 Tr.11,-293 Tr.12; 026291/2 Tr.13)
[with Miliza Korjus (coloratura) / MGM Studio Orchestra / Nathaniel Finston]
FRANCK Violin Sonata in A (recorded early 1950’s, Impressario Records 101)
[14] I. Allegretto ben moderato 5:46 [15] II. Allegro 8:12
[16] III. Recitativo-Fantasia: ben moderato 7:02 [17] IV. Allegretto poco mosso 6:12
[with Harry Kaufmann (piano)]
Also available as CD 9 in ‘Great Violinists Box set LAB 8102)