This second of two volumes 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.

Contents:
1. Gioacchino Rossini (arr. Castelnuovo-Tedesco): Figaro
2. Antonín Dvořák (arr. Heifetz): Humoresque, Op.101, No.7
3. Leopold Godowsky (arr. Heifetz): Viennese
4. Maurice Ravel (arr. Catherine): Pièce en forme de Habanera
Milton Kaye (piano)

5. Claude Debussy (arr. Heifetz): Golliwog’s Cakewalk
Emanuel Bay (piano)

6. Claude Debussy (arr. Heifetz): Beau Soir
Milton Kaye (piano)

7. Claude Debussy (arr. Roelens): Clair de lune
8. Edwin Grasse (arr. Heifetz): Waves At Play
9. Sergei Prokofiev (arr. Heifetz): March
10. Sergei Prokofiev (arr. Heifetz): Masks
11. Dmitri Shostakovich (arr. Tsyganov): Prelude Op.34, No.10
12. Dmitri Shostakovich (arr. Maganini): Prelude Op.34, No.15
13. Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (arr. Kreisler): Hymn To The Sun
14. Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Mélodie in E flat major
15. Frederic Chopin (arr. Heifetz): Nocturne Op.55, No.2
16. Johannes Brahms (arr. Joachim): Hungarian Dance No.7
17. Christoph Willibald Gluck (arr. Kreisler): Mélodie
18. Camille Saint-Saëns (arr. Heifetz): The Swan
19. Robert Schumann (arr. Heifetz): Prophetic Bird
20. Alexander Krein (arr. Heifetz): Dance No.4
Emanuel Bay (piano)

21. Ernő Dohnányi (arr. Kreisler): Andante rubato
22. Franz Schubert (arr. Heifetz): Impromptus D.899: No.3
23. Pablo de Sarasate: Romanza andaluza Op.22, No.1
24. Pablo de Sarasate: Zapateado
Bell Telephone Hour Orchestra / Donald Voorhees