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Heifetz - It Ain't Necessarily So

Legendary classic and jazz studio takes

Jascha Heifetz (violin), Bing Crosby

…it’s impressive stuff. Heifetz's playing exudes beauty of tone, a striking range of light and shade, depths of emotion, and dazzling virtuosity. There's timeless artistry here, and the astonishing... More…

This release includes a digital booklet

Contents

Gardner, Samuel: From the Canebrake

Work length1:35
$0.85
$1.15
  • Jascha Heifetz (violin), Milton Kaye (piano)
  • Recorded: 1944-10-16
  • Recording Venue: World Broadcasting Studio, New York City

Benjamin, A: Jamaican Rumba

Work length1:38
$0.85
$1.15
  • Jascha Heifetz (violin), Milton Kaye (piano)
  • Recorded: 1944-10-16
  • Recording Venue: World Broadcasting Studio, New York City

Debussy: Beau Soir

Work length2:02
$0.85
$1.15
  • Jascha Heifetz (violin), Milton Kaye (piano)
  • Recorded: 1944-10-16
  • Recording Venue: World Broadcasting Studio, New York City

Ravel: Vocalise-étude en forme de habanera

Work length2:31
$0.85
$1.15
  • Jascha Heifetz (violin), Milton Kaye (piano)
  • Recorded: 1944-10-17
  • Recording Venue: World Broadcasting Studio, New York City

White, C C: Levee Dance, Op. 27 No. 2

Work length3:07
$0.85
$1.15
  • Jascha Heifetz (violin), Milton Kaye (piano)
  • Recorded: 1944-10-16
  • Recording Venue: World Broadcasting Studio, New York City

Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Paraphrase on 'Largo al factotum' from Rossini's 'Il barbiere di Siviglia'

Work length5:16
$0.85
$1.15
  • Jascha Heifetz (violin), Milton Kaye (piano)
  • Recorded: 1944-10-17
  • Recording Venue: World Broadcasting Studio, New York City

Foster, S: Jeanie With the Light Brown Hair

Work length2:52
$0.85
$1.15
  • Jascha Heifetz (violin), Milton Kaye (piano)
  • Recorded: 1944-10-17
  • Recording Venue: World Broadcasting Studio, New York City

Herbert, V: A la Valse

Work length1:39
$0.85
$1.15
  • Jascha Heifetz (violin), Milton Kaye (piano)
  • Recorded: 1944-10-17
  • Recording Venue: World Broadcasting Studio, New York City

Dvořák: Humoresque in G flat major, Op. 101 No. 7

Work length3:28
$0.85
$1.15
  • Jascha Heifetz (violin), Milton Kaye (piano)
  • Recorded: 1944-10-18
  • Recording Venue: World Broadcasting Studio, New York City

trad.: Gweedore Brae

Work length3:04
$0.85
$1.15
  • Jascha Heifetz (violin), Milton Kaye (piano)
  • Recorded: 1944-10-18
  • Recording Venue: World Broadcasting Studio, New York City

Foster, S: Old Folks At Home (Arr. Jascha Heifetz)

Work length3:11
$0.85
$1.15
  • Jascha Heifetz (violin), Milton Kaye (piano)
  • Recorded: 1944-10-18
  • Recording Venue: World Broadcasting Studio, New York City

trad.: Deep River

Work length2:24
$0.85
$1.15
  • Jascha Heifetz (violin), Milton Kaye (piano)
  • Recorded: 1944-10-18
  • Recording Venue: World Broadcasting Studio, New York City

Godowsky: 12 Impressions For Violin And Piano

Work length3:40
$0.85
$1.15
  • Jascha Heifetz (violin), Milton Kaye (piano)
  • Recorded: 1944-10-18
  • Recording Venue: World Broadcasting Studio, New York City

12. Viennese

Track length3:40
$0.85
$1.15

Berlin, I: White Christmas

Work length3:30
$1.10
$1.50
  • Jascha Heifetz (violin)
  • Camarata And His Orchestra
  • Camarata
  • Recorded: 1944-10-17
  • Recording Venue: World Broadcasting Studio, New York City

Excerpt, Gershwin: Porgy and Bess

Work length15:36
$5.10
$6.90
  • Jascha Heifetz (violin), Emanuel Bay (piano)
  • Recorded: 1945-11-28
  • Recording Venue: World Broadcasting Studio, New York City

Summertime

Track length1:40
$0.85
$1.15

A Woman Is A Sometime Thing

Track length1:48
$0.85
$1.15

My Man's Gone Now

Track length3:51
$0.85
$1.15

It Ain't Necessarily So

Track length2:28
$0.85
$1.15

Tempo Di Blues

Track length2:46
$0.85
$1.15

Bess, You Is My Woman Now

Track length3:03
$0.85
$1.15

Gershwin: Preludes (3)

Work length5:46
$2.55
$3.45
  • Jascha Heifetz (violin), Emanuel Bay (piano)
  • Recorded: 1945-11-28
  • Recording Venue: World Broadcasting Studio, New York City

1. Allegro ben ritmato e deciso

Track length1:28
$0.85
$1.15

2. Andante con moto e poco rubato

Track length2:51
$0.85
$1.15

3. Allegro ben ritmato e deciso

Track length1:27
$0.85
$1.15

Dyer, S: An Outlandish Suite

Work length3:00
$0.85
$1.15
  • Jascha Heifetz (violin), Emanuel Bay (piano)
  • Recorded: 1945-11-28
  • Recording Venue: World Broadcasting Studio, New York City

No. 2 Florida Night Song

Track length3:00
$0.85
$1.15

Excerpt, Debussy: Children's Corner

Work length2:29
$1.10
$1.50
  • Jascha Heifetz (violin), Emanuel Bay (piano)
  • Recorded: 1945-11-28
  • Recording Venue: World Broadcasting Studio, New York City

6. Golliwogg's Cakewalk

Track length2:29
$1.10
$1.50

Debussy: Suite bergamasque, L.75 - Arranged by A. Roelens

Work length3:37
$0.85
$1.15
  • Jascha Heifetz (violin), Emanuel Bay (piano)
  • Recorded: 1945-11-28
  • Recording Venue: World Broadcasting Studio, New York City

No.3 Clair de lune

Track length3:37
$0.85
$1.15

Vale, F: Prelude No. 15 'Ao pé da fogueira'

Work length1:07
$0.85
$1.15
  • Jascha Heifetz (violin), Emanuel Bay (piano)
  • Recorded: 1945-11-28
  • Recording Venue: World Broadcasting Studio, New York City

Aguirre: Huella, Op. 49

Work length2:30
$0.85
$1.15
  • Jascha Heifetz (violin), Emanuel Bay (piano)
  • Recorded: 1945-11-28
  • Recording Venue: World Broadcasting Studio, New York City

Excerpt, Shostakovich: Preludes for piano (24), Op. 34

Work length2:56
$1.70
$2.30
  • Jascha Heifetz (violin), Emanuel Bay (piano)
  • Recorded: 1945-11-28
  • Recording Venue: World Broadcasting Studio, New York City

No. 10 In C Sharp Minor

Track length1:59
$0.85
$1.15

No. 15 In D Flat Major

Track length0:57
$0.85
$1.15

Grasse, E: Wellenspiel (Waves at Play)

Work length1:37
$0.85
$1.15
  • Jascha Heifetz (violin), Emanuel Bay (piano)
  • Recorded: 1945
  • Recording Venue: World Broadcasting Studio, New York City

Prokofiev: 2 Piano Pieces From The Love For Three Oranges, Op. 33

Work length1:26
$0.85
$1.15
  • Jascha Heifetz (violin), Emanuel Bay (piano)
  • Recorded: 1945-11-28
  • Recording Venue: World Broadcasting Studio, New York City

March

Track length1:26
$0.85
$1.15

Prokofiev: Pieces For Piano From "Romeo And Juliet" Op. 75

Work length2:05
$0.85
$1.15
  • Jascha Heifetz (violin), Emanuel Bay (piano)
  • Recorded: 1945-11-28
  • Recording Venue: World Broadcasting Studio, New York City

Masks

Track length2:05
$0.85
$1.15

Bennett, Robert: Hexapoda - Five studies in Jitteroptera

Work length7:11
$4.25
$5.75
  • Jascha Heifetz (violin), Emanuel Bay (piano)
  • Recorded: 1945-11-28
  • Recording Venue: World Broadcasting Studio, New York City

Gut-Bucket Gus

Track length1:54
$0.85
$1.15

Jane Shakes Her Hair

Track length1:00
$0.85
$1.15

Betty And Harold Close Their Eyes

Track length1:35
$0.85
$1.15

Jim Jives

Track length0:56
$0.85
$1.15

Till Dawn Sunday

Track length1:46
$0.85
$1.15

Excerpt, Weill, K: The Threepenny Opera

Work length2:22
$0.85
$1.15
  • Jascha Heifetz (violin), Emanuel Bay (piano)
  • Recorded: 1945-11-28
  • Recording Venue: World Broadcasting Studio, New York City

Moderato assai (Mack The Knife)

Track length2:22
$0.85
$1.15

Tchaikovsky: Souvenir d'un lieu cher, Op. 42

Work length3:44
$0.85
$1.15
  • Jascha Heifetz (violin), Emanuel Bay (piano)
  • Recorded: 1945-11-28
  • Recording Venue: World Broadcasting Studio, New York City

3. Mélodie In E Flat

Track length3:44
$0.85
$1.15

Chopin: Nocturne No. 16 in E flat major, Op. 55 No. 2

Work length3:53
$0.85
$1.15
  • Jascha Heifetz (violin), Emanuel Bay (piano)
  • Recorded: 1945-11-28
  • Recording Venue: World Broadcasting Studio, New York City

Gluck: Melodie From "Orfeo ed Euridice"

Work length2:48
$0.85
$1.15
  • Jascha Heifetz (violin), Emanuel Bay (piano)
  • Recorded: 1945-11-28
  • Recording Venue: World Broadcasting Studio, New York City

Excerpt, Schumann: Waldszenen, Op. 82

Work length2:35
$0.85
$1.15
  • Jascha Heifetz (violin), Emanuel Bay (piano)
  • Recorded: 1945-11-28
  • Recording Venue: World Broadcasting Studio, New York City

No. 7 Vogel Als Prophet

Track length2:35
$0.85
$1.15

Excerpt, Rimsky Korsakov: Le Coq d'Or

Work length2:58
$0.85
$1.15
  • Jascha Heifetz (violin), Emanuel Bay (piano)
  • Recorded: 1945-11-28
  • Recording Venue: World Broadcasting Studio, New York City

Hymn To The Sun

Track length2:58
$0.85
$1.15

Krein, A: Dance No. 4

Work length1:31
$0.85
$1.15
  • Jascha Heifetz (violin), Emanuel Bay (piano)
  • Recorded: 1945-11-28
  • Recording Venue: World Broadcasting Studio, New York City

Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 7 In F Hungarian Dance No. 7 In A

Work length2:01
$0.85
$1.15
  • Jascha Heifetz (violin), Emanuel Bay (piano)
  • Recorded: 1945-11-28
  • Recording Venue: World Broadcasting Studio, New York City

Excerpt, Saint-Saëns: Le carnaval des animaux

Work length2:39
$0.85
$1.15
  • Jascha Heifetz (violin), Emanuel Bay (piano)
  • Recorded: 1945-11-28
  • Recording Venue: World Broadcasting Studio, New York City

The Swan

Track length2:39
$0.85
$1.15

Burleigh, C: Pictures, Op. 30

Work length1:30
$0.85
$1.15
  • Jascha Heifetz (violin), Emanuel Bay (piano)
  • Recorded: 1945-11-28
  • Recording Venue: World Broadcasting Studio, New York City

No. 4 Giant Hills

Track length1:30
$0.85
$1.15

Burleigh, C: Small Concert Pieces, Op. 21

Work length1:17
$1.10
$1.50
  • Jascha Heifetz (violin), Emanuel Bay (piano)
  • Recorded: 1946-07-13
  • Recording Venue: Decca Studios, Hollywood, CA

No. 4 Moto perpetuo

Track length1:17
$1.10
$1.50

Godard, B: Jocelyn

Work length3:12
$0.85
$1.15
  • Jascha Heifetz (violin), Bing Crosby (vocalist)
  • Victor Young Orchestra
  • Victor Young
  • Recorded: 1946-07-13
  • Recording Venue: Decca Studios, Hollywood, CA

Berceuse De Jocelyn

Track length3:12
$0.85
$1.15

Hermann Löhr: Where My Caravan Has Rested

Work length2:53
$0.85
$1.15
  • Jascha Heifetz (violin), Bing Crosby (vocalist)
  • Victor Young Orchestra
  • Victor Young
  • Recorded: 1946-07-13
  • Recording Venue: Decca Studios, Hollywood, CA

Hoyl: When you Make Love to Me (Don't Make Believe)

Work length1:37
$0.85
$1.15
  • Jim Hoyl (piano)
  • Recorded: 1946