Fritz Kreisler; Bell Telephone Hour Orchestra - Fritz Kreisler: The Bell Telephone Hour Recordings, Vol. 2

This CD is the second volume featuring broadcast recordings of Fritz Kreisler made on The Bell Telephone Hour from 1944-50. This CD contains a number of short encore pieces for which the violinist was so renowned. Along with such perennial favorites such as Massenet�s �Meditation� from Thais and the Albeniz Tango, this CD includes several selections that the violinist never recorded commercially. New to the Kreisler discography are: Corelli�s �La Folia� Sonata, the Rimsky-Korsakov Fantasy on Russian Themes, the Chausson Poeme, and two Rachmaninoff pieces: an arrangement of the principal theme from the slow movement from the Second Piano Concerto and the Prelude in G minor. The pristine source material captures Kreisler�s magnificently expressive tone with vivid presence.