Barnabas Kelemen & Zoltan Kocsis - Hommage A Fritz Kreisler (CD)

These pieces represent a special notebook of the fin de siécle and the beginning of the twentieth centuryFritz Kreisler (1875-1962) wrote several operettes, countless songs and even a string quartet, but never touted himself as an important composer; nevertheless, he made a huge contribution to the broadening of the violin repertoire with his transcriptions, arrangements, and, last but not least, his own original works. Some of these little pieces became wildly popular almost the moment they were written, appearing in the programme of almost all the important violinists of the time. Kreisler's seductive tone, his particular vibrato, his portamento never breaching the boundaries of good taste, are first-hand remnants of the magic of the Viennese Secession, of the musical Babel of Austria-Hungary in its final years of peace. These pieces, short or sometimes more extended ones, represent a special 'notebook' of the fin de siécle and the beginning of the twentieth century, perhaps one of