Top Hits...And Deep Cuts, an MHS/CRB Musical Collaboration (Liner Notes) by The Musical Heritage Society

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TRACK LISTING 1. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 For Flute, Violin, Obbilgato Harpsichord, Strings And Basso Continuo BWV 1050, III. Allegro - The Aulos Ensemble 2. Bach: Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring - I Solisti di Zagreb, Antonio Janigro, conductor 3. Bach: Prelude in C, BWV 846 from The Well Tempered Clavier - Vladimir Feltsman, piano 4. Bach: Sinfonia in F for Oboe - The Aulos Ensemble 5. Beethoven: Für Elise (Bagatelle in A minor, WoO59) - Leon Fleisher, piano 6. Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27, No. 2 "Moonlight": I. Adagio sostenuto - Paul Badura-Skoda, piano 7. Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-Flat Major, Op. 106 "Hammerklavier": I. Allegro - Vladimir Feltsman, piano 8. Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 I. Allegro con brio - Dennis Russell Davies, Beethovenhalle Orchestra 9. Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 5 in F Major, Op. 24 (Spring) I. Allegro Pamela Frank, violin; Claude Frank, piano 10. Billings: Chester - Janice Beck, organ 11. Brahms: Scherzo In E-Flat Minor, Op. 4 - Yefim Bronfman, piano 12. Brahms: Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Major, Op. 100, I. Allegro amabile Stephen Hough, piano; Robert Mann, violin

13. Chopin: Nocturne In F Major, Op. 15, No. 1 - Cecile Licad, piano 14. Chopin: Polonaise in A Flat Major, Op. 53 - Alfred Brendel, piano 15. Claude deSermisy: Missa "Tota pulchra es" I. Kyrie - Harvard Glee Club 16. Debussy: Clair de lune - Jorg Demus, piano 17. Debussy: Danses sacrée et profane for Harp & Strings, L.103 (Live, New York City, 1981) - Osian Ellis, harp; Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center 18. Dowland: Frog Galliard - Stanley Beutens, lute 19. Eubie Blake: The Charleston Rag - William Albright, piano 20. Faure: Violin Sonata No. 1 In A Major, Op. 13 I. Allegro molto - Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin; Sandra Rivers, piano 21. Field: Nocturne No. 5 in B-Flat Major, H. 37 - David Dubal, piano 22. Foster: Beautiful Dreamer - Paula Robison, flute; Eliot Fisk, guitar (arr. for guitar and flute) 23. Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue - Ivan Davis, piano; Maurice Peress' All Star Band 24. Handel: Violin Concerto in B-Flat Major, HWV 288 I. Andante - Roman Totenberg, violin; Vienna Chamber Orchestra, Zlatko Topolski, conductor 25. Handel: Violin Concerto in B-Flat Major, HWV 288 II. Adagio - Roman Totenberg, violin; Vienna Chamber Orchestra, Zlatko Topolski, conductor 26. Handel: Violin Concerto in B-Flat Major, HWV 288 III. Allegro - Roman Totenberg, violin; Vienna Chamber Orchestra, Zlatko Topolski, conductor

27. Haydn: Keyboard Sonata No. 33 in C Minor, Hob. XVI.20: I. Andante con moto - Artur Balsam, piano 28. Haydn: Symphony No. 94 "Surprise" I. Adagio; Vivace assai - Vienna Chamber Orchestra, Ernst Marzendorfer 29. Haydn: Symphony No. 94 "Surprise" II. Andante - Vienna Chamber Orchestra, Ernst Marzendorfer 30. Haydn: Symphony No. 94 "Surprise" III. Minuetto: Allegro molto - Vienna Chamber Orchestra, Ernst Marzendorfer 31. Haydn: Symphony No. 94 "Surprise" IV. Finale: Allegro molto - Vienna Chamber Orchestra, Ernst Marzendorfer 32. Joplin: Maple Leaf Rag - William Albright, piano 33. Kreisler: Liebesleid - Oscar Shumsky, violin; William Wolfram, piano 34. Liszt: Grande Étude de Paganini, S. 141 No. 2 - Earl Wild, piano 35. Mozart: Adagio & Fugue In C Minor, K. 426 - Mischa & Cipa Dichter, piano 36. Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik "Romanze" - Virtuosi di Praga, Julius Rudel, conductor 37. Mozart: Marriage of Figaro: Overture - Amadeus Ensemble, Julius Rudel, conductor 38. Mozart: Oboe Quartet in F major, K.370/368b I. Allegro - Joshua Bell, violin; Douglas Boyd, oboe; Carter Brey, cello; Scott Nickrenz, viola (Live at Spoleto Festival USA, 1987) 39. Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 23 II. Adagio - John Browning, piano; Orchestra of St. Luke's

40. Mozart: Symphony No. 35 "Haffner" I. Allegro con spirito - Virtuosi di Praga, Julius Rudel, conductor 41. Mozart: Symphony No. 35 "Haffner" II. Andante - Virtuosi di Praga, Julius Rudel, conductor 42. Mozart: Symphony No. 35 "Haffner" III. Menuetto - Virtuosi di Praga, Julius Rudel, conductor 43. Mozart: Symphony No. 35 "Haffner" IV. Presto - Virtuosi di Praga, Julius Rudel, conductor 44. Paganini: Capriccio No. 5 In A Minor - Agitato - Eliot Fisk, guitar 45.Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin IV. Rigaudon - Cecile Licad, piano 46. Ravel: Vocalise-étude en forme de Habanera (arr. for flute and piano) Paula Robison, flute; Ruth Laredo, piano 47. Saint-Saens: The Swan (arr. Godowsky) - Stephen Hough, piano 48. Schubert: 10 Deutscher Tanze D. 790 - Peter Serkin, fortepiano 49. Schubert: Impromptus, D.899 IV. Allegretto - Jorg Demus, piano 50.Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1, I. I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso – Allegro con spirito- John Ogden, piano; Pierre Monteux, Vienna Philharmonic 51.Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto In D Major, Op. 35 II. Canzonetta - Vadim Brodsky, violin; Antoni Wit, Polish National Radio Orchestra 52. Vaughan Williams: Five English Folksongs: No. 4. The Lover's Ghost (Well met, my own true love) - Santa Fe Choral Society 53. Vivaldi: Concerto In D Major For Lute, RV. 93 I. Allegro - Eliot Fisk, guitar; Orchestra of St. Luke's

54. Vivaldi: Violin Concerto In G Major, Op. 3 "L'Estro Armonico", No. 3, RV 310: I. Allegro - Shlomo Mintz, violin; Israel Chamber Orchestra 55. Vivaldi: Violin Concerto In G Major, Op. 3 "L'Estro Armonico", No. 3, RV 310: II. Largo - Shlomo Mintz, violin; Israel Chamber Orchestra 56. Vivaldi: Violin Concerto In G Major, Op. 3 "L'Estro Armonico", No. 3, RV 310: III. Allegro - Shlomo Mintz, violin; Israel Chamber Orchestra 57. Weber: Quintet for Clarinet and String Quartet, I. Allegro - Benny Goodman, clarinet; Berkshire Quartet

MHS - A Short History December 2023 marked the return of the Musical Heritage Society, an iconic American organization devoted to keeping interest in classical music alive. Formed in 1962, the founders of the Musical Heritage Society decided to create recordings and bypass the record companies entirely, offering their recordings via catalogs. Over time, over 4000 recordings were released, including the first complete cycle of Haydn’s symphonies, recorded by the Vienna Chamber Orchestra. In the early 1970s, after a customer complained about the lack of good liner notes on their recordings, Musical Heritage Society hired him and formed The Musical Heritage Review, a magazine devoted to allowing MHS members to offer opinions and thoughts about music, musicians, composers and

just about anything their writers felt led to a great love of music. In the late 1970s, Musical Heritage Society began making jazz recordings and founded the Jazz Heritage Society. The direct to the customer approach also boomed at that time, and MHS’s customer list grew to over 500,000 members. Many members of a generation of classical and jazz musicians made their debuts for the Musical Heritage Society record label. Joshus Bell, Dawn Upshaw, Andras Schiff and Yefim Bronfman made their recording debuts on the Musical Heritage Society label. The jazz label specialized in reviving the careers of jazz lions like Benny Goodman, Duke Ellington, Dave Brubeck, Stanley Turrentine and Peggy Lee.

MHS’s record labels won 3 Grammy Awards, 1 for classical and 2 for jazz. The newest incarnation of the Musical Heritage Society will be dedicated to restoring the vast amount of recordings and writings that were created for the purpose of entertaining and educating the members of MHS. Over 1500 recordings remain unreleased. Recent reissues include recordings by Oscar Shumsky, Artur Balsam, Sahan Arzruni, The Aulos Ensemble and many great American musicians. Over 30 years of The Musical Heritage Review are also being slowly returned to circulation. These distinctive essays mesh scholarship with personal recollection. They are not meant to simply educate or explain, they are meant to convey first and foremost a love of music - the very passion that powers the Musical Heritage Society.

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