Helge Kjekshus - Violin Sonatas - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Album Tracks 1. Beautiful Girls - Roscoe & Company 2. Don't Look at Me - Sally & Ben 3. Montage Rain on the Roof - Billy & Wally Whitman 4. Waiting for the Girls Upstairs - Phillis Et Al 5. Who's That Woman? - Stella & Phillis Et Al 6. In Buddy's Eyes - Sally 7. Country House - Phillis & Ben 8. Too Many Mornings - Ben & Sally 9. I'm Still Here - Carlotta 10. The Right Girl - Buddy 11. Could I Leave You? - Phillis 12. One More Kiss - Heidi & Young Heidi 13. Loveland - Roscoe & Company 14. Love Will See Us Through - Young Buddy & Young Sally 15. Buddy's Blues - Buddy 16. Losing My Mind - Sally 17. You're Gonna Love Tomorrow - Young Ben & Young Phyllis 18. Ah, But Underneath - Phyllis & Company 19. Make the Most of Your Music - Ben & Company 20. You're Gonna Love Tomorrow/Love Will See Us Through - Young Ben, Young Buddy, Young Sally, Young Phyllis 21. Beautiful Girls - Company

Album Tracks 1. Sonata for violin & piano No. 2 in D minor, Op. 121~Ziemlich langsam - Lebhaft 2. Sonata for violin & piano No. 2 in D minor, Op. 121~Sehr lebhaft 3. Sonata for violin & piano No. 2 in D minor, Op. 121~Leise, einfach 4. Sonata for violin & piano No. 2 in D minor, Op. 121~Bewegt 5. Sonata for violin & piano No. 1 in G major (InchRegenInch), Op. 78~Vivace ma non troppo 6. Sonata for violin & piano No. 1 in G major (InchRegenInch), Op. 78~Adagio 7. Sonata for violin & piano No. 1 in G major (InchRegenInch), Op. 78~Allegro molto moderato 8. Sonata for violin & piano No. 3 in D minor, Op. 108~Allegro 9. Sonata for violin & piano No. 3 in D minor, Op. 108~Adagio 10. Sonata for violin & piano No. 3 in D minor, Op. 108~Un poco presto e con sentimento 11. Sonata for violin & piano No. 3 in D minor, Op. 108~Allegro

Louis Kaufman was born on May 10, 1905 in Portland, Oregon. His parents were Jewish immigrants from Romania who were very interested in the arts and took their son to concerts. Kaufman gave his solo debut in the New York Town Hall in 1928 under the auspices of the International Naumburg Competition, which he proceeded to win. He then went on to play with such acclaimed musicians as Pablo Casals (cello), Mischa Elmann (violin), Jascha Heifetz (violin), Gregor Piatigorsky (cello) and Alfredo Rossi (piano). He also played classical music in ensembles, such as the Musical Art Quartet, the Kaufman Quartet, the Westwood String Quartet, the Bach Chamber Symphony Group. In 1932 Kaufman married the pianist Annette Leibole and performed frequently with her in public. In 1956 Louis Kaufman and his wife returned to Los Angeles. The violinist continued to give wonderful concerts until the late 1970s. After an eye operation he decided to retire from active performance. Louis Kaufman died on February 9, 1994. He was probably the violinist who had recorded the most works in the twentieth century. In addition to building up this huge body of recordings he was also the inventor of the Kaufman chinrest for the violin. The recordings featured on this historic CD album are predominantly from the 1940s and 50s. Album Tracks 1. Concerto pour piano, violon et quatuor à cordes en ré majeur, Op. 21 / Concerto for piano, violin and string quartet in D major~I. Décidé. Animé 2. Concerto pour piano, violon et quatuor à cordes en ré majeur, Op. 21 / Concerto for piano, violin and string quartet in D major~II. Sicilienne. Pas vite 3. Concerto pour piano, violon et quatuor à cordes en ré majeur, Op. 21 / Concerto for piano, violin and string quartet in D major~III. Grave 4. Concerto pour piano, violon et quatuor à cordes en ré majeur, Op. 21 / Concerto for piano, violin and string quarte