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Contents Chausson: Concert in D major for piano, violin and string quartet, Op. 21 Louis Kaufman (violin), Artur Balsam (piano), Pascal String Quartet Saint-Saëns: Violin Concerto No. 3 in B minor, Op. 61 Louis Kaufman (violin), Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, Maurits van den Berg Saint-Saëns: Havanaise, Op. 83 Martinů: Sonata for Two Violins & Piano, H. 213 Louis Kaufman (violin), Peter Rybar (violin), Pina Pozzi (piano) Martinů: Five Short Pieces for Violin and Piano, H. 184, No. 2, Andante & No. 5, Allegro Louis Kaufman (violin), Pina Pozzi (piano) Strauss, R: Violin Sonata in E flat major, Op. 18 Louis Kaufman (violin), Artur Balsam (piano) Delius: Violin Sonata No. 1 in E major Louis Kaufman (violin), Theodore Saidenberg (piano) Milhaud: Dances de Jacarémirim, Op. 256 Louis Kaufman (violin), Artur Balsam (piano) Milhaud: Violin Concerto No. 2, Op. 263 Louis Kaufman (violin), Orchestre National de France, Darius Milhaud Milhaud: Concertino de printemps, Op. 135 Dvořák: Humoresques, Op. 101, No. 7 in G-Flat Major (Arr. for Violin & Piano) Louis Kaufman (violin), Paul Ulanowsky (piano) Tchaikovsky: Andante Cantabile (from String Quartet No. 1 in D Op. 11) Louis Kaufman (violin), Paul Ulanowsky (piano) Drdla: Souvenir Louis Kaufman (violin), Paul Ulanowsky (piano) Kreisler: Londonderry Air Louis Kaufman (violin), Paul Ulanowsky (piano) Massenet: Thaïs, Méditation (Arr. for Violin & Piano) Louis Kaufman (violin), Paul Ulanowsky (piano) Schumann: Kinderszenen, Op. 15, No. 7, Träumerei (Arr. for Violin & Piano) Louis Kaufman (violin), Paul Ulanowsky (piano) Rimsky Korsakov: Le Coq d’Or, Hymne à soleil (Arr. F. Kreisler for Violin & Piano) Louis Kaufman (violin), Paul Ulanowsky (piano) Schubert: Ave Maria, D839 Louis Kaufman (violin), Paul Ulanowsky (piano) Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64 Louis Kaufman (violin), Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, Otto Ackermann Franck, C: Violin Sonata in A major Louis Kaufman (violin), Helene Pignari (piano) Barber: Violin Concerto, Op. 14 Louis Kaufman (violin), Musical Masterpiece Symphony Orchestra, Walter Goehr Copland: Violin Sonata Louis Kaufman (violin), Aaron Copland (piano) Bennett, Robert: A Song Sonata Louis Kaufman (violin), Theodore Saidenberg (piano) Bennett, Robert: Hexapoda – Five studies in Jitteroptera Louis Kaufman (violin), Robert Russell Bennett (piano) Guarnieri, C: Violin Sonata No. 2 Louis Kaufman (violin), Artur Balsam (piano) Vivaldi: The Four Seasons: Spring, RV269 Vivaldi: The Four Seasons: Summer, RV315 Vivaldi: The Four Seasons: Autumn, RV293 Vivaldi: The Four Seasons: Winter, RV297 Louis Kaufman (violin), The Concert Hall Chamber Orchestra, Henry Swoboda Vivaldi: Violin Concerto, Op. 8 No. 8 in G minor, RV332 Louis Kaufman (violin), Winterthur Symphony Orchestra, Clemens Dahinden Vivaldi: Violin Concerto, Op. 8 No. 12 in C major, RV178 Louis Kaufman (violin), Winterthur Symphony Orchestra, Clemens Dahinden Vivaldi: Concerto for Two Violins, RV513 Louis Kaufman (violin), Peter Rybar (violin), Winterthur Symphony Orchestra, Clemens Dahinden 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. |