• Name: Fritz Kreisler
• Birthday: 02/02/1875
• Birth Place: Vienna, Austria
• Died: 01/29/1962
• Place of Death: New York, NY
• Period: Post-Romantic
• Genre: Classical

Title	Release
Icon: Fritz Kreisler	2009
Love's Joy - Love's Sorrow	2006
Beethoven, Mozart: Violin Concertos	2001
Beethoven: Violin Sonatas Nos. 5, 9 and 10	2001
Mendelssohn & Brahms: Violin Concertos	2001
Beethoven: Violin Sonatas 5 & 9	2000
Brahms: Violin Concerto; Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 4; Schumann: Romance	2000
Fritz Kreisler	2000
Kreisler Plays Beethoven Vol. 1	2000
Kreisler Plays Beethoven Vol. 2	2000
Sonatas for Violin and Piano	2000
The Complete Concerto Recordings, Vol. 1: Beethoven & Mendelssohn	2000
Kreisler plays Kreisler	1999
Fritz Kreisler & Franz Rupp Play Beethoven's Violin Sonatas	1998
Fritz Kreisler Performs Beethoven, Schubert, Grieg	1998
Beethoven: Violin Sonata Nos.5, 9, & 10	1997
Fritz Kreisler Plays Kreisler	1996
Fritz Kreisler: Violin Concertos	1996
Brahms, Paganini: Violin Concertos; Fritz Kreisler: Caprice viennois; Tambourin chinois; Liebesfreud; Liebeslied; etc	1995
Kreisler Plays Beethoven	1995
Kreisler: 1928 Victor Recordings: Favourite Short Pieces W	1993
Kreisler: Original Compositions & Arrangements	1993
Kreisler: The 1926 & 1927 Victor Recordings: Favourite Short Pieces	1993
Favourite Short Pieces with Franz Rupp	1991
The Kreisler Recordings: The Berlin HMV Recordings 1926-1927	1991
The Complete Acoustic HMV Recordings	1989
The Immortal Fritz Kreisler: Legendary Performances	1987
Beethoven: Concerto In D/Mendelssohn: Concerto In E
Beethoven: Violin Concerto; Spring Sonata
Beethoven: Violin Sonatas
Beethoven: Violin Sonatas III
Beethoven: Violin Sonatas, Vol.1
Brahms: Violin Concerto In D/Bruch: Violin Concerto In G
Brahms: Violin Concerto; Beethoven: Kreutzer Sonata
Early Concerto Recordings of Fritz Kreisler
Fritz Kreisler - Early Recordings
Fritz Kreisler Early Recordings
Fritz Kreisler in Concert
Fritz Kreisler Plays Beethoven, Schubert and Grieg
Fritz Kreisler plays Short Pieces
Fritz Kreisler Unforgettable Records
Fritz Kreisler: Beethoven 3 Violin Sonatas
Fritz Kreisler: The Concerto Recordings, Vol. 2
Kreisler Collection
Kreisler Plays Kreisler, Part 2
Kreisler: The Earlier Concerto Recordings (1915-1926)
The Concerto Recordings, Vol. 1
The Fritz Kreisler Edition, Vol. 3
The Fritz Kreisler Edition, Vol.1 1926-1927: Kreisler in Berlin W
The Kreisler and McCormack Duets
The Kreisler Collection--The Early Victor Recordings, Vol.2
Violin Concertos
Air on the G String, for violin & piano (arr. from Bach's Suite for Orchestra No. 3)	1903
(27) Allegretto in the Style of Boccherini, for violin & piano	1977
(4) Allegretto in the Style of Porpora, for violin & piano
(3) Aloha Oe, for violin & piano (transcription of Hawaiian folk melody attributed to Queen Liliuokalani)	1995
(3) Alter Refrain, for violin & piano
(22) Andante Cantabile for violin & piano (transcription from Tchaikovsky's String Quartet No. 1, Op. 11)
(22) Andantino in the Style of Padre Martini, for violin & piano WA	1914
(8) Apple Blossoms, operetta WA
(17) Aubade Provençale in the Style of Louis Couperin, for violin & piano
(11) Aucassin et Nicolette, for violin & piano
(6) Austrian Imperial Hymn, for violin & piano
(11) Berceuse Romantique, for violin & piano, Op. 9
Caprice antique, for violin & piano (after Ernö Balogh)
(16) Caprice for violin & piano in A minor (transcription of work by Wieniawski)	1980
(135) Caprice Viennois, for violin & piano (or orchestra), Op. 2
(8) Cavatina, for violin & piano
(6) Chanson Arabe, transcription for violin & piano (after Rimsky-Korsakov: Sheherazade) WA	1922
(30) Chanson Louis XIII and Pavane, in the Style of Couperin, for violin & piano
(18) Chant sans paroles for violin & piano (transcription of Tchaikovsky's Op. 2/3)
Concerto in One Movement, for violin & orchestra (after1st mvt. of Paganini's Concerto No. 1 in D major, Op. 6)	1936
(5) Cradle Song WA	1916
(6) Daisies for violin & piano (transcription of Rachmaninov's Albumblatt, Op. 38/3) WA	1949
(4) Dance Melodies of Old Vienna (3)	1957
(52) Danse Espagnole for violin & piano (transcription from Falla's La Vida Breve)
(22) Danse Espagnole for violin & piano (transcription of Granados' Andaluza, Op. 37/5)	1980
(4) Danse Orientale, transcription for violin & piano (from Rimsky-Korasakov: Sheherazade) WA	1922
Dirge of the North, for violin & piano (after Ernö Balogh)	1924
En Bateau for violin & piano (transcription from Debussy's Petite Suite)	1928
(3) Fantasy on Two Russian Themes, for violin & piano (after Rimsky-Korsakov's, Op. 33) WA	1995
(19) Farewell to Cucullain (Londonderry Air), for violin & piano
From the Land of the Sky-Blue Water, for violin & piano (after Charles W. Cadman's American Indian Songs, Op. 45/)
(4) Fugue in the Style of Tartini
(4) Gavotte, for violin & piano in E major (arr. from Bach's Partita No. 3, BWV 1006)	1910
(14) Grave in the style of W. F. Bach, for violin & piano in C minor
(19) Gypsy Caprice (Zigeuner Capriccio), for violin & piano	1980
Habañera, for violin & piano (after Ravel's Rapsodie espagnole No. 3)
(17) Hindu Song (Song of India) for violin & piano (transcription from Rimsky-Korsakov's Sadko)
(23) Humoresque for violin & piano (arr. from Dvorák's Humoresque, Op. 101/7)
(9) Humoresque for violin & piano (transcription of Tchaikovsky's Op.10/2)
(12) Hungarian Dance for violin & piano in F sharp minor (transcription of Brahms' Hungarian Dance No. 17)
(3) Hungarian Dance for violin & piano in G minor (transcription of Brahms' Hungarian Dance No. 5)
(8) Hymn to the Sun, for violin & piano (transcription from Rimksy-Korsakov's Le coq d'or)	1924
(4) Impromptu for violin & piano (transcription of Schubert's Op. 90/3)
(12) Indian Lament for violin & piano (arr. from Dvorák's Sonatina for violin & piano, Op. 100)
Intermezzo for violin & piano (transcription from Bizet's L'Arlésienne)	1928
Invocation, for violin & piano (after Elwyn Owen)
Italian Polka for violin & piano (transcription of work by Rachmaninov)	1995
(5) Jota, for violin & piano (arrangment from de Falla's "Canciones Populares Española")	1930
(22) La chasse in the Style of Cartier, for violin & piano WA	1914
(2) La Clochette, for violin & piano, Op. 7	1975

Violinist Fritz Kreisler was one of the most beloved and best known of early recording era musicians. His burnished tone and patrician phrasing were quintessentially Viennese, and the warmth of his playing won him devoted followers wherever he appeared. So great was his fame and the affection in which he was held that he survived a blaze of controversy when he revealed in 1935 that many of the short pieces he had performed as transcriptions of such composers as Couperin, Vivaldi, and Pugnani were, in fact, his own work. While the critics fumed, the public expressed little concern and continued to pack his concert appearances.

Kreisler was the son of a famous surgeon, a good amateur musician who gave young Fritz his first violin lessons. Kreisler made his public debut at seven in a collection of short works. Shortly thereafter, he was permitted to enter the Vienna Conservatory despite a policy that no one younger than 14 be accepted. After three years of study with Joseph Hellmesberger, he was awarded a gold medal.

Kreisler was sent to Paris for further studies with Delibes and Massart. At the age of 12, he won the Premier Grand Prix de Rome gold medal competing against 40 other players, all of whom were at least 20 years of age.

In 1888, Kreisler sailed to the United States for a concert tour with pianist Moriz Rosenthal, earning many complimentary reviews. When he returned to Vienna, he applied to the Vienna Philharmonic for a position but was turned down. Feeling discouraged, he resolved to abandon music and chose to pursue a career in medicine. After several years, he rejected that course and began the study of painting. First in Paris, then in Rome, he worked toward mastering his technique, but soon this, too, became tiresome. He returned to Vienna and enlisted in the army.

A full year as a soldier was sufficient to cause yet more rethinking and Kreisler resigned his commission and returned to the study of violin. He spent eight weeks in country solitude readying himself for his return to the concert stage. His "second debut" in Berlin was successful, but widespread acclaim came during several American tours between 1901 and 1903. In the United States, he was hailed as one of the foremost violinists of his time and, soon after, Europe followed suit in recognizing his extraordinary artistry.

In 1910 in London, Kreisler gave the premiere performance of Elgar's Violin Concerto, a work dedicated to him.

While vacationing in Switzerland in 1914, Kreisler received the news that Austria was at war. Returning to his native country, he rejoined his former division, now stationed in Galicia. An attack by the Russians resulted in an injury and his discharge with high honors. Wishing to help his country, Kreisler embarked on a lengthy concert tour of America. The United States' entry into the war, however, put him in the awkward position of being an ex-Austrian officer aiding what was now an enemy nation. Negative reaction obliged him to withdraw from concertizing and retire to Maine to pass the remaining period of hostilities.

At his return to the New York concert stage in 1919, however, he was given a tumultuous reception. He took up residence in Berlin for ten years beginning in 1924. With the Anschluss in 1938, he moved to France, but returned to the United States before the Nazi invasion and lived his remaining years in America, where he gave his final public concert in 1947. He continued to perform on broadcasts until 1950. ~ Erik Eriksson, All Music Guide