The renowned artists, violinist Jascha Heifetz and cellist Gregor Piatigorsky, joined forces in 1949 at Chicago's Ravinia Festival. Twelve years later, and now good friends, both artists were in semi-retirement from the concert stage, yet enjoyed their evenings of chamber music with friends. Here they conceived The Heifetz-Piatigorsky Concerts as a way to share their love of chamber music with the public. They aimed to present repertoire not often heard in concert and then record them. The Heifetz-Piatigorsky Concerts continued for several years, with a series of performances in Los Angeles, San Francisco and New York that included a range of distinguished guest artists. The last of these concerts was in 1974 when Heifetz ended his performing career. This first ever complete collection of The Heifetz-Piatigorsky Concerts includes Dvorak's Piano Quintet No. 2 and Tchaikovsky's Souvenir de Florence. The 21 CDs are packaged in mini-sleeves with the original album artwork and feature a new introduction by Heifetz expert John Maltese.

CD 1 :

Maurice Ravel
Trio for violin, cello & piano in A minor

Felix Mendelssohn
Trio for piano, violin & cello No. 1 in D minor, op. 49

Artur Rubinstein, Jascha Heifetz, Gregor Piatigorsky

CD 2 :

Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Trio for violin, cello & piano in A minor, op. 50

Artur Rubinstein, Jascha Heifetz, Gregor Piatigorsky

CD 3 :

Ludwig van Beethoven
Trio for violin, viola & cello in G major, op. 9/1
Trio for violin, viola & cello in C minor, op. 9/3

William Primrose, Jascha Heifetz, Gregor Piatigorsky

CD 4 :

Ludwig van Beethoven
Trio for violin, viola & cello in E flat major, op. 3

William Primrose, Jascha Heifetz, Gregor Piatigorsky

CD 5 :

Ludwig van Beethoven
Serenade for violin, viola & cello in D major, op. 8

William Primrose, Jascha Heifetz, Gregor Piatigorsky

Zolt?n Kod?ly
Duo for violin & cello, op. 7

Jascha Heifetz, Gregor Piatigorsky

CD 6 :

Ludwig van Beethoven
Trio for violin, viola & cello in D major, op. 9/2
Trio for violin, viola & cello in B flat major, D 581

William Primrose, Jascha Heifetz, Gregor Piatigorsky

CD 7 :

Johannes Brahms
Concerto for violin, cello & orchestra in A minor, op. 102

Jascha Heifetz, Gregor Piatigorsky
RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra, Alfred Wallenstein

CD 8 :

Franz Schubert
Quintet for 2 violins, viola & 2 cellos in C major, D 956

William Primrose, Jascha Heifetz, Gregor Piatigorsky, Israel Baker, Gabor Rejto

CD 9 :

C?sar Franck
Quintet for piano, 2 violins, viola & cello in F minor

Gregor Piatigorsky, Israel Baker, Jascha Heifetz, Leonard Pennario, William Primrose

Johannes Brahms
Sextet for 2 violins, 2 violas & 2 cellos in G major, op. 36

Gregor Piatigorsky, Virginia Majewski, Gabor Rejto, Israel Baker, William Primrose, Jascha Heifetz

CD 10 :

Felix Mendelssohn
Octet in E flat major, op. 20

Jascha Heifetz, Arnold Belnick, Gabor Rejto, Gregor Piatigorsky, Israel Baker, Joseph Stepansky, Virginia Majewski, William Primrose

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Quintet for 2 violins, 2 violas & cello No. 4 in G minor, K 516

William Primrose, Virginia Majewski, Gregor Piatigorsky, Jascha Heifetz, Israel Baker

CD 11 :

Ludwig van Beethoven
Trio for piano, violin & cello No. 1 in E flat major, Op. 1/1

Gregor Piatigorsky, Jacob Lateiner, Jascha Heifetz

Franz Joseph Haydn
Divertimento for cello & orchestra

Mikl?s R?zsa
Sinfonia concertante, for violin, cello & orchestra, op. 29

Gregor Piatigorsky, Jascha Heifetz

CD 12 :

Anton Arensky
Trio for piano, violin & cello No. 1 in D minor, op. 32

Jascha Heifetz, Leonard Pennario, Gregor Piatigorsky

Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for violin, cello, strings & continuo in B flat major, RV 547

Gregor Piatigorsky, Malcolm Hamilton, Jascha Heifetz

Bohuslav Martinu
Duo for violin & cello No. 1, H 157

Gregor Piatigorsky, Jascha Heifetz

CD 13 :

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Concerto for violin & orchestra No. 5 in A major, K 219 'Turkish'

Jascha Heifetz

Joaqu?n Turina
Trio for piano, violin & cello No. 1, op. 35

Jascha Heifetz, Leonard Pennario, Gregor Piatigorsky

CD 14 :

Antonin Dvor?k
Quintet for piano, 2 violins viola & cello No. 2 in A major, op. 81

Jascha Heifetz, Gregor Piatigorsky, Joseph de Pasquale, Israel Baker, Jacob Lateiner

Jean Fran?aix
Trio for violin, viola & cello in C major

Gregor Piatigorsky, Jascha Heifetz, Joseph de Pasquale

CD 15 :

Johannes Brahms
Quartet for piano, violin, viola & cello No. 3 in C minor, op. 60

Jacob Lateiner, Jascha Heifetz, Sanford Schonbach, Gregor Piatigorsky

Luigi Boccherini
Sonata for violin & cello in D major

Gregor Piatigorsky, Jascha Heifetz

Ernst Toch
Divertimento, op. 37/2

CD 16 :

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Quintet for 2 violins, 2 violas & cello No. 3 in C major, K 515

William Primrose, Virginia Majewski, Gregor Piatigorsky, Jascha Heifetz, Israel Baker

Felix Mendelssohn
Trio for piano, violin & cello No. 2 in C minor, op. 66

Artur Rubinstein, Jascha Heifetz, Gregor Piatigorsky

CD 17 :

Louis Spohr
Double String Quartet in D minor, op. 65

Laurence Lesser, Allan Harshman, Gregor Piatigorsky, Milton Thomas, Jascha Heifetz, Pierre Amoyal, Israel Baker, Paul Rosenthal

Antonin Dvor?k
Trio for piano, violin & cello No. 4 in E minor, op. 90 'Dumky'

Jacob Lateiner, Jascha Heifetz, Gregor Piatigorsky

CD 18 :

Antonin Dvor?k
Trio for piano, violin & cello No. 3 in F minor, op. 65

Jascha Heifetz, Leonard Pennario, Gregor Piatigorsky

Igor Stravinsky
Suite italienne

Reinhold Gli?re
Pieces, Op. 39 – Prelude

George Frederick Handel
Suite in G minor, HWV 432 – Passacaglia

CD 19 :

Johannes Brahms
Quintet for 2 violins, 2 violas & cello No. 2 in G major, op. 11

Jascha Heifetz, Milton Thomas, Gregor Piatigorsky, Paul Rosenthal, Israel Baker

Ludwig van Beethoven
Trio for piano, violin & cello No. 6 in E flat major, op. 70/2

Jascha Heifetz, Leonard Pennario, Gregor Piatigorsky

CD 20 :

Franz Schubert
Trio for piano, violin & cello No. 2 in E flat major, D 929

Johannes Brahms
Trio for piano, violin & cello No. 2 in C major, op. 87

Jacob Lateiner, Jascha Heifetz, Gregor Piatigorsky

CD 21 :

Antonin Dvor?k
Quintet for piano, 2 violins, viola & cello No. 2 in A major, op. 81

Jascha Heifetz, Gregor Piatigorsky, Joseph de Pasquale, Israel Baker, Jacob Lateiner

Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Souvenir de Florence in D minor, op. 70