D大调小提琴协奏曲，作于1878年。是柴科夫斯基最著名的作品之一，与贝多芬的D大调、门德尔松的e小调、勃拉姆斯的D大调小提琴协奏曲并称为世界四大小提琴协奏曲。 这首乐曲的特色不但充分发挥了主奏小提琴绚烂的近代演奏技巧，展开了色彩丰富的管弦乐，造出了比以往的小提琴协奏曲更新鲜的韵味，而且用他含有俄国民谣的地方色彩，独特的充满哀愁的优美旋律，作成了格调新颖、独特的作品。

对于海菲兹，大家已经非常熟悉了，他的名字已经成为“完美的小提琴技艺”的同义词。而在他所录制的众多专辑之中，有一小部分由于各种历史原因，被DECCA“暂时买断”，因而在其一生中再也没有录制另一个版本。现在，这些精品由DG重新混音处理作CD发行，提高了声音的清晰度。
这张专辑收录了各类古典及爵士小品，两张CD，52条声轨，包括格士温的《波吉与贝丝》德彪西的《月光》、《黑娃娃的步态舞》《美丽的夜晚》，柴可夫斯基的《旋律》等等，还有两首由Bing Crosby主唱，海菲兹与Victor Young Orchestra作伴奏的歌曲《Berceuse》和《Where My Caravan Has Rested》。最让人意想不到的是最后一首为从未曝光的海菲兹亲自演绎的钢琴作品《When You Make Love to Me》，让大家认识到海菲兹多才多艺的一面。

Legendary classic and jazz studio takes by “Violinist of the Century” Jascha Heifetz

# This new catalogue edition is a collection of Jascha Heifetz's legendary recordings of concert encores

# Heifetz (1901-1987) has regularly been dubbed "The Violinist of the Century", and there is no doubt he set standards of technical perfection and virtuosity that all violinists look up to. Between 1944 and 1946 he was exclusively signed to "American" Decca – and these recordings of concert encores and miniatures now belong to DG

# The edition is new remastered, at the hands of Andrew Wedman at Emil Berliner Studios in Hanover. Wedmann has created the best sound ever for these recordings – unbelievably clear and acoustically convincing for recordings over 60 years old.

# The track lists of the two CDs reveal a wonderful range of favourites from classical to jazz – highlights include the legendary Gershwin arrangements from Porgy and Bess and the Three Preludes to Weill's Mac the Knife with its uncanny left-hand pizzicati!

# As additional tracks, we've included two lovely numbers with orchestra – with BING CROSBY, the great crooner, on the Lullaby from Godard’s Jocelyn and "Where My Caravan Has Rested".

# Heifetz was also an excellent pianist. We've also included a gem of a bonus track: one and a half minutes of Heifetz playing his own song "When You Make Love To Me" – on piano! This material has never been released before. There's another piano solo, "So Much In Love", on offer on iTunes.

# In the 24-page CD booklet, look out for previously unpublished photos of Heifetz taken by his son Jay (a professional photographer) in 1968; colour reproductions of Decca LP releases from the 1950s; photos of Heifetz entertaining the troops in World War II; a splendid caricature of the artist by Alfred Bendiner from 1940; and a newly commissioned article by Heifetz-expert John Maltese.