María Dueñas pays tribute to Jascha Heifetz on Homage to Heifetz

Spanish violinist María Dueñas has released Homage to Heifetz, a new album celebrating the artist who has inspired her since childhood. Recorded at London’s Abbey Road Studios with Gustavo Dudamel and the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela, the album centres on two works closely tied to Heifetz’s legacy: Korngold’s Violin Concerto and Lalo’s Symphonie espagnole, both of which he recorded in the early 1950s.

Alongside the concertos, Dueñas performs a set of miniatures that echo Heifetz’s own artistry, including his arrangements of Debussy’s La chevelure and Ponce’s Estrellita, recorded in Berlin with pianist Itamar Golan, and an orchestral arrangement of Debussy’s La fille aux cheveux de lin.

Available now on CD and vinyl