Gifted with a natural facility for playing the violin, Fritz Kreisler was adored by audiences and critics alike. Wherever he went, he had the respect, admiration and affection of his peers in the profession. Among Kreisler’s many gifts was the ability to compose charming pieces and make delightful arrangements of other composers’ melodies. These 1936 and 1938 recordings of his own compositions and transcriptions and arrangements of works by, among others, Bach, Mozart, Chopin, Dvořák and Tchaikovsky, demonstrate that Kreisler, who was then in his sixties, still possessed a seductive and formidable technique.