The Vienna-born Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962) felt at home in the coffee houses of his home town where he not only met the cultural elite of his time but also absorbed the entertainment and folk music of that time. No wonder that he was familiar with the "Viennese tone" which is reflected in his Alt-Wiener Tanzweisen for example. Less known, however, is the fact that the violinist and composer could also write "serious" music: e.g. a string quartet, songs, violin concertos, cadenzas on classical so...