Word: concertos
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...been three years since Pianist Vladimir Horowitz had played in public with father-in-law Arturo Toscanini. But they had played the work together before, and recorded it together-Brahms's mighty Piano Concerto No. 2. This time, at the end of the rehearsal, the Maestro had only one suggestion for "Volodya": Toscanini trotted to the piano, plunked out a passage while Soloist Horowitz, standing by and towering over him, listened carefully and respectfully. They agreed to leave out one retard...
When he arrived from Russia, he was out to burn up the U.S. with his razzle-dazzle speed. In his debut with the New York Philharmonic, he raced through the Tchaikovsky B flat minor concerto so fast that gouty Sir Thomas Beecham would not even try to keep up with him. By 1935, in the heyday of his elegant pink period (when he indulged in pink striped shirts and red ties), Horowitz was playing more than 70 concerts a year, and grossing about $300,000. Then he folded, up, with appendicitis complicated by phlebitis...
...York Philharmonic (Sun. 3 p.m., CBS). More Brahms: Violinist Joseph Szigeti plays a concerto, and Dimitri Mitropoulos conducts the Symphony...
Beethoven: Concerto No. 4 (Robert Casadesus, pianist, with the Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy conducting; Columbia, 8 sides). Pianist Casadesus goes up against tough competition-Schnabel, Backhaus-in recording one of Beethoven's greatest works, comes off a strong third. Recording (on Vinylite): excellent...
Vaughn Williams: Concerto for Oboe and Strings (Mitchell Miller, oboist, with the Saidenberg Little Symphony, Daniel Saidenberg conducting; Mercury, 5 sides). England's Ralph Vaughn Williams composed this well-made, sweetly pastoral music during World War II. Vaughn Williams (with the expert help of Soloist Miller) makes even five sides of oboe pleasant to take. Performance: good. Recording: good...