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Brahms: Double Concerto in A Minor (Georg Kulenkampff, violin; Enrico Mainardi, cello; L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Carl Schuricht conducting; English Decca, 8 sides). This performance of Brahms's fussy but formidable work is not up to the Thibaud-Casals or Heifetz-Feuermann versions. Recording: good...
Mozart: Symphony No. 38, K. 504 (L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Ernest Ansermet conducting; English Decca, 6 sides). Conductor Ansermet, a champion of new music, proves with the great "Prague" symphony that he is also a master of the old. Recording: excellent...
Mozart: Quartet in C Major, K. 465 (the Griller String Quartet; English Decca, 7 sides). Mozart dedicated this quartet (and five others) to Haydn. After hearing them, Haydn said to Mozart's father: "Before God ... I tell you that your son is the greatest composer known to me . . ." Performance and recording: good...
Bartok: Quartet No. 6 (Gertler String Quartet; English Decca, 7 sides). Bartok's six quartets are possibly the most impressive since Beethoven; in the finer moments of this last quartet (1939), as in Beethoven's last, the great breadth and depth of the composer is revealed clearly and simply. Performance and recording: good...
Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 (Boyd Neel Orchestra, Boyd Neel conducting; English Decca, 6 sides). Not the most inspired of the six Brandenburgs, but here given an inspiring performance. Recording: good...