Word: heifetz
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...June 25) had another frantic success at Milan's La Scala. Romans were astonished at the formidable power and technique of Pianist Emil Ghilels, 35. And in Florence for the first time, an audience of 2,700 heard a 42-year-old violinist, now rated the equal of Heifetz, Menuhin, Szigeti and Milstein. His name: David Oistrakh...
Walton: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra (Jascha Heifetz, the Philharmonia Orchestra, William Walton conducting; RCA Victor, 1 side LP). Heifetz fiddles with love and care through a piece that is splashy with romance. Recording: excellent...
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto (David Oistrakh, violinist, with the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, A. V. Gauk conducting; 2 sides LP). Surely one of the great among modern violinists, 42-year-old Oistrakh combines in his playing the suavity of Heifetz and the depth and penetration of Szigeti. Most curious item in another album of Oistrakh favorites: Stephen Foster's Swanee River...
Ravel: Trio in A Minor (Artur Rubinstein, piano; Jascha Heifetz, violin; Gregor Piatigorsky, cello; Victor, I side LP). The most interesting of the three trios (the other two: Tchaikovsky, Mendelssohn) recorded by the famed artists who formally combined their talents for the first time at Chicago's Ravinia Park (TiME, Aug. 22, 1949). The playing in all three is sensitively superb. Recording: excellent...
...Where's Stravinsky? Critic Thomson's biggest quarrel was over programs. Artists "at the level of fame" of Flagstad, Heifetz, Horowitz and Rubinstein could "do as they please." But, he charged, the programs of artists at a lower level are "censored in a most arbitrary fashion" by the New York concert services (who promptly denied it). "With concert business bigger than ever (by volume)," wrote Thomson, "the concert repertory gets smaller year by year. There are only five piano sonatas by Beethoven that the central offices will accept without a row. No long work by Schumann is considered...