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Mintz's musicianship becomes his salvation too, especially in the well-known Liesbesleid (Love's Sorrow), Liebesfreud (Love's Joy) and Caprice viennois op. 2. Mintz plays ricochet bowings and fancy-fingered high notes in the umpteenth position with more clarity and precision than the old master himself (Kreisler had to be a genius to be able to make millions of his concerts and records and manage to get away with an hour's practicing once a month). Shlomo's earthy, robust tone enlivens every phrase in these three pieces...
...composer, Kreisler suffered a congenital Viennese weakness-a taste for melodious schmalz. But his most popular works-Liebesleid, Liebesfreud, Caprice Viennois, La Gitana, Schön Rosmarin-have grace as well as sentiment. They are so well tailored to the violin that they are almost certain to survive as favorite encore pieces. "His arrangements brought out things for the violin we never dreamed of," says Violinist Nathan Milstein. "The violin was advanced by three persons-Bach, Paganini and Kreisler...
Ricci was recording works by Pablo de Sarasate and a collection of compositions by one of his longtime admirers-Fritz Kreisler. who heard Ricci play as a child. Included were Sarasate's Malagueña and Zapateado, Kreisler's Liebesleid and Liebesfreud and La Gitana. Standing with a kind of Frank Sinatra slouch before the double microphones, tiny (5 ft. 4 in.) Violinist Ricci grasped his Guarnerius del Gesù fiddle in his short, square hands and produced a tone that was remarkable both for its control and its shading. He was at his best in the Sarasate...
...Carlton Hotel last week, Bruno Walter, Dimitri Mitropoulos, Georges Enesco, Nathan Milstein and Jennie Tourel all rose to add their tributes to the refrain. Finally a towered cake with 75 candles was carried in. While more than 400 guests stood and applauded and a string ensemble played his own Liebesfreud, white-haired old Violinist Fritz Kreisler got to his feet to blow out the candles...
TYROLEAN NIGHT *March, "Under the Double Eagle"J. F. Wagner *"Die Fledermaus", Overture Strauss *German Dance, "The Sleigh Ride" Mozart "Georgica", Bavarian Folk Pieces Egk Tyrolean Peasant Dances Schonherr *Liebesfreud Kreisler *Overture to "William Tell" Rossini *"Vienna Blood", Waltzes Strauss *"Die Dorfumsik" Fryberg *"Donner und Blitzen", Polka Strauss *Selections checked (*) are available on records at Briggs & Briggs Music Store, Harvard Square...