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Dates: during 1950-1959
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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...
Beethoven: Sonata in D Minor, Op. 31, No. 2 (Byron Jam's, pianist; Victor, 2 sides LP). Young (22) Pianist Janis, protege of Vladimir Horowitz, speeds through this stormy sonata ("Tempest") with much 'of the diamond-hard brilliance of his mentor. Recording: good...
Barber: Knoxville, "Summer of 1915" (Eleanor Steber, soprano, with the Dumbarton Oaks Chamber Orchestra, William Strickland conducting; Columbia, I side LP). James Agee's autobiographical essay of the same name appealingly set to song; Soprano Steber, who commissioned the music, sings it beautifully. Recording: excellent...
Debussy: Le Martyre de St.-Sébastién (Frances Yeend, soprano; Miriam Stewart, soprano; Anna Kaskas, contralto; Oklahoma City Symphony Orchestra and Chorale, Victor Alessandro conducting; Allegro, 2 sides LP). Composed to a "mystery" of D'Annunzio for Dancer Ida Rubinstein, Le Martyre (1911) was itself martyred in an unsuccessful play, is rarely performed. It contains many a strange and beautiful bar, stands pretty well on its own in this first recording. Performance and recording: good...
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...