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Kabalevsky: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 41 (David Oistrakh; State Orchestra of the U.S.S.R., the composer conducting; Vanguard). The best chance yet to hear one of the world's finest fiddlers; his tone has the warmth (but not the sentimentality) of Elman, his technique shades Heifetz. The music bubbles with effortless melody and humor. Recording : clear and immediate...
That was a stopper. The artists, including Ballerina Galina Ulanova and Violinist David Oistrakh, packed their belongings and took a train in the direction of Moscow. Snarled Rome's Red L'Unita: "The offense to the Soviet artists is an outrage to culture." Said one departing musician: "The Italian government is very uneducated...
...Oistrakh proved to his hearers that the rating was deserved. He warmed up with Mozart's Sonata in B Flat Major (K.454), concluded the first half of the program with a faultless performance of Prokofiev's poetic Sonata in B Flat. Oistrakh conquered the most difficult passages with effortless technique, played with such feeling and clarity that the audience cheered him back for six curtain calls...
...Oistrakh's parents (his father was a gifted amateur violinist, his mother a professional singer) started their boy off young. At five, David was studying violin in Odessa, his home town. He moved to Moscow in 1928 after a successful concert tour, continued to build his reputation in Russia, made brief appearances in France, Holland, Sweden and Belgium. In 1937, he won first prize in the Concours Eugene Ysaye, Belgium's international violin competition, later was awarded a first-class Stalin Prize. Now, between concerts, he teaches at the Moscow Conservatory...
...Oistrakh looked forward to visiting the Florentine museums. Said he: "Playing the violin is more than just a work of the hands. I may get more as a musician from the galleries than from practicing the violin...