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Beethoven: Sonata No. 7, Op. 30 No. 2 (Joseph Szigeti, violin; Mieczyslaw Horszowski, piano; Columbia, 2 sides LP). Violinist Szigeti's expressiveness and devoted musicianship go a long way towards making up for his often raspy tone-far enough in fact to make this an excellent performance. Recording: good...
Prokofiev: Sonata in F Minor (Joseph Szigeti, violin; Joseph Levine, piano; Columbia, 1 side, LP). This sonata, finished in 1946, is even a shade more beautiful than the earlier Sonata in D, which is on the other side. Performance and recording: excellent...
...insistent urging of his pupil, U.S. Violinist Alexander Schneider, had finally moved Casals to agree to play "in the town of my exile." Next June, in the Cathedral of St. Pierre, Casals will lead an orchestra largely recruited among U.S. musicians. Violinists Schneider, Joseph Szigeti and Isaac Stern, Pianists Mieczyslaw Horszowski and Rudolf Serkin and Casals himself will be among the soloists. When the festival is over, Cellist Casals plans to return to his self-imposed silence...
...York Philharmonic (Sun. 3 p.m., CBS). Violin soloist: Joseph Szigeti...
Beethoven: Sonata No. 3, Op. 69 (Pierre Fournier, cello; Artur Schnabel, piano; Victor, 6 sides). French Cellist Fournier made a hit two seasons ago at the Edinburgh Festival with Pianist Schnabel, Violinist Joseph Szigeti, and Violist William Primrose (TIME, Sept. 22, 1947). Here, in his U.S. record debut with Schnabel (and Beethoven), he succeeds again. Recording: excellent...