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Prokofiev: Violin Sonata No. 1 (David Oistrakh, violin, & Lev Oborin, piano; Vanguard). One of the world's finest fiddlers, Soviet Artist Oistrakh has never been recorded to better advantage. The subtlety of color, the sudden shock of ringing plucked strings, the driving intensity of dramatic episodes, all add up to the definitive recording of a major composition...
...COURTS OF MEMORY (507 pp.)-Frank Rooney-Vanguard...
Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 2 (Emil Gilels; State Orchestra of the U.S.S.R. conducted by Kiril Kondrashin; Vanguard). Top-ranking Soviet Pianist Gilels. in a rare U.S. hearing, sounds every bit as impressive as his reputation. His tone can melt or soar, and he has power to spare. Recording: good...
...Powell Septet (Vanguard LP). A classical label gives jazz the hi-fi treatment, with first-rate results. Seven top jazzmen play as if for themselves, turn out some of today's finest group improvisations. Notable for a long (7 min.), brooding I Must Have That Man, featuring Buck Clayton's trumpet...
...Beethoven's adult Piano Concertos, played by Wilhelm Kempff and the Berlin Philharmonic under Paul van Kempen (Decca, 3 LPs); all of Beethoven's Violin Sonatas, played by Jascha Heifetz (Victor 5 LPs); Ernest Bloch's String Quartet No. 2, played by the Musical Arts Quartet (Vanguard...