Word: victor
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...years, Victor Kravchenko was a loyal Russian minor official. He rose to be a voyentechnik (technician) with rank of captain in the Red Army. Suddenly in Manhattan last week he threw over his job-and his Russian citizenship-and placed himself "under the protection of American opinion." He gave his reasons in a letter that sharply rearoused half-forgotten U.S. suspicions of the Soviet...
Arthur Footer Suite for Strings, Op. 63 (Boston Symphony, Serge Koussevitzky conducting; Victor; 4 sides). A fresh, well-built Brahmsian piece. Salem-born, Harvard-trained Composer Foote (1853-1937) was a far sounder craftsman than most present-day U.S. composers. Performance excellent, recording good...
Beethoven: Quartet, Op. 132 (Buda pest Quartet; Columbia; 10 sides). This version of great late-Beethoven has the edge on the previous Busch Quartet (Victor) recording in polish. Performance excellent, recording good...
Mozart: Divertimento for Violin, Viola & Cello, K. 563 (Jascha Heifetz, William Primrose, Emanuel Feuermann; Victor; 8 sides). All-star cast, probably the most brilliant that could have been assembled, with a resulting whole that is nearly but not quite the sum of its parts -Heifetz sometimes neglects teamwork. Performance excellent, recording excellent...
Julius Reubke: Sonata for Organ in C Minor (E. Power Biggs; Victor; 6 sides). Composer Reubke, a star pupil of Franz Liszt, died at 24. His Sonata turns out to be a pleasing, romantic work. Performance good, recording good...