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...first, Music Minus One recorded chiefly classical releases, began to rake in the profits when it added jazz. It omits every instrument in the orchestra but the harp, often makes a single piece of music available in several mutations: Schubert's "Trout" Quintet can be bought without piano, violin, viola, cello or bass. The company's bestseller (20,000 copies) is a household nightmare: Rhythm Section Backgrounds for budding vocalists and various instruments. The best classical seller is an album of Mozart quartets for either violin or flute. Recently, for those who would like something grander than Sing...
Died. Alexander Hilsberg, 61, Warsaw-born product of the St. Petersburg violin-prodigy assembly line (others: Jascha Heifetz, Nathan Milstein) who served 20 years as concertmaster of the "ideal orchestra" of his youth, the Philadelphia, before taking over the New Orleans Symphony in 1952; of heart and kidney disease; in Camden...
While preparing for a concert series at Los Angeles' Pilgrimage Theater, aging (60) but unbowed Violin Virtuoso Jascha Heifetz commented bitingly to the press on his seeming lack of interest in modern compositions. "Yes, I play them occasionally," said he. "And for two reasons. First, to discourage the composers from writing any more, and secondly, to remind myself how much I appreciate Beethoven...
...will be Telemann's Concerto in D major for Trumpet, Strings and Continuo and Concerto in D major for Trumpet, Two Oboes and Continuo; Boyce's Symphoiny no. 2 in C major and Symphony no. 4 in F major; Locatelli's Concerto no. 2 in C minor for Violin, Opus 2; Schuman's Carnaval; and Stravinsky's The Fairy Kiss, complete balled...
Since its beginning in 1954, the group has toured the United States, Canada, Europe, New Zealand, and Australia. The members are Marc Gottlieb, violin; Vladmir Weissman, violin; William Soheon, viola; and Irving Klein, cello...