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...paucity of compositions for violin and viola is not difficult to explain. The timbres of the two instruments make perfect blending almost impossible, unless the violin is stripped of its brilliance, or the viola is forced to produce sounds not indigenous to it. Many concert artists are unwilling to make the necessary compromises, and most composers, fearing neglect, channel their talents elsewhere. But yesterday's recital by Joseph and Lillian Fuchs demonstrated that music in this medium does deserve a place in the concert hall, and does respond to sensitive, balanced performances...
Other notable new records: all five of 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...
...Isaac Stern is one of the world's finest violinists. He has a big tone, an impressive technique and immense warmth. In Manhattan's Carnegie Hall one afternoon last week, Stern and his fiddle were in top form. Playing Beethoven's Violin Concerto with the New York Philharmonic-Symphony under George Szell, Stern flaked warm, buttery tones off the violin with deep tenderness. As his bow drew the music from the strings, his body seemed to play its own accompaniment. Now he rose on his toes, now he shrugged with a phrase, now he twisted and bent...
...been on the stage professionally for 18 years, and developed a certain attitude just to be a professional concert player. But I don't want to be known only as a violinist. I want to be a player of music-one whose instrument just happens to be the violin." Now that he is established, he feels an "inward calm" that comes, he says, "from getting away from purely commercial competitiveness. I've now arrived at the point at which the only thing that can stop you is your brain-and how keenly you are aware of the possibilities...
...Hughes' Sarabande for violin and piano alluded to a number of styles from Bach to Bloch and made none of its own. Not even the instrumental writing showed great expertness although one uninspired performance may have conveyed this impression...