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...with Soft Hands. Molotov was born Vyacheslav Skriabin, son of a Great Russian retail clerk who worked in a dry-goods store in the village of Kukarka (now Sovietsk). Papa Skriabin, though far from wealthy, owned a roomy frame house; his children went to high school and learned the violin, which Molotov is said to have played badly but with soul. Molotov has claimed the composer Skriabin as an uncle, but Skriabin's family does not reciprocate...
Bach: Suites Nos. 4 & 5 (Lillian Fuchs viola; Decca). A rare chance to hear the darkling tones of the violin's big cousin played at its best. Violist Fuchs gives the unaccompanied works as much verve as if she were supported by a full symphony...
...Pittsburgh Symphony led the parade. Under the baton of William Steinberg, and with Violinist Isaac Stern as soloist, the up & coming Pittsburgh gave a high-spirited performance featuring Gustav Mahler's First Symphony and Modernist Bela Bartok's Violin Concerto. Listeners and critics were especially impressed by the orchestra's brilliance and enthusiasm...
Next night, the brilliant 110-piece Philadelphia Orchestra was on the stage. Eugene Ormandy led Sibelius' Seventh Symphony, and Violinist Nathan Milstein was the soloist in Beethoven's Violin Concerto. Their Manhattan concert was routine for the Philadelphians, who will play Carnegie Hall ten times this season...
...elements. This results in coherent outlines that form the rich and varied content of the works. The reliance on structure can backfire, though, and the final section of his Introduction Chorale, Preclued, and Fugue was weighted down with dry academics. For an encore Davison played the scherzo from his violin sonata, music full of motion and vitality. Revitt made up for his earlier lapses with a sensitive, rhymically vibrant performance...