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Alexander Hilsberg is a man who knows how to bide his time. For 25 years he played his violin in the Philadelphia Orchestra, the last 19 as concertmaster. Most of that time, he was wishing he were a conductor. Says patient Alex Hilsberg: "Each man must wait his call...
...meaning. Readers of Fry's play have time to wrestle with both, but audiences do not. The play's shifting focus makes for a confusing psychological kaleidoscope rather than any clear philosophic light. And even at its soberest, Fry's seems a gift better suited to violin cadenzas than sustained organ music, to ladies who, in the end, are not for burning than to men actually thrust into the fiery furnace...
Jascha Heifetz, who has appeared with the Boston Symphony on and off since 1919, played the work for which he is perhaps most famous: the Beethoven D major concerto. This glorious composition, generally regarded as THE Violin Concerto, is a perfect fusion of the Classical and the Romantic in music. The collaboration of Heifetz and Munch resulted in a skillful blending of Classic clarity and Romantic richness. Heifetz performed with even greater fluency than in his definitive recording with Toscanini. He played with great insight, and tossed the many cadenza-like passages with uncanny ease...
...reverse side is Bach's seldom-performed Concerto for flute, violin, and piano. The best thing in this performance is Martin Boykan's delicate piano-playing, but poor microphone placement makes it impossible to hear all of the notes. The surfaces, except for a few minor scratches, are quite good, and both records may be obtained through the Orchestra...
Brahms: Sonata No. 3 In D Minor, Op. 108 (Jascha Heifetz, violin; William Kapell, piano; Victor, 2 sides LP). Two fine talents give a touching and exciting performance of a late (1888) work. Recording : good...