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...Unaccompanied Violin (Jascha Heifetz; Victor, 3 LPs). Master Fiddler Heifetz brings some of the repertory's toughest music to life with his superb confidence and technique. There are a few passages where technique seems uppermost in his mind, but for the most part the slow movements have appealing warmth and the fast ones take off in whirlwinds of color...
...concert stage, she showed her Latin dash at once, tucking her violin under her chin with a flourish, then working both hands in the air to limber them before attacking the music. Her tone had none of the acid brilliance of a Heifetz, but in roundness and warmth resembled Kreisler's. She scorned fireworks or virtuosity. "She is an artist," said one De Vito fan, "not a virtuoso." In the Vivaldi concerto last week her violin was warm and passionate, blending with the stronger tones of Stern and Menuhin in a performance which all but capped the festival...
...next lap on his Virginia farm. They take great pride in their craftsmanship ("Every day's program should be interesting in its own right") and talk solemnly about the beneficial influence of Life Can Be Beautiful on 3,300,000 faithful listeners. "Papa David's warmth and wisdom are a great comfort to listeners who thirst for inspirational things like this," Beckby feels. "We are reaching, always reaching for an expression of courageous faith-a word of comfort, a word of hope. We bring the message that, however dark the world, however unhappy the particular situation, this...
...Stockholm Radio Orchestra, conducted by Stig Westerberg; London). An appealing piece dating from 1937 by one of Sweden's standout composers. Like a good many other Scandinavian efforts. Dag Wiren's work avoids blatant modernity, but gets a fresh, airy effect by blending forthright melodic warmth with spicy dashes of dissonance...
...year, the Gila monsters (thick-bodied venomous lizards with skins like orange and black beadwork) avoid the summer heat, come out only at night. So Woodin hunts them at night by jeep. After the sun has set, the monsters like to lie on the pavement, enjoying its lingering warmth. Woodin steps up to the beaded, venomous patient, pins its neck down with a forked stick, and, with practiced skill, slips a specially made, quick-registering clinical thermometer into the beast's rectum...