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On the DFO discography is named a second version of the second,also live with Richter, August/72, But on LP, not on CD. So your'right. Whorty of mention is the third by Igor. IMO a splendid version. About Vladimir and Nathan, what a pity they didn't recorded any more, or some trio with their old fri...

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Lance: how could you omit Oistrakh's recordings?.
And for rarities,Boris and Julia Golstein and Kulenkampff-Solti.
Also Ricci-Katchen (1 and 2); Toscha Seidel-Arthur Loesser (1 and 2)
Taschner-Gieseking, Zimbalist-Kaufman and Paul Kochanski-Rubinstein
(the 3th)

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Thanks for the information.

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Wild's Phantasy on Porgy and studies on Gershwiin's
themes are extremely difficult pieces , and his own
recording one of the most spectacular I've ever heard.
As far as I know, nobody else has recorded it.

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"Mozarts's" "Adelaide v.c. and "Haendel's" viola c. are works by
Henri Casadesus, a practical joker.

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About Sherry Kloss, she was a Heifetz's pupil and a very warm and good taste volinist. I strongly recommend 2 CD she made, one with Heitez's transcriptiobs and arrangements (many that he never recorded),and the other with short encore pieces, almost all forgotten now, and played wirh exquisite elega...

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Borodin's cello sonata. Pure Mendelssohn's.

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If you like Brahm's sonatas, russian style, besides LK and DO,
look for Boris and Julia Goldshtein.

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You can't put three divas together without jealousy and fights.
Gregor had a more moderate temper, but the other two were
like fight cocks. And Jascha, he just must to be the leader
and couldn't stand a secondary role.

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There's de legend that great Joseph Hassid recorded it. If he did...

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Yes, I've it. His story about Stravinsky's fee and his answer to Einstein
are lovely.

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Yes, I agree. Elgar's is one of the most demanding and difficult v.c. and it had very few recordings if one compare with the other famous ones. You're probably right on Fritz fearing he didn't have the technical comand enough to recorded it with the level of excelence required. My favorites version ...

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And why didn't he recorded Elgar's v.c.,? Didn't he gave the firt
live play?

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And why three russian musicians and friends who went
from Russia to the west never recorded together? What
a missing chance! (of course I'm talking about Nathan,Vladimir and Gregor)

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If you want early Milstein's, look for BIDDULPH LAB 055 and 063.
You'll have Tchaikovsky, Bach chaconne an many more from the 30s.
and 40s.

rasputin · Sorry, but sadly, Odnoposoff died 11-17-2004.

Sorry, but sadly, Odnoposoff died 11-17-2004.

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Lance: as far as I know, Fritz didn't recorded this piece of his.
And it is his piece. 85% Kreisler, and 15% Tartini.
Do you have the famous Odnoposoff's recording ?

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According to Corlyss, only conservatives should do that.

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Curious. Sergey get his american citezenship.and died. Cause and consecuence?

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Some people think that Bach wasn't in fact a composer, but
he only took dictation. What he wrote was dictated from above.

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IMO, Glazunov and Gliere are 2 of the most important romantic russian composers of the first haf of the 20th.century. The symphonic and chamber production of Glazunov is worthwile, and Illya Mourovets is an extraordinary piece. Glazunov's v.c.is a beauty, as his 7 SQ, his S quintet and the suite for...

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dulcinea: you are as low as your opinions.

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Oskar Reiss (Ossy Renardy),a very good violinist,died on a car accident
in NYC. Kreisler almost died from an other car accident in NYC. Car
drivers in NYC hate violinists.

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Albéric Magnard was killed by the germans in his home,during IWW.
They burned the house,with all of his unpublished works.

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An other good Ravelist was IMO french Marcelle Meyer. Her Chabrier was
also excelent.

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Several names are most wanted. Signed photos by Ginette Neveu, Michael Rabin, Josef Hassid, Ferras,Kapell, Sviatoslav Richter,Gould,Enescu,Heifetz, Prihoda,Young Rubinstein,Young Menuhin,young Milstein,young Horowitz and others are very expensive. And of course,any famous composer or conductor, in p...

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Well, I've a bunch of signed photos by much better violinists:
Heifetz,Oistrakh,Ricci,Szeryng,Francescatti,Thibaud,Campoli,Stern,Menuhin.
I thing that if I put all of them for sale on E Bay, maybe I could made
4 grands.

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Honor and praise to Lord Menuhin, who was between 1929 and 1960 more or less, one of the greatest violinist in the world. And to Jeno Hubay, violinist, teacher and composer of some of the most hard and romantic hungarian violin music ever writen His seldom heard and almost never played "Scenes of th...

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It is undoubted that until the 80s, men were dominant in the field of violin playing, but there were many great women violinist in the past who didn't get the fame and admiraton they deserve. My obviously incomplete list: Maud Powell - Kathleen Parlow - Cecilia Hansen - Isolde Menges - Lola Bobescu ...

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Lance: on Pablo's, I've something I hope will surprise you (doubtful,because you have almost anything!),but,there it is: some years ago swis label Limit published 3 CD with Pablo's works with orchestra, by a really excelent romanian named Gabriel Croitoru, with Jacques Bodmer and City of Malaga 0. I...

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Yes, I've Ricci with Smith and the previous with his teacher Persinger (himself an Auer's pupil). Both are magnificent. But Smith's had the only recording I've listen to of the Serenata Andaluza, IMHO one of the most extraordinary pieces master ever wrote. Ricci is the last surviving of the great vi...

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Honor and praise for Pablo, composer of the best spaniard violin music ever, a great violinist, and a nice guy. Pablo, I love you!!

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About Bazzini and Rimsky, I strongly recommend investigate their chamber
works. Bazzini's 6 SQ are IMHO with Cherubini's, the best in Italy in the
19th.century. And RK piano trio is just fantastic.

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Ricardo Odnoposoff was the best violinist that Argentina produced.
He got second after no less than Oistrakh in the Queen Elizabeth
Belgium violin contest. He had a long an successfull career in Europe
as solist and teacher, and left several good recordings. His Tartini's
Devil is famous.

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About Solomon, he was a pianist's king, doesn't he? :) :) About Takta, I only know (and have) the recording by great georgian violinist Liana Isakadze with Takta conducting the Radio and TV URSS orch. It´s a Melodiya LP. Don't know if ever on CD. The concerto is exceedingly beautiful, and the versio...

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It was Solomon Cutner, no Cutner Solomon. Solomon was his first name.
Cutner his surname.

Taktakishvili's first violin concerto is one of the most beautiful I ever heard.

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Did you know that Scherchen was also a composer?. Have an extremely
rare CD with his SQ op.1.

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If you like Gieseking on Debussy and historicals. get his recordings from
1927-39 on a double VAI AUDIO 1117-2. He don't made wrong notes.
And he could take Cortot and keep him in the pocket of his vest.

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And if you add Slava, you'll have one of the best chamber trios of all time.
As a proof, IMO the best ever version of Tchaikovsky piano trio.

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Ricardo Viñes, a spaniard, was a splendid pianist. A friend of the six, of
Debussy and Ravel, he made many first auditions of his works. There's
several very fine recordings of him,from the 30s.,on EMI.

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Alexander Taneyev, a distant relative of Sergey, is almost unknown,but
his 3 SQ (on Olympia),are IMO splendid russian works.

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Bazzini is know only for his famous dance, a classic test of virtuosity for violinists, but he had some charming chamber works. Try if you can his 6 SQ. With Cherubini's, the best italian SQ of the 19th.cen.IMO. Larry Adler was a great virtuoso. He played popular pieces but also good arrangements of...

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Well, you can begin with Enescu's own second and third sonatas with
Lipatti ( a classic!). And about Bartok, get Szigeti-Bartok.

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What about Enescu?. He was much more than a great violinist: a fine
teacher, a pianist, a conductor,and the greatest rumanian composer of
the 20th.century.

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I don't know if I qualify as a completist, but I've all Brahm's chamber instrumental works on historical versons (meaning from 78 and LP eras). :) :) Meaning, I suppose, that you have the classic Music from Marlboro recordings of the sextets under Casals. I am impressed. Well,no. Have the 2 sextets...

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I don't know if I qualify as a completist, but I've all Brahm's
chamber instrumental works on historical versons (meaning from 78 and LP eras).

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Yes, I've Stenhammar SQ too. Splendid (and unknown) works. Plus about
200 more unknown string chamber pieces

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Glory and Honor to Jascha, IMHO the best living violinist between 1920 and 1960, and he who changed for ever the technique and style of violin playing.

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On several occasions I have heard the though expressed* that the Brahms Clarinet Quintet op. 115 is the very summit of chamber music, the very greatest that has been composed in that genre. * (by non-clarinetists no less!) I totally agree. Have 5 versions and every time I listened to it, I admire t...

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I certainly wold like to listen to Horowitz playing Tchaikovsky's grand
sonata op.37, Barer doing Lyapunov's trascendental etudes or Godowsky
playing his own Chopin's etudes !!

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