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Hector Aguilar <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 24 Oct 2001 09:15:40 -0700
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Deryk Barker <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>Rodney DeCecco ([log in to unmask]) wrote:
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>>The Heifetz Tchaikovsky, yes.  But that performance of the Brahms? Surely
>>you jest.  It belongs at the bottom of the pile.  You've heard the old one
>>about "running the gamut of emotions from A to B?" Ditto here, although
>>Heifetz struggles to reach even A-.
>
>I agree. It's just too damned fast.

There seems to be a lot of disagreement over Heifetz' Brahms.  I personally
think it's great, but I have friends who detest it.  It's just a matter of
taste.

Another recommended recording for Brahms- Ginette Neveu, the studio
recording.

Hector Aguilar <[log in to unmask]>

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