Rodney DeCecco ([log in to unmask]) wrote:

>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.

One superb performance not mentioned so far - probably because not
generally available - is the 1944 Menuhin/BBC/Boult which was on a disc
accompanying the magazine a couple of years ago.

deryk barker
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