Philip Peters ([log in to unmask]) wrote:

>Ginette Neveu was a great violinist, among the truly great ones who died
>too early.

In a plane crash off the Azores, travelling (to the US?) with her brother,
who was her accompanist.  1949?

>Her recorded legacy is not large but includes three versions
>of the Brahms concerto, two of the Beethoven concerto, a Sibelius of which
>I am not sure whether it is complete or not off the top of my head

Yes, 'tis complete.  EMI References once upn a time reissued the studio
Brahms and Sibelius concertos, a stunning disc, as bother performances
are among the best I've ever heard.

deryk barker
([log in to unmask], http://www.camosun.bc.ca/~dbarker)