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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