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Steven Schwartz <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 23 Sep 1999 13:48:56 -0500
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Donald Scarinci:

>I thought I would do something simple like pick up a copy of Tchaikovsky's
>violin concertos.  ...  So I go to CDNow and search.  There are over 100
>choices in various combinations of composer and artist combined with all
>sorts of other things.  Add to that my need for a fully digital 20 bit
>recording (surround sound if possible), and I guess I'm on my way to the
>CD store to shop the old fashioned way by reading labels.

Basically, pick your favorite violinist.  Of the ones I've heard, I
recommend

Heifetz/Reiner
Perlman/Mehta
Bell/Dohnanyi
Francescatti/Schippers

Steve Schwartz

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