"Robert Stumpf, II" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>For example, I now have almost everything ever recorded by Martinu (in
>fact I have more recordings of his music than any composer).

I find it quite fascinating to observed the devoted following for the
music of Martinu.  I take delight in reading the mailing list devoted
to his music and enjoy reading the newsletter of the Martinu archive.

Do you have favorite pieces?

>I am currently studying Beethoven's Violin Concerto....The Menuhin is
>a serious disappointment (that thin, scrawny sound following Furtwangler's
>almost Brucknarian lead is enough to make me turn it off immediately).

Indeed, it seems to me that they would be an unlikely pairing.  But I
wonder who could really be on the same level as Furtwangler?

Karl

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