>I'm amazed that no one has mentioned the superb Szigeti recording from >1928 (Sir Hamilton Harty/Halle Orchestra) terrific recording- orchestra is remarkably good- Harty must have been a very fine conductor- Kreisler recorded the Brahms around the same time with an almost amateur sounding orchestra and less fidelity- could never figure out why Kreisler was not provided with a better orchestra- >or even the remake with Ormandy in 1945. not as good- past his prime >I also get a bit fed up with the Heifetz bashing that so many appear >to revel in. His two studio performances (Koussevitzky and Reiner) The Koussevitzky has a very interesting and exciting cadenza and I feel is the better of the 2- AB