Carlos Majlis wrote: >Some time ago, a friend send me a copy of extremely rare Heifetz's >recordings of a Mozart's sonata and Beethoven Spring played as an very >bad violin student on purpose, out of tune, plain, almost without >vibrato and boring; but as a complement, the one and only recording >of Joseph Hauge violin sonata, with composer at the piano. ... I reply belatedly but enthusiastically. I do know of this album, though I've only heard it once. It was certainly memorable! What I'm thinking of, however, was a 10" record of standard violin showpieces (don't remember much of the repertoire), AS PLAYED BY the aforementioned Joseph Hague (note spelling; it may be a different character) ON VIOLIN, with pianist Floyd E. Sharp (what a name: you can't forget that one!). A former cello teacher, Gabor Rejto, had this record and regaled a group of us students with it one night. (I recall that Michael Kuttner, the second violinist of the Hungarian String Quartet was there that evening; no one roared louder than these two Hungarian virtuosi.) I've heard that it was Heifetz at the controls, but I've never heard or read anything to substantiate this, though I know a few people familiar with the recording. The playing was SO bad, but every so often the violinist would betray a flash of ability wholly at variance with the prevailing mediocrity. The real highlight for me was the Saint Saens Introduction and Rondo capriccioso, where the violinist kept botching the syncopated anticipation of the rondo theme, playing it on the beat and throwing the ensemble into disarray. You had to be there... I have no recollection of anything BY Hague on this album, though. I'd certainly be interested to know any further information anyone may have. I found this with a web search: http://www.popsike.com/php/detaildata.php?itemnr=4714143187 Roger Lebow