Great Violinists
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Great Violinists - Kaufmann
RecommendedLouis Kaufman (violin), Peter Rybar (violin)
Winterthur Symphony Orchestra, Clemens Dahinden
this is avowedly old-school Vivaldi; indeed, the oldest on disc. Recorded in 1947, this is the first-ever recording of The Four Seasons; Louis Kaufman is worlds away from Alessandrini's account... —
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Great Violinists - Joseph Szigeti
RecommendedJoseph Szigeti (violin)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, Paris, Thomas Beecham, Constant Lambert, Charles Munch
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Violin Sonatas
Fritz Kreisler (violin) & Sergey Rachmaninov (piano) (Unissued alternate take version)
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Jascha Heifetz plays Walton, Saint-Saëns, Sinding & Castelnuovo-Tedesco
Jascha Heifetz (violin)
Philharmonia Orchestra, RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, William Walton, William Steinberg, Alfred Wallenstein
Heifetz's Walton Violin Concerto under the composer's baton (1950) may be the best the work has ever had. Unmissable. —
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Great Violinists - Albert Sammons
RecommendedAlbert Sammons (violin)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Hamilton Harty
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Building a Library, June 2019, Also Recommended
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Building a Library, December 2002, Historic Choice
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Jascha Heifetz: 1951-1954 Recordings
Jascha Heifetz (violin)
RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, William Steinberg, Izler Solomon, Alfred Wallenstein
Six works, including a mesmerising Ravel Tzigane, a highly lyrical Chausson Poeme and spellbinding Wieniawski —
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Great Violinists - Heifetz
Jascha Heifetz (violin), with Benno Moiseiwitsch (piano), with William Kapell (piano), with Arthur Rubinstein (piano)
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Great Violinists - Szigeti
Joseph Szigeti (violin)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, British Symphony Orchestra, Thomas Beecham, Bruno Walter
