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- Subject: Re: Heifetz (was Re: I need recommendations of Bach's Vln Son..)
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- Date: 22 Jan 93 16:34:08 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan22.000329.1046@news.acns.nwu.edu>, ssc@nwu.edu (Steven Chung) writes:
- > I'll venture out... I know many people like it, but I can't stand
- > Heifetz's recording of the Beethoven concerto. He runs through it at
- > lightning speed, as if playing the Tchaikovsky or somesuch. I can hear his
- > technical and structural grasp of the piece, but it lacks spirit, warmth.
- > Not that I want romanticized Beethoven, but compare with one of Grumiaux's
- > recordings...
- The recording you are talking about here, I believe, is the Heifetz/Munch
- version of the Beethoven concerto. I agree that because of the comparative lack
- of serenity in the first movement this is a version that is not entirely
- satisfying. I still enjoy it very much, though. However, you should try the
- earlier (1940?) recording of this concerto by Heifetz w/ Toscanini and the NBC
- symphony. Here even though the tempi are comparable to those in the later
- version somehow there is such magic in the performance that it works
- completely (at least, for me).
-
- >
- > Heifetz's Brahms is another matter.
- >
- Without doubt, among the finest versions available in the catalog.
- Alak Chakravorty.
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