Milstein Masterpieces for Violin & Orchestra Capitol 180g LP

Milstein Masterpieces for Violin & Orchestra

Nathan Milstein, Violin

Walter Susskind conducting The Concert Arts Orchestra

Capitol Analogphonic 180g LP SP-8528 / LP43055

from the original masters of Universal Music

audiophile analogue mastering by the expert Maarten de Boer at Emil Berliner Studios

180g audiophile virgin vinyl pressing by Pallas GmbH in Germany

printed in Korea

new, factory sealed

The double-stopping of the big theme in the Wieniawski and the audible bouncing of the bow in the lightning-quick passages of the Saint-Saëns show Milstein at his best. The Stravinsky is presumably based on the composer’s own arrangement for violin and piano (made with Dushkin), the violin taking not only the melody originally given to the bassoon but all the other phrases that could conceivably be regarded as melody. Here the orchestral part appears to be more than a restoration of the 1919 scoring with fuller woodwind added, conceivably owing something to the original 1911 scoring. In any case no one is likely to worry overmuch about the ancestry of what here becomes a delightful occasional piece, warmly performed. The recording favours the violin but no more than is permissible in such a collection of showpieces. - The Gramophone magazine

Tracks

SIDE A

1. Adagio K. 261 (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)

2. Rondo K. 373 (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)

3. Romance in F, Op. 50 (Ludwig van Beethoven)

SIDE B

1. Legende (Henryk Wieniawski)

2. Perpetual Motion (Ottokar Nováček)

3. Berceuse (The Firebird) (Igor Stravinsky)

4. Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso (Camille Saint-Saëns)