1935 1st REC JASCHA HEIFETZ SIBELIUS SOCIETY VIOLIN CONCERTO D Min Beecham M-309
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Description
Part of the Great Sibelius Society Recordings:
Jasch Heifetz Violin and Thomas Beecham cond the London Philharmonic in the FIRST RECORDING OF
Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47
Jascha Heifetz (violin)
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Sir Thomas Beecham
Recorded: 1935-11-26
Recording Venue: 26 November 1935 / No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London
I. Allegro moderato
II. Adagio di molto
III. Allegro ma non tanto
4x 12" Victor 78 rpm records with orig album DM 309 and Notes
Condition: EXCELLENT pristine, very quiet faintest crackle, faint thump at start
Album great, light rubbing at edges
In 1935 the Sibelius violin concerto was recorded for the first time by violinist Jascha Heifetz, with Sir Thomas Beecham and the London Philharmonic. This premiere has become a famous and treasured recording, even after 75 years.
“Nobody had brought such absolutely note-perfect playing to the violin before. I mean, Heifetz, with his first few recordings, really raised the bar for all violinists. And the bar has never come down again,” said Tim Page, a Professor of Journalism and Music at the University of Southern California.
Heifetz had a style that was both very cool and very intense, which was not so different from that of Sibelius. The recording was a good match of musician and composer. “I often compare it to simply the character of a Finnish person or a Finnish musician,” said violinist Lisa Batiashvili, who will perform Sibelius’ piece with the New York Philharmonic this weekend. “Basically, during eight months in a year, it’s cold and dark, and they only have light for three months in the summer, but then they have light all day and all night -– so it’s a kind of destabilizing matter in nature. And it’s a mixture of coolness, but at the same time something very, very intense inside...their soul is really burning,” she continued.
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