Milstein: Four Italian Violin Sonatas - Capitol SP 8481
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ITEM DESCRIPTION:
This beautiful and quite rare LP from Capitol (SP 8481, French Pathé-Marconi pressing, rainbow label/FDS logo at 9 o'clock, stereo) features Nathan Milstein's famous 'Four Italian Sonatas' album, one of the greatest of violin records, one which can be spoken of in the same breath as Rabin's 'Mosaics' LP (also for Capitol) and Oistrakh's 'Encores' LP for Columbia. To hear these extraordinary in stereo, so well recorded with the outstanding Leon Pommers at the piano, is entracing, the microphones well capturing Milstein's silken and inimitable tone, the players set in a warm acoustics, and perfectly balanced to boot.
Note: This is the very first French stereo pressing, even more rare than its US counterpart, particularly in such fine condition as this.
Recorded at Studio A, Capitol Studios, New York at 46th Street on 27-29 January 1959, Milstein's program (with Pommers at the piano) is as follows:
Tartini: Sonata for Violin & Continuo in G minor B.g5 "The Devil's Trill"
Corelli: Sonata for Violin & Continuo in D minor, 'La Follia', Op.5 No. 12
Geminiani: Sonata for Violin & Continuo in A Major Op.4 No. 12 (arr. Milstein)
Vivaldi: Sonata for Violin & Continuo in A major Op. 2 No. 2 (RV.31)
CONDITION:
The condition of the jacket is near-MINT. There is slight bumping at corners, the barest evidence of shelfwear, and some minor discoloration to the rear panel. However, there are no seamsplits, bends, or owners' markings, and the album remains solid, bright, and glossy – a lovely collector's copy.
The condition of the LP itself is near-MINT (no spindle trails) and plays without defect of any kind – really, it's a flawless collector's copy.
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