Oistrakh/Cluytens: Beethoven Violin Concerto: Columbia 33 QCX 10384, lovely copy

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redgarnett Store ITEM DESCRIPTION:

This beautiful LP – a truly fine collector's copy – from Italian Columbia (33 QCX 10384, Italian pressing, blue/silver label, stereo) features legendary violinist David Oistrakh’s classic account of Beethoven’s Violin Concerto in D Major Op. 61, accompanied by André Cluytens and the Orchestre Nacional de la Radiodiffusion Française – recorded in the Salle Wagram, Paris on 8/10 November 1958 (Walter Legge, Producer / Paul Vavasseur, Engineer).

This was the last of Oistrakh´s three studio renditions of the Beethoven (there are no less than 4 ‘live’ extant accounts) and arguably the high-water mark of his achievement in this work, blending an Olympian strength with an apollonian spirit. The sound is truly superb.

This is a quite familiar recording and one cannot say that either the English Columbia 33CX release or the French Columbia FCX release is rare. However, this Italian issue – with its unique cover art (different from any other of Columbia's European divisions) certainly is.

CONDITION:

The gradations of condition I use are as follows: MINT, Near-Mint, Excellent, Very Good, Good, Fair, Poor.

The condition of the jacket is near-MINT. There is some minuscule bumping/wear at corners, as well as extremely faint evidence of shelfwear, but that is all. Otherwise, the album comes fairly close to appearing as new. There are no seamsplits, owners' markings, bends, or other defects and the album remains perfectly solid, bright, glossy, and very striking in appearance – overall, a very fine collector's copy.

The condition of the LP itself is EXCELLENT. Although the surfaces are not absolutely silent, really this is a fine copy and playback is superb, close to NM. Those requiring a flawless or near-MINT copy are kadvised to look elsewhere. Overall, this is an excellent collector's copy.

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