Rabin – PAGANINI – Capitol Side-Logo Original SP 8534 – VERY RARE
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Violin virtuoso Michael Rabin –
PAGANINI –
Capitol Side-Logo Original SP 8534 –
VERY RARE & FINE!
They said, with a violin, there wasn't anything he couldn't do. That was when he was 13.
Violinists and music critics and aficionados the world over simply gawked at this talent. Conductors and musicians smothered him with accolades. Szell, Mitropoulos, Rodzinski, Arrau, and so many others sang his praises. Fact is, to give you a better idea of what life was like for this virtuoso…while at work in London with Sargent and the BBC Orchestra, he was invited to chair first violin during an evening of chamber music. Imagine the honor and pleasure of his discovering, as he showed up that night, that second violin was clamored for by David Oistrakh.
But, the wily nature of prodigies sometimes leaves a mark, and so it did with Michael Rabin, whose talent never diminished but whose emotions started to border on neuroses. So much was this the case, he never stepped into a recording studio again after 1960 and while still pursuing a concert career developed a terrible fear of falling off stage. Strange that. As not much later, his life indeed ended from a fall, at the age of 36.
This is his playing of Paganini CONCERTO No. 1 IN D MAJOR, with Sir Eugene Goosens at the helm of the Philharmonia Orchestra. (Also here, Wieniawski CONCERTO No. 2 IN D MINOR.)
Genius without measure, in a decent copy: Cover without major fault, just a small chip on the spine and a touch of edge up top. Side-logo heavy platter inside has light work here and there on both sides but should play fine in part, being useful as a demo.
Extraordinary talent, and a rare LP, getting harder and harder to come by.
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Shipping and handling is $5 for up to 5 LPs shipped within the States. Internationally, $16 via airmail for the first LP, $4 each thereafter. (Canada is half that.) Boxes over 4 lbs., add another $6, because First Class is no longer available at that weight, just Priority Mail. Note, too, boxed sets of LPs require more postage.
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