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In the Thread: Tschaikowsky, [Violin] Concerto in D, Reiner/Chicago/Heifetz
Post Subject: Rosand and Mullova and Tossy S ....Posted by JANDL100 on: 12/23/2007
Hi Romy

Heifetz as sex with a marble woman - yes, exactly!   Everything is perfect but without any emotional response.  I am sure that the recorded sound he was usually given does not help - thin, scrawny & screechy - while reports of his live playing describe it as like warm velvet - that could hardly be more different!   I'm sure that's why he considered hi-fidelity equipment to be "hi-phooee" - I guess that he simply thought his own recordings sounded awful !!

Thanks for making the CDRs for me, Romy (has my recent pack to you arrived yet? - Tintner's Bruckner 7, a very special Shostakovich piano quintet  etc) and yes, the Spivakovsky Tchaik VC would be most interesting!  Thank you.

No, I have not (yet) had a Mullova phase, she has a bit of a reputation as an "ice maiden" too - although I have enjoyed a disc of Bach solo violin music by her.

Rgds, Jerry

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