[78-L] heifetz

[DanK]

This http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYEzaH_O-yE  says it is Heifetz, and it 
sounds acoustical.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Taylor Bowie" <bowiebks at isomedia.com>
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Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2008 7:21 PM
Subject: Re: [78-L] heifetz


> Wow...you've got me cranked to hear this record,  David.  I don't have 
> very
> many classical discs but perhaps I've got it buried in my storage.  What 
> is
> the issue number and when was it recorded?
>
> thanks from
>
> Taylor B
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "DAVID BURNHAM" <burnhamd at rogers.com>
> To: <78-L at 78online.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2008 4:13 PM
> Subject: [78-L] heifetz
>
>
> To me, the most hair-raising Heifetz recording ever made was "La Ronde des
> Lutins", particularly the first acoustic recording. He nails every run,
> every harmonic and, having just listened to a couple of You Tube
> performances by Vengerov and Perlman, you can hear how these very
> accomplished violinists bury handfulls of wrong notes in the rapid 
> clusters.
> Listen to the acoustic Heifetz and forget about anything Heifetz would 
> have
> become in later years. Try to appreciate that you're hearing a 15 or 16 
> year
> old boy, who could have missed a lot of the runs and still would have been
> impressive, and wonder at the shear perfection of the performance, the
> harmonics are flawless and sound effortless. Heifetz' later recordings of
> this work are no less exciting but youth is no longer an element.
>
> db
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