[78-L] Weiniawski

[DAVID BURNHAM]

Well a true Wieniawski afficianado might be very upset after hearing the Heifetz recording on 78s since Heifetz seems to feel that nobody wants to hear anything that doesn't include him so he cuts out virtually all of the opening orchestral exposition so we can hear him right away,  but it probably wouldn't call for suicide.  In an interesting contrast, in the "Living Stereo" recording of the Tchaikovsky with Fritz Reiner there's a huge cut in the Cadenza which sounds very un-Heifetz like.  I've never seen another recording of the Weiniawski on 78s but there may have been others from Europe, (I'm too lazy to go and check the WERM).

I just googled some more and found another page called, "The Legendary Joan Crawford", and it includes the Weiniawski in the music credits for "Humoresque".  I guess I'll just have to find a copy of the movie somewhere and watch it again.

db


On Monday, September 15, 2014 10:33 AM, David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca.invalid> wrote:
 

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>Yeah, who could commit suicide to Wieniawski? Wagner, on the other hand....
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>Not OT since Columbia issued a 78 set of Isaac Stern playing the music from 
>that film. (Album was titled "Humoresque" in the US and "A Violin Recital by 
>Isaac Stern" in Canada. Odd.)
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>dl
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>On 9/15/2014 10:26 AM, DAVID BURNHAM wrote:
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>> No I suspect you're right and that my memory of which concerto was
 playing is wrong.  I was very young at the time.
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>> db
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>> On Monday, September 15, 2014 8:32 AM, David Lennick<dlennick at sympatico.ca.invalid>  wrote:
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>>> And I'm wrong because in that one, Crawford commits suicide to Wagner's
>>> Liebestod, tastefully arranged by Oscar Levant (yes, for violin and orchestra).
>>> So back to the drawing board.
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>>> dl
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>>> On 9/15/2014 1:22 AM, DAVID BURNHAM wrote:
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>>>> It looks like you must be right but I can't find any mention of Weiniawski in the music credits so perhaps I made that part up, but I always remembered the scene with that concerto running.
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>>>> db
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>>>> On Monday, September 15, 2014 12:50 AM, David Lennick<dlennick at sympatico.ca.invalid>   wrote:
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>>>>> Betcha it's Humoresque. Joan Crawford, John Garfield, and 3 sets of hands
>>>>> playing the fiddle.
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 dl
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>>>>> On 9/15/2014 12:32 AM, DAVID BURNHAM wrote:
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>>>>>> When I was a kid I saw an old movie on television of which I know nothing, except that towards the end a woman who, I think, is about to commit suicide, is seen running along a beach at night while Weiniawski's 2nd Violin Concerto is playing.  Although she is running away from the source of the music, it doesn't get any quieter.  Does anyone recall this movie or know what it was?
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>>>>>> db
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