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From: DeepBlue <dan.koren@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Konyus Violin Concerto
Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2025 05:50:15 +0000
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On Mon, 24 Mar 2025 2:32:40 +0000, Frank Berger wrote:

> On 3/23/2025 4:14 PM, DeepBlue wrote:
>> On Sun, 23 Mar 2025 20:01:30 +0000, DeepBlue wrote:
>>
>>> On Sun, 23 Mar 2025 7:03:57 +0000, Frank Berger wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 3/13/2025 7:52 PM, DeepBlue wrote:
>>>>> You never knew it existed, right? ;-)
>>>>>
>>>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1A8mFVFP-Fc
>>>>>
>>>>> Enjoy!
>>>>
>>>> Recorded by Heifetz in 1952.  On a RCA CD.
>>>
>>> Yes, but both the sound and the performance
>>> are attrocious!
>>
>> This is much better:
>>
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjnN5BQgfk0
>>
>> Cheers!
>
> On my laptop speakers, having at most one ear
> that works at all, the sound difference is
> negligible. My one "good" ear thinks your
> recommended violinist has an occasional
> intonation problem, while Heifetz was spot on.
> Regarding other aspects of the performance I
> have nothing to say, other than that Heifetz
> was significantly swifter.

Heifetz and his cellist twin Starker were
perfect mechanisms devoid of any feeling
or emotion. Sewing machines. I could never
stand a single note they played.

Sorry.


dk