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2015-11-26 15:32:18
Gidon Kremer picks the best-ever Beethoven concerto
At least that’s what he was asked to do by the French magazine, Diapason. But for Gidon there is no such thing as best and no acceptance of the record industry’s repeated claims of perfection. So he proceeds by way of Oscar Wilde and Mieczyslaw Weinberg, Lockenhaus and Leonard Cohen, to give a tour d’horizons of what goes on in an artist’s mind when preparing and considering an interpretation of great music. He has sent us the English original of the article, which runs to 44 fact and anecdote filled pages. Here’s the longlist he compiled. 1 Joseph Szigeti / Bruno Walter / British Symphony Orchestra, 1932 2 Bronislaw Huberman / George Szell / Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, 1934 3 Fritz Kreisler / John Barbirolli / London Philharmonic Orchestra, 1936 4 Jascha Heifetz / Arturo Toscanini / NBC Symphony Orchestra, 1940 5 Yehudi Menuhin / Furtwängler / Berlin Philharmonic, 1947 6 Christian […]
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