Biddulph
Mischa Elman (violin)The complete Victor recordings (1926-32) (Biddulph)
Elman’s glittering morceau (and some others) in splendid transfers [JW]
Alfred Dubois (violin): Mozart & Vieuxtemps Violin Concertos (Biddulph)
Superior transfers of a great violinist, cut down too soon [JW]
Zoltán Székely (violin) (Biddulph)
Zoltán Szekely triumphs in dual roles, as concerto soloist and quartet leader [JW]
Isolde Menges (violin) (Biddulph)
A great artist’s important legacy restored, including first recordings of Beethoven, Bach and Vaughan Williams [JW]
René Benedetti (violin): In Concert (Biddulph)
Suave, stylish, scintillating and virtuosic; René Benedetti in his prime [JW]
Joseph Szigeti (violin): Complete AFRS Recordings and Live Performances (Biddulph)
An attractive programme of rare items from Szigeti’s discography [JW]
Adila Fachiri and Marie Soldat (violin): (Biddulph)
Fachiri, Tovey and Soldat: historic recordings freighted with significance [JW]
Mischa Elman (violin): The Complete RCA Victor Recordings (Biddulph)
An Elman discographic lacuna is put right; fine transfers too [JW]
Beethoven: String quartets (Biddulph)
Two late acoustics from the Léner Quartet offer opportunities for contrast with their 1930s remakes [JW]
Joseph Szigeti (violin) Bach, Brahms & Vaughan Williams (Biddulph)
Humble pie time for a reviewer [JW]
Joseph Szigeti (violin) Recital at USC 1957 (Biddulph)
Late Szigeti: time to flog a dead horse [JW]
Mischa Elman (violin) plays Mozart and Paganini (Biddulph)
RCA LPs restored, showing Elman schmoozing his way through Mozart and encore trinkets [JW]
Kathleen Parlow (violin): Complete Recordings (Biddulph)
A long overdue salute to an overlooked Auer student and a Canadian violinist of technical polish [JW]
Louis Kaufman (violin): Violin Sonatas (Biddulph)
A generously well-filled disc featuring an outstanding fiddle player [SG]
Rachmaninov: Symphony No.3, The Bells (Biddulph)
Astonishingly vivid off-air survivors from London’s Queen’s Hall in the 1930s [JW]
Wendling Quartet: DG and Electrola Recordings (Biddulph)
An important cache of early chamber music recordings heard in debatable transfers [JW]
Louis Kaufman (violin): Violin Sonatas (Biddulph)
A stylish release featuring a quartet of sonatas played by the sumptuous tonalist Louis Kaufman [JW]
Mischa Elman (violin) Tchaikovsky & Wieniawski (Biddulph)
Elman in Slavic repertoire: genteel decline in action [JW]
Oscar Shumsky (violin): Live at Berkeley (Biddulph)
Shumsky in a previously unreleased recital – a magnificent violinist with an admirable pianist [JW]
Eudice Shapiro (violin) (Biddulph)
A lovingly restored aural document of an exceptional violinist and remarkable musician [SG]
The Art of Eudice Shapiro (violin) (Biddulph)
Better away from the concerto spotlight [RMas]
Eudice Shapiro (violin): Sonatas and duos (Biddulph)
The admirable art of violinist Eudice Shapiro, heard in core repertory [JW]
The Art of Eudice Shapiro (violin) (Biddulph)
The versatile art of Eudice Shapiro: a natural quartet leader rather than soloist [JW]
Bronisław Gimpel (violin) Violin Concertos (Biddulph)
Gimpel’s Vox concertos: rich in virtuosity, glamour and colour [JW]
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