{"product_id":"heifetz-mendelssohn-violin-concerto-three-recordings-19444959-pasc278","title":"HEIFETZ Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto, three recordings (1944\/49\/59) - PASC278","description":"overviewfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eMENDELS\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eSOHN \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eViolin Concerto\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eRecorded 1944, 1949 and 1959\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eTotal duration: 73:01 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"bodysmallarial\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eJascha Heifetz, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eviolin\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eNBC Symphony Orchestra\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003econductor \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eArturo Toscanini\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eRoyal Philharmonic Orchestra\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003econductor \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eSir Thomas Beecham\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eBoston Symphony Orchestra\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003econductor \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eCharles Munch\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_titlefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fFanfare Review578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_quotefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fIrresistible. Strongly recommended578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_bodyfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp class=\"B\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003eJascha Heifetz recorded Felix Mendelssohn’s\nconcerto twice in the studio: on June 10, 1949, with Thomas Beecham and\nthe Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, and on February 23 and 25, 1959, with\nCharles Munch and the Boston Symphony Orchestra. In addition, two live\nperformances have circulated (also, coincidentally, 10 years apart):\nfrom April 9, 1944, with Arturo Toscanini and the NBC Symphony\nOrchestra, and from March 14, 1954, with Guido Cantelli and the New York\nPhilharmonic. Pristine brings together the two studio readings with the\nlive recording made with Toscanini; the performance with Cantelli\nappeared on Pristine 094. \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"B\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003eThe first reading on the program, with Toscanini,\nsounds vibrant (despite some perhaps unavoidable noise) in Pristine’s\nrerelease, which conveys Heifetz’s fiery electricity and tonal splendor\nin the first movement. In the cadenza, it sounds as though the violinist\nis standing behind the speakers and reveals the snap of Heifetz’s bow\nand the full range of his tonal nuances when the orchestra reenters\nafter the cadenza (still, the transfer in Guild’s set of Toscanini\nrecordings of Mendelssohn’s works—2358\/9—sounds more full-bodied in the\ntuttis). There’s more noise in the slow movement, a small price to pay,\nhowever, for the rich recorded sound that allows pizzicato\naccompaniments to reverberate. As in the first movement, that recorded\nsound again allows listeners to hear Heifetz’s brilliance close up. \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"B\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003eIn the second reading, with Beecham, the engineers\nseem to have placed Heifetz further away, but overall, everything seems\ncleaner, although the cleanliness doesn’t reveal Heifetz’s technical\nand tonal command any more transparently. Those who believe that Heifetz\nrethought his interpretations very seldom (which may, on the whole,\ntend to be true) should note his inflections in the cadenza. His\nrelative relaxation in the slow movement and the purity of his\nintonation in the finale, a tribute to the performance on the one hand,\nand the recorded sound on the other, also help make this reading well\nworth hearing. \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"B\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003eThe engineers in the third reading, with Munch,\nseem also to have placed Heifetz further back; approaching the end of\nhis 50s, Heifetz still plays with considerable drive in the first\nmovement, but the difference of 23 seconds that the booklet notes\nmention in the slow movement between this performance and that with\nBeecham may strike many listeners less forcefully than the difference\nwhatever polish (over-polishing?) his reading had accumulated over the\nyears may have imparted. Those who consider such things (as we all, on\noccasion, do) will like to note the timings of the three recordings\n(Toscanini: 10:50, 7:17, and 6:13; Beecham: 11:05, 7:27; and 6:05; and\nMunch: 11:03, 7:04, and 5: 57), which may reveal a great similarity but\nalso show how abstract resemblance can mask many differences in energy.\n\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"Br\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003eThose seeking Heifetz’s readings of this concerto\nin thoughtfully restored recorded sound will find Pristine’s release\nirresistible. Strongly recommended to more general listeners as well. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"Br\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMESb\"\u003eRobert Maxham \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis article originally appeared in Issue 35:1 (Sept\/Oct 2011) of Fanfare Magazine.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9main_samplefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fsamples\/PASC278.mp3578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_labelfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fProducer's Note578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_typefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fcontent578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_contentfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 24px;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Heifetz is really in a class of his own\" - Gramophone\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cem class=\"bodymid\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eTwo studio and one live - three contrasting, superb performances, XR remastered\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp class=\"body\"\u003eThis release allows the listener to hear not only the great Heifetz at his virtuoso best, but also to compare and contrast the three complete recordings of Mendelssohn's concerto which are listed in Beecham's main discography (which predates Pristine's issue of the Cantelli recording of 1954,. PASC094). In terms of pacing there's little between the 1944 and 1959 recordings - the Toscanini is marginally faster than the Munch - but it is in the Beecham second movement, as highlighted in the Gramophone review above, where the music is given the greatest room to breathe, a full 23s longer than the relatively swift Munch recording.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"body\"\u003eEach recording was XR remastered using the same modern reference recording, yet each retains its own distinct sound and style - and obviously sound quality improves with time, though each has shown considerable improvement over the original source recordings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"body\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eAndrew Rose\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_cover_thumbnail1_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_cover_thumbnail2_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_cover_download_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample1_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample2_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample3_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample4_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample5_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample6_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_labelfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fFull Track Listing578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_typefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5ftrack_listing578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_contentfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"bodybigblue\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eMENDELSSOHN \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003e Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bodybigblue\"\u003eRecording No. 1 (mono\/Ambient Stereo):\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"body\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003cbr\u003e NBC Symphony Orchestra\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003econductor\u003cstrong\u003e Arturo Toscanini\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003erecorded \u003cstrong\u003e9th April, 1944\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cspan class=\"bodybigblue\"\u003eRecording No. 2 (mono\/Ambient Stereo):\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"body\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Royal Philharmonic Orchestra\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003econductor\u003cstrong\u003e Sir Thomas Beecham\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003erecorded \u003cstrong\u003e10th June, 1949\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cspan class=\"bodybigblue\"\u003eRecording No. 3 (Stereo):\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"body\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Boston Symphony Orchestra \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003econductor\u003cstrong\u003e Charles Munch\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003erecorded \u003cstrong\u003e23rd February, 1959\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eJascha Heifetz, violin 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Reviews578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab4_typefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fcontent578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab4_contentfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp\u003e\"There's no doubt about it, Heifetz is really in a class of his own; it's an insult to him to make comparisons, as though he were just another fine violinist. One feels exactly the same as with Horowitz: once you put the needle down, you're confronted. There's great fire and passion in the playing, and a lovely relaxed lyricism in the gentler passages, which is carried over into the Andante (as pure and sweet and unsentimental as anyone could wish) and into the pensive introduction of the finale. The finale itself is of course taken at top speed, and provides a feast of breathtaking virtuosity.\"\u003cbr\u003efrom \u003cb\u003eThe Gramophone, March 1960 \u003c\/b\u003e(review of Munch\/BSO recording)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"It is, I think, safe to say that the sweetness and calm of the slow movement theme has won as many adherents for the work as anything; and, as some people may try out this set at the dealer's by sampling this movement, it should be said that Heifetz is here at his best, producing a beautifully shaped line of simple and at the same time warm quality, hut never allowing it to become cloying. 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