Sir Georg Solti conducts Beethoven Symphony No. 4 & Violin Concerto
23 November 2018 - 4:46pm
Album title:
Beethoven
Composer(s):
Beethoven
Works:
Symphony No. 4; Violin Concerto
Performer:
Mischa Elman (violin); London Philharmonic Orchestra/Georg Solti
Label:
Eloquence
Catalogue Number:
480 6595 (1950)
Performance:
Recording:
Mischa Elman’s mellifluous, expressively generous, expansive style and the driven, fiercely literal young Georg Solti are a weird mismatch in the Violin Concerto. The Symphony is exciting, in a ruthless kind of way.
Stephen Johnson
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