Ron MacDonald Posted September 5, 2003 Report Share Posted September 5, 2003 Today is Szigeti's 111th birthday! I'll celebrate by playing one of my favorites recordings. I'm not sure which one yet but probably his late (1959) recording of the Brahms Cto. (Not to everyone's taste but dear to my heart) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Violinerrrz Posted September 5, 2003 Report Share Posted September 5, 2003 Other than Kreisler and Ysaye, Szigetti was my favorite violinist before Oistrakh appeared. You have fine taste my friend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K544 Posted September 5, 2003 Report Share Posted September 5, 2003 Ysaye!!?? You and Szigeti must be contemporaries! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Violinerrrz Posted September 5, 2003 Report Share Posted September 5, 2003 Ok heres some facts: -1898 Ysaye retires -1902-1913 are the dates of Kubelick's recordings -1912 Szigeti makes his first European tour -1917 Heifetz makes his Carnegie Hall debut -1929 Oistrakh's debut made -1947 Kreisler makes his last public appearance at Carnegie Hall on November first (thanks Shiela) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K544 Posted September 5, 2003 Report Share Posted September 5, 2003 Lemme make sure I understand. You were there for all of these things, right? I actually played in a back-up band for the great Joska once. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toscha Posted September 6, 2003 Report Share Posted September 6, 2003 Quote: Ok heres some facts: -1898 Ysaye retires -1902-1913 are the dates of Kubelick's recordings May I ask where you got those dates? They are NOT correct. Ysaye played well beyond 1898 (he was only forty then). He was still performing well into 1910s and the last appearance as a soloist took place in 1927, playing the Beethoven concerto. As for Kubelik, MOST of his recordings were made around the years mentioned above, but he did make a few (probably no more than a half-dozen) recordings after 1913. T. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vieuxtemps Posted September 7, 2003 Report Share Posted September 7, 2003 I was just thinking about him! Actually, I've been thinking about him a lot lately, since his book is the reason I first got interested in the Schumann Sonata in A minor. I'm playing it in my senior recital in a few months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One_Tree_Hill Posted September 7, 2003 Report Share Posted September 7, 2003 Interesting. I'm working on the Schumann 2nd Sonata, perhaps for a recital, myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Violinerrrz Posted September 8, 2003 Report Share Posted September 8, 2003 The facts were obtained from web pages I found Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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