1955 Ida Haendel Violin Brahms orig HMV CLP 1032
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1955 first anywhere issue Ida Haendel with Celibidache in the Brahms Violin Concerto for Violin on Uk HMV CLP 1032 has the laminated curved cut flip back sleeve and plum nipper labels. Mint minus record and Excellent playback (nothing from 1955 sounds near mint), Excellent minus sleeve has a cleanly repaired closed tear to opening,small spine rub. Record is flat and there is no writing or excessive spindle marks to labels or sleeve, which is a clean white to rear as shown. Marks are surface, not deep or feelable scratches. Worst noise was 21 seconds of intermittent clicks to the end of the middle movement, and they lessened on the second play. Knowing the rarity of this I have spent extra time with the playgrade and examination. As 49 year old Lp's go this was impressive, at its best with a mono cartridge.
One of the great violin rarities and a most astonishing performance, Gramophone said of this in comparison to the Martzy and De Vito recordings:
the Brahms was made during a period when EMI recorded three versions of the work with female soloists within a space of months HMV sessions for the Gioconda De Vito and Haendel accounts actually took place at the same time, which caused raised eyebrows within the company. Both of the original LPs referred to in the above title are very scarce, and obviously sold badly. Testament have reissued the legendary Johanna Martzy version of the Brahms (reviewed by me last month), and the equally renowned De Vito interpretation has been reissued in Japan, but frankly I feel that Haendel's performance is superior to those of her two colleagues. Her technique is superlative and her tone-quality very beautiful. She takes the first movement at rather a spacious tempo, but there is great concentration and fire in her playing, and a rhapsodic, far-seeing quality which seems quite spontaneous. She brings considerable depth of feeling, even a sense of tragedy, to the Adagio, and by contrast there is an open-hearted, dance-like quality in the finale. In all her endeavours she is partnered with great sensibility by Celibidache (whose last commercial audio recording this regrettably was), and the 1953 sound is reasonably good, if with a slightly shrill orchestral tone. .
This has been cleaned on a moth mark 2 record cleaning machine, using just neat alcohol and distilled water, a wash and vacuum system. One of some very exciting Violin, Keyboard & early stereo lp's this week on my list..
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