Haendel/Kubelik: Beethoven Violin Concerto - Club National du Disque CND 502
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ITEM DESCRIPTION:
This handsome and rare LP from Club National du Disque, French pressing, red/white label, mono – no stereo edition exists) features legendary violinist Ida Haendel’s Olympian account of Beethoven’s Violin Concerto in D Major Op. 61, recorded with Rafael Kubelik and the Philharmonia Orchestra in London on 15 September 1949.
NOTE: I have 2 copies of this. One with the red/white label and a second with the red/silver label. Both LPs are the same, condition wise, rating as VG. The buyer can choose which of the two LPs he or she would prefer: red/white or red/silver. But only one of the two.
Of Testament’s CD re-issue of this performance, which was coupled with Haendel’s version of Bruch’s Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor Op. 26, the eminent critic Edward Greenfield wrote for The Gramophone:
“The Huberman version of the Beethoven was readily fitted on to five 78rpm discs (ten sides), where in 1951 when Ida Haendel’s recording was belatedly issued, two years after it was recorded, they did well to squeeze it on to 11 sides. That was when Decca had already issued the first British LPs, and Haendel’s version was made doubly uncompetitive. It was never transferred on to LP in Britain, and it is good that Testament, in another excellent transfer, at last unveil an exceptionally powerful performance, commanding and concentrated even at spacious speeds. (The central Andante alone takes two minutes longer than Huberman’s reading.) It is striking that where Huberman’s expressiveness tends to urge him forward, Haendel here in the manner that has become the latter-day rule tends to be expansive, though always with a firm control. If after Huberman power seems rather to overlay the poetry, Haendel is quoted in Alan Sanders’s excellent note as saying that though she has approved the reissue, this is not the way she interprets the work today. Rightly the disc gives priority to Haendel’s 1948 recording of the Bruch, which combines power with great warmth to a greater extent than in the Beethoven, reminding one of her superb versions of the Brahms and Tchaikovsky offered on Testament’s previous concerto issue (10/94). Both Haendel and Kubelik are inspired throughout, the first movement strong and purposeful, the second passionate in its lyricism, the third brilliant and sparkling, a memorable account superbly realized.”
The jacket front shows a photo, credited to Chuteau, of Leopoldsberg Church outside of Vienna. The reverse side of the jacket has extensive liner notes (uncredited) in French only.
CONDITION – PLEASE READ CAREFULLY:
The gradations of condition I use are as follows: MINT, Near-Mint, Excellent, Very Good, Good, Fair, Poor.
The condition of the paper jacket is EXCELLENT. There is minor corner wear and slight edge wear, as well as general aging. However, there are no seam splits, bends, or owners' markings and the album remains solid and attractive – overall, an excellent collector's copy.
The condition of the LP itself is VERY GOOD. Although surfaces are not perfectly silent, this is a fine copy and the playback remains enjoyable. However, if you must have a flawless or NM copy, then please do not buy this LP. Overall, rates as an excellent collector's copy.
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