Francescatti

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In the latest issue of Fanfare, James Altena (who I find to be a thoughtful reviewer, even if he does like Furtwangler's Beethoven)placed a set of Francescatti recordings into the Fanfare Hall of Fame, and indicated the consensus of the great violinists of let's say the period 1940-1970 included Heifetz, Oistrakh, Stern, Milstein, Menuhin and Francesatti. (there might be others - I don't have the article in front of me while I write- but Joanna Martzy is not on this list). I have never been that big of a Heifetz fan, and I think if I surveyed my recordings from that period Stern would be #1, followed by Grumiaux. I have a bit of Oistrakh and Milstein as well, and the Menuhin/Kempff set of Beethoven violin sonatas.

Curious to see what this group thinks of Francescatti, and what are the preferred recordings. Altena believes that NO ONE has touched Francescatti in the Bruch (the recording with Schippers). The one recording I have is the Brahms Double Concerto with Fournier and Walter.

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Topic - Francescatti - TGR 09:01:18 10/14/16 (5)

My favorite Francescatti ... - kuma 00:37:20 10/15/16 (0)

Thumbs up on Francescatti -- - rbolaw 12:39:33 10/14/16 (1)

RE: Thumbs up on Francescatti -- - pbarach 19:36:52 10/14/16 (0)

Wrong era? - Ivan303 09:40:57 10/14/16 (0)

Very fond of his Beethoven VC with Bruno Walter - jdaniel@jps.net 09:32:20 10/14/16 (0)

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