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It's all about the music, dude! Sit down, relax and listen to some tunes.

True.

David Oistrakh obviously had no problem at all tuning and playing as sharp as the European conductors wanted.

Also, in a late 50s Columbia recording session with Ormandy and Isaac Stern (who stayed in town after a concert for the chance to participate), he didn't want to record the planned Bach double violin concerto because he was scheduled to record it with his son Igor. So the Philadelphia Orchestra librarian found a Vivaldi double violin concerto and everyone basically sight read it for the recording. Then Oistrakh said, "What else are we playing?" They took out various things and Oistrakh just tore through them perfectly, with no rehearsal or preparation, until about 8 in the evening when he finally called it a day.

An amazing violinist.


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