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LP - Stravinsky Violin Concerto Mozart Violi - Igor Stravinsky Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
LP - Stravinsky Violin Concerto Mozart Violi - Igor Stravinsky Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
1964
PHS 900-050
STEREO
MONO PHM 500-050
Brief notes DAVID OISTRAKH IS ONE OF THE GREATEST VIOLINISTS victory in the Ysaye Concours at Brussels in 1937 turned tra. In 1957 he conducted for the first time in the United
alive today. He was born at Odessa in the Ukraine in 1908 into a triumphal progress and laid the foundations for the States at concerts of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Then
about the artists and began to study with Pjotr Stoliarsky at the age of five. reputation he enjoys today. At present he is in charge of followed tours with the Concertgebouw Orchestra, the
Under his teacher’s severe discipline Oistrakh’s first public the violin department at the Moscow Conservatory. He orchestra of the Wurtemberg State Theatre, the Hague
appearance was deferred until he was twelve, although he also tours and records extensively, and of course holds a Philharmonic, and others. In 1961 he became associated
could have played, with success, long before then. By the list of honors and distinguishing awards far too lengthy to with the Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam as one
time he was graduated from Odessa Conservatory in 1926 mention here. of two chief conductors, and in 1964 it was announced
he had acquired an almost unlimited technique on the vio- Bernard Haitink was born in Amsterdam in 1929. After that he had been appointed conductor and musical direc-
lin and the viola, also an extensive knowledge of chamber studying conducting and violin he made his first public tor. One of the most unusual tributes to that appointment
music and other works in the violin literature. Internation- concert in the former capacity with the Radio Philharmon- was an invitation to Haitink and the Concertgebouw Or-
al acclaim soon followed. The recitals he gave in France, ic Orchestra during the 1956 Holland Festival. In January chestra to participate in the opening days of the 1964 New
the Netherlands, Belgium, Italy, and elsewhere after his 1957 he was appointed principal conductor of that orches- York World’s Fair.
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