From the Lebrecht Album of the Week:
Where has my week gone? Much of it was spent plundering a coffin of one of the most captivating violinists that ever lived. David Oistrakh, Odessa born (thus Ukrainian- rather than Russian-Jewish), set the tone for violin playing in the Soviet era. … Oistrakh, who died in 1974, lives on in this heavy box and the revelation is as gripping as ever…
Read on here.
And here.
En francais ici.
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%20Sasha%20Gusov.JPG.jpg?w=160&resize=160,160&ssl=1 "Le Piano Symphonique, Lucerne: pianist Alexandre Kantorow in a marathon from Prokofiev to Alkan & Medtner with an Anders Hillborg premiere")
