Brahms, Tchaikovsky: Violin Concertos / Nathan Milstein CD

 Truly brilliant Brahms; excellent Tchaikovsky
Milstein plays with a wonderful balance of nuance, strength, balance, emotional intensity and warmth. His interpretation of Brahms' concerto is one of the very best, even after listening to greats like Heifetz or Perlman, or more recent high quality recordings by such as by Mutter or Fischer. This performance shows why Milstein, along with Oistrakh, was considered one of the greats of his era. His playing is smooth, subtle and exciting at once. He makes very difficult passages seem effortless. This CD is a steal at this price and can't be passed up. The Tchaikovsky is also an excellent performance, though not at the same level as the incredible Brahms. The recording has been remixed very well, details are clearly audible, and the balance of instruments is excellent. Very surprising for original recordings from 1959 and 1961.
Submitted by Dan (California, USA)
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 a collector item ... at an incredibly cheap price
Nathan Milstein is widely considered by violin music lovers to be a virtuoso and a musician of the first order among the violinists of the 20th century, of the same rank as Jasha Heifetz and Fritz Kreisler. He has the disctinction of having the longest career than any of the historical vrtuosi. He lives up to his legend in his performance of these 2 core works of the violin repertoire. He is supported by 2 conductors also of historical calibers. The sound quality is surprisingly good for rcordings that must have been in the 1970's of earlier.
Submitted by a reviewer (Bryan-College Station, Texas, U.S.A.)
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