Brahms: Violin Concerto in D Major (Joseph Szigeti and the Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy conducting; Columbia, 9 sides); Symphony No. 1 in C Minor (Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra, Leopold Stokowski conducting; Victor, 10 sides). Szigeti plays Brahms's bombastic music straight, while Conductor Stokowski plays it pretentiously. Szigeti's concerto is a better performance, but Stokowski's symphony is more clearly recorded on unbreakable vinylite.
Bach: Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 3 & 4 (Boston Symphony Orchestra, Serge Koussevitzky conducting; Victor, 8 sides). Koussevitzky uses four times as many musicians as Bach intended, which may scare the...
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