Credits:

Isaac Stern, Henrik Schelling, Andr Cluytens, Christina Faus

Description:

INA’s treasured live recordings of two masterpieces with violin masters: Stern’s sharpness, Schelling’s fluidity, and Cluytens’s fragrant and passionate sound. The concerto by Cluytens and the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France with Stern and Schelling. The difference in tone between the two masters is perfectly matched to the flavor of the music, resulting in an exceptional performance. Stern’s Brahms concerto was previously recorded live in Montreux (1956) with the same combination, but this is a different first release. This is another first release. The solos are powerful and sharp, but balanced with a soft expression. The orchestra is also irresistible, and the oboe in the second movement, for example, is of the highest grade of beauty that makes one sigh. The perfect cohabitation of brilliant virtuosity and symphonic constructiveness m