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  • *A sound of a violin becomes a jewel only when it passes through similar packed materia

    in a properly aged deck.*

  • Can a violin produce a sound like that? What a tone, what a tone! It is liquid gold, full of warmth....and those starting notes....they sound so beautiful without any vibrato.

  • Brings back wonderful memories. I listened to this album often when I was young. Beautiful!

  • national treasure !

  • ¤I`ts more like the tradition out of Paganini and Wieniawski to tune up in order to

    have them cach up pretty well.¤

  • Bravo! What a great idea to put on a recording like that. Just by looking at the phonograph whilst listening makes it feel different. Kreisler's playing is divine.

  • ******************************

    The brightness in tone His Stradivarius

    reflects is like scattering packed light in sound wawes.All instruments get clearer in time when the material crystalizes and hardens between the woodrings.

  • Beautiful sound......I can only say that. Thank you!

  • The special thing whith this recording is that the vilolinist has ONE chans to do it ... And I think that gave us this extreme quality. Today you always can do it again...

    8:05 When Kreisler starts to play the 2:nd violin and the orchestra the first ... Wonderful.

  • only two things appeared in my mind when listen to this recording. 1: the golden era already pass and will never return. 2: almost all the modern recordings of this concerto can be thrown away.

  • 2) You're totally correct, 1) I hope you're wrong about it never returning

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  • I finally noticed that the Mendelssohn violin concerto 78rpm set I have, which is on just 3 records, is Kreisler's later recording. Its splits are different from this one's, even the first one being earlier at a better spot.

  • Can you share it?

    I hope so ...

  • This is soo cool; I didn't know that there were any complete recordings of Kreisler performing the mendelssohn concerto on youtube. Thank you for posting.

  • this is a true delight, thank you

  • It's a little sharp. Is the record player calibrated?

  • You sharp eared listeners. :-) Yes, a while back I cleaned and lubricated the motor which caused the speed to increase from 78.26 to almost 80 rpm. Since corrected.

  • Remarkable sound quality and, as merrihew says, this is Kreisler in his prime. The sweetest violinist violinist in the world

  • Thank you so much!!! I love this violin concerto and to hear it with Kreisler on this recording is such a treat. Thanks for sharing it with us!!

  • Kreisler`s charm.

  • Superb sound quality - thank you!

  • Extraordinary!!!!!!!!!

  • It is a quite good sound. What is the phonograph used?

  • It is a Victor orthophonic from 1927. The only scientifically designed acoustic phonograph. These records were among the first that were electrically recorded and the sound is not very good. For a better example check my posting of the Ernani aria by Ponselle.

  • You have something very valuable in your possession.

  • I wish we had digital recording/CD since 1900. We would enjoy great music such as

    Kreisler, Toscanini with NBC Symphony etc.

  • THIS VICTROLA IS ELECTRIC?

  • Only the turntable motor is electric. The reproduction is acoustic through a large horn.

  • The other reproducer is from an HMV machine but the American version sounds better.

  • I notice you have a couple of reproducers. Are they for different kinds of music? Or just a spare?

  • Thanks for posting this....Kreisler,s sweetest sound lives on....

  • Wonderful!!!

  • Unfortunately, the earlier Beethoven concerto is not very well recorded - especially the first side - but it is my favorite version.

  • Oh, I have both London & Berlin Version on 78s, but I agree with you. Kreisler did much more better in 1926. By the Way, Do you have that 1926 Beethoven Violin Concerto Recording, too? I love his arrangement on the Third Movement...!^^

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