Jascha Heifetz, Beethoven Violin Concerto In D, Op 61, 1st mtv (Part 3)

[billyguns2]

I wish the RCA engineers had not placed the microphone so close most of the time to Heifetz; we hyear every scrape, thump and extraneous non-musical noise! That being said, I still think Heifetz was the greatest violinist to ever be recorded, and this is without doubt one of the great Beethovens. I also greatly admire Leonid Kogan, Ginette Neveu and Henryk Szeryng, and Francescatti/Walter are wonderful in this piece as well.

[RatedPi]

@billyguns2 Didn't Heifetz specifically requested the microphone to be very close to his violin so people could hear the "jit" sound?

[billyguns2]

@RatedPi I don't know this story, but it would make sense given the nature of the sound quality of most of his recordings. His early acoustical 78s and the later stereo recordings give a truer picture of his incomparable sound. By the way, in my previous comment I left out what are my favorite two recordings of the Beethoven: Grumiaux/Van Beinum and Schneiderhan/Jochum!

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