Wm. Primrose - Paganini Caprices

William Primrose, viola, playing his arrangement of Paganini's Caprices, No's 13 & 5. for English Columbia in 1934. See notes for my other Primrose posting (None But the Weary Heart).

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Music

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• Primrose
• Paganini
• viola
• Victor
• Orthophonic

[merrihew]

He made many records. I'll soon post some more.

[merrihew]

You're right. The record label is wrong. Thanks

[LookItsJelly]

since when is the number of paganini caprices a person has recorded an indicator of who's the best?

[johannviolista]

santo primorse que estas en el cielo toyo es el virtuosismo, venga a nosotros tu maestria y la gloria de la viola danos hoy las escalas y arpegios de cada dia perdona nuestras desafinaciones asi como toleramos a las de los demas no nos dejes caer en la mala tecnica libranos de ella amen

[storionitononi]

Greate! I love the old recordings. No funny things done with sound or cuts. Thanks!

[shiveringflower]

@nodrog71 It's actually the record doing the eating.78's had an abrasive content which shaped the needle to the groove during the playing process.This is why, with early gramophones,you had to change the needle each time you played a record.

[violaplayer1995]

i do know who he is. It was just a statement. i LOVE PRIMROSE HE'S MY FAVORITE and i respect him very much,

[denisej242]

You do know who William Primrose is right? and you do know that one of our greatest concertos (the Bartok) was written for him right? and that there was a reason for that... right?

[merrihew]

Indeed it is (see my posting of In Defense of an Orthophonic). The improved "presence" I think is due to my room acoustics. Similar machines owned by friends don't sound as good. In most cases the orthophonic sounds more natural than LP/CD reissues. Although a sound engineer claims that the "improvement" is due to distortion caused by the phonograph horn

[2ndviolinist]

I think his equipment is much less harsh than you think. I have this on LP and this recording on original equipment has much more presence and is more realistic than the LP transfer. Thanks again Merrihew, my friend.

[slidemaster]

A fabulous document. Primrose will always be king of violists!

[violaplayer1995]

you know im just confused why. i know he had the skills to play all of them, smae as heifetz. but why didn't he recorded and why didn't heifetz record them. it would have been a great cd. that comment sounded to harsh sorry. excuse me.

[sheepbird]

lol your gonna say hes not the best because he didnt record all the paganini caprice's? thats hilarious im very positive he played hem all very well.