This post is the result of a request on another forum, but I hope some readers here will enjoy it. Here we have a US Decca 10-inch LP containing Beethoven's early and genial Serenade in D Major, with some of the best chamber music players of the mid-century era.
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| Joseph Fuchs |
Joseph and Lillian Fuchs, violin and viola, were siblings who both achieved renown as instrumentalists, and who recorded extensively as soloists and in chamber music.
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| Lillian Fuchs |
At the time this recording was made (June 1950), Leonard Rose was the principal cello of the New York Philharmonic. He would soon embark on a career as soloist, making many records in the process.
They make a fine trio, with a forthright presentation of the Serenade, in excellent sound. This may be the only time Rose recorded with one or the other Fuchs sibling; there is no other instance in Michael Gray's
A Classical Discography database.
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| Leonard Rose |
Rose and Joseph Fuchs were connected by both having served as principals in the Cleveland Orchestra under Artur Rodziński.
The cover art is by Erik
Nitsche, a superb graphic designer who did many covers for Decca. You can find more information on him
here.
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Link (Apple lossless):
http://www.mediafire.com/file/wnwvegg06dpow9c/Beethoven%20-%20Serenade%2C%20Op.%208%20%28Fuchs%20-%20Fuchs%20-%20Rose%29.zip
Looking forward to this, thank you!
How do the links work? When I click on them, nothing happens.
uncle:
Highlight the link, then right click to copy it. Paste it into your browser's address bar, and go. It'll take you to a MediaFire page. Click on the big green button at the top of the page to download. The download will be a zip file, so you'll have to extract the files with 7zip or something.
Many thanks Buster for this rarity. Love the Fuchs. Great musicians.
Very many thanks! All the best, Nick
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