Thanks to good old Youtube, here is a clip of this phenomenal yet not widely recognised Russian violinist playing the Chausson Poeme. Hirshhorn, who died of a brain tumour in 1996 aged 50, is something of a legend in violinistic circles and this playing, along with some perceptive comments from Mischa Maisky, helps to prove why.
2 comments:
Thanks for posting this, Jessica.
Many thanks for this, my first opportunity to hear Hirshhorn. Items about him I have read seem to intimate that he was hugely hampered by nerves and, even more, by a quest for the unreachable: perfection. This excerpt from the Chausson immediately brought to my mind Ginette Neveu's performance. It is quite wonderful. I have read of recordings of the Beethoven and Berg concertos, and possibly the first Paganini, and I shall go on a hunt for those. Thanks again. Philip
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