First, mad props to Sequenza 21 for a virtuoso tweet feat: IF ALMA MAHLER HAD TWITTERED... If I had an aisle, I'd be rolling in it.
Next, slightly more sober but no less delightful, one for both the Dead Violinists Society and the Hungarian Fix Club: Szigeti plays Hubay's 'The Zephyr', recorded *96 years ago* in 1913, when Szigeti would have been 21 years old. The YouTube poster has included some excellent info about both Hubay and Szigeti, too.
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How enchanting!
You know, I have been searching (for 25 years now) for a broadcast transcription disc of the Max Reinhardt memorial concert in Hollywood in 1943.
At this all-star event, Szigeti played Mozart's A major violin concerto accompanied by...
.......one Erich Wolfgang Korngold!
If I ever find it, you will hear the whoops of joy all the way to London and without YOU TUBE!
[if any of your readers knows where it is, please get in touch!!!]
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