Reluctantly, I have to agree. I loved Grumiaux in so many recordings. Never got to hear him live though. Feels like he is fighting with the conductor, the orchestra, or just not able to stick with the tempo the orchestra is offering. I have read that Horowitz would chafe at his father-in-laws idea of tempo on the Tschaikovsky pf cto. One time he just took off and Toscanini reluctantly took his tempo. But here, you're right, Grumiaux is just slightly off from the orchestra a lot, as he keeps wanting to speed up. His tempo, to my ears is not faster than Heifetz, but he needed an agreeable partner to pull it off. Listen to Paganini # 4 cto, tho. He is just magnificent, as his Mozart with Clara Haskill is as well. Great posting from Hector, tho!
Listen again, open strings A-E, in the Cadenza, chords, his violin is completely out of tune...this makes it difficult to perform with accuracy. He probably broke an A or E string just before performing... All great artists have bad days. Even Heifetz at times.
貴重な録音を有難う御座います。ただ残念ながらGrumiauxが本当のGrumiauxであったのは60年代前半までだと思います。70年代には既にGrumiauxの美音は失われていました。この演奏を聴くと少し悲しくなります。
Untypical Grumiaux...late for the plane?😀
Reluctantly, I have to agree. I loved Grumiaux in so many recordings. Never got to hear him live though. Feels like he is fighting with the conductor, the orchestra, or just not able to stick with the tempo the orchestra is offering. I have read that Horowitz would chafe at his father-in-laws idea of tempo on the Tschaikovsky pf cto. One time he just took off and Toscanini reluctantly took his tempo. But here, you're right, Grumiaux is just slightly off from the orchestra a lot, as he keeps wanting to speed up. His tempo, to my ears is not faster than Heifetz, but he needed an agreeable partner to pull it off. Listen to Paganini # 4 cto, tho. He is just magnificent, as his Mozart with Clara Haskill is as well. Great posting from Hector, tho!
Listen again, open strings A-E, in the Cadenza, chords, his violin is completely out of tune...this makes it difficult to perform with accuracy. He probably broke an A or E string just before performing... All great artists have bad days. Even Heifetz at times.
@ That’s why it’s UNTYPICAL for him 😀