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Toscha Seidel
Johannes Brahms, Edvard Grieg, Arthur Loesser
Toscha Seidel
Genres: Dance & Electronic, Classical
 

     
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All Artists: Johannes Brahms, Edvard Grieg, Arthur Loesser, Emanuel Bay, Emanuel Bey
Title: Toscha Seidel
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Pearl
Release Date: 8/17/1999
Genres: Dance & Electronic, Classical
Styles: Chamber Music, Instruments, Strings, Symphonies
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPCs: 727031005926, 072703100592
 

CD Reviews

A golden tone and warmth from another age.
Stewart Kiritz | CA USA | 03/17/2007
(4 out of 5 stars)

"Toscha Spiedel was one of Gershwin's Jascha, Toscha, Sascha, and Mischa in his song about famous fiddlers. A student of Auer at the same time as Heifetz, Spiedel failed to reach similar heights, partly due to a cranky personality and lack of discipline, though probably not lack of commensurate talent. He wound up in Hollywood. You will have heard him without knowing it in lush solos from movies of the Golden Age as principal violin at MGM. He also was a respected teacher in the LA scene (among his students being Michael Steinhart of Guarnieri Quartet fame). This disc is a pleasant one. The Brahms sonatas are well-done. The playing is somewhat old fashioned...more slides than we are used to today, and not as edited. But the golden tone is very much present. The sound quality is surprisingly good for 78 transfers. A must for students of violin history."