Camilla WICKS - EHRLING - Sibelius violin cto - Telefunken
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Sibelius, Concerto for violin & orchestra
Camilla Wicks, violin & Symphony Orchestra of Radio Stockholm - Sixten Ehrling
Telefunken Capitol ?– LCSX 8175, mono, german pressing
Play grading with Mono pick-up !
In fact a remarkable performance and recording ! Very sensitive, beautiful play ! Played with a bit different tempi - compared to other recordings - as mentioned below.
Although this record is not kept well, it its posted for auction because of its rarity - the sound quality is clearly better than the same UK pressing. Early Decca Telefunken record sound very good, e.g early german Decca SXL 2000 are sounding better than the early UK pressings !
Camilla Wicks on the Sibelius Concerto and Sixten Ehrling:
“I first performed the Sibelius Concerto when I was fifteen, at the Leventritt Competition, where I was given second prize. Francescatti heard me there and was instrumental in arranging for me to perform it with the New York Philharmonic, for my Carnegie Hall debut. I then played it many times in Scandinavia, in Finland. On one occasion, Sibelius heard a broadcast performance of mine on the radio and invited me to meet him at his villa. When I asked him to comment on my interpretation, he said: “Just play it the same way.” Although the language barrier meant communication was limited, it was still an inspiring experience.
To make the recording with Ehrling [on February 18th 1952], I arrived in Stockholm in the midst of a strenuous tour playing every night and travelling every day. I recall that the night before I had attended a post-concert reception, in Göteborg or Malmö, after which I had to use a back bedroom to practise the Sibelius, which I hadn’t been able to practise for 2 weeks. I caught a sleeper train still in my concert dress. The next morning I had to be early at the Stockholm Royal Academy of Music, where the recording took place, and I had little time to warm up. With just the one session for the recording and no splicing to be done then, there was great tension particularly to get the last movement done. By that point I was exhausted and right at the end I did something wrong, so we had to do it all over…Afterwards we listened to see if anything was too bad – we didn’t have time to do much in those days. With the passing of time, I have changed my approach to certain passages. For instance, the complicated rhythms of the double-stops in the slow movement can be played exactly as written, but I played them more freely then. ( wiki )
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Record:
Mint: A brand new, SEALED record, never played NM: Near mint, an unsealed record that looks as good as new EX : Excellent, very minor surface marks, not audible on play VG+ : light surface marks, mild surface noice, few sporadic tics up and there, but should sound fine overall VG : more consistent noice or defects, or light scratches, no skip Good : Noisy, but plays through. I will only sell rare or unusual items in this condition
Sleeve :
NM : close to new EX: well preserved, minimal wear VG+ : well preserved cover, but sign of wear VG : more pronounced defects, discoloration, slight delamination, writing
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