Mischa Elman: Complete Victor Recordings (1926-32)

Featuring

Mischa Elman
Josef Bonime
Edwin Bachmann
William Schubert
Horace Britt
Rosario Bourdon

Raymond Bauman
Marcel van Gool
Carroll Hollister
Nathaniel Shilkret
Elman String Quartet
Orchestra
RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra
Anton Arensky
César Cui
Rudolf Friml
Joseph Haydn
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Antonín Dvořák
Franz Drdla
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Johann Sebastian Bach
Franz Schubert
Jean Sibelius
Henryk Wieniawski
Robert Schumann
Jules Massenet
Isaac Albéniz
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Ludwig van Beethoven
Joseph Joachim Raff
Richard Wagner
Camille Saint-Saëns
Pablo de Sarasate
Riccardo Drigo
Harry Waldo Warner
Maurice Ravel
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
Frédéric Chopin
Eugène Ysaÿe
César Espejo

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Performer Biography

At age ten, Mischa Elman attracted the attention of Pablo de Sarasate, a famous Spanish violinist and composer, and was admitted into Leopold Auer's violin class.

Recording & Production

In 1925, the acoustic recording process was replaced by the electrical process, which used a microphone and amplifier to capture more detail with an expanded frequency range.

Performer Biography

Mischa Elman, born in Ukraine in 1891, is considered one of the greatest violinists of the 20th century.

Historical Context

The Stock Market Crash of October 1929 and the Great Depression caused record sales to plummet, significantly impacting the recording careers of violinists like Elman.

Recording & Production

The acoustic recording process, used before 1925, vividly captured the human voice and violin, with several of Caruso's records featuring Elman playing violin obbligato.

Recording & Production

This 2-CD set features all of Mischa Elman's electrical recordings made between 1926 and 1932, a period when recording technology advanced significantly.

Interpretation

Mischa Elman's bewitching sound quality resulted largely from his pulsating wrist vibrato, which had a throbbing quality reminiscent of great singers.