Music
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A number of years ago we began collecting LPs (those vinyl thingies) as they were cheap compared to CDs and the quality of analog sound we found to be much superior to that of digital. We amassed a collection of about 500 LPs, of which about 400 were devoted to violin music. Yes, we probably do have ten or fifteen copies of Beethoven's Violin Concerto. But, it's okay, because it is good for you. We discovered many outstanding artists and sought to acquire as many oftheir recordings as possible. As many historical recordings are not readily available we have included CDs in our collection and they now total over 500, as well.
In the course of this effort we became enamored with Nathan Milstein and Stan assembled the authorative discography of his recordings. It is posted in several locations on the internet and here is a link to a site that has taken it a few steps further.
We have also created complete discographies for Ivry Gitlis and a few others. We'll be posting them in the future.
During one of our visits to Japan, my sister-in-law went on and on about her cousin(?) who played viloin for the Okinawa Symphony Orchestra and played one of their recent CDs. It was incredible she could identify a third violin from the section and repeatedly asked if we could hear her play.
The roots of classical music run pretty deep on the Japanese side of our family. Miki had an extensive collection of classical LPs she acquired since a teenager and before she came to America. Sadly, her brother did not have the foresight to appreciate their value. He likes enka and chanson music. They were sold.
We would like to introduce you to Toshiya Eto and Yoshiyo Unno, two outstanding violinists from Japan and Dennis Brain, the gratest Horn player ever.
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