Monday 19 November 2007

Greatly astonished when settling down to listen to twelve pieces played by David Nadien (kindly sent to me by Lee). Here was a violinist who, in these pieces, was fully the equal of Milstein, Elman, Gingold, Hassid, etc! And I had never heard of him until Lee practically forced him on me. Seamless technique, plus the art of varying tone and approach so that each of the short pieces lives its own life. A quite unbelievable discovery.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Harry - glad to force something as nice as Nadien down your throat. A magnificent set of 12 pieces (which I have heard on LPs since the 1970s). Not easy to get the CD (from Kapp records). Best - Lee