Brahms : Symphony No.3 / Concerto for Violins - Les Incontournables du Classique

Very few discs deserve more to be listed as ? Great Recordings of the Century ? than this one. And yet, we aren't really short on outstanding recordings of the popular Brahms Violin Concerto in the current catalogue. Very few, though, can offer the same sense of purpose as David Oistrakh and George Szell joining forces and talent. Very few can rival the nobility, the grandeur and the sheer beauty of timbre of Oistrakh's violin playing (arguably, cutting here his best recording of the Brahms Concerto), or the well-judged balance, razor sharp precision and awesome clarity of the Cleveland Orchestra as conducted by Szell. Very few, finally, sound as fresh, eloquent and focused as this one, 35 years after date.