Henryk Szeryng - Szeryng Plays Kreisler & Other Treasures for the Violin

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Music Review: Get Mercury Living Presence Before Its Dead
Rating: 5 Stars

The answer: consistently magical performances, captured in brilliant golden-age stereo sound, that offer a slightly different take on your typical interpretation of the great works. While MLP titles may not offer the best standard account of a work, they always surprise you and open you up to all the possibilities that the music has to offer. For example, these performances of Fritz Kreisler's Violin Works by violinist Henryk Szeryng and pianist Charles Reiner may not be the consensus first choice recording -- many prefer Joshua Bell's recent digital recordings, and others still will sift through the tape noise and crackles to listen to Kreisler perform these works himself. However, I constantly come back to this disc for a different perspective, and the vibrancy and splendor of that classic MLP sound never disappoints me. The added treat here is rarely recorded compositions by Leclair, Gluck and Locatelli, which are ever bit as enjoyable as the well-known works by Kreisler. Maybe that is why collectors prize these recordings, because they are a breath of fresh air in a homogenized world of listening. Of course, collectors love a challenge too, and MLP CDs are becoming increasingly hard to find. It has taken years for me to finally find all of the MLP CDs released to date, and unfortunately I don't think there will be any new releases forthcoming. So collectors, and even those who aspire to be, should pick up as many Mercury Living Presence discs as possible now, before they all die.

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