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·       ORIGINAL CAPITOL CLASSICAL RECORDING: NATHAN MILSTEIN: MINIATURES -   ORIGINAL 1956 CAPITOL RECORDS MONO LP P-8339

 

·       ORIGINAL U.S. PRESSINGS

 

·       ORIGINAL TURQUOISE (AQUA-BLUE) CAPITOL MONO LABEL WITH GOLD BAND ALONG THE LABEL'S EDGE

 

·       THIS IS THE ORIGINAL, AUTHENTIC, FIRST U.S. PRESSING; THIS IS NOT A REISSUE, AN IMPORT, OR A COUNTERFEIT PRESSING.

 

·       ORIGINAL, THICK CARDBOARD COVERS (AMERICAN STYLE)

 

·       ORIGINAL LAMINATED COVER

 

·       CLEAN, WEAR-FREE LABELS

 

·       MACHINE STAMP IN TRAIL-OFF VINYL (DEAD WAX) OF THE RECORD

 

·       MATRIX NUMBER IN TRAIL-OFF VINYL (DEAD WAX) ENDS WITH '-D1#2/-D12'.

 

·       THICK, HEAVY VINYL PRESSING

 

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Nathan Milstein's favorite encores. What more needs to be said. A man who ranked with Heifitz and Stern is a rare performer indeed, but he was undoubtedly one of the greatest violinists of the age. His selection of "vignettes" is entirely personal, but I bought it for the "Meditation from Thais." I loved this piece, but I found myself listening to the whole album over and over just to hear Maestro Milstein play. He was one of the greatest violinists of the 20th century, and I still cannot decide whether I prefer his or Isaac Stern's performance of the Brahms Violin Concerto.

 

If you like violin music, and catchy music from the masters, what more do you want. For pure enjoyment, get this album.

 

(EXCERPT FROM AN ONLINE REVIEW BY L.E. ROBERTS)

 

Of its kind, the record is very well done. The classical numbers are played cleanly and purely. The virtuosic ones are properly so. The Smetana and Kodály (a song transcription) are both evocative works so attractive as to make one wish they were obtainable in another context. The recording, both of violin and piano, is excellent, and well balanced.

 

-  Gramophone

 

 

It is a tribute to the artistry of Nathan Milstein that he is able to convert each of these miniatures - even something as trite as the Meditation from Thais - into little tonal gems, each properly set and beautifully projected. Here is a disc that should satisfy for years to come the greed of those who applaud at recitals only to hear more and yet more encores.

 

-  High Fidelity

 

Track List

 

SIDE A

1. Larghetto (Nardini)

2. Hungarian Dance No. 2 In D Minor (Brahms)

3. Meditation From Thaïs (Massenet)

4. Russian Maiden's Song (Stravinsky)

5. Sicilienne (Paradis)

6. Flight Of The Bumblebee (Rimsky-Korsakov)

 

 

 

SIDE B

1. From My Homeland (No. 2) (Smetana)

2. Melodie (Gluck)

3. Mazurka In D Major, Op. 19, No. 2 (Wieniawski)

4. Siciliano (Vivaldi)

5. It Rains In The Village (Kodaly)

6. Nocturne In C-Sharp Minor, Op. Post. (Chopin)

7. Perpetuum Mobile (F. Ries)

 

 

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·       CONDITION:

 

·       THE RECORD

 

(IMPORTANT NOTE: unless otherwise noted, ALL records are graded visually, and NOT play-graded!; we  grade records under the strong, diffuse room light or discrete sunlight)

 

(a)          WE GRADE THE VINYL AS EXCELLENT. This is one of those albums that are somewhat difficult to grade. It is somewhere between VG++ and NEAR MINT, just a notch below NEAR MINT. A few light abrasions ARE visible, but they are extremely shallow, superficial  and only moderately visually distracting (nothing significant).For the most part, the vinyl looks impeccable without any MAJOR visual flaws or imperfections. Much of the original luster is intact, and the vinyl shines and sparkles almost like new.

 

(b)          The record is pressed on a beautiful, thick, inflexible vinyl, which was usually used for the first or very early pressings. Usually, the sound on such thick vinyl pressings is full-bodied, vivid, and even dramatic. Do not expect to obtain such a majestic analog sound from a digital recording!

 

(c)           The record comes in the original stock inner sleeve.

 

(d)          True Stereo copies of this album are NOT known to exist.

 

(e)           Of course, this is a full-bodied ANALOG recording, and not an inferior, digital recording!!!

 

 

·       COVER (THIS IS THE ORIGINAL, LAMINATED, GLOSSY COVER):

 

THE COVER IS NICE --- ABOUT EXCELLENT OR VERY GOOD++ (VG++).

 

The following flaws or imperfections are noted on the cover:

 

-        Cover has some light ring wear (nothing significant); On the scale from 1 to 10 (1 being the least, and  10 being the most severe), we assess the severity of ring wear as 1  (front side) and 3 (back side)

 

-        Back cover has circular tarnish (grayish, dust-covered sections, which closely follow the contour of the record),  probably caused by friction or by rubbing against other covers during the storage. The tarnish is similar in appearance to a common ring wear, but, UNLIKE ring wear, these grayish areas may be possible to clean up with a minor effort and with a right cleansing solution.

 

-        Cover shows some light yellowing on back side, apparently from aging (nothing significant)

 

-        Cover has one corner slightly worn / frayed / bent (just a beginning of the split seam)

 

-        Tiny water stain noted in bottom left-hand corner (less than 1/2 square inch in size); (VISIBLE ON BACK SIDE ONLY)

 

 

NO OTHER VISIBLE FLAWS OR IMPERFECTIONS ON THE COVER

 

 

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POSTAGE & SHIPPING:

 

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