RARE 64/125 edition: Kremer, Hirchhorn, Stoika: 1967 Queen Elisabeth Competition

Sold Date: April 13, 2018
Start Date: April 6, 2018
Final Price: $93.00 (USD)
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This is no. 64 of 125 special edition in a hardbound slip case with golden lettering, reserved for special personalities. Never before on eBay!
This handsome and rare 3 LP set issued by the Nationale Diskoteek van Belgie in association with Belgian Radio and Television (NDB 30101-30103, German pressing, red/white label, mono) features laureates from the 1967 Queen Elisabeth of Belgium Competition, a truly remarkable field that year, the finalists including Philippe Hirchhorn, Stoïka Milanova, and Gidon Kremer.
Among the jury members that year were Zino Francescatti, Andre Gertler, Josef Gingold, Arthur Grumiaux, Yehudi Menuhin, David Oistrakh, Theo Olof, Max Rostal, and Joseph Szigeti.
The exact contents are as follows:
Philippe Hirchhorn – 1st price Paganini: Violin Concerto No. 1 in D Major Op. 6, Saint-Saëns (arr. Ysaye): Carpice d’apès l’étude en forme de valse

Stoïka Milanova , 2nd price Ravel: Tzigane, Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor Op. 99, René Defossez conducting the National Orchestra of Belgium
Gidon Kremer – 3rd price Elgar: Violin Concerto in B minor Op. 61, René Defossez conducting the National Orchestra of Belgium

Hirschhorn (1946-1996) was an intensely brilliant artist who, if for not poor health, might have enjoyed an enormous international career. His Paganini First Concerto can withstand the most exalted comparisons, be it with Kogan, Menuhin, Rabin, or Perlman. The Saint-Saëns is a relative rarity, either in the concert hall or on record, and is played here with great elan. An invaluable memento of a dazzling talent. The Stoika and Kremer performances are no less distinguished, and of course listeners have been blessed for years by the latter’s probing and intrepid performances and repertoire. The recorded sound is superb.
Condition:
Box: excellent Records: near mint 
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Shipment at cost, please note that I am not based in the USA, but in Belgium. The costs given below are the ones that count! The records will be shipped one per week from Germany (cheaper and more reliable than the Belgian postal servcie) by air mail. 
From a total value of 50 USD registered mail is compulsory.
< 500g (one record): 7 USD <1 kg (up to 3 records): 12 USD <2 kg (up to 6 records): 25 USD <5 kg (up to 20 records, ca. 3 USD per record): 65 USD <10 kg (up to 40 records, ca. 2 USD per record): 80 USD
Registered mail: +3 USD Germany: Parcel of up to 10kg for 10 USD