Rubinstein, Heifetz, or God!

When Jascha Heifetz complained to Rubinstein that his name was placed second on the concert program Rubinstein retorted,"If God was playing in the trio, it would be: Rubinstein, God, Heifetz". It has been two months since my last blog, so much singing, and caroling, and shopping for the holidays. Two of my Christmas presents were the Rubinstein-Heifetz collaborations: Beethoven and Schubert trios with Emanuel Feurmann and Brahms and Mendelssohn trios with Piatigorsky and Feurmann. Although the sound is sometimes dim (1940), the performances are electric and well worth having. I have yet to hear the Faure Violin Sonata with those two Bad Boys. Stay Tuned.