This LP RECORD is by Zola Shaulis (on Piano), and features the music of Samuel Barber, Ernest Bloch, and Louis Gruenberg. In stereo. Released in 1972 on the CRI Records label. Zola Shaulis was a Naumburg Piano Award Winner. SIDE A: (1) Samuel Barber - Excursions (2) Louis Gruenberg - Polychromatics. SIDE B: (1) Louis Gruenberg - Polychromatics "continued" (2) Ernest Bloch - Sonata.
In the early 1950s, when these recordings were made, Zino Francescatti ranked among the top violin virtuosos of the day. This 2-disc set is a reminder of how good he was, and the excellent transfers enhance the pleasure. The partnership with Mitropoulos strikes sparks in the concertos, the violinist's Franco-Belgian style and natural elegance playing off of Mitropoulos's volatility and tension to ...