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By the mid 1950s the Hungarian cellist, Janos Starker (1924-2013), was already a legend and principal cellist of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under Reiner. EMI producer Walter Legge arranged for Starker to record all the essential works in his repertoire and this stereo recording of the Dvorak concerto, made at Londons Kingsway Hall in 1956 has become a highly collectable LP, here freshly minted from the original stereo masters.
As the Telegraph obituary put it: Starker possessed a phenomenal technique. His bow attacked the strings with both a ravishing intensity and a deep, biting edge. He was equally startling to watch, his piercing black eyes glaring out from beneath deep black eyebrows. But he wasnt all scary many a recital programme involved him performing in short sleeves, puffing on a cigarette (he smoked 60 a day) and sipping scotch, interspersed with sharing his low opinions on conductors.
Recorded in stereo on 11, 12, 16 & 17 July 1956, Kingsway Hall, London. Produced by the legendary Walter Legge and engineered by Robert Gooch & Michael Grafton-Green.
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