Mendelssohn: Andante (from the violin concerto) / Antonio Brosa, 1937

From the E minor Violin Concerto, Op. 64.
Orchestra conducted by Walter Goehr, 10-04-1937. From the audio archive at charm.rhul.ac.uk.
Antonio Brosa was a Spanish violinist (1894-1979). He was a great friend of Benjamin Britten, who consulted him on the difficulties of Britten's concerto. He premiered Benjamin Britten's violin concerto op. 15 at Carnegie Hall on 28th March 1940, playing on his Vesuvius Stradivarius of 1727 with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, with John Barbirolli conducting.
(en.wikipedia.org)

[@MrNachobiz]

What a beautiful sound! A truly amazing violinist. Thank you for posting.

[@discurio]

Brosa played his 1727 Vesuvius Stradivarius (now in the Cremona museum) as well as a 1600 Giovanni Paolo Maggini which had previously been owned by Ole Bull.

[@100crowns6]

Magic!

[@aherzog32]

I don't know the Kreisler recordings - I have to check them out now... I agree Thibaud & Cortot made the unsurpassed recording of the Franck sonata; they are in a seemingly later style, though.

[@aherzog32]

Having listened to Kreisler's 1926 recording (unfortunately blocked from youtube, but still available on other parts of the internet, such as naxos), I find myself wondering whether sentimental interpretation of Mendelssohn was a feature of British performance practice in that time, rather than a general feature of the interpretation in 1920s and 30s. Although perhaps Kreisler was in some ways a more straightforward interpreter than many (although certainly not by today's standards!)