CAPITOL 3-LP PCR-8370: J.S. Bach, Sonatas & Partitas - Nathan Milstein, 1957 USA
  $   1,500

 


$ 1500 Sold For
Mar 29, 2020 Sold Date
Jan 16, 2020 Start Date
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Background -

Based on the run out groove information, it would appear that this is the VERY FIRST PRESSING for this “Holy Grail” Nathan Milstein collector’s set. This is a super rare 3-LP set housed in a box with No libretto/insert - made in the USA and issued in 1957. A tremendous collectible, in fine overall condition. Pictures with this listing are of the actual item.

Although Nathan Milstein hailed from Odessa, the cradle of Russian violin playing, his personal style was more classical and intellectual in approach than many of his colleagues. By the middle of the twentieth century he had become one of the most renowned violinists in the world, and he did as much as anyone else to imbue Bach's solo violin partitas and sonatas with the rather mystical aura they have presently. Milstein began to study violin at the age of seven. His first teacher was Pyotr Stolyarsky, who remained with him through 1914. Milstein's last recital as a Stolyarsky pupil included another promising student, the five-year-old David Oistrakh. Milstein then went to the St. Petersburg Conservatory to study with Leopold Auer.

Milstein began his concert career at age ten in Odessa, and soon after he played Glazunov's concerto with the composer conducting. He continued to tour the Soviet Union for the next five years. During this time, Milstein made numerous joint appearances with Vladimir Horowitz, and Horowitz's sister Regina also joined them as Milstein's accompanist. In 1925, Milstein and Horowitz were encouraged by government officials to make a concert trip outside of Russia; Milstein would never return. Milstein recalled in his memoirs that the dramatic "grand manner" of Horowitz immediately made the pianist a star, while Milstein, a much more reserved person, did not have such immediate success. In 1926, he went to Brussels to consult with and discuss matters of interpretation with the great violinist and teacher Ysaÿe.

He made his American debut with Leopold Stokowski and the Philadelphia Orchestra in 1929, and made his New York debut in 1930. He soon established his base there, eventually becoming a United States citizen in 1942. He may not have become a concert-hall idol like Horowitz, but he had a strong musical reputation and was always in demand. When Arturo Toscanini ended his tenure as music director of the New York Philharmonic in 1936, he asked for Milstein as soloist in his final concert. After World War II Milstein made his home primarily in London, teaching master classes around the world. He was widely regarded as a sympathetic and approachable teacher.

He also established a major recording career and remains best known for his landmark recordings of the complete solo works of J.S. Bach, becoming a pioneer of the Bach solo violin literature at a time when few players programmed these pieces, and he eschewed more superficial works that were a primary part of the violin soloist's repertory. His 1950s recording of the Bach solo partitas and sonatas on the American Capitol Records label are exemplary traversals of that great cycle and are still counted as classics of recording art. Milstein maintained a remarkably long career, keeping the muscular strength and fluid joint motion he needed until his retirement at the age of 83, acquiesced to only after he broke his arm in a fall. - Joseph Stevenson

The late Nathan Milstein’s 1975 stereo remake was his own preferred version of these pillars of the violin repertoire with which he had been so associated since his youth in Odessa. But his (broadly faster) mid-Fifties New York account, remastered and restored by EMI, was a famous yardstick of its time – a grandly phrased, aristocratically structured, Romantically resonant statement to treasure beside Menuhin and Heifetz. These are epic virtuoso performances justifying Milstein’s view that with this music the performer could ‘bask in the most glamorous light’. Stylistically, purists will object to their expressive liberty and gesture. But few will be able to resist their artistry or intensity of delivery. - Ates Orga

Nathan Milstein plays these magnificent pieces with patrician elegance, easily overcoming their all-but-insurmountable difficulties. His burnished tone has a warmth like that of mahogany, and his fine finger work and flawless bowing make for an assured connection of ideas. In the Chaconne to the D minor Partita – which can make even a very good violinist sound woefully over matched and inept – he zeroes in with the sort of concentration one thought was reserved for chess champions. Here, as elsewhere in the cycle, Milstein projects not only the music’s emotive force, but Bach’s grand architecture as well. – Ted Libbey

  • LPs made by CAPITOL Records, in the USA

  • LPs released in 1957 - very first pressing (see run out groove information)

  • LPs are recorded in MONO

  • Record Catalog Number: PCR 8370

  • Record Labels are primarily GREEN & GOLD with inverse GOLD & GREEN lettering.

This listing is for a super rare, out of print 3-LP boxed set title - an OPENED and in excellent overall condition LP set PRESSED and ISSUED by CAPITOL Records of a highly collectible title from their catalog - a superb title featuring -

J.S. Bach // Nathan Milstein

3-LP title -

Partitas & Sonatas for Unaccompanied Violin (complete)

Tracks -
Sonata No. 1 In G Minor, BWV 1001
A-1 Adagio
A-2 Fuga
A-3 Sicilana
A-4 Presto
Partita No. 1 In B Minor, BWV 1002
B-1 Allemanda
B-2 Double
B-3 Corrente
B-4 Double. Presto
B-5 Sarabanda
B-6 Double
B-7 Tempo Di Borea
B-8 Double
Sonata No. 2 In A Minor, BWV 1003
C-1 Grave
C-2 Fuga
C-3 Andante
C-4 Allegro
Partita No. 2 In D Minor, BWV 1004
D-1 Allemanda
D-2 Corrente
D-3 Sarabanda
D-4 Giga
D-5 Ciaccona
Sonata No. 3 In C Major, BWV 1005
E-1 Adagio
E-2 Corrente
E-3 Largo
E-4 Allegro Assai
Partita No. 3 In E Major, BWV 1006
F-1 Preludio
F-2 Loure
F-3 Gavotte En Rondeau
F-4 Menuet I
F-5 Menuet I - Menuet II
F-6 Bourrée
F-7 Gigue

 Performers / Credits / Other Information -

 • Pressed By – Capitol Records Pressing Plant, Scranton
• Pressed By – Capitol Records Pressing Plant, Los Angeles
• Copyright (c) – Capitol Records, Inc.
• Composed By – Bach
• Liner Notes – Karl Geiringer
• Violin – Nathan Milstein
Title given on spine as "Bach: Violin Partitas & Sonatas"
• Matrix / Runout (A runout): P1-8370-D1 // [Stamp resembling an anvil]
• Matrix / Runout (A label): 1-8370 / P1-8370
• Matrix / Runout (B runout): P2-8370-D1 // [Stamp resembling an anvil]
• Matrix / Runout (B label): 2-8370 / P2-8370
• Matrix / Runout (C runout): P3-8370-D1 // [Stamp resembling an anvil]
• Matrix / Runout (C label): 3-8370 / P3-8370
• Matrix / Runout (D runout): P4-8370-D1 // [Stamp resembling an anvil]
• Matrix / Runout (D label): 3-8370 / P4-8370
• Matrix / Runout (E runout): P5-8370-D1?² // [Stamp resembling an anvil]
• Matrix / Runout (E label): 2-8370 / P5-8370
• Matrix / Runout (F runout): 1S- P6-8370-D1 // [Stamp resembling an anvil]
• Matrix / Runout (F label): 1-8370 / P6-8370 
CONDITION Details:

The 3-LP outer box is in very good overall condition. The box is solid with shelf wear evident, and has two splits. The colors on the box are superb, clear and clean (see pictures with this listing as they are of the actual item).

The set does not come with a small 4-page paper leaflet.

The 3-LPs are in excellent plus overall condition. We found that the vinyl looked excellent on this vintage LP set. There are NO serious marks, but there are some spider marks on the discs. These spider marks are made by sliding the LPs in and out of the inner sleeves. Most of the time, they are not an audible issue, but that really depends on the sensitivity of your audio gear. However, this is a vintage set from 1957 and as such, some noise would have to be expected - please do not expect this to sound like a 200 gram audiophile LP set made today! The LPs retain much of their original gloss and sheen. They may have a bit of dust and perhaps a finger print or two on them so they should be cleaned before playing. There are NO serious spindle marks on the record labels either. This is the SUPER RARE set in excellent overall condition - a top HOLY GRAIL collector's item that you've always wanted for your collection!

A Short Note About LP GRADING -

  • Mint = Only used for sealed items.
  • Near Mint = Virtually flawless in every way.
  • Near Mint Minus = Item has some minor imperfections, some audible.
  • Excellent = Item obviously played and enjoyed with some noise.
  • Very Good Plus = Many more imperfections which are noticeable and obtrusive.

For best results, always thoroughly clean your LPs before playing them.

LPs can be audiophile quality pressings (any collector of fine MFSL, half speeds, direct to discs, Japanese/UK pressings etc., can attest to the difference a quality pressing can make to an audio system).

Don't let this rarity slip by!!!


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