A little Mozart for the soul. This is a beautiful partnership between two excellent musicians who both played "under the radar." Being half Armenian, I was delighted to find this lp since it features the great Armenian violinist-conductor Manoug Parikian partnered with one of the finest accompanying conductors of the last century, Walter Goehr. Your day will be all the better after listening to the concertos numbers 3 & 4!
Manoug Parikian was one of those players who played with practically everybody in his adopted country of England. Like many Armenians living in the Turkey during the first half of the 20th century, he left to seek better, more favorable opportunities elsewhere. Settling in the UK as a student, Parikian would remain there, making it his home base, first as a concertmaster of numerous orchestras, and then later as a soloist and conductor. Walter Goehr, of course, fled Germany prior to the second world war and settled in the UK as a conductor with, I think the BBC. Goehr made a ton of records, mostly with second and third rate orchestras however, he is recognized today as having the ability of coaxing terrific results from these lesser orchestras often under very tight recording and rehearsal schedules.
Parikian and Goehr make wonderful, wonderful partners. Goehr does a marvelous job of getting his recording chamber orchestra to match Parikian's sweet tone and earthy approach to these concertos. I always enjoy these recordings where it is not soloist vs orchestra and here is a fine example of how the proceedings should go, always! A fine tribute to two strong, vital musical personalities.
I'm not sure of the dates of this monaural release but probably mid 50's.
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