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Ulf Hoelscher, violin
New Philharmonia Orchestra, dir. Pierre Dervau

Ulf Hoelscher was a very good violinist, perhaps best known for his EMI recording of Korngold's Violin Concerto, for many years the only modern alternative to the old Heifetz on RCA. He was one of those soloists, so common now, who specialized in recording out-of-the-way repertoire, but he did it with uncommon musicality and distinction, and that is certainly the case with these performances. Whether in the familiar Third Concerto, or its less-known predecessors and the shorter pieces, these are uniformly enjoyable interpretations aided in no small degree by having Pierre Dervaux and the New Philharmonia in the mix.