Elman - Bach Violin concerto #2, E major (entire), 1934

1. Allegro
9:02 2. Adagio
17:05 3. Allegro assai

Recorded in 1934.
Lawrance Collingwood, Conductor

Lawrance Collingwood
Born: March 14, 1887 - London, England
Died: December 19, 1982 - Killin, Perthshire, Scotland, UK
The English conductor and composer, Lawrance (Arthur) Collingwood, studied at the Guildhall School of Music in London and later at Exeter College, Oxford (1907-1911). In 1912 he went to Russia and took courses at the St. Petersburg Conservatory with Glazunov, Wihtol, Steinberg, and Tcherepnin.

In 1918 Lawrance Collingwood returned to England and became active as a conductor. From 1931 to 1941 he was principal conductor and from 1941 to 1947 music director at Sadler's Wells in London.

In 1948 Lawrance Collingwood was made Commander of the Order of the British Empire. His compositions include 2 operas: Macbeth (London, April 1934) and The Death of Tintagiles (concert performance, London, April 1950), Piano Concerto, Piano Quartet and 2 piano sonatas.

Mischa Elman
Elman, Mischa (actually, Mikhail Saulovich), remarkable Russian-born American violinist; b. Talnoy, Jan. 20, 1891; d. N.Y., April 5, 1967.

At the age of 6, he was taken by his father to Odessa, where he became a violin student of Fidelmann and a pupil of Brodsky. His progress was extraordinary, and when Leopold Auer heard him play in 1902, he immediately accepted him in his class at the St. Petersburg Conservatory In 1904 he made his debut in St. Petersburg with sensational acclaim; on Oct. 14, 1904, he made a brilliant Berlin debut; on March 21, 1905, he made his first appearance in London to great acclaim. On Dec. 10, 1908, he made his U.S. debut as soloist in an extraordinary performance of the Tchaikovsky concerto with Altschuler and the Russian Symphony Orchestra in N.Y., and was hailed as one of the greatest virtuosos of the time; he played with every important symphony orchestra in the U.S. In the following years, he played all over the world, and, with Jascha Heifetz, became a synonym for violinistic prowess. His playing was the quintessence of Romantic interpretation; his tone was mellifluous but resonant; he excelled particularly in the concertos of Mendelssohn, Tchaikovsky, and Wieniawski; but he could also give impressive performances of Beethoven and Mozart. He published several violin arrangements of Classical and Romantic pieces, and he also composed some playable short compositions for his instrument. His father published a sentimental book, MEMOIRS OF MISCHA ELMAN'S FATHER (N.Y., 1933). In 1923 Elman became a naturalized American citizen.