Violinist Eudice Shapiro was a major force in Los Angeles from the '40s on up until her death in 2007; while she made a considerable number of recordings between the 1950s and 1970s, relatively few of them have appeared on CD. Crystal Records' limited-edition release Eudice Shapiro, Violin is the second devoted to her artistry, and features her with accompanist Brooks Smith in the Duo Concertante and Divertimento of Stravinsky and in Lukas Foss' String Quartet No. 1 in her role as first violinist with the American Art ...
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Violinist Eudice Shapiro was a major force in Los Angeles from the '40s on up until her death in 2007; while she made a considerable number of recordings between the 1950s and 1970s, relatively few of them have appeared on CD. Crystal Records' limited-edition release Eudice Shapiro, Violin is the second devoted to her artistry, and features her with accompanist Brooks Smith in the Duo Concertante and Divertimento of Stravinsky and in Lukas Foss' String Quartet No. 1 in her role as first violinist with the American Art Quartet. The Stravinsky recordings come from the only purely classical record issued by Fred Astaire's short-lived label Ava, which was in business just two years. Shapiro worked very closely with Stravinsky himself as a member of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, which he conducted on occasion, and her mastery of his preferred violin sound -- an acrid, woody, nearly folk-like style of performance -- is in clear evidence here. These are not perfect recordings -- esteemed accompanist...
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