When Czechoslovakia's wunderkind Vasa Prihoda made this record for Edison Labs, in January of 1921, he was a mere lad of 20. Playing behind him is fellow Czech compatriot Asta Doubravska. This opus was written by Antonio
Bazzini, a composer and concert violinist of very high repute in the mid 1800s (see this entry in Wikipedia for more info), and is a challenge for
any violinist to complemplate let alone play. Vasa would record it at least twice: this acoustic version, then electrically in 1935 (which can be found on the Symposium reissue LP "The Violin Volume 10," available through
Amazon.com). This is an amazing rendition, particularly the string-mangling finale, one good enough to turn the heart
of the staunchest anti-classical listener. The record was not particularly loud but was in nice shape, needing rumble removal and not much else.
