Title: Brahms and Schumann played to perfection
Product review: There is not much that needs to be written about these sound documents. The Hollywood Quartet and Victor Aller supply chamber music performances that are so idiomatic, elegant, sensitively played and true to the spirit of the composers intentions that the results defy any negative criticism. The pianist Victor Aller (1905-76), an unfamiliar name, is described in the notes as "spending most of his time teaching or acting as a contractor/fixer for the Warner Brothers Orchestra". His playing is superb and is easilly equal to the more illustrious names who have recorded this music over the years. It is refreshing to hear a bit of old fashioned portamento from the strings.The sonics of these performances, taped between 1952 an 1958, are very acceptable and often more realistic and better balanced than those of more recent vintage. A memorable set.
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