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Title: Delightful lightweight entertainment
Review: One of the many welcome additions to our citizenry was the 1938 arrival of Fritz Kreisler and his musical invocations of the old Vienna. The Delos release called <Love's Joy and Sorrow> (DE 3249) gives us 16 examples of why violinists turn to his scores not only to show their virtuosity but for a source of "crowd pleasers"--which is by no means a derogatory description. Moscow-born Julia Krasko, accompanied by pianist Olga Kondratieva, does full justice to such lightweight and sentimental pieces as "Caprice Viennois," "La Gitana," "Syncopation," "Liebesfreud," "Toy Soldiers' March," and other short pieces, some very familiar, some perhaps less so. All very pleasant and highly recommended.
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