He was a remarkably gifted child who began to study at a very early age with Charles Bistesi at the Nice Conservatory In 1942 he made his public debut as soloist with an orchestra in Nice. He then continued his training at the Paris Conservatory with René Benedetti (violin) and Joseph Calvet (chamber music), taking premiers prix in both subjects in 1946, the year he made his Paris debut. In 1949 he had further lessons with Enesco and captured 2nd prize in the Long-Thibaud competition in Paris. Thereafter, he pursued a distinguished career as a soloist with orchestras and as a recitalist. In 1975 he became a professor at the Paris Conservatory His interpretations were notable for their stylistic fidelity to the score and virtuoso execution.

– Thirteen.org

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Artykuł BRUCH, LALO<br />Violin Concerto No. 1 In G Minor, Op. 26 / Symphonie Espagnole. Op. 21<br /> Christian Ferras, Walter Susskind, The Philharmonia Orchestra pochodzi z serwisu Cleartone.

„The double-stopping of the big theme in the Wieniawski and the audible bouncing of the bow in the lightning-quick passages of the Saint-Saëns show Milstein at his best. The Stravinsky is presumably based on the composer’s own arrangement for violin and piano (made with Dushkin), the violin taking not only the melody originally given to the bassoon but all the other phrases that could conceivably be regarded as melody. Here the orchestral part appears to be more than a restoration of the 1919 scoring with fuller woodwind added, conceivably owing something to the original 1911 scoring. In any case no one is likely to worry overmuch about the ancestry of what here becomes a delightful occasional piece, warmly performed…“ – The Gramophone magazine

Artykuł MOZART, BEETHOVEN, WIENIAWSKI, STRAVINSKY<br />Masterpieces<br />Nathan Milstein, Walter Susskind pochodzi z serwisu Cleartone.