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Toscha Seidel
Seidel was one, with Heifetz, Max Rosen, Elman and Milstein among others at the time, of Leopold Auer's most gifted students. Triumph in Europe was followed by triumph in the USA. Auer called him one of the great violinists of the world - but his recordings were relatively few, even of his beloved Brahms, and his reserved personality and lack of stage presence prevented his glittering among the stars of his time. But the recordings here are impressive - Brahms' Sonatas Nos. 1 & 2 and Hungarian Dance No.1 and Grieg's Sonata No. 3 - and this release celebrates the centenary of his birth. He died in 1962.