Jascha heifetz david oistrakh biography
Remembering the great violinist David Oistrakh!
Jascha heifetz david oistrakh biography
This is to say that he watched the artistic 'commotion' with a bird's-eye view from his vantage top position. He was astutely aware of his unchallenged position, and in his concertizing days his recording and concert fees certainly reflected his status as the supreme violinist of his era (if they didn't, he made sure they were modified to do so).
To enhance his position and protect it, Heifetz had at one point a clause in his RCA contract that prohibited any other violinist on the company's roster to record the same work he himself did, for several years. Thus, his was the only available RCA version of a particular work on the market for a considerable time.
No doubt this ensured handsome selling and returns.
Throughout his life Heifetz was extremely careful to abstain from praising or criticizing any of his peers or