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One such occurred on June 11, 1967, when the Bavarian RSO under Rafael Kubelík were joined by Henryk Szeryng at the Vienna Konzerthaus for a performance of Brahms’s Violin Concerto, music-making that exhibited a degree of elasticity and intellectual elevation that is typical of both artists (it’s newly reissued but was originally released by Orfeo in 2017).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTry the first movement’s big central \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003etutti\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e at 8’38”, Kubelík’s natural brand of rubato and the strings’ soaring tone, winding down to Szeryng’s meditative re-entry soon afterwards. And there’s the superb oboe solo at the start of the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAdagio\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, the perfect preparation for Szeryng’s angelic solo. Rarely have I heard a reading that captures the music’s rhapsodic spirit as tellingly as Szeryng and Kubelík do here, tracing the line’s ever-shifting expressive focus with an uncanny musical instinct. And the bustle of the finale, crisp and upbeat, its gypsy inflections unmistakable from the off, its lyrical central section returning us to the songlike aspects of the first two movements.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBut it’s the disc’s opening track that in many respects proves a prize among prizes, Dvořák’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHussite\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Overture, music originally intended as part of a dramatic trilogy on the Bohemian religious leader Jan Hus. 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