What about Milstein???

@@rnlevin Milstein's recording was my first experience with Glazunov and my favorite but I found Heifetz' recording about 10 years later and it then became my favorite.

I agree with the first of your comment violinhunter2. But listen to some of Menuhin`s, Oistrach`s and Christian Ferras`s playing of other concertos and could change your mind

@@ludwigwladimirdorner3691 There are many, many fabulous violinists out there, (dead and living), and I have heard most of them. Unfortunately, Heifetz sort of spoils everything because when I return to his recordings and stop to compare, the others just don't measure up. For instance, take the Bruch concerto - I am familiar with about two dozen recordings of it. When I listen to Heifetz again, I conclude that his playing does not sound like he's still learning the piece - it just sounds complete - totally mature. It's the phrasing and the sound that makes perfect sense. The others may be absolutely great (the recent recording by Maria Duenas, for instance) but his playing is just more satisfying.

Christian Ferras' interpretations have so much depth and feeling. When Ferras plays Bach, Heifetz can not compare. If you have not already, listen to Ferras play Bach's partita in D minor. Heifetz did not have the information available to play Baroque era music correctly. Josef Hassid is another violinist that plays with a sound that could only be described as supernatural. Nonetheless, Heifetz will always be one of the best that ever touched the instrument. A true rarity. @@violinhunter2