Alfor's Rarities - Recordings

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First rate rarity:

Conrad HANSEN plays
Edmund von BORCK (1906-1944)
Piano concerto op. 20
first rate work and first rate performance from 1956
with Bremen Radio Orchestra
(Hansen premiered the concerto in 1941)
http://www.mediafire.com/?znowtwdzun3

Alfor, can you tell me who is the conductor in this recording?

Tony

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Friedrich GERNSHEIM:
Piano Quartet No. 1 op. 6: mvt. III.http://www.mediafire.com/?64ocm6j96spc1w3

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Dedicated to Frank (who may be able to enjoy this wonderful romantic music!)

Friedrich GERNSHEIM
Piano Quartet No. 3 op. 47 mvts. 1 - 3
http://www.mediafire.com/?99xxkovw71d4u5i

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Dedicated to tobyjj and Ferruccio*:

Frank BRIDGE
Sonata (Eric Parkin from a 1979 LP recording)
http://www.mediafire.com/?wbu957z2rdoai4a

*Please keep yourself convinced that the world needs a pianist like N.N. (.....alias Ferruccio)

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This posting dedicated to Ferruccio:

Frank BRIDGE
Three Poems: Solitude, Ecstasy, Sunset
Four Characteristic Pieces: Water Nymphs, Fragrance, Bittersweet, Fireflies
Three Lyrics: Heart's Ease, Dainty Rogue, The Hedgerow
(Eric Parkin piano; from 1979 LP-recording)
http://www.mediafire.com/?2u0p8dezxacqsb8

Most of these pieces represent what may be called "British Impressionism"

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to isokani, with compliments:

Denis MATTHEWS
Beethoven: Sonata op. 109 (from original shellac)
a very fine reading, on a level with those of Myra Hess, Wilhelm Kempff and Heinrich Neuhaus
http://www.mediafire.com/?4xk547go3w7o3f5

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Denis MATTHEWS
Purcell: Suite in g minor (from original shellac - no, I don't intend to shellac anybody )
http://www.mediafire.com/?d33xy97arjwldyo

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Frank MERRICK
John Ireland: Sonata
Slightly flawed by some distortion and a less than perfect recording technique.
M.' style (authoritative, modest, never showy nor overly refined) has something in common
with that of Frederic Lamond who premiered the sonata.
http://www.mediafire.com/?9bc5dwv2vd76sq8

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Frank MERRICK
Arnold BAX: Sonata No. 4
A Hill Tune
From LP Frank Merrick Society 8 (ALO 10859)
http://www.mediafire.com/?ftiefibwytavhkx

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To isokani, with compliments

Frank MERRICK
Arnold BAX: Sonata No. 1
Lullaby
from rare early 1960s LP
http://www.mediafire.com/?pg49mbjwk8l2kfh