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Re: Alfor's Rarities - Recordings
Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2013 10:41 am
by alfor
Wilhelm
KEMPFF
BEETHOVEN: Variations op. 76
(from original 10" shellac)
Kempff Beeth. Var. op. 76.mp3
Re: Alfor's Rarities - Recordings
Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2013 11:41 am
by alfor
Samuil
FEINBERG
BEETHOVEN: Sonata op. 57
(from original russian shellac set)
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?yt3mvp10fjm5234
Re: Alfor's Rarities - Recordings
Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2013 11:37 am
by alfor
British pianism at its best:
Irene
SCHARRER
VERDI-LISZT Rigoletto Paraphrase
(from original shellac disc)
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?yrrth601l0d2ni7
Re: Alfor's Rarities - Recordings
Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2013 10:48 pm
by alfor
Very rare:
Jörg DEMUS
plays
Franz SCHMIDT
From original LP record.
1.
Romanze (his only original 2 hand piano work)
2.
Intermezzo (from Quintet for piano - left hand - , clarinet and strings)
3.
Toccata
2. & 3. have been composed for Paul
Wittgenstein. Demus plays the 2 hand version by Friedrich
Wührer.
http://www.mediafire.com/?1257t8m3xq6y7ce
Re: Alfor's Rarities - Recordings
Posted: Sun May 26, 2013 10:29 pm
by alfor
A Godowsky pioneer:
Doris Pines plays Godowsky (details see Cover)
It was this LP disc which inspired the foundation of the
"Schloß vor Husum" Piano Festival!
Godowsky Pines Cover.pdf
Side A:
http://www.mediafire.com/?dtczhzdi1kddubl
Re: Alfor's Rarities - Recordings
Posted: Sat Jun 08, 2013 6:07 pm
by alfor
This file definitely dedicated to
fleubis:
Artur RUBINSTEIN
CHOPIN Sonata op. 35
recorded in 1946 (probably an early tape recording)
first issued on shellac (the long-playing-record was not yet invented!)
This file is from the first LP issue (RCA LM 9008, early 1950s)
http://www.mediafire.com/?k61qja379qwudd3
Re: Alfor's Rarities - Recordings
Posted: Sat Jun 08, 2013 8:31 pm
by fleubis
Alfor, this is a real treat! With Rubinstein I can enjoy the music without being so awed by technique, as in Horowitz. It's a matter of architecture and Rubinstein's arches triumph.
Thanks for uploading this outstanding performance! It is definitely edgier than his later performances.
Re: Alfor's Rarities - Recordings
Posted: Sat Jun 08, 2013 9:52 pm
by alfor
fleubis wrote:Alfor, this is a real treat! With Rubinstein I can enjoy the music without being so awed by technique, as in Horowitz. It's a matter of architecture and Rubinstein's arches triumph.
Thanks for uploading this outstanding performance! It is definitely edgier than his later performances.
You are welcome!
To my knowledge there are only two other „official“ recordings of Chopin's op. 35 by Rubinstein: The 1964 live recording* from Moscow and the studio stereo recording from roughly the same time. Imho the latter has a
much less genuine sound than the 1946 recording.
*I do have the original Russian Melodiya stereo
and mono issues of this recording - which might also be worthwhile to post in this thread.
Re: Alfor's Rarities - Recordings
Posted: Sun Jun 09, 2013 9:40 pm
by alfor
Side 2 of the RCA LM 9008 LP (recorded around 1950 to 53):
Artur RUBINSTEIN
plays Debussy:
La Cathédrale ...
Poissons d'or
La Fille ...
Masques
La Terrasse ...
Ondine
http://www.mediafire.com/?eo2yxge879jf5ip
Re: Alfor's Rarities - Recordings
Posted: Sun Jun 09, 2013 11:03 pm
by fleubis
Rubenstein playing Debussy: Very choice morsels indeed. Thanks much for this, Alfred. I'm delighted to hear what early Rubinstein is like. I continue to admire the overall arch of his conceptions. I wish I could find the right words to express my impressions of these early performances, but alas, I'm at a loss for words.