Piano Concerto no.1 in D minor, op.15
I: Maestoso ~ II: Adagio ~ III: Rondo (Allegro non troppo)
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Artur Schnabel, piano ~ London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Georg Szell
EMI World Records SH 223 1975 Matrices: 2XEA 5193 -1 / 2XEA 5194 -1 78 Transfer by Anthony Griffith
Recorded: 9 January/18 December 1938 - EMI Studio 1, Abbey Road (HMV DB.3712-7 - 2EA 5963-5974)
Sounds a bit clangy/overpowering via the Laptop setup - but was excellent via a 'proper HiFi'...
ReplyDeleteSzell was the conductor of the Serkin/Cleveland I bought in 1969 from EMG in Soho Sq, London (posh shop..)...have about 6 copies now (about the only popular CBS LP!!!).
With that I'm taking a break from this blog - with the possible exception of Mengelberg/Beethoven 5/8 (none-too-HiFi 1985 Japanese LP) - have finished Sym.8 - so will add to the existing COA files when completed.
I really enjoyed this
ReplyDeleteTKS ROGER
As I've just found out how to send messages
ReplyDeleteI think that your site is excellent
Many thanks for the time and effort that you have put in
By the way - will you be offering the Klemperer Brahms S1
ROGER
I'm having problems with 'Commerciazl Spam' on the Pristine site - so, as 'Anon', you can't comment at present (will use the wretched 'Captchas' instead).
DeleteThese 'Historical' files take a very long time to edit as there are bad tape edits - but mostly lots of small 'blips'- so it's akin to trying to make a quite noisy LP almost free of small defects - which means I can't attend to the other blog as well!
As am currently mentioning re: the Klemperer - the Brahms 4 uses a cartridge with considerable detail (as used for this..) but having a
strange fault when viewed on a waveform editor - so have dithered as to whether continue using it for these files (have only done so for about a month) - hence the particular 'delay' there - and was also wondering whether to add the Haydn Variations from the 33CX mono (a rare LP) - but essentially (as you can also see!) it was designed as 'competition' - especially as I was aware that the LP transfer used 'elsewhere' was less good than that original release - by comparison with 2/3 others.
Please add the Haydn variations
ReplyDeleteI am not a hi fi connoisseur
I just love the performances
and as said previously
I can appreciate the enormous amount of work that goes in to making these remastered recordings
ROGER
Thank you for this one, also - enjoy your break and i'm sure a lot of people along with me hope that you'll return.
ReplyDeleteNot so sure about that..but it's mainly this blog that will 'have a rest'.
DeleteSadly, an interesting mid-1980's German EMI 2LP of Backhaus 78's had really poor transfers (bad surfaces/heavily filtered) - and I need to check what (if any) LPO/Beecham 1930's may not be on CD.
In the early 1960's Keith Hardwick transfered (for Saga labels) quite a few Acoustic 78 recordings - mostly 'potted' operas - with the LP consisting of various performers - so will check if any stand-up-to-scrutiny..