Discs: 1
Release date: 28th June 2010
Barcode: 0636943205471
Medium: CDLegends of the Piano Acoustic Recordings 1901-1924 Blow :
Fugue in C
Recorded: Hayes, Middlesex, October 19, 1915
Mark Hambourg (piano)
Brahms :
Waltz, Op. 39 No. 2 in E major
Recorded: London, December 22, 1903 / London, December 16, 1903
Ilona Eibenschütz (piano)
Waltz, Op. 39 No. 15 in A flat major
Recorded: London, December 22, 1903 / London, December 16, 1903
Ilona Eibenschütz (piano)
Bull, J :
The King's Hunt
Recorded: Hayes, Middlesex, October 19, 1915
Mark Hambourg (piano)
Byrd :
Pavana "The Earle of Salisbury"
Recorded: Hayes, Middlesex, October 19, 1915
Mark Hambourg (piano)
Chaminade :
La Lisonjera Op. 50
Recorded: London, c. Nov. 28, 1901
Cécile Chaminade (piano)
Chopin :
Fugue in A minor
Recorded: London December 10, 1904
Natalia Janotha (piano)
Waltz No. 7 in C sharp minor, Op. 64 No. 2
Recorded: Warsaw late 1905
Aleksander Michalowski (piano)
Polonaise No. 6 in A flat major, Op. 53 'Héroïque'
Recorded: Berlin c. 1924
Armand Georg Raoul Von Koczalski (piano)
Granados :
Danza española, Op. 37 No. 10 'Melancólica'
Recorded: Barcelona c. 1912
Enrique Granados (piano)
Improvisation on El pelele (No. 7), from Goyescas
Recorded: Barcelona c. 1912
Enrique Granados (piano)
Grieg :
Norwegian Bridal Procession, Op. 19, No. 2
Recorded: Paris, May 2, 1903
Edvard Hagerup Grieg (piano)
Lyric Pieces Op. 54: No. 2 - Gangar
Recorded: Paris, May 2, 1903
Edvard Hagerup Grieg (piano)
Lyric Pieces Op. 71: No. 3 - Puck
Recorded: Hayes, Middlesex, September 26, 1922
Arthur De Greef (piano)
Indy :
Lac vert, from Tableaux de voyage, Op. 33, No. 4
Recorded: Hayes, Middlesex, June 7, 1923
Vincent D’Indy (piano)
Danses rythmiques, from Poème des montagnes, Op. 15
Recorded: Hayes, Middlesex, June 7, 1923
Vincent D’Indy (piano)
Liszt :
Gnomenreigen, S145 No. 2
Recorded: Hayes, Middlesex, November 7, 1921
Frederic Lamond (piano)
Hungarian Rhapsody, S244 No. 2 in C sharp minor
(abbr.) Recorded: New York c. 1917
Arthur Friedheim (piano)
Mozart :
Symphony No. 39 in E flat major, K543 (excerpts)
arr. Schulhoff: Minuet. Recorded: Vienna late 1905 / Vienna October 26, 1910 / Vienna October 25, 1910
Alfred Grünfeld (piano)
Saint-Saëns :
Marche Militaire Francaise
Recorded: Paris, November 24, 1919
Camille Saint-Saëns (piano)
Rêverie du soir à Blidah
Recorded: Paris, November 24, 1919
Camille Saint-Saëns (piano)
Scarlatti, D :
Keyboard Sonata K190 in B flat major
D Scarlatti/Granados.Recorded: Barcelona c. 1912
Enrique Granados (piano)
Schumann :
Study in Canonic Form, Op. 56 No. 4 in A flat major - Innig
Recorded: Vienna? c. 1910
Marie Baumayer (piano)
Strauss, J, II :
Frühlingsstimmen Walzer Op. 410
arr. Grünfeld. Recorded: Vienna late 1905 / Vienna October 26, 1910 / Vienna October 25, 1910
Alfred Grünfeld (piano)
Soirée de Vienne
arr. Grünfeld. Recorded: Vienna late 1905 / Vienna October 26, 1910 / Vienna October 25, 1910
Alfred Grünfeld (piano)
Tchaikovsky :
Humoresque, Op. 10 No. 2
Recorded: London c. January 1924
Vassily Sapellnikoff (piano)
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About This collection features some of the greatest composers ever to record, along with disciples playing pieces by their masters.
The disciples fall largely into two main ‘schools’: the Chopin/Schumann axis and the Liszt/Leschetizky group, offering piquant contrast in the piano styles that survived in the playing of Artur Rubinstein and Vladimir Horowitz, respectively.
The recordings were selected for performance quality as well as historical and sonic considerations.
Audio conservation: Ward Marston