Ginette Doyen--wondering about her Mendelssohn Songs Without Words--apparently quite a collector's item on vinyl
Ania Dorfman see above
Maryla Jonas: Some of the most beautiful Chopin I have ever heard, especially the nocturnes. She had quite an interesting story. Rising to fame when the Nazis invaded her native Poland, she refused to play for them and escaped to Brazil, where later (I believe) Artur Rubinstein helped her start a career in the U.S. I just digitized one of her LPs entitled Piano Miniatures with short pieces by Handel, Mozart, Mendelssohn (hence my renewed interest in his piano pieces). I have enjoyed the other LPs (Chopin) for years.
Vlado Perlemuter is another favorite, especially the Ravel, and especially the Concerto in G
Eugene List, Arthur Balsam, Gyorgy Sebok are others I've only heard as accompanists, but am curious about. I would also list Paul Badura Skoda, but I don't think he is all that obscure. I am an avid LP collector, and love this era of recording, and am interested to hear thoughts on these and others. Others will follow as I sift through my collection, but this will hopefully be an interesting start to this thread for now.
Noel Lee
Abbey Simon
Ruth Laredo
Eugene Istomin
Michael Ponti
John Browning
Rudolf Firkusny
Bruce Hungerford
Misha Dichter
Ingrid Haebler
Walter Klien
Shura Cherkassky
Andor Foldes
Samuil Feinberg
Lev Oborin
Jan Panenka
There might be varying degrees of "forgotten" here (Firkusny) but, well...here it is.....
Quote from: Dancing Divertimentian on September 24, 2018, 04:58:29 PM
Ruth Laredo
Eugene Istomin
Michael Ponti
John Browning
Rudolf Firkusny
Bruce Hungerford
Misha Dichter
You have some great ones there: how about
Claudio Arrau and
Wilhelm Backhaus ?
https://www.youtube.com/v/7U726VrX-U0
https://www.youtube.com/v/1hrNrRS_ajg
Quote from: Cato on September 24, 2018, 06:00:14 PM
You have some great ones there: how about Claudio Arrau and Wilhelm Backhaus ?
Two great names, fer shur, but as I read it the OP is looking for pianists not so well known...on the "forgotten" side. :)
Gyorgy Sandor.
Right, people like Arrau, Backhaus, and even Feinberg have been reissued at least once or many times (incl the GPOC series, so not very obscure). Firkushny as well--although he is a good addition and one I'm curious about. But at least the first two on my list, afaik, there is nothing currently in print.
Alan Marks
https://www.discogs.com/artist/343720-Alan-Marks
Beveridge Webster:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beveridge_Webster
Arkivmusic is promoting thus heavily.
(http://www.arkivmusic.com/graphics/covers/naxos/large/889854999926.jpg)
Is he actually worthwhile?
Quote from: XB-70 Valkyrie on September 24, 2018, 07:23:06 PM
But at least the first two on my list, afaik, there is nothing currently in print.
There's a huge amount of stuff released by Ginette Doyen by Bibliotheque National de France, I can see about a dozen CDs. Dorfmann is pretty well served too
(https://d27t0qkxhe4r68.cloudfront.net/t_300/rca88985390102.jpg?1496595929)
Quote from: Dancing Divertimentian on September 24, 2018, 04:58:29 PM
Noel Lee
Abbey Simon
Ruth Laredo
Eugene Istomin
Michael Ponti
John Browning
Rudolf Firkusny
Bruce Hungerford
Misha Dichter
Ingrid Haebler
Walter Klien
Shura Cherkassky
Andor Foldes
Samuil Feinberg
Lev Oborin
Jan Panenka
There might be varying degrees of "forgotten" here (Firkusny) but, well...here it is.....
I don't think Firkusny, Haebler or Cherkassky can count as forgotten.
John Browning is interesting to me. When I first started buying LPs he recorded the Prokofiev Piano Concertos and they had an excellent review in Gramophone. Unfortunately I couldn't afford them at the time and after that he seemed to fade from view. For some reason fairly recently I remembered those recordings and looked him up on the internet; he had a long and distinguished career in the USA but doesn't seem to have made much of an impact on this side of the Atlantic.
Quote from: Biffo on September 25, 2018, 12:52:42 AM
I don't think Firkusny, Haebler or Cherkassky can count as forgotten.
John Browning is interesting to me. When I first started buying LPs he recorded the Prokofiev Piano Concertos and they had an excellent review in Gramophone. Unfortunately I couldn't afford them at the time and after that he seemed to fade from view. For some reason fairly recently I remembered those recordings and looked him up on the internet; he had a long and distinguished career in the USA but doesn't seem to have made much of an impact on this side of the Atlantic.
Do you know his performance of the
Barber Piano Concerto ?
https://www.youtube.com/v/HobIr7logJc
An interview from 1995:
http://www.bruceduffie.com/browning.html (http://www.bruceduffie.com/browning.html)
Quote from: Biffo on September 25, 2018, 12:52:42 AM
John Browning is interesting to me. When I first started buying LPs he recorded the Prokofiev Piano Concertos and they had an excellent review in Gramophone. Unfortunately I couldn't afford them at the time and after that he seemed to fade from view. For some reason fairly recently I remembered those recordings and looked him up on the internet; he had a long and distinguished career in the USA but doesn't seem to have made much of an impact on this side of the Atlantic.
Browning plays the concerti on this set:
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Many thanks to Cato and karl for their responses.
I haven't heard the Barber recording, something to explore. A very interesting interview. The Testament set (concertos only) looks tempting. Amazon UK has a bargain price secondhand copy of the Sony box, new copies are exorbitantly expensive. I heard Leinsdorf conduct the LSO in Symphony No 5 aeons ago but not sure I want all the symphonies etc.
(https://i.imgur.com/GJf3H0K.jpg)
First ever recording made by the chap on the left. He did go on to make many more but not as a pianist!
Antonio Barbosa, Brazilian pianist, died relatively young. One of my favorite recordings of Chopin Scherzi, on Connoisseur Society LP, never made it to CD. He also recorded some fine Liszt, especially Schubert/Liszt.
https://www.youtube.com/v/GRyBEZ3vDFY
Any Malcuzynski fans here?
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Quote from: Biffo on September 25, 2018, 04:28:34 AM
I heard Leinsdorf conduct the LSO in Symphony No 5 aeons ago but not sure I want all the symphonies etc.
Only ("only"!) four of the symphonies are in the
Leinsdorf/BSO box, but you will especially enjoy the
Second and
Sixth, I believe.
Quote from: Daverz on September 24, 2018, 07:30:17 PM
Alan Marks
I've got him playing on the Rochberg Piano 5tet, a recording stranded on vinyl.
Does Paul Jacobs count? I've got his Bach/Brahms/Busoni on Nonesuch. His recordings seem to be kind of hard to find nowadays.
William Bolcom - maybe better known as a composer, but he made some interesting recordings of American music (incl. his own) for Nonesuch.
Rafael Orozco
Richard Farrell
Noel Mewton-Wood
Andre Tchaikovsky
Peter Seeman
Andre Krust
Louis Kentner
Jean-Marie Darre
Abbey Simon
Michel Block
Terrence Judd
I had LPs (mostly via World Record Club) from most of these pianists. Orozco introduced me to the Chopin Preludes and Kentner the Liszt TEs.
Can't believe I forgot one of my favorite pianists: Agustin Anievas!!
Quote from: Mandryka on September 24, 2018, 11:42:25 PM
There's a huge amount of stuff released by Ginette Doyen by Bibliotheque National de France, I can see about a dozen CDs. Dorfmann is pretty well served too
(https://d27t0qkxhe4r68.cloudfront.net/t_300/rca88985390102.jpg?1496595929)
Thanks for bringing this to my attention. I did not see this on Amazon.com. Have you heard any of it?
There is a three LP set of Doyen doing the Mendelssohn Songs w/o Words on eBay. Those early 50s Westminster LPs are incredible.
Quote from: Dancing Divertimentian on September 25, 2018, 06:12:57 PM
Can't believe I forgot one of my favorite pianists: Agustin Anievas!!
Oh, yes! One of my favorite as well.
Which performance of his (?) do you recommend? I've seen that name many times, but have never bought any of the recordings (Vox label in America I believe).
Seriously folks, you should snap up any and all Maryla Jonas you can find. I'm listening to the Songs Without Words now and it's amazing.
This is a good example of the sort of thing Anievas did, I can let you have a good transfer if you want
https://www.youtube.com/v/4tBGozP-qzo
I haven't heard any Dorfmann.
Quote from: XB-70 Valkyrie on September 25, 2018, 09:01:03 PM
Which performance of his (?) do you recommend? I've seen that name many times, but have never bought any of the recordings (Vox label in America I believe).
Seriously folks, you should snap up any and all Maryla Jonas you can find. I'm listening to the Songs Without Words now and it's amazing.
The Liszt sonata in B minor, and the Rachmaninov for starters, I'd say.
Anthony Bonaventura made some interesting piano recordings, Scarlatti sonatas in the early 1970s and Debussy Etudes. Again I can let people who are interested have good transfers
https://www.youtube.com/v/pqe6u5kCLcA
https://www.youtube.com/v/SO8Ru5SaLcc
Leonard Pennario is another one. From what I remember, I've only seen his name associated with lighter fare, Hollywood Bowl concerts, and the like. I was never too interested (largely for that reason), and I've never seen any reissues of his stuff. I wonder whether anyone cares--certainly some of these folks remain obscure for a reason.
One I was really impressed by is Irén Marik, a student of Bartok who recorded some Bartok and Beethoven and possibly other things, she was rediscovered and rereleased by Arbiter, here's an image
(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/512uiDQ%2BjcL._SX355_.jpg)
I forget the desert connection, maybe she went to live in Cairo with Ignaz Tiegermann
Another impressive pianist who Arbiter revived is Leo Serota, who also has some connection to Egypt I think
(http://arbiterrecords.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/137-mini-300x297.jpg)
Quote from: XB-70 Valkyrie on September 25, 2018, 09:14:17 PM
Leonard Pennario is another one. From what I remember, I've only seen his name associated with lighter fare, Hollywood Bowl concerts, and the like. I was never too interested (largely for that reason), and I've never seen any reissues of his stuff. I wonder whether anyone cares--certainly some of these folks remain obscure for a reason.
That is all I have no CD, nothing significant. But I have heard him in concert and he was magnificent!
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on September 25, 2018, 10:22:01 AM
Only ("only"!) four of the symphonies are in the Leinsdorf/BSO box, but you will especially enjoy the Second and Sixth, I believe.
Yes, those were and are great performances of great symphonies! Symphonies II, III, and VI are
Prokofiev at his best, and the
Boston Symphony with
Erich Leinsdorf are exquisite in those works.
Quote from: Cato on September 26, 2018, 03:22:39 AM
Yes, those were and are great performances of great symphonies! Symphonies II, III, and VI are Prokofiev at his best, and the Boston Symphony with Erich Leinsdorf are exquisite in those works.
I ordered the bargain price secondhand box, now keeping my fingers crossed that it is OK.
Quote from: Mandryka on September 25, 2018, 09:27:26 PM
One I was really impressed by is Irén Marik, a student of Bartok who recorded some Bartok and Beethoven and possibly other things, she was rediscovered and rereleased by Arbiter, here's an image
(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/512uiDQ%2BjcL._SX355_.jpg)
This may be even more interesting:
https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/7966928--iren-marik-from-bach-to-bartok
I have put it on my wishlist.
Michael Ponti's Scriabin set on VOX was one of my favorites!
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Albert Ferber, Swiss pianist whose superb Faure recordings on Saga were never released on CD.
https://www.youtube.com/v/jLtBNnqeNyo
Quote from: Draško on September 26, 2018, 04:22:56 AM
Albert Ferber, Swiss pianist whose superb Faure recordings on Saga were never released on CD.
https://www.youtube.com/v/jLtBNnqeNyo
Saga released two LPs of Albert Ferber playing Fauré. Finding a decent pressing isn't easy but for playing as good as that the hunt is worthwhile. Forgotten Records have Ferber playing Beethoven and Debussy on CD but not Fauré.
Quote from: (: premont :) on September 26, 2018, 03:37:27 AM
This may be even more interesting:
https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/7966928--iren-marik-from-bach-to-bartok
I have put it on my wishlist.
Maybe, I've not heard it. The thing that bowled me over was Beethoven op 109, if I recall correctly there's an op 111 on that other one which a friend of mine said was also exceptionally good
Quote from: Draško on September 26, 2018, 04:22:56 AM
Albert Ferber, Swiss pianist whose superb Faure recordings on Saga were never released on CD.
https://www.youtube.com/v/jLtBNnqeNyo
I have a transfer of Ferber playing the Fauré preludes which I can let you have if you want. It sounds pretty good to me. Also the other side of the Saga LP, op 73 Theme and Variations and some small things.
The following 13 pianists aren't exactly forgotten, for the most part, but they certainly don't get the attention they deserve from record labels today, etc., in my view:
1. Nadia Reisenberg--exceptional Haydn, Chopin, and a forgotten early champion of the piano music of Samuel Barber.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgP75Vht2GI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2vjqJikn-g (I like her Barber Excursions better than Horowitz's)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5OStrdzRMA
2. Augustin Anievas--one of my favorite pianists for Chopin Etudes, & 4 Impromptus, and exceptional in Brahms too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Xe_z1nfWNI
3. Halina Czerny-Stefanska--exceptional in Chopin, especially the Mazurkas, and Mozart. She's descended from Carl Czerny (on her father's side), and plays like it. I wonder if she ever recorded any of Beethoven's music?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_AYlDx5cH8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0FUfmC1pW8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8K-CC7WN5oU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tYMwY1EzYg
4. Youra Guller--one of the finest Beethoven pianists I've ever heard--her late sonatas are as good as anyone's:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tftJwS9Z6bQ
5. Bruno-Leonardo Gelber--Yes, Gelber had an (all too) brief contract with Denon (& Orfeo) during the early days of the CD, but he was particularly exceptional in Beethoven & Brahms on LP--such as his brilliant EMI LP recording of Beethoven's "Les Adieux" Sonata, and Brahms Handel Variations, etc..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUQDCJzF5j8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diFAvwtp_-M
6. Lorin Hollander--a very fine pianist, who has kept busy, but recording-wise, Hollander seems to have been largely forgotten by the record labels? A NY times critic once called Hollander, "the leading pianist of his generation."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i72w4c0W3E0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUjvtXM1LP0
7. Michel Block--excellent in Schumann & Chopin.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rt8ULpsmEvY&list=PLRxumvUx3zRRfixZ1oMkDQgXA_5k3MmUD
8. Reine Gianoli--excellent Schumann, Ravel, & Debussy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzc66QSZww8
9. Thierry de Brunhoff--exceptional in Schumann & Chopin, de Brunhoff retired from a thriving career on the concert stage to become a monk.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hlx5jME78tE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNqX_jWhUzY
10. Madeleine de Valmaléte--I don't know how much of a career de Valmaléte had on LP, though she did make shellacs in Berlin in the late 1920s, but her one Arbiter CD is remarkable!, especially her playing of Ravel's Le Tombeau de Couperin. She was the first pianist to record the complete Ravel piano works in France, so why hasn't that cycle ever been released on CD?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFmDWf2b55Y
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8_xojAY92M
11. Magda Tagliaferro--I mention the great Brazilian pianist because she recorded the complete Debussy and it has never been released on CD--to my knowledge. Nor has her late CBS digital LP recording of Faure's Dolly Suite & other works with her student Daniel Varsano ever been released on CD--though it's on You Tube (Tagliaferro actually toured the Dolly Suite with Faure):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ac1ugBRmpSI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9lTTNsQPC0
12. Maryla Jonas--Yes, her life story is harrowing & tragic--another victim of the Nazis. But she was a survivor. Fortunately this great pianist has finally! had a box set released of her complete LP recordings: https://www.amazon.com/Maryla-Jonas-Story-Complet-Recordings/dp/B072KY1H9B/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1537988608&sr=1-1&keywords=maryla+jonas, which no piano lover should be without. So, she's no longer forgotten. Jonas is totally brilliant in Chopin Mazurkas:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJ5W8y2rJ94
13. Dubravka Tomsic--although she may not have made many LP records, Tomsic is, IMO, the most unjustly ignored great pianist over of the past 25 years by the major record labels. Her Bach, Chopin, Scarlatti, Mozart, Beethoven, & Debussy are all exceptional. Incredible technique, and she plays without ego. Yet DG & company continue to sign younger, lesser pianists. That's just dumb. The situation is so neglectful that Tomsic's playing sometimes gets misattributed to other pianists (& vice versa) on cheap, discount labels.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7nH-Udsu08&list=OLAK5uy_mkgUBgeR3eI94jL1JKKJxy0EB2ofdiwWE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IksKydCVXVs
Quote from: Mandryka on September 26, 2018, 09:22:47 AM
I have a transfer of Ferber playing the Fauré preludes which I can let you have if you want. It sounds pretty good to me. Also the other side of the Saga LP, op 73 Theme and Variations and some small things.
I'm pretty sure I have it as well, somewhere. If it happens to be otherwise I'll take you up on the offer. Thank you!
Thanks guys for bringing Anievas to my attention. Will check out teh Lizst B-min and Rachmaninoff suggestions. Also, the Brahms Handel Variations sounded very promising.
Quote from: Josquin13 on September 26, 2018, 11:19:17 AM
The following 13 pianists aren't exactly forgotten, for the most part, but they certainly don't get the attention they deserve from record labels today, etc., in my view:
1. Nadia Reisenberg--exceptional Haydn, Chopin, and a forgotten early champion of the piano music of Samuel Barber.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgP75Vht2GI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2vjqJikn-g (I like her Barber Excursions better than Horowitz's)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5OStrdzRMA
2. Augustin Anievas--one of my favorite pianists for Chopin Etudes, & 4 Impromptus, and exceptional in Brahms too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Xe_z1nfWNI
3. Halina Czerny-Stefanska--exceptional in Chopin, especially the Mazurkas, and Mozart. She's descended from Carl Czerny (on her father's side), and plays like it. I wonder if she ever recorded any of Beethoven's music?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_AYlDx5cH8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0FUfmC1pW8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8K-CC7WN5oU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tYMwY1EzYg
4. Youra Guller--one of the finest Beethoven pianists I've ever heard--her late sonatas are as good as anyone's:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tftJwS9Z6bQ
5. Bruno-Leonardo Gelber--Yes, Gelber had an (all too) brief contract with Denon (& Orfeo) during the early days of the CD, but he was particularly exceptional in Beethoven & Brahms on LP--such as his brilliant EMI LP recording of Beethoven's "Les Adieux" Sonata, and Brahms Handel Variations, etc..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUQDCJzF5j8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diFAvwtp_-M
6. Lorin Hollander--a very fine pianist, who has kept busy, but recording-wise, Hollander seems to have been largely forgotten by the record labels? A NY times critic once called Hollander, "the leading pianist of his generation."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i72w4c0W3E0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUjvtXM1LP0
7. Michel Block--excellent in Schumann & Chopin.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rt8ULpsmEvY&list=PLRxumvUx3zRRfixZ1oMkDQgXA_5k3MmUD
8. Reine Gianoli--excellent Schumann, Ravel, & Debussy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzc66QSZww8
9. Thierry de Brunhoff--exceptional in Schumann & Chopin, de Brunhoff retired from a thriving career on the concert stage to become a monk.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hlx5jME78tE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNqX_jWhUzY
10. Madeleine de Valmaléte--I don't know how much of a career de Valmaléte had on LP, though she did make shellacs in Berlin in the late 1920s, but her one Arbiter CD is remarkable!, especially her playing of Ravel's Le Tombeau de Couperin. She was the first pianist to record the complete Ravel piano works in France, so why hasn't that cycle ever been released on CD?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFmDWf2b55Y
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8_xojAY92M
11. Magda Tagliaferro--I mention the great Brazilian pianist because she recorded the complete Debussy and it has never been released on CD--to my knowledge. Nor has her late CBS digital LP recording of Faure's Dolly Suite & other works with her student Daniel Varsano ever been released on CD--though it's on You Tube (Tagliaferro actually toured the Dolly Suite with Faure):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ac1ugBRmpSI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9lTTNsQPC0
12. Maryla Jonas--Yes, her life story is harrowing & tragic--another victim of the Nazis. But she was a survivor. Fortunately this great pianist has finally! had a box set released of her complete LP recordings: https://www.amazon.com/Maryla-Jonas-Story-Complet-Recordings/dp/B072KY1H9B/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1537988608&sr=1-1&keywords=maryla+jonas, which no piano lover should be without. So, she's no longer forgotten. Jonas is totally brilliant in Chopin Mazurkas:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJ5W8y2rJ94
13. Dubravka Tomsic--although she may not have made many LP records, Tomsic is, IMO, the most unjustly ignored great pianist over of the past 25 years by the major record labels. Her Bach, Chopin, Scarlatti, Mozart, Beethoven, & Debussy are all exceptional. Incredible technique, and she plays without ego. Yet DG & company continue to sign younger, lesser pianists. That's just dumb. The situation is so neglectful that Tomsic's playing sometimes gets misattributed to other pianists (& vice versa) on cheap, discount labels.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7nH-Udsu08&list=OLAK5uy_mkgUBgeR3eI94jL1JKKJxy0EB2ofdiwWE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IksKydCVXVs
Great list thanks. The Jonas LP reissues (link above) are a must, except I have nearly all of them on LP. I do not however have the Schumann
Kinderszenen (78 rpm only I believe), which I am very curious to hear--but it is available for high-res download from various websites.
Quote from: XB-70 Valkyrie on September 25, 2018, 09:14:17 PM
Leonard Pennario is another one. From what I remember, I've only seen his name associated with lighter fare, Hollywood Bowl concerts, and the like. I was never too interested (largely for that reason), and I've never seen any reissues of his stuff. I wonder whether anyone cares--certainly some of these folks remain obscure for a reason.
You missed it. I think I may actually still have this set somewhere.
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Thanks. Amazon search sucks. Have you heard it? Reviews are overwhelmingly positive.
XB-70 Valkyrie,
My pleasure. I thought of one more pianist, who was I think better known during the LP era than she is today--French-American pianist Evelyne Crochet. Granted, there is a recent 2006 recording that Crochet made of Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier Books 1 & 2, but a substantial part of her LP legacy is out of print or never put on CD. Such as her excellent 1960s complete solo piano music of Faure series for Vox/Turnabout--which, unless I'm mistaken, has ever made it onto CD (Edit: see correction below). However, I did find it all on You Tube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0Ptsm-7Q5A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SV44n2CNk-s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqZ9xeHjIPc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpXGxNf1xZI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HG7ae9xodfI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28FPuPLu1BI
Here are links to Crochet's more recent Bach Well-Tempered Clavier Books 1 & 2:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFY9mj6m548
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ju6xpqqVZU4
& here is what (no less than) Trevor Pinnock had to say about her Bach:
" I have been listening to your recording of Bach Wohltemperierte Clavier and it has moved me so deeply that I simply have to write to say thank you, for it has enriched my day on an extraordinary level. Your music speaks directly to the inner spirit in a way which is so rare. I normally do not listen to recordings but your Bach is irresistible. How much the world needs music making that reveals deep truth in this way! Thank you for this great gift. "
Here too is a YT link to Crochet's highly regarded early 1960s Vox recording of Schubert's Fantasie in F minor, D. 940, for piano four hands, with a young Alfred Brendel--which was my first recording & introduction to this beautiful work (& it wasn't until Maria-Joao Pires recordings came along decades later--with pianists Sermet & Castro--that I found digital recordings I liked as well as Crochet & Brendel's fine version):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BdGo_t-5E4
I also remember that Crochet recorded some of Satie's music for Philips (some of which were world premiere recordings at the time), along with a Schubert album for Philips too. Edit: There are selections on You Tube (with LP crackles, if anyone's missing those):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DzE6PJGcPE&list=PLF1D3D919EA386BD7
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzaW2cbtDMc
EDIT: I've just found the pianist's website, and find that in 2012 Crochet additionally recorded Bach's Goldberg Variations: Here is what Alfred Brendel had to say about the recording:
" In her remarkable Goldberg Variations, Evelyne Crochet is the very rare case of a pianist who, after working for decades in near-seclusion, has emerged as a Bach-player of considerable stature. Her cantabile permeates all the voices. But there is also an impish side that keeps the rhythm alive. Her technical control has remained impeccable. My congratulations! "
By the way, if anyone's interested, I see that Crochet's complete Faure for Vox can be purchased on her website, in two 3 CD sets:
http://evelynecrochet.com/purchase.html
Here's what a New York Times critic had to say about her Faure,
"A must for Fauré fans.... She has undertaken the job which is, to judge from her sensitive playing, a labor of love. She has technique to spare but is in no hurry. Her tone is admirable for its clarity...."
I'd say Crochet's Faure playing stands up well against any of the highly regarded Faure pianists of the past & present.
Quote from: Draško on September 25, 2018, 07:51:30 AM
Antonio Barbosa, Brazilian pianist, died relatively young. One of my favorite recordings of Chopin Scherzi, on Connoisseur Society LP, never made it to CD. He also recorded some fine Liszt, especially Schubert/Liszt.
https://www.youtube.com/v/GRyBEZ3vDFY
Wow this is great! Would love to get an LP rip in lossless if anyone has one.
Last night, just shelled out $100 on eBay for the Doyen recordings of the Mendelssohn Songs without Words on three delicious early-50s Westminster LPs. I have heard some of these on YouTube, and they are superb. I will likely go after some of her Chabrier, Chopin and Faure, etc in the future.
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Quote from: XB-70 Valkyrie on October 24, 2018, 11:39:14 AM
Last night, just shelled out $100 on eBay for the Doyen recordings of the Mendelssohn Songs without Words on three delicious early-50s Westminster LPs. I have heard some of these on YouTube, and they are superb. I will likely go after some of her Chabrier, Chopin and Faure, etc in the future.
(https://img.discogs.com/6OwaXuy6awMXFk3mzaR3mkf9twM=/fit-in/300x300/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(40)/discogs-images/R-9240196-1477185525-8313.jpeg.jpg)
I know it's not the same, but if you want I can let you have a FLAC transfer of that Mendelssohn LP.
Quote from: Mandryka on October 24, 2018, 11:47:47 AM
I know it's not the same, but if you want I can let you have a FLAC transfer of that Mendelssohn LP.
You can also buy the CD from amazon.com for about $14.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007W5BSAW/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid=A22T3HGYDD9Q3&psc=1
Thanks guys, but I just have a thing for wasting money on LPs... 8)
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And watches. I could have a timex that is more accurate and far less troublesome than my mechanical watches, but I just love that winding and that ticking!
Quote from: George on October 24, 2018, 03:58:02 AM
Wow this is great! Would love to get an LP rip in lossless if anyone has one.
I agree with you George, this is some of the best Chopin I've heard. I'll have to see what else I can find on the 'net.
Quote from: George on October 24, 2018, 03:58:02 AM
Wow this is great! Would love to get an LP rip in lossless if anyone has one.
I don't have any kind of rip, maybe you could try asking at rmcr if that thing still functions.
Quote from: Holden on October 24, 2018, 02:19:09 PM
I agree with you George, this is some of the best Chopin I've heard. I'll have to see what else I can find on the 'net.
When searching have in mind he is often credited as
Antonio Guedes Barbosa.
He recorded maybe half of dozen or more solo albums for Connoisseur Society, mostly Chopin, but also some Beethoven, Debussy, Liszt, Villa-Lobos. Only three were reissued as Connoisseur Society CDs: Chopin Waltzes, Liszt ( Dante Sonata & Schubert/Liszt songs) and Debussy (book II preludes) plus some Villa-Lobos.
A few things have been reissued on CD by some Brazilian label
Kuarup: Complete Chopin Mazurkas and the same discs of Waltzes and the Liszt one.
All is long out of print but Kuarup releases are on Spotify and a lot of it is on youtube (in variable quality)