Sergei Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto no.4 in G minor, op.40
I: Allegro vivace ~ II: Largo ~ III: Allegro vivace
Maurice Ravel: Piano Concerto in G major
I: Allegramente ~ II: Adagio assai ~ III: Presto
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Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, piano - The Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Ettore Gracis
HMV ALP 1538 1961 pressing/matrices: 2XEA1179/80 -2N. Recorded: 7,8,10 March 1957 - EMI Studio 1, Abbey Road.
The Mono tapings (closer microphone balance). No auto de-click or re-eq. Sleeve-note / labels / EMG review >>>
Many thanks!! Scotch
ReplyDeleteLots of effort goes into manually-editing a 60+ yo LP - so I get Really Miffed if there's no response to something which retains breathtaking clarity/dynamism - because, as distinct from any remaining LP sites, I don't fuck-em-up with software intervention - which can reduce them to near featureless Muzak (and yet which will attract comments of 'Superb').
ReplyDeleteThanks for your other 2 efforts: had only recently realized comments were blocked on that site (not that there have been many in recent times: just the downloading.......
Anyway - not much interest in this+Horsley upload - currently just over 220 - which is very poor by my standards.
Time to forget this, I suspect - and leave it to the Muzak Merchants.
Thank you for all your wonderful music
ReplyDeleteThanks for a fine reminder of Michelangeli's merits as a pianist. And speaking of Italian pianist, have you given any thought to investigating the recorded output of Orazio Frugoni? He made several fine recordings for Vox,
ReplyDeleteWithout checking Frugoni's VOX output - I've 2x Beethoven Sonata's LP's (PL7160 + PL8650) - the former got highly recommended: never played them - absolutely brand-new condition - CBS matrices/Decca pressed.
DeleteBack in 2012 scanned the sleeves of Brendel/Liszt PC1+2 and Totentanz/Malediction etc PL's - new copies - RVG matrices; the PC1/2 disc likely has different balances - sounded very vibrant - the latter has some tracks better as the Turnabout stereo (have lots of those)
One of the earliest MP blog uploads was Wuehrer's Dvorak PC (PL7630) - also have the PL Weber + 2x Schubert 8420/8590 + Prokofiev 3: no doubt Naxos will be doing those.
The Brendel/Marschner Schoenberg (PL10530) is REALLY good.. So 'take your pick' !!
Brilliant Classics released the Brendel/Liszt recordings as a part of a most uneven collection of piano concerti. They are very good performances and Michael Gielen kept exacting control over the orchestra. Frugoni has been overlooked, it appears, and I would love to hear more of his interpretations.
ReplyDeleteThe RVG mastered mono Brendel will sound quite different: but as the Michelangeli's been a Flopperoo (120d/l) unlikely to bother.
DeleteHaving sampled the 2xFrugoni they are excellent sound (CBS N.Y. 1951/4) - but absolutely won't wet-clean shop-new 70yo vinyl - so minimal declick will hopefully suffice..