Classical Corner Classical Music Corner (thread #56)

I think you've answered my question if that is her facial expression at 15.

 

I have two of her CD's on Denon, but not this one ...

 

I have the following box by Grimaud, but it only has 6 CD's ...

 

Now playing the following CD, which just arrived earlier today for a first listen ...

 

Froberger is a favorite of mine but has been severely neglected. Maybe his serious style is out of fashion. I have the LPs by Leonhardt, Verlet and Gilbert. Let me know what you think as I have been disappointed by many other performances. I have the Deutsche Harmonia Mundi pressing of Leonhardt that was reissued on Victrola. He had a second LP on Teldec with both organ and harpsichord pieces but I'm not sure if that was reissued on CD.

 

There are two identical box sets that contain the recording-at-15 disc (her Denon recordings):


and...



I don't know if there are any mastering differences between any of them. I have the white box.

 

Probably, there were some DHM titles only available from Europe back when that made a difference.

 

The Sony Leonhardt box includes a disc of Froberger.

 

Just completed listening to CD14, the last CD from the following set for a first listen. The bests were saved for the last, Schubler Chorales, Musical Offering and an organ transcription of the viola Da Gamba 1027, 1027a, which I have never heard having been performed on organ before. Marie-Claire Alain was certainly a treasure of France during her lifetime.

What is also so special about this set is every CD was performed on some historical organ somewhere in Europe and no doubt the great JS Bach himself had performed on one of these organs ...

 

This is a superb CD of Froberger works IMO and is a relatively new recording on a little known German label, circa 2012 ...

 

I have that set and no doubt I have more recordings of Froberger's works than I realize ...

 

Did she actually make 15 recordings with Denon if I read your post correctly?

 

BTW, Helene Grimaud's JS Bach CD on DG is not so great IMO. It is in my collection but she does not appear to be as good with Bach as Martha was ...

 

The Denon was recorded at the age of 15. Same expression at any age though.

 

Listened to this early 60's Columbia LP
Ivan Davis
Haydn Sonata in G Major
Five Scarlatti Sonatas
Mozart: Sonata in F Major, K. 332
Columbia ML5695

I liked it. Davis recorded some discs for Columbia and then Decca. I read that he disliked the recording process. (sounds like Radu Lupu)

 

Speaking of a young Martha, that reminded me of this photo of Ivan Davis and Martha Argerich in Bolzano. She wasn't yet 21 here. Just a babe. She won first prize and Ivan Davis won second.
1957 First Prize: Martha Argerich. Second Prize: Ivan Davis and Jerome Lowenthal. Third Prize: Jeaneane Dowis.
This was at the Busoni International Piano Competition.

 

And a babe from 50 yeras ago is still a superb pianist ...

 

I have several copies of this one & for some reason I keep seeing it for $1 or less in the used bins. This was recorded by Decca for RCA:
Walthamstow Assembly Hall, 7/25-27/56. Producer: Christopher Whelan. Engineers: Kenneth Wilkinson(mono)/Roy Wallace(stereo).
LM-2106 issued 9/57. First issued in stereo on RCA Victrola VICS-1139, 2/66. Reissued on London Stereo Treasury STS-15181, 3/74.

 

Whoops; let me rephrase that as "There are two identical box sets that contain the recording-at-age-15 disc (her Denon recordings)." I was referring to the Rachmaninov CD I had previously posted about. Sorry for the confusion.

 

I have quite a few of the LPs, although the sound of most is inferior to ordinary London LPs. I also have 19 Phase 4 CDs from the mid-90s reissue series. The Stokowski 'Fantastique' is included in the Decca Original Masters CD box: Decca Recordings 1965-72.

 

Thanks for the additional info...would love to get my hands on the stereo version of this, and now that I know there are two possibilities, I'll be on the lookout!

 

I do not care for much modern classical music, but Martinu, for some reason, is an exception for me and holds my interest. There's something positive in Martinu that inspires me. My wife heard some Martinu playing once and told me his music inspires a lot of science fiction film soundtracks (she is an avid SF fan). Not sure which films, but I was somehow not surprised. BTW, I have Hogwood's Martinu and I enjoyed it, but my favorite Martinu conductor is Jiri Belohlavek with the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra. But, I've got several other recordings by various conductors and all are fine. Given some of the stresses he was under in what biographical information I've read about Martinu, it surprises me that I hear so much positive in his music, but I must remember music can be an outlet for emotion, not just a reflection.

 

I too read too carelessly ...

 

Scuse me ignorance, but I don't know who Helene Grimaud is. Promise, I will check her out.

 

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