zaterdag 12 november 2011

My all time favorite classical LP: Helene Boschi Plays Mozart

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Recently, Dutch classical music station Radio 4 had an “Edison day” to commemorate the 80th anniversary of phonograph inventor Thomas Alva Edison. The broadcast itself was a little disappointing, only a few items had connection with the theme and a collector who wanted to play a two minute wax cylinder on the show was asked to shut down the machine after 30 seconds… It made a rather hilarious part of the broadcast, and hey, show some courage there on Edison day! Anyway, there was an intriguing red wire theme through the broadcast, which was he question “what is your favorite classical LP?” It prompted me to think about it, and all the usual suspects passed by; Glenn Gould’s Goldberg variations, Mravrinski’s Shostakovich or even Bruckner Six by Otto Klemperer… But… The one I came up with in the end was something completely different. It’s Mozart’s 22nd piano concerto, played by the Swiss pianist Helene Boschi (1917-1990). From the moment she steps in the arena (after the introduction with some awesome Czech wind players) you have the feeling that the concerto has to be played like this and not in any other way. It’s played so unbelievably natural and “right”, that from the moment I first put the stylus in the groove of this 1953 LP, I was completely blown away by it. The weird thing is, to my knowledge, it has never been re-issued on cd… Well, judge for yourself, I have transferred the LP (about a quarter inch thick, tha good old Supraphon pressings…) and put the MP3’s online.  Rightmouseclick to download. As a bonus, I added an interview I had with the Dutch Teleac radio program “Hoe? Zo!” about the transfer of this LP. It’s in Dutch, but you hear some examples of the “before” and “after” treatment of the crackles and pops… Enjoy the performance!




5 opmerkingen:

  1. How do I make a copy of this to burn to disc?
    Ray Pratt
    rpratt@montana.edu

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  2. Thanks for posting this. What a great performance!

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  3. dear otto,, discovering your shop by chance (or necessity ? )

    here is my return (probably of lower quality)

    and now let me listen to her Mozart ,

    gratefully

    http://hotfile.com/dl/106787542/1c775f6/Schubert_Boschi.rar.html
    http://hotfile.com/dl/106768424/0650d85/Schubert_Heidsieck.rar.html

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  4. Thank you!I became a big fan of her elegance and wit in the playing.

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  5. Fascinating article. I appreciate a lot the publication of such a brilliant post.
    I am passionate about art and music, especially piano, however all of us who vibrate with the performance of a pentagram, enjoy reading this type of post and websites like this. Thank you. !! Congratulations!!

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