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!
How do I make a copy of this to burn to disc?
BeantwoordenVerwijderenRay Pratt
rpratt@montana.edu
Thanks for posting this. What a great performance!
BeantwoordenVerwijderendear otto,, discovering your shop by chance (or necessity ? )
BeantwoordenVerwijderenhere 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
Thank you!I became a big fan of her elegance and wit in the playing.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenFascinating article. I appreciate a lot the publication of such a brilliant post.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenI 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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