Performance Practice on Record
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Performance Practice on Record Lecture examples 2 |
| Week 2 29 September |
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| Side breaks | Schumann Piano Concerto, 1st movement: Alfred Cortot, LPO, cond. Sir Landon Ronald - HMV D.B.7648-7651 (2B6821II, 2B6822IA, 2B6823-2, 2B6824-II, 2B6825-III, 2B6826-II, 2B6827-I, 2B6828-II) |
| Imperfect 78s | Beethoven 'Moonlight' sonata, 1st mt: Benno Moiseiwitsch - HMV C.3259 (2EA 9484) |
| Contrasting transfers | Chopin, Ballade no. 4: Alfred Cortot, 1933 - Grammofono AB 78 862, track 28 - Arkadia 1CD 78509, track 4 (both from HMV DB 2026 (2B 5241)) |
| Elgar, Violin concerto: Yehudi Menuhin, LSO, cond. Elgar, 1932 - EMI 7243 5 66979 2 (transferred Andrew Walter) - Naxos 8.110902 (Mark Obert-Thorn) |
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| LP vs. CD | Bach, solo Violin sonata no.1: Arthur Grumiaux, 1960 - Philips A 02205 L (original mono LP) - Philips 438 736-2 ('Digitally remastered' CD) |
| Hearing through noise | Elgar, Violin concerto: - Pinchas Zuckerman, St Louis SO, cond. Leonard Slatkin, 1992: RCA 09026-61672-2 - Yehudi Menuhin, LSO, cond. Elgar, 1932: Naxos 8.110902 |
| Schubert, Gretchen am Spinnrade: - Arleen Auger, acc. Lambert Orkis: Virgin 7243 5 61457 2, disc 1, track 1, 1990 - Emma Eames, acc. Henri Gilles: 'The Record of Singing [I]', RLS 724, record 1, side 2, band 1 (from V 88367 (C 11312-2)), 1910 |
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| Violin playing since 1900 |
Bach, Violin Partita no. 3 in E, Preludio: - Josef Szigeti, 1908: 'EMI Centenary Edition', disc 2 (7243 5 66184 2), track 1 (from HMV 07911 (2611f), 30 Sept 1908) - Arthur Grumiaux, 1960: Philips 438 736-2, disc 2, track 10 (from A 02205 L) - Josef Suk, 1970: EMI 7243 5 73644 2, disc 2, track 10 - Sergio Luca, 1976: Nonesuch HC-73030, record 3, side 2, band 1 - Viktoria Mulover, 1992: Philips 434 075-2, track 14 - Rachel Podger, 1998/9: Channel Classics CCS 14498, track 1 |
| Beethoven, Violin concerto, 2nd mt: - Fritz Kreisler, Berlin State Opera O, cond. Leo Blech, 1926: Music & Arts CD-290, disc 1, track 2 (from HMV DB 990/5 (CwR 614/20), Berlin, Dec 1926) - Georg Kulenkampff, BPO, cond. Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt, c1953: Telefunken LGX 66017, side 2, band 1 -Wolfgang Schneiderhan, BPO, cond. Eugen Jochum, 1962: DG 447 403-2, track 2 |
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| Brahms, Violin concerto, 2nd mt: - Fritz Kreisler, Berlin State Opera O, cond. Leo Blech, 1927: Music & Arts CD-290, disc 2, track 2 (from HMV DB 1120/4 (CwR 1355/76), Berlin, Nov 1927) Kreisler vibrato spectrogram - Anne-Sofie Mutter, BPO, cond. Herbert von Karajan, 1981: DG 445 515-2, track 5 Mutter vibrato spectrogram |
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| Mozart, String Quartet in F K.590, 2nd mt: Amadeus Quartet (DG 2561 226, side 2, band 2; Vienna, 1970) | |
| Recovered traditions | Brahms, Hungarian Dance no. 2: - Joseph Joachim, 1903: 'EMI Centenary Edition' disc 1 (7243 5 66183 2), track 13 (from G&T 047905 (217y), Berlin, 1903) - Sarah Chang, 1993: 'EMI Centenary Edition' disc 10 (7243 5 66192 2), track 12 (from CDC 7 54753 2, New York, 1993) |
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