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BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 1
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 2
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 3
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 4
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 5, “Emperor”
BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata No. 21, “Waldstein”
BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata No. 26, “Les Adieux”
Recorded in 1952-1956
Solomon, piano
The Philharmonia Orchestra
conductors Herbert Menges, André Cluytens
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The Early Beethoven Piano Concerto recordings from Solomon
These new remasters unveil superb sound quality in both recordings
These two recordings, made just four years apart, seemed on first hearing to belong to different eras. The stereo 1956 recording of the Concerto No. 1 was excellently made; this remastering serves only to enhance an already fine sound and breathe a little more life into it. By contrast the 1952 Concerto No. 2, made at Kingsway Hall rather than Abbey Road, has been greatly revived from its dim and dull origins, and cured of the majority of the flaws identified in its first review in 1953 as a result.
I’ve also been able to cure the wow and flutter issues referred to in the review, and despite the mono sound, this Ambient Stereo presentation, retaining the central mono image but allowing reverberant space around the performers, goes along way to bringing the older recording up toward the very high technical standards set by the first concerto.
Andrew Rose
SOLOMON plays Beethoven Piano Concertos 3 & 4 (1952/56) – PASC351
Superlative Beethoven Piano Concerto recordings from Solomon
These new remasters unveil superb sound quality in both recordings
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Both recordings sound considerably better following the application of XR remastering equalisation, with the greatest gains to be had in the older recording, the 1952 Concerto No. 4, which has revealed far more top end than was apparent on the original LP. Both were generally consistent in pitch, though I have had to smooth out some wow in each recording. Both have been pitched to A=440 as heard in the 4th, whereas the 3rd was sharp.
Andrew Rose
SOLOMON plays Beethoven “Emperor” Concerto, “Waldstein” & “Les Adieux” Sonatas (1952/55) – PASC353
Solomon and the Philharmonia “are at one” in Beethoven’s Emperor Concerto
Plus “Solomon’s magnificent Waldstein — truly one of the great recordings of the century” – The Gramophone, 1967
Solomon was without doubt one of the foremost Beethoven specialists of his era, as this superb performance of the Emperor amply demonstrates – it was a request for this particular recording which prompted this short series of releases. Alas at this time EMI’s adoption of stereo was somewhat patchy – a year later Solomon was still making some of his final sonata recordings in mono. I have chosen two of his 1952 sonata recordings from a similar period in Beethoven’s output to join the Emperor here – both again brilliant played and recorded, and all three sounding simply wonderful in these new transfers after 32-bit XR processing. In the case of both sonatas and concerto I was also able to eliminate a hint of wow and flutter present in the originals, firming up the piano tone considerably as well as correcting very slightly wayward pitches (both up and down) to concert standard A=440Hz.
Andrew Rose
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- BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op. 15
Transfer from EMI HLS 7067
Recorded 16 September 1956
at Abbey Road Studio 1, London
First issued as HMV ASD.294
Stereo recording - BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 19
Transfer from EMI HLS 7067/8
Recorded 2 November 1952
at Kingsway Hall, London
First issued as HMV BLP.1024
Mono recording
Presented in Ambient Stereo
Solomon piano
The Philharmonia Orchestra
Herbert Menges conductor, Concerto No. 1
André Cluytens conductor, Concerto No. 2
XR remastering by Andrew Rose at Pristine Audio, June 2012
Cover artwork based on a photograph of Solomon
Total duration: 62:23
SOLOMON plays Beethoven Piano Concertos 3 & 4 (1952/56) – PASC351
- BEETHOVENPiano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37
Transfer from EMI HLS 7068/9
Recorded 17 September 1956
at Abbey Road Studio 1, London
First issued as HMV BSD.751
Stereo recording - BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58
Transfer from EMI HLS 7068/9
Recorded 3 November 1952
at Kingsway Hall, London
First issued as HMV BLP.1036
Mono recording
Presented in Ambient Stereo
Solomon piano
The Philharmonia Orchestra
Herbert Menges conductor, Concerto No. 3
André Cluytens conductor, Concerto No. 4
XR remastering by Andrew Rose at Pristine Audio, July 2012
Cover artwork based on a photograph of Solomon
Total duration: 69:10
SOLOMON plays Beethoven “Emperor” Concerto, “Waldstein” & “Les Adieux” Sonatas (1952/55) – PASC353
- BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 5, “Emperor”, in E flat major, Op. 73
Transfer from EMI HLS 7070
Recorded 13 April 1955 at Abbey Road Studio 1, London
First issued as HMV ALP.1300
The Philharmonia Orchestra
Herbert Menges conductor - BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata No. 21, “Waldstein”, in C major, Op. 53
Transfer from EMI HLM 7099
Recorded 15 June 1952 at Abbey Road Studio 3, London
First issued as HMV ALP.1160 - BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata No. 26, “Les Adieux”, in E flat major, Op. 81a
Transfer from EMI HLM 7101
Recorded 20 November 1952 at Abbey Road Studio 3, London
First issued as HMV BLP.1051
Solomon, piano
XR remastering by Andrew Rose at Pristine Audio, August 2012
Cover artwork based on a photograph of Solomon
Total duration: 77:11
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