SR-90383: SCHUMANN: Piano Concerto in A minor, Op.54; Solo Pieces
Minneapolis Symphony, Skrowaczewski; Byron Janis
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Label Type : | Maroon Mercury Stereo Living Presence High Fidelity (“Vendor”) | |
| Matrix Number : | SIDE-A | SR 90383-A-RFR-3 RR | |
| SIDE-B | SR-90383B-RFR-3 P17 RR I | ||
Comments
Equivalent release: Mercury MG-50383 (mono).
RFR pressing: even this copy is not the earliest RFR-1 pressing, it still sounds very nice.
Personal Impression (and brief notes)
(will be added later)
Strictly Personal Rating (to what extent I could enjoy this album)
7 out of 10
Track Listing
| SIDE-A | ||
| SCHUMANN: Piano Concerto in A minor, Op.54 | (29:51 in total) | |
| A-1 | Allegro Affettuoso | 14:34 |
| Intermezzo: Andantino grazioso | 4:30 | |
| SIDE-B | ||
| B-1 | SCHUMANN: Piano Concerto in A minor, Op.54 (cont'd) Allegro vivace |
10:42 |
| B-2 | SCHUMANN: Sonata No.3 in F minor, Op.14 (Variations on a Theme by Clara Wieck / Quasi Variazioni) |
7:17 |
| B-3 | SCHUMANN: Arabesque, Op.18 | 7:07 |
Personnel
Personnel/recorded date/master numbers confirmed with the Ruppli's discography.
(“The Mercury Labels - A Discography” by Ruppli and Novitsky, Greenwood Press, 1993)
A-1, B-1:
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, Stanislaw Skrowaczewski.
Recorded at Edison High School Auditorium, Minneapolis, MN
on April 21 & 22, 1962.
B-2, B-3:
Byron Janis (p).
Recorded at Fine Recording Studio A, New York City
on December 19, 1963.
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