Mercury Records Collection: SR-90383: SCHUMANN: Piano Concerto in A minor, Op.54; Solo Pieces

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SR-90383: SCHUMANN: Piano Concerto in A minor, Op.54; Solo Pieces
Minneapolis Symphony, Skrowaczewski; Byron Janis

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

A-2

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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MATSUBAYASHI 'Shaolin' Kohji <shaolin@rhythmaning.org>