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

[Front Cover] 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.






Jackets

Front Back
[SR-90383 FRONT] [SR-90383 BACK]



Labels

Side A Side B
[SR-90383 A] [SR-90383 B]

MATSUBAYASHI 'Shaolin' Kohji <shaolin@rhythmaning.org>
Initially Published: March 29, 2005.
Last Updated: (none)