Mercury Records Collection: SR-90442: Szigeti Plays Debussy, Honegger, Ives And Webern

SR-90442: Szigeti Plays DEBUSSY, HONEGGER, IVES and WABERN
Joseph Szigeti, Roy Bogas

Label Type :	Maroon Mercury Stereo Living Presence High Fidelity (“Vendor”)
Matrix Number :	SIDE-A	SR90442A RFR-6-7 RII RR
	SIDE-B	SR90442B-RFR-1 II RR

Comments

Equivalent release: Mercury MG-50442 (mono).

with original Mercury Living Presence inner sleeve.

RFR pressing: this is not the earliest RFR-1/1 copy. But it still plays fine. I'd like to listen to the RFR1/1 copy though.

Personal Impression (and brief notes)

Joseph Szigeti recorded a sort of sessions on Mercury label in his late career (in 1959 - although this LP is one of the 90400/50400 series, the recording was made much earlier). Most of his Mercury sessions captures how this virtuoso can play emotionally with slow/fast movements at will.

Strictly Personal Rating (to what extent I could enjoy this album)

8 out of 10

Track Listing

A-2

SIDE-A
A-1	HONEGGER: Sonata No.1	(19:53 in total)
	Andante Sostenuto	7:17
	Presto	4:15
	Adagio; Quasi Allegro	8:21
WEBERN: Four Pieces, Op.7	4:39
SIDE-B
B-1	DEBUSSY: Sonata in G minor	(12:45 in total)
	Allegro vivo	4:30
	Inermède	4:10
	Finale	4:05
B-2	IVES: Fourth Violin Sonata	(9:44 in total)
	Allegro	2:01
	Largo; Allegro; Andante con spirito; Largo cantabile	6:10
	Allegro	1:33

Personnel

Personnel/recorded date/master numbers confirmed with the Ruppli's discography.
(“The Mercury Labels - A Discography” by Ruppli and Novitsky, Greenwood Press, 1993)

Joseph Szigeti (violin), Roy Bogas (p).
Recorded at Fine Recording, New York City on March 12, 1959.