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Solomon plays Beethoven, Schumann, Bach, Chopin & Brahms
audite 23.422|Sep. 2010
EUR19.99 2CD

Solomon plays Beethoven, Schumann, Bach, Chopin & Brahms

The 1956 RIAS recordings of Solomon, made shortly before the tragic end of his career, are benchmark interpretations even today thanks to their sonorous lucidity and structural transparency. more...

-- Solomon

Ludwig van Beethoven | Robert Schumann | Johann Sebastian Bach | Frédéric Chopin | Johannes Brahms

Solomon plays Beethoven, Schumann, Bach, Chopin & Brahms

 

Archive releases of recordings made by the English pianist Solomon (1902-1988) are particularly noteworthy – partly due to the tragic turning point in the life of this exceptional artist. In 1956, during recordings of the complete Beethoven sonatas and following recordings of the piano concertos by Grieg and Schumann for EMI-Columbia, he suffered a major stroke which forced him into silence for the rest of his life. The music world was thus robbed of an eminent pianist and artist who, with his technically and creatively superior interpretations, always managed to penetrate the core of the musical message. Solomon’s recordings of the classical and romantic piano repertoire document the highest artistic standing and, as such, take an immovable place in the history of pianism.

This programme, which was recorded in February 1956 at the RIAS Berlin, is one of the last recordings made by Solomon. It is compiled in the same manner as his concert tours of 1955: two Beethoven sonatas form the centrepiece and are supplemented by works of Bach, Chopin, Schumann and Brahms.


You can find a “Producer’s Comment” from producer Ludger Böckenhoff about this CD on our home page: http://www.audite.de/en/newreleases/CD/23422.

The production is part of our series „Legendary Recordings“ and bears the quality feature „1st Master Release“. This term stands for the excellent quality of archival productions at audite. For all historical publications at audite are based, without exception, on the original tapes from broadcasting archives. In general these are the original analogue tapes, which attain an astonishingly high quality, even measured by today‘s standards, with their tape speed of up to 76 cm/sec. The remastering – professionally competent and sensitively applied – also uncovers previously hidden details of the interpretations. Thus, a sound of superior quality results. CD publications based on private recordings from broadcasts or old shellac records cannot be compared with these.

  • American Record Guide | January 5, 2011

    These monaural Berlin recordings were made towards the very end of this great English pianist’s performing life. They are reasonably clean sounding...

  • andante | January 12, 2010

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    koreanische Rezension siehe PDF...

  • Audiophile Audition | Gary Lemco | October 24, 2010

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  • Bayerischer Rundfunk | Bernhard Neuhoff | October 20, 2010

    Auszeichnung Zu den interessantesten Pianisten der Vierziger und frühen Fünfziger Jahre zählt Solomon, mit bürgerlichem Namen Solomon Cuttner. Der Vorname, der...

  • Diverdi Magazin | Roberto Andrade | January 2, 2011

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  • Fono Forum | Ingo Harden | December 15, 2010

    Auszeichnung Klassisch konzentriert
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  • Gramophone | January 2, 2011

    Musical mainstays of the I950s
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  • Hi-Fi News | CB | January 1, 2011

    A Jewish boy from the East End, Cutner Solomon went from exploited child prodigy to master pianist, his career abruptly cut short at 54 by a stroke...

  • Image Hifi | Michael Rassinger | January 5, 2011

    Solomon: Beethoven, Schumann, Bach, Chopin, Brahms
    Das Label Audite präsentiert Aufnahmen des britischen Ausnahme-Pianisten Solomon, die von den Originalbändern digital remastert wurden

    Es passiert nicht oft, aber manchmal eben doch: Man hört ein vertrautes...

  • Karlsruher Kurier | Alexander Werner | November 26, 2010

    Die Karriere von Solomon Cutner, der schlicht seinen Vor- zum Künstlernamen erkor, verlief tragisch. Ein Schlaganfall beendete die pianistische...

  • L'éducation musicale | Patrice Imbaud | January 12, 2010

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  • La Musica | January 12, 2010

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    koreanische Rezension siehe PDF...

  • Märkische Oderzeitung | p.p. | May 11, 2010

    Solomons Fixstern leuchtet wieder
    Er war einer der hellsten Fixsterne am Himmel der Pianisten – und verschwand quasi über Nacht: Während er an der Gesamtaufnahme der Beethoven...

  • Morgenpost am Sonntag | - | October 31, 2010

    Heute legendär, zu Lebzeiten beinahe vergessen war der britische Pianist Solomon (192-1988), der ab Mitte der 50er-Jahre nach seinem Schlaganfall...

  • ouverture Das Klassik-Blog | November 1, 2011

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  • Pforzheimer Zeitung | Thomas Weiss | January 11, 2010

    Klingendes Vermächtnis
    Auch wenn der Klavierpapst Joachim Kaiser von seinem Beethovenspiel in höchsten Tönen schwärmte, ist der Pianist Solomon, eigentlich Solomon...

  • Piano News | Carsten Dürer | January 3, 2011

    Pohjola und Kollegen
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  • Pizzicato | Alain Steffen | January 12, 2010

    Auszeichnung Ein Monument
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  • Stereoplay | Attila Csampai | January 12, 2010

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    Harold Schonberg, Amerikas Klavierpapst, nannte ihn "one of the most...

  • Stuttgarter Zeitung | Uwe Schweikert | February 11, 2010

    Unaufdringlich genau
    Historisch: Der englische Pianist Solomon spielt 1956 für den Rias Beethoven, Chopin, Schumann, Brahms und Bach.

    Joachim Kaiser hat Solomon 1965 in Deutschland bekannt gemacht. Zu diesem...

  • thewholenote.com | Bruce Surtees | January 12, 2010

    Old Wine In New Bottles – Fine Old Recordings
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  • WETA fm | Jens F. Laurson | November 17, 2010

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    Recordings of new Beethoven Piano Sonata elicit conflicting emotions. If it’s not a new complete cycle (announced or released), no one raises an...

  • www.classicalmusicsentinel.com | January 10, 2010

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  • www.hifistatement.net | - | October 28, 2010

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    Archiv-Veröffentlichungen von Aufnahmen des englischen Pianisten Solomon (1902-1988) besitzen einen ganz speziellen Stellenwert, der auch mit der...

  • www.musicweb-international.com | Jonathan Woolf | January 12, 2010

    Admirers of Solomon will know that a number of years ago APR released a two disc set of his Berlin recitals [APR7030]. This set replicates those...

Solomon plays Beethoven, Schumann, Bach, Chopin & Brahms (audite 23.422)

article number: 23.422
EAN barcode: 4022143234223
price group: BCA
release date: 17. September 2010
total time: 121 min.

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