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In Reply to: RE: Debussy really knew how to pay his delivery man posted by vinyl phanatic on December 16, 2014 at 14:56:36
Schwann Record Catalog shows the double album of the Preludes first entered the catalog in 10-61 in both stereo and mono. There were a total of six Debussy LPs in stereo and mono. By 1964 all the discs were no longer listed in Schwann. I think this explains their rarity. They went out of print very quickly. This double album is the only one I ever found, although I looked for the others in stereo. Even the mono are hard to find.
There is no recording date on the album, only that the recording was recorded under the direction of E. Alan Silver, who was one of the founders of Connoisseur Society. The recording was done in New York. No engineer is listed. Bob Fine of Mercury fame did do recording for Kapp. I have one or two Kapp records where he is listed. If Fine did a recording for Kapp, he was usually listed in the album notes. Kapp only issued a very small number of classical recordings.
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I could not find a picture of that album cover in Stereo, only mono.
Even though I found plenty of references for Kapp KDX-6501-S so it had to exist.
Found a reference to the recording engineer. It was David B. Jones.
I think Ericourt had one other LP (aside from the Debussy set) that he made for Kapp - an album of Waltzes or something. Of course, Kapp's other main pianist at that time was Ann Schein, who was quite the babe, judging from the album covers! She had at least three releases that I know of: Rachmaninoff 3 with Goosens, the Chopin Scherzi (I had this LP myself - I loved the cover drawing of her), and an album of miscellaneous Etudes.
Anyway, thanks again for the confirmation on the Stereo Preludes!
I found the seventh Ericourt recording in the Schwann Catalog. You are right. It is listed as "Waltzes" and entered the catalog in 2-59. The stereo number is Kapp 9021-S. Unfortunately Schwann only listed the contents of these kinds of potpourris the first time the recording was listed.
Looks from the label as if it includes the Ravel "Valses nobles et sentimentales". And that "Danse de la poupée" could be an excerpt from Debussy's ballet, "La boite a joujoux" (?). Debussy's "La plus que lente" was included in Ericourt's Debussy set. (Looks as if the label wrongly attributes it to Ravel.) Don't know what's on the other side.
Thanks. I think you have it right for this side of the LP. Now I'm curious about what is on the other side. More French music?
I think there were at least four records that were issued on Kapp. That Rachmaninoff 3rd with Goosens was an EMI recording, IIRC. She was indeed a babe, and I like her playing. Goosens seems to have been a fan. Her records are also quite hard to find, especially in stereo. She taught at the Peabody Institute for quite a while, which may be why I seem to see more of them around here (in DC). I had a couple extra ones and sold them a little while ago. Turns out that they went to a former student of hers who was thrilled to get them, which I thought was great. It's nice when that happens. BTW, she is still performing, at 75 (she was only 19 when she started recording for Kapp in 1959).
From the Aspen Music Festival, 2012:
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Are you saying that EMI did the recording of the Rachmaninoff Third for Kapp? The performance definitely did come out on the Kapp label:
I know she made a couple of recordings for the Ivory Classics label a few years ago too - I used to have the one with the Schumann Davidsbündlertänze etc. Not bad at all, even if I didn't keep it. I also think I have (will need to check) her collaboration with violinist Wanda Wilkomirska in the Prokofiev Sonatas for violin and piano - a late release on the Connoisseur Society label that somehow appeared on CD very early in the CD era.
There I go, talking off the top of my head. The Rachmaninoff 3rd was engineered by E. Alan Silver, of Connoisseur Records. I must have been thinking of something else. Listening to the Chopin F minor as I write, and I really like it (sound is quite good, as well).
She just played a recital at the National Gallery back in May. I would have liked to hear her. It got a rave review in the Washington Post.
I have that Prokofiev violin sonata LP. Excellent, but not my favorite on interpretive grounds. Too much classical restraint on Wilkomirska's part.
If ya got a PayPal account I think you can buy a CD Quality download of it at the link below:
It's sublime, and the SQ is very good. And yes, I think it's even in stereo.
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