Beethoven Sonata In C Major & Stravinsky Petrouchka - Hyperion Knight (1LP, 33RPM, 200g)
Ludwig van Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13, commonly known as Sonata Pathétique
Igor Stravinsky Three Movements from Petrushka is an arrangement for piano of music from the ballet Petrushka
Hyperion Knight, piano
1 LP, Standard sleeve
Original analog Master tape : YES
Heavy Press : 200g
Record color : black
Speed : 33 RPM
Size : 12'’
Stereo
Studio
Record Press : Quality Record Pressings
Label : Analogue Productions
Original Label : Wilson Audiophile
Engineered by David A. Wilson
Produced by David A. Wilson and Sheryl Lee Wilson
Remastered by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio
Originally released 1983
Reissued in 2017
Tracks :
Side A: Beethoven: Sonata In C Major, Op. 53
- Allegro Con Brio
- Adagio Molto
- Allegretto Moderato
Side B : Stravinsky: Trois Mouvements De Petrouchka
- Danse Russe
- Chez Petrouchka
- La Semaine Grass
Awards:
TAS Super LP List! Special Merit: Classical
Reviews :
Pianist Hyperion Knight was born and raised in the San Francisco Bay area. He started piano lessons at age 4 and debuted professionally at 14 in San Rafael, California, playing Beethoven's Fourth Piano Concerto. He earned his Bachelor of Music degree from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, his Master of Arts Degree from the Cleveland Institute of Music, and his doctorate at 22 from the same institution. Appropriate to this recording, his dissertation was on Beethoven's "Waldstein" piano sonata. In 1983 he was appointed principal pianist with the Erie Philharmonic Orchestra.
For this recording a custom-built 9-foot concert grand piano was used. This unique instrument, built by Sheldon Smith in his Berkeley, Calif., workshop — where the recording also took place — has a powerful lower register, which provides a substantial left-hand foundation. The upper registers are somewhat less damped and more ringing than is typical of contemporary pianos.
Schoeps omnidirectional condenser microphones, in a spaced pair, were used in conjunction with vaccum tube record amplifiers to capture a harmonically rich and accurate sound.
Rating:
Discogs 4.14 / 5