Campoli - Encores Vol.1 & Vol.2 - Mendelssohn, Debussy, Schubert, Albeniz, Elgar, ...
Alfredo Campoli (violin)
Eric Gritton (piano)
1 LP, standard sleeve
Combines two 10" records on single 12" record. (Decca LW5180 + LW5242)
Original analog Master tape : YES
Heavy Press : 180g
Record color : black
Speed : 33 RPM
Size : 12'’
Stereo
Record Press : Pallas GmbH in Germany
Label : Analog Phonic
Original Label : Decca
Recorded in 27-30. 8.1951, West Hampstead Studios
Engineered by Karl-Heinz Westphal
Produced by D.M.Walker
Remastered by Rainer Maillard at Emil Berliner Studios
Reissued in Feb. 2019
Tracks:
Side A :
- Poème (Fibich)
- Estrellita (Ponce)
- Souvenir (Drdla)
- Allegro (Fiocco)
- The Bee (Schubert)
- Tango (Albéniz)
- Midnight Bells (Heuberger)
Side B :
- On Wings Of Song (Mendelssohn)
- Valse Bluette (Drigo)
- La Capricieuse (Elgar)
- From The Canebrake (Gardner)
- Deep River (Traditional)
- Minstrels (Debussy)
Reviews :
« A succession of encore pieces, all played with the utmost enchantment; and with the three more sentimental show-stoppers isolated on side one-so that we have no need to break the mood unless we wish. In search of more athletic achievement, we can turn over; here I think perhaps the Albeniz Tango might have been a little less athletic, a little more sentimental (and how on earth does it take two people to arrange the Fiocco piece? - the credit reads almost like one of those committees that write the not-so-good pop songs). But the search for athleticism is rewarded so fully in The Bee, and for sentiment so fully in the Fibich, Ponce, and Drdla: this is indubitably how to play encores. And, bar a surely unneces-sary tape-join in the Fibich, how to record them – a winning sound; and a sensible disposition of the whole on a medium-play. (for Vol.1)
He combines a knowledge of such pieces with a matured classical technique as does no other violinist I can think of, and he plays the music with sympathy and affection and immense skill. The Drdla sounds quite ravishingly beautiful... and the recording is very good indeed. (for Vol..2) » Gramophone
Rating:
Discogs : 4 / 5