{"product_id":"mewton-wood-bliss-piano-concerto-1952-pasc153","title":"MEWTON-WOOD Bliss: Piano Concerto (1952) - PASC153","description":"overviewfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eBLISS \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003ePiano Concerto\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eRecorded in 1952\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eTotal duration: 37:28\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eNoel Mewton-Wood, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003epiano\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003e Utrecht Symphony Orchestra\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003econducted by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eWalter Goehr\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_titlefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_quotefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_bodyfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9main_samplefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fsamples\/PASC153.mp3578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_labelfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fProducer's Note578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_typefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fcontent578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_contentfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 24px;\"\u003eRare repertoire gloriously realised by Mewton-Wood\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"bodybig\" align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cem class=\"bodymid\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eHis affinity with Bliss clearly demonstrated in superb sound\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    Mewton-Wood gives the performance of his life, a performance full of youthful ardour (and endurance) and seems to rejoice in the formidable difficulties of his part, and so conceals the very fact of their difficulty, and at the same time plays in the slow movement with a remarkable beauty of tone and feeling. He has therefore both the power and the sensitivity needed and is evidently of one mind with the conductor. The orchestra sound, also, as if they were enjoying themselves, and altcgether this is a most exciting and satisfactory affair.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    The achievement of the pianist is summed up, in a few pages, in the tremendous bravura of his playing of the cadenza in the first movement—in which Bliss leaves Liszt at the starting-post !—and the simple, restrained playing of the lyrical opening of the slow movement...\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    from The Gramophone, review, Nov. 1953\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"body\" align=\"left\"\u003eThis fine recording was transferred from a largely excellent copy of the original Concert Hall LP release, generously supplied to Pristine Audio by collector Philippe Bonin, to whom we are again most grateful. The recording itself is an excellent example for its era - our XR remastering has helped further improve the tonal balance to a degree, but working from such a good starting point the benefits are often subtle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"body\" align=\"left\"\u003eIndeed, the only real defect of the pressing, which is likely to have afflicted most if not all pressings of this recording, was a slight swishing in the left channel of the second side. Naturally this was simple to side-step by using the right channel only, where there was almost no evidence of any similar problem.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"body\" align=\"left\"\u003eWhat we have also been able to bring to this recording that has been absent from previous issues is the use of Ambient Stereo, which has in this case been particularly successful in opening out the acoustic space around performer and orchestra.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"bodybigblue\" align=\"left\"\u003eMewton-Wood was exceptionally highly regarded by the composer, Sir Arthur Bliss. His championing (and recording) of Bliss's Piano Concerto played a major part in Bliss dedicating his Piano Sonata of 1952 to the young Australian pianist. Given the clear feeling for Bliss's music displayed in this superb performance, it is truly a tragedy for music-lovers that Mewton-Wood died before he could commit the Bliss Sonata to vinyl. It seems quite possible that, working together, the two might have brought both works to much greater attention in the concert hall and on disc in the years that followed.\u003c\/p\u003e578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_cover_thumbnail1_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_cover_thumbnail2_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_cover_download_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample1_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample2_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample3_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample4_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample5_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample6_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_labelfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fFull Track Listing578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_typefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5ftrack_listing578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_contentfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 17px;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eBLISS \u003c\/b\u003ePiano Concerto in B-flat, Op. 58, F.108\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNoel Mewton-Wood, \u003c\/b\u003epiano\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Utrecht Symphony Orchestra\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003econducted by \u003cb\u003eWalter Goehr\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"bodysmallarial\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nRecorded in 1952, issued as Concert Hall Society CHS 1167\u003cbr\u003e Matrix nos. 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