{"product_id":"serkin-early-and-unpublished-recordings-1936-40-pakm077","title":"SERKIN Early and Unpublished Recordings (1936-40) - PAKM077","description":"overviewfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eSCHUMANN \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003ePiano Concerto \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003e(first release)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eBUSONI \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eViolin Sonata No. 2 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003e(first release)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eBEETHOVEN \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003ePiano Sonata No. 23, 'Appassionata'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eStudio and Live recordings, 1936-40\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eTotal duration: 72:21\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eRudolf Serkin, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003epiano\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eAdolf Busch, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eviolin\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eLondon Philharmonic 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;\"\u003eJulius Harrison\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_titlefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_quotefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_bodyfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9main_samplefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fsamples\/PAKM077.mp3578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_labelfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fSleevenotes578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_typefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fcontent578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_contentfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp\u003e\nThis release provides admirers of Rudolf Serkin with one ‘first time\ncomplete on CD’ and two ‘first time issued in any form’ performances. For\nadmirers of his great duo with his father-in-law Adolf Busch, it offers a\nsubstantial portion of one of their most celebrated interpretations.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\nSerkin’s first solo ‘records’ were Welte-Mignon rolls and he did not make a\nsolo disc recording until 3 November 1936, when he set down Beethoven’s\n‘Appassionata’ Sonata at Abbey Road on six 12-inch sides. By then he was\nalready an experienced 78rpm recording artist, having worked with Busch in\nBerlin and London studios since April 1928. The ‘Appassionata’ was always\namong his finest interpretations: those who know his later renderings will\nfind this one predictably youthful in its nervous energy, yet already\nmature in its shaping and sense of structure. It was never put out on LP,\nand all previous CD issues stem from a botched transfer, omitting one\nchord. A heroic Serkin performance of this sonata was given at Town Hall,\nNew York, on 30 November 1940, when Busch had a heart attack during a\nBeethoven violin sonata evening and could not return for the scheduled\n‘Kreutzer’ in the second half. Rather than disappoint the audience, Serkin\ndelivered what Karl Ulrich Schnabel felt was ‘the most remarkable\nrendition’ of the ‘Appassionata’ he had ever heard.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\nFerruccio Busoni was a god to both Busch and Serkin. In the late summer of\n1921 they prepared his Second Sonata and at the end of October were able to\nplay it to the composer and some of his acolytes in Berlin. Busoni, already\nmortally ill, sat white-faced and still throughout the performance, which\nlasted almost 50 minutes. ‘When we asked him if he liked it, all he would\nsay was that it was “different” but that we had played it with love and\nenthusiasm – and that this was much more important than that we should have\nhis opinion,’ Serkin recollected. ‘Then by chance, about two weeks later we\nheard him play the last movement himself with Egon Petri in Berlin, in the\narrangement for two pianos, and we understood. That last movement is a set\nof variations on a Bach chorale and we played this in the German way, very\nreverently; but of course Busoni, being an Italian, played it twice as\nfast. So we completely restudied the work and reduced our playing time from\n48 to about 30 minutes.’ This WABC broadcast from the Library of Congress\non 19 January 1940 joined the recital only at the end of the Presto, but\nthe Variations were captured complete.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\nThe Schumann is Serkin’s second concerto recording, preceded only by the\nFifth ‘Brandenburg’ with the Busch Chamber Players. It was given at Queen’s\nHall on 29 October 1936 for the Royal Philharmonic Society: Sir Hamilton\nHarty was to conduct the LPO but was ill, so composer Julius Harrison\npresided instead. The young Robert Threlfall was at the performance and\nduring the interval encountered his piano teacher Solomon, who said he had\ngreatly enjoyed Serkin’s interpretation – as, indeed, had Threlfall. No\ndoubt Harty would have been a more dynamic conductor but there are still\ngains in hearing the young Serkin with Britain’s best orchestra of the era,\nnot least Léon Goossens’s oboe playing.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTully Potter\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_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\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 20px;\"\u003eRUDOLF SERKIN: Early and Unpublished Recordings\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBEETHOVEN: Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 “Appassionata”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. 1st Mvt.: Allegro assai (9:17)\u003cbr\u003e2. 2nd Mvt.: Andante con moto (6:55)\u003cbr\u003e3. 3rd Mvt.: Allegro ma non troppo (8:08)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eRecorded 3 November 1936 in EMI Abbey Road Studio No. 3, London\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eMatrix nos.: 2EA 4440-1, 4441-1, 4442-1, 4443-1, 4444-1A \u0026amp; 4445-1\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eFirst issued on HMV C 2879\/81\n\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBUSONI: Violin Sonata No. 2 in E minor, Op. 36a\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e4. 2nd Mvt.: Presto [incomplete] (4:07)\u003cbr\u003e5. 3rd Mvt.: Andante con moto (13:59)\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAdolf Busch (violin)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eLive recording, 19 January 1940 in the Coolidge Auditorium, Library of\nCongress, Washington, D.C. 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