0204-0 CD

The Welte Mignon Mystery Vol. XX

Sergei Rachmaninoff

Borovsky, Hofmann, Horowitz, Igumnov, Maurina, Pintel, Pouishnoff, Roessel and Strecker
today playing their 1905– 1927 interpretations

EAN/barcode: 4009850020400

Our new issue of this month expands the series "Welte-Mignon Mystery" by another gem. Until now, the series was primarily orientated on the Welte catalogue, and thus on the pianist who, on a certain date, recorded a kind of "recital" in the Freiburg recording studio. There were pianists, however, who only recorded a few pieces and, on the other hand, there were several composers who were especially well represented during the "Welte" era. Sergei Rachmaninoff was doubtless amongst the latter. Alexander Borovsky, Anatol von Roessel, Leff Pouishnoff, Vera Maurina, Paul Strecker, Konstantin Igumnov, Józef Hofmann, Jacques Pintel and Vladimir Horowitz - they all recorded their selections of pieces sometime between 1905 and 1927 for the "Seventh World Wonder" Welte, and Rachmaninoff was included each time. A kaleidoscope.

What is "Welte Mignon"?

Video on the Welte Mignon piano with the expert Hans W. Schmitz

Tracks

Nr.
No.
Werk - Satz
Composition - movement
Oeuvre - mouvement
Komponist
Composer
Compositeur
Künstler
Artist
Interprète
Dauer
Duration
Durée
1Morceaux de fantasie op. 3No. 1 Elegie in E-flat minorSergey Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943)
Alexander Borovsky
5:21
2 No. 2 Prelude in C-sharp minorSergey Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943)
Anatol von Roessel
4:12
3 No. 4 Polichinelle in F-sharp minorSergey Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943)
Leff Pouishnoff
3:01
4 No. 5 Serenade in B-flat minorSergey Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943)
Vera Maurina
3:24
5Piano Sonata in B-flat minor op. 36I. AllegroSergey Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943)
Paul Strecker
10:41
6 II. LentoSergey Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943)
Paul Strecker
7:59
7 III. Allegro moltoSergey Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943)
Paul Strecker
9:30
8Preludes op. 23No. 1 in F-sharp minorSergey Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943)
Konstantin Igumnov
2:44
9 No. 3 in D minorSergey Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943)
Józef Hofmann
3:07
10 No. 4 in D majorSergey Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943)
Jacques Pintel
4:04
11 No. 5 in G minorSergey Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943)
Vladimir Horowitz
3:35
12 No. 6 in E-flat majorSergey Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943)
Konstantin Igumnov
2:40
13Preludes op. 32No. 5 in G majorSergey Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943)
Vladimir Horowitz
3:01
14 No. 12 in G-sharp minorSergey Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943)
Vladimir Horowitz
2:32

total playing time: 66:53

See reviews for this production

www.klassik.com (09/23/2013):

(…) Der Kauf dieser mit einem umfangreichen Beihefttext ausgestatteten Edition lohnte sich allein schon, um mit Horowitz‘ frühesten Aufnahmen Bekanntschaft zu machen.
--> zum Original-Artikel von Tobias Pfleger
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Pizzicato 09/2013 (09/01/2013):

Aus dem Fundus der Welte-Mignon Rollen stellt TACET diesmal ein ganzes Rachmaninov-Programm zusammen, das von neun verschiedenen Pianisten gspielt wird. Das führt zu einer phantasievollen Mischung der "Morceaux de fantaisie" und der "Préludes", und wer sich die CD anhört, wähnt sich in eine Vergleichstudie der Stile versetzt. more...

Audiophile Audition (06/16/2013):

Nine different pianists of the past at the sophisticated Welte recording device, with their collected interpretations of works by Rachmaninoff.

A number of different labels have released CDs of stereo recordings of Welte Mignon piano rolls as reproduced today with a restored “vorsetzer” or complete piano with the mechanism built in. more...