Benno Moiseiwitsch - A Chopin recital - HMV 1956/1958

Frederic Chopin:

Ballade no.3 in A-flat major, op.47    21 December 1958
Nocturne in E major, op.62/2    19 December 1958
Fantaisie-Impromptu in C-sharp minor, op.66    19 December 1956
Scherzo no.2 in B-flat minor, op.31    21 December 1958

Scherzo no.4 in E major, op.54    19 December 1958
Nocturne in G major, op.37/2    19 December 1958
Ballade no.4 in F minor, op.52    19 February & 19 December 1956

Barcarolle in F-sharp major, op.60    19 February 1956  (HMV CLP 1072 - 2XEA889 -4N(a) - 1957 LP)

Benno Moiseiwitsch, piano     8 files 16/44 FLAC  MediaFire Download

HMV  SXLP 30075  (1967-1st UK stereo)  1970 LP. Matrices: 2YEA270 -6 / 2YEA271 -9G.  Recorded: EMI Studio 3, Abbey Road.
The SXLP is distinctly preferable to the 1959 mono CLP 1282 - but required considerable wet-cleaning & editing... 

NO Auto declick/re-eq  (CLP 1072 Barcarolle <+1dB treble: see EMG reviews). Benno Moiseiwitsch's interpretations are 'characterful'.  Sleeve-note + CLP covers / EMG reviews >>> 

Benno Moiseiwitsch plays... Delius / Rachmaninov / Beethoven, etc - BBC 1954-1956/1963

Wagner, arr.Liszt:  "Tannhauser" overture.  1954 BBC TV 'Celebrity Recital'.
Schumann:  "Traumerai"  +  Benno Moiseiwitsch.....speaking about: Delius' Piano Concerto, his pianism, & Schumann:  1959 BBC Broadcast. 
Delius:  Piano Concerto  13 Sept.1955  - Henry Wood Proms / Royal Albert Hall.  
Rachmaninov:  Piano Concerto no.2.   6 Aug.1956 - Henry Wood Proms / Royal Albert Hall      
Beethoven:  Piano Concerto no.5 - "Emperor"   6 March 1963 - Royal Festival Hall.         5 files zip FLAC  Mega Download
BBC Symphony Orchestra  conducted by  Sir Malcolm Sargent   
BBC Radio 3 FM  ("BBC Legends" - July 2001) - Meridian 104 FM tuner.  CD-RW digital transfers from MiniDisc.  
Files re-edited: Feb./May 2013 (Delius now cleared of minor ticks - the Rachmaninov also minus disfiguring BBC Transcription disc 'clicks')
Rachmaninov PC.1/2 + Paganini on HISTORICAL    Delius Concerto on HISTORICAL    

Benno Moiseiwitsch: Rachmaninov. Piano Concerto 2 -&- Paganini Rhapsody - HMV 1955

Sergei Rachmaninov: 
Piano Concerto no.2 in C minor, op.18   I: Allegro moderato  ~  II: Adagio sostenuto  ~  III: Allegro scherzando. 
Moment Musical in E minor, op.16/4 -&- Prelude in G major, op.32/5 
HMV  CLP 1094   Matrices:  2XEA 890 - 3N / 891 -1N  Rec: 13/14 August 1955,  EMI Studio 1, Abbey Road

SergeiRachmaninov:  "Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini", op.43   
HMV  CLP 1072   Matrix: 2XEA 888  -4N

Rec: 15 August 1955, EMI Studio 1, Abbey Road

Benno Moiseiwitsch, piano  - The Philharmonia Orchestra  conducted by  Hugo Rignold
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October 2015: minimal '1.2' declicked + slight treble added.
Earlier HMV recordings of PC 1/2 + Paganini on HISTORICAL    World Records Sleeve-note >>>