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 >>> 

Hugo Rignold / Covent Garden Orchestra - Chopin-Jacob. Les Sylphides - Parlophone 1952

Frederic Chopin  (arr: Gordon Jacob):  "Les Sylphides"  - Ballet Music
Prelude in A major, op.28/7 ~ Nocturne in A flat major, op.32/2 ~ Valse in G flat major, op.70/1 ~ Mazurka in D major, op.33/2 ~
Mazurka in C major, op.67/3 ~ Valse in C sharp minor, op.64/2  ~ Prelude in A major, op.28/7 ~ Grande Valse Brillante in E flat major, op.18.   
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Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden  conducted by  Hugo Rignold 
Parlophone  PMD 1003 (10")  1956/7 pressing. 1952 matrices: XE25 -1N / XE26 -1N.    Recorded: 29/30 March 1951  
This is a contributors request. The LP was considerably less than 'Hi-Fi' and required much editing/re-EQ  to make it sound presentable!   
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