{"product_id":"brailowsky-the-complete-polydor-recordings-volume-2-1928-36-pakm079","title":"BRAILOWSKY The Complete Polydor Recordings, Volume 2 (1928-36) - PAKM079","description":"overviewfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eLISZT \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003ePiano Concerto No. 1\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eSolo works and transcriptions of music by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eDebussy, Falla, Liszt, Mendelssohn, Scarlatti, Schubert, Schumann, Scriabin, Wagner, Weber\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eStudio recordings, 1928-1936\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eTotal duration: 1hr 58:16\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eAlexander Brailowsky, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003epiano\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eBerlin 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 Prüwer\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_titlefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_quotefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_bodyfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9main_samplefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fsamples\/PAKM079.mp3578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_labelfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fProducer's Note578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_typefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fcontent578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_contentfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp\u003e\nThe present release is the second of two which offer the complete pre-war\nPolydor recordings of Alexander Brailowsky in new transfers for the first\ntime in thirty years. While the earlier volume (Pristine PAKM 078) focused\non his Chopin discs from this period, this one features his recordings of\nLiszt and other composers.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\nAlexander Brailowsky was born in Kiev on 16 February 1896. After initial\ninstruction from his father, a professional pianist, he began studies at\nthe age of eight with Leschetizky pupil Vladimir Puchalsky, who would later\nmentor Horowitz. Upon graduation from the Kiev Conservatory in 1911 where a\nvisiting Rachmaninov predicted that he would have a great future,\nBrailowsky went to Vienna to study under Leschetizky himself, and made his\nfirst public appearances there in 1913. In Zürich, he met with Busoni and\nsought out his guidance. Moving to Paris where he eventually took up French\ncitizenship, he received further instruction from Planté before making a\nrecital debut there in 1919. His American career began in 1924, and\nincluded a coast-to-coast tour in 1936. He gave his last recital at\nCarnegie Hall in 1967, and died on 25 April 1976.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\nBrailowsky made his earliest disc recordings for Polydor in Berlin between\n1928 and 1936. He also recorded a series of piano rolls for Ampico during\nthe late 1920s. After a couple sessions for HMV in 1938, he began a long\nassociation with RCA Victor (1940 – 1958) before making a final group of\nrecordings for American Columbia (1960\/1).\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\nAlthough Brailowsky’s presentations throughout his career of a Chopin cycle\nfeaturing the composer’s complete solo works earned him a reputation as a\nChopin specialist, his own repertoire was more catholic. Liszt was always a\nmainstay of his recital programs, whose printed portions often concluded\nwith one of the three Hungarian Rhapsodies featured here. In the LP era, he\nwas later to record the first 15 Rhapsodies, as well as \u003cem\u003eTotentanz\u003c\/em\u003e\n  twice – once with Reiner (reissued on Pristine PASC 235), and later in\nstereo with Ormandy – although he was never to revisit the First Concerto\non disc.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\nThe remainder of our program displays Brailowsky’s sympathies in a wide\nrange of repertoire, from the Baroque to what was then relatively new\nmusic. Critic Jonathan Summers, in his \u003cem\u003eA-Z of Pianists\u003c\/em\u003e, singles\nout some of the highlights from these discs “Mendelssohn’s Scherzo in E\nminor Op. 16 No. 2 is rhythmically incisive, the Pastoral and Capriccio of\nScarlatti (arranged by Tausig) is beautifully controlled with wonderful\ntone colours, and Liszt’s arrangement of Wagner’s overture to \u003cem\u003eTannhäuser\u003c\/em\u003e is probably Brailowsky’s finest moment on disc. Even\nthough he simplifies a few left-hand figures, it is a performance in the\ntrue grand Leschetizky style on par with the recording by Benno\nMoiseiwitsch.”\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\nIn this release, the sources for the transfers were German Polydor\npressings, except for two sides which came from early, non-laminated\nAmerican Brunswick copies. Considerable care has been taking in pitching\nthe original recordings, several of which had speed fluctuations throughout\nthe sides.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMark Obert-Thorn\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;\"\u003eALEXANDER BRAILOWSKY \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 20px;\"\u003eThe Complete Polydor Recordings – Volume 2\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCD 1 (56:36)\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLISZT Piano Concerto No. 1 in E flat major\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1 1st Mvt. Allegro maestoso (5:46)\u003cbr\u003e2 2nd Mvt. Quasi adagio (4:37)\u003cbr\u003e3 3rd Mvt. Allegretto vivace – Allegretto animato (4:13)\u003cbr\u003e4 4th Mvt. Allegro marziale e animato (4:16)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBerlin Philharmonic Orchestra ∙ Julius Prüwer\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eRecorded 1928 ∙ Matrices. 993\/994\/995\/996 ½\/997 ½ BM ∙ Polydor 66750\/2\n\n\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n5 \u003cstrong\u003eLISZT Liebestraum No. 3 in A flat major\u003c\/strong\u003e (4:37)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eRecorded 1928 ∙ Matrix 1000 BM ∙ Polydor 66752\n\n\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n6 \u003cstrong\u003eLISZT Gnomenreigen\u003c\/strong\u003e (Etude de concert No. 2) (3:09)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eRecorded 1931 ∙ Matrix 2601 ½ BH 1 ∙ Polydor 90175\n\n\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n7 \u003cstrong\u003eLISZT Valse impromptu\u003c\/strong\u003e (4:49)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eRecorded 1931 ∙ Matrix 1114 ½ BI 1 ∙ Polydor 95425\n\n\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n8 \u003cstrong\u003eLISZT Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in C sharp minor\u003c\/strong\u003e (9:09)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eRecorded 1931 ∙ Matrices 1112 ½\/1113 ½ BI 1 ∙ Polydor 95424\n\n\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n9 \u003cstrong\u003eLISZT Hungarian Rhapsody No. 6 in D flat major\u003c\/strong\u003e (6:46)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eRecorded 1929 ∙ Matrices 682 ½\/683 ½ BT 1 ∙ Polydor 90146\n\n\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n10 \u003cstrong\u003eLISZT Hungarian Rhapsody No. 12 in C sharp minor\u003c\/strong\u003e (9:11)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eRecorded 3 April 1934 ∙ Matrices 747 ½\/748 GE 1 ∙ Polydor 35015\n\n\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCD 2 (61:43)\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n1 \u003cstrong\u003eWAGNER\/LISZT Tannhäuser – Overture \u003c\/strong\u003e(14:11)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eRecorded 1929 ∙ Matrices 193\/194 ½\/195 ½ BV 1 ∙ Polydor 95419\/20\n\n\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n2 \u003cstrong\u003eWAGNER\/LISZT Spinning Chorus (from The Flying Dutchman)\u003c\/strong\u003e\n(5:48)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eRecorded 1928 ∙ Matrices 1479\/1480 BK ∙ Polydor 90027\n\n\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n3 \u003cstrong\u003eSCHUBERT\/LISZT Morgenständchen \u003c\/strong\u003e(“Hark, Hark the Lark”)\n(3:13)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eRecorded 1931 ∙ Matrix 2600 ½ BH 1 ∙ Polydor 90175\n\n\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n4 \u003cstrong\u003eSCHUBERT\/LESCHETIZKY Moment Musical, Op. 94, No. 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95142\n\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n17 \u003cstrong\u003eFALLA Ritual Fire Dance \u003c\/strong\u003e(from El amor brujo) (3:58)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eRecorded 1928 ∙ Matrix 985 BM ∙ Polydor 95142\n\n\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAlexander Brailowsky (piano)\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProducer and Audio Restoration Engineer Mark Obert-Thorn\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\nSpecial thanks to Donald Manildi, the International Piano Archives at the\nUniversity of Maryland (IPAM) and Michael Gartz for providing source\nmaterial\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\nCover picture Alexander Brailowsky, c.1925 (Tully Potter Collection)\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTotal duration:  1hr 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