{"product_id":"mewton-wood-tchaikovsky-piano-concerto-no-1-1952-pasc112","title":"MEWTON-WOOD Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 (1952) - PASC112","description":"overviewfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eTCHAIKOVSKY \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003ePiano Concerto No. 1\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"bodysmallarial\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eRecorded in 1952\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eTotal duration: 32:57 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"bodysmallarial\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eNoel Mewton-Wood, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003epiano\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003e Netherlands 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;\"\u003e Walter Goehr\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_titlefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_quotefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_bodyfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9main_samplefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fsamples\/PASC112.mp3578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_labelfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fProducer's Note578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_typefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fcontent578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_contentfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"body\"\u003eWhen Philippe Bonin kindly sent me a set of LPs of recordings by the tragic Australian pianist Noel Mewton-Wood, neither of us expected them to end up here. In his covering letter he stated that the discs were in very bad condition, with lots of clicks, crackle, rumble, hum and \"other funny things\". The piano tone was lacking weight, the orchestra was muddy and the records were said to be dirty.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"body\" align=\"left\"\u003ePicking up on that final point, my first task was to give the discs and exceptionally thorough and deep clean. Judging by the colour of the muck that came off them, I was hopeful that many of the other reported problems would be cured. It's also very pertinent that I used a custom-ground stylus designed not only for the replay of the wider mono grooves of most 1950's LPs (stereo-grooved records require a narrower stylus), but also with a truncated tip, ground specially to avoid any contact with either the bottom of the groove or any microscopic muck still residing there.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"body\" align=\"left\"\u003eThe result of this cleaning was transformatory, and I was confident that this, couple with XR processing, could yeild excellent results. I was not disappointed. Despite questionable microphone technique, which favours the piano and appears to regard the orchestra as something of an afterthought, and some very mild tape 'flutter' dropout in one or two places, this recording has come up a treat, and allows the listener finally to really treasure the fine playing and technique of Mewton-Wood.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"body\" align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePhilippe Bonin\u003c\/strong\u003e, who generously supplied the LPs for this and future Mewton-Wood transfers, sent this message upon hearing this restoration:\u003c\/p\u003e    \u003ci\u003eI have listened five times in loop your transfer. Extraordinary! The piano is so glorious (playing AND sound) that I was thinking it might even be as beautiful without the orchestra. I do not know if it is a Steinway or a Bösendorfer, but the sound is there, with the whole range of frequencies; astonishing. Even if the orchestra has rough moments, there are many wonderful ones (like the flute and the cello in the second movement, or the entry of the strings at 1:05 into the last movement). I have seen also that you have fixed the end of the same movement were there was a sudden burst of sound.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    I hope you will do the same miracles with the other ones...\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp class=\"body\" align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNotes on the Orchestra:\u003c\/strong\u003e The orchestra here didn't exist as a regular working body. In fact the original LP credits the similarly non-existant \"\u003cem\u003eMusical Masterworks Symphony Orchestra\u003c\/em\u003e\", the kind of name which immediately rings alarm bells as an obvious pseudonym. We've chosen to go with the \u003cem\u003eNetherlands Philharmonic\u003c\/em\u003e as this more accurately indicates the origins of the players, who were drawn from the three Dutch radio orchestras of the day, something since confirmed by various orchestral members.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"body\" align=\"left\"\u003eThe following notes were taken from Rolf den Otter's website notes:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e   After recording in Switzerland initially, the MMS label turned to the Netherlands for orchestral core repertoire. Several orchestras from the Dutch public radio were recorded under the pseudonym 'Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra'. Another Dutch orchestra that recorded frequently for MMS in the early '50s (under it's own name) was the Utrecht symphony orchestra, conducted by Paul Hupperts. To make things a bit complicated, the Utrecht symphony orchestra merged in the 1980's together with two other orchestras into the... Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra!! Often, these two orchestras, the MMS pseudonym and the present NphO. are mixed up with each other, but there is no connection!!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    In 2001 the RFO historic society tried to find out which orchestra and which players contributed to the 'Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra' recordings. Unfortunately, this was virtually impossible. The problem was that the files of the Dutch radio from that time are destroyed, and the organization of these 'odd jobs' were in the hands of the musicians themselves, the so called \"hustlers\". These musicians kept no records of their side jobs....\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    Being radio orchestras, Dutch law prevented to record under their own names. The broadcast organizations were aware of the recording sessions, but turned a blind eye to the musicians. Some players remembered that members of the following orchestra's performed in the MMS recordings: 'het Omroep Orkest' (the present Radio Symphony orchestra), the Dutch Radio Philharmonic orchestra and the Radio Chamber orchestra. 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