Marston records (USA)

Hofmann, Josef (Klavier) Vol.7 - BEETHOVEN: Klavierkonzert Nr.4 (Mitropoulos) & Nr.5 (Hans Lange) & Auszüge aus den Ford und Telephone Hour broadcasts (AD:1940-47)

Hofmann, Josef (Klavier) Vol.8 - BEETHOVEN: Klavierkonzert Nr.4 (Ormandy), RUBINSTEIN: Klavierkonzert Nr.3 & 4 (Rodzinski, Krueger)

Hofmann, Josef - Vol.9 - Miscellaneous Recordings with Interviews About Hofmann - newly mastered transfers of the three wax cylinders from 1896 & several alternative takes of Columbia and Brunswick recordings & Cadillac Hour program from 1936 mit Beethovens Mondschein-Sonate. Half of the set will feature a collection of recorded interviews, conducted mostly by Gregor Benko. In these, which date back to the 1970s, we hear fascinating commentary by Rudolph Ganz, Jorge Bolet, Charles Rosen, Gian-Carlo Menotti, Glenn Gould, Constance Keene, Nella Rubinstein, Ruth Steinway, and Hofmann’s son, Anton, speaking candidly about Hofmann the pianist and Hofmann the man. One interview, with a minor pianist whose name will be unfamiliar to most, Thadeus Sadlowski, is both fascinating and funny (while most of them are anything but funny.) Choosing these interviews from the large number that Gregor Benko collected and recorded, then editing them For content, has taken hundreds of hours of intense work, and we feel that they make a fitting finale to the complete Josef Hofmann CD series. We will never cease our search For additional Hofmann recordings, which if discovered, we will make every effort to publish

Houston, Elsie - Queen of Brazilian Song - 41 Tracks

Janssen, Herbert (Bariton) - Portrait of a Mastersinger - The present collection includes all his surviving pre-war studio recordings of opera and operetta (except for the 1930 Columbia Tannhäuser); all of Janssen’s surviving 78 rpm Lieder recordings, including several previously unpublished items; and rare broadcast material that appears here together for the first time. The set includes liner notes by Iain Miller and Michael Aspinall, as well as a large selection of rare photos. As a portrait of one of the greatest baritones on records, this six-CD set of Herbert Janssen is the most complete yet to appear - Eine detaillierte Inhaltsübersicht ist verfügbar

Kapell, William (Klavier) - Broadcasts and Concert Performances, 1944-1952 - William Kapell, 1922-1953, is a name that still resonates with pianophiles more than 60 years after his tragic death in an airplane crash near San Francisco. We are pleased to announce a three-CD set of Kapell performances that have never been issued on CD. In fact more than two thirds of the set is previously unpublished in any form. Among the highlights are two 1952 half-hour studio broadcasts from New York's WQXR that have only recently come to light. The set will also include a 1949 performance of Richard Strauss's Burleske, a 1951 performance of Debussy's Suite Bergamasque, and Schumann's Piano Quintet in E-flat with the Fine Arts Quartet dating from the same year. The booklet will include several photos that have not previously been published and an unpublished piece on Kapell by pianist Raymond Lewenthal, 1923-1988.

Kempff, Wilhelm - Complete Acoustical Recordings Berlin, 1923-1925 - Eine detaillierte Inhaltsübersicht liegt für Sie bereit - Bach, J.S.: Das Wohltemperierte Klavier I (Auszüge 1923), Italienisches Konzert BWV 971 (Presto 1923), Bach-Kempff: Sinfonia aus Kantate BWV 29, Siciienne aus BWV 1031 (1924), Gluck-Brahms: Gavotte aus Iphigenie en Aulide (1924), Beethoven: Klaviersonaten Nr.8, 12, 14, 21, 23, 26, 27, 28, Bagatelle op.33 Nr.5, Rondo op.51 Nr.2, Klavierkonzert Nr.1 (Orchester der Berliner Staatsoper, Dirigent unbekannt - 1925), Mendelssohn: Scherzo op.16 Nr.2, Lieder ohne Worte op.102 Nr.5 & 6, Schumann: Toccata op.7, Brahms: Rhapsodie op.119 Nr.4 (1924) -VÖ: Voraussichtlich Januar 2023

Krushelnytska, Salomea (Sopran) - Mefistofele, Peer Gynt, Tosca, Adriana Lecouvreur, La forza del destino, La Wally, Aida, Loreley, Madame Butterfly, Die Walküre, L'Africaine & Lieder - Elena Ruszkowska (Sopran) singt Stabat Mater (Rossini), La forza del destino, Ernani, Aida, La Gioconda, Tosca, Halka

Landmarks of Recorded Pianism, Vol. 2 - Moritz Rosenthal - Liszt: Ungarische Rhapsodie Nr.1 & 2, Percy Grainger - Bach: Toccata und Fuge in d BWV 565, Grainger: Scotch Strathspey and reel, Irish Tune from Country Derry - Federico Mompou - spielt eigene Werke, Ignaz Friedman - Chopin: Polonaise op.53, Mazurka op.7 Nr.1, Polonaise op.posth., Prelude op.28 Nr.15, Mendelssohn: Lieder ohne Worte op.67 Nr.4, Frank LaForge - Gottschalk: Pasquinade, Rosita Renard - Monteverdi-Alderoghi: Madrigal, Debussy: Feux d'artifice, Reah Sadowsky - Liapunov: Transcendental Etüde op.11 Nr.10, Mark Hambourg - Tschaikowsky: Klavierkonzert Nr.1 (BBC SO, Malcolm Sargent, 1955), Arnold Dolmetsch - Beethoven: Klaviersonate Nr.14, Etelka Freund - Beethoven: Klaviersonate Nr.23, Grace Castagnetta - Castagnetta: Improvisation on four notes - lim.Sonderpreis, danach 39,99 EUR

Landmarks of Recorded Pianism, Vol.1 - This release features a collection of what might be called piano orphans: commercial and non-commercial recordings of great pianists that simply have never found their way onto compact disc. Among these treasures are fifteen minutes of Dinu Lipatti playing Scarlatti and Brahms that have only recently surfaced; an unpublished disc of Alfred Cortot playing the “Russian Dance” from Petroushka; and previously unpublished excerpts of the Tchaikovsky first piano concerto played by Vladimir Horowitz with the Philadelphia Orchestra, recorded during a 1932 concert conducted by Fritz Reiner and recorded as an experiment by the Bell Telephone Laboratory. This is Horowitz's earliest known concert performance and is in amazing sound for that time. It is unfortunate that the entire concerto was not recorded, but hearing these excerpts will be a revelation for Horowitz fans. Also included are live concerto performances by Lev Puishnov and Guiomar Novaes. We feel certain that piano enthusiasts worldwide will treasure this 2-CD set as nothing like it has been heard since Gregor Benko produced his acclaimed Landmarks of Recorded Pianism LP forty years ago

Landmarks of Recorded Pianism, Vol.3 - Chopin’s F-minor concerto from a 1936 broadcast with Polish pianist, Jan Smeterlin, ably supported by the Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Serge Koussevitzky. A performance of both tumult and tenderness, it is the earliest known live performance of this work & 1950 BBC broadcast of the Schumann concerto with 79-year-old Adelina de Lara, who had studied the work with Clara Schumann nearly sixty years earlier & A seven-minute concoction of themes from the first movement of Tchaikovsky’s first concerto with Simon Barere and André Kostelanitz conducting the orchestra & Piano Solo Recordings mit Nathaniel Dett, Elsie Hall und Katherine Goodson. Eine detaillierte Inhaltsübersicht liegt für Sie bereit - limitierte Auflage zum Sonderpreis

Lehmann, Lotte - Odeon Electrical Recordings 1927 - 1933 - Auszüge aus Tannhäuser, Lohengrin, Die Walküre, Isoldes Liebestod, Ariadne auf Naxos, Arabella, Der Freischütz, Fidelio, Figaros Hochzeit, Mignon, Die Fledermaus & Lieder von Schubert, Schumann, Brahms & Strauss u.a. mit Booklet - eine ausführliche Inhaltsübersicht liegt für Sie bereit

Lehmann, Lotte - The Complete Acoustic Recordings - in her roles Sieglinde, Elsa, Eva, and the Marschallin & Mozart, including three duets with baritone Heinrich Schlusnus, as well as arias by Weber, Lortzing, and Nicolai. Although she sings in German, you can hear French opera arias from La Juive, Faust, Mignon, Carmen, Tales of Hoffmann, and Manon. From Italian opera, we hear the Willow Song from Otello and Puccini arias from Manon Lescaut, La Bohème, Tosca, Butterfly, and two rare recordings from Suor Angelica. Other highlights include Lehmann's recording of Tatyana's Letter Scene from Eugene Onegin, an aria from d'Albert's Die toten Augen, and the exquisite aria and duet from Korngold's Die tote Stadt with tenor Richard Tauber

LEONCAVALLO: I Pagliacci - Huguet, Paoli, Cigada, Badini, La Scala Orchestra, Leoncavallo (AD:1907) & Chatterton (Oper) mit Signorini, Cigada, de Frate, Santoro (AD:1908)

Levy, Ernst (Klavier) - Vol.4 - HAYDN: Klaviersonaten Hob.XVI/6, 30, 34 & 48, SCHUBERT: Klaviersonate D.664, FRANCK: Prelude, Chorale & Fugue, BEETHOVEN: Klaviersonate Nr.30, BRAHMS: Rhapsodie op.79 Nr.1 & 2, LISZT: Klaviersonate h-moll, Ballade Nr.2 h-moll - Lieferzeit ca. 3-4 Wochen

Lewis, Mary (Sopran, 1900-1941) - acoustic HMV & electric Victor recordings, Radio-Mitschnitte

Lhevinne, Josef (Klavier) - The complete Josef Lhevinne - Tschaikowsky: Klavierkonzert Nr.1 (Worchester Festival Orchestra, Albert Stoessel - 06.10.1936 - die ersten 4 Minuten wurden nicht aufgezeichnet) & 2. und 3.Satz (NBC Concert Orchestra, Rosario Bourdon), Trepak op.72, Rachmaninoff: Preludes op.23 Nr.10, Beethoven-Busoni: Ecossaises, Schumann-Tausig: El Contrabandista, J.Strauss/Schulz-Evler: Arabesques über Themen "An der schönen blauen Donau", Schumann: Toccata, Schumann-Liszt: Frühlingsnacht, Chopin: Etüden op.10 Nr.11, op.25 Nr.6 (2 Versionen), Nr.10 & Nr.11 (2 Versionen), Preludes op.28 Nr.16 (2 Versionen) & Nr.17 (2 Versionen), Polonaise op.53 (2 Versionen), Debussy-Ravel: Fetes (Nocturne Nr.2), Mozart: Sonate für 2 Klaviere KV 448 (mit Rosina Lhevinne - 2 Versionen, Klavierkonzert Nr.7 KV 242 (New York PO, Barbirolli), Brahms: Klavierquintett (mit Perolé String Quartet) - AD:1920-1945 - VÖ:Februar 2021

Litvinne, Felia (Sopran) & Natalya Yermolenko-Yuzhina (complete Recordings) - Le Cid, Samson et Dalila, Harold, Tristan und Isolde, Die Walküre, Samson et Dalila, Sapho, Faust, La Favorita, Il Trovatore, Carmen, Les Troyens, cavalleria rusticana, Lohengrin, Aida, L'Africaine, Tannhäuser, La Gioconda, Russalka, Rogneda, Judith, Mefistofele, Ruslan & Ludmila, Fürst Igor, Sorochinsky Fair, Opritchnik, Mazeppa, Enchantress, Pikovaya Dama, Dubrovsky, Lieder von Fauré, Rubinstein, Schumann, Hahn

Lubin, Germaine - The complete Recordings - The French dramatic soprano, Germaine Lubin (1890-1979) will be remembered For her stunning Wagnerian portrayals, her striking beauty, and the accusations of Nazi sympathies that shaped her later life and career. Lubin received her initial training at the Paris Conservatory; debuted at the Opéra-Comique as Antonia in Les contes d’Hoffmann; studied with Felia Litvinne; sang Isolde at Covent Garden under Thomas Beecham, to Lauritz Melchior’s Tristan (1939); appeared in Berlin singing Kundry, Sieglinde and Strauss’s Ariadne with the composer conducting (1939); and depicted Sieglinde to Flagstad’s Brünnhilde under Furtwaengler (1939). This 2 CD set features Lubin's complete recorded output and includes two important essays that provide insight into the woman whose life was inextricably woven with her art: an essay by the French scholar Vincent Giroud on her life and career and a personal memoir by André Tebeuf. To complete this two CD set Marston will include recordings by Marcelle Bunlet and Lucienne de Méo whose first name has sometimes been incorrectly listed as Cléontine

Luboshutz-Nemenoff - The Art of Duo-Piano Playing - This 4-CD set contains Pierre Luboshutz and Genia Nemenoff’s RCA Victor recordings and selections from their LP discs: Mozart’s Sonata K.448, Brahms’s Haydn Variations, Schumann’s Andante and Variations, op.46, Milhaud’s Scaramouche Suite, and many transcriptions and arrangements. Also included are live performances of Bach and Mozart concerti with Serge Koussevitzky and the Boston Symphony Orchestra, as well as Harl McDonald’s Two Piano Concerto with the Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by the composer. Notes are written by Thomas Wolf, the grandson of Lea Luboshutz and the grandnephew of Pierre and Genia. Thomas’s recollections of the time spent with his great aunt and uncle provide a unique glimpse into the people who comprised one of the greatest of piano duos. Eine detaillierte Inhaltsübersicht liegt für Sie bereit.