Catalog Number–MC-106
Number of Discs–1
Price (includes domestic shipping)–USA$10
Price (outside USA, includes shipping)–USA$15
Vlado Perlemuter, born in Poland in 1904, was one of the great pianists of the twentieth century. In his teens he studied with Alfred Cortot at the Paris Conservatoire and spent his twenties being coached in the complete piano works of Maurice Ravel by the composer himself. Perlemuter once said that he vividly remembered his lessons with Cortot on Schumann's Kreisleriana, “which he taught and demonstrated in such a way that all the details have remained to this day a part of my thinking.” These recordings date from 1955, when Perlemuter was in the prime of his career, and, never having been released on CD, have not been commercially available for over thirty years.
Robert Schumann: Kreisleriana, Op.16
1 — I. Auberst bewegt 2:22
2 — II. Sehr innig und nicht zu rasch 7:20
3 — III. Sehr aufgeregt 3:39
4 — IV. Sehr langsam 3:10
5 — V. Sehr lebhaft 3:05
6 — VI. Sehr langsam 2:51
7 — VII. Sehr rasch 2:23
8 — VIII. Schnell und spielend 3:05
Robert Schumann: Fantasie In C Op.17
9 — I. Durchaus phantastisch und leidenschaftlich vorzutragen-Im legendenton-Erstes Tempo 11:09
10 — II. Mäßig durchaus energisch-Etwas langsamer 7:37
11 — III. Langsam getragen-Durchweg leise zu halten-Etwas bewegter-Adagio 8:46
Executive Producer: Christopher Todd Landor
Originally issued as Vox PL 9190
Digital remastering from analog sources by Gene Gaudette, Gaudette&Assoc
Digital Masters (P) & © 2009 Musical Concepts