Explanations have ranged from political naivetT in general, to a general „blind spot“ of criticism of anything German, given his own ancestry. He was stripped of his honours and his passport. Appeals by his attorneys led to a reduction in the sentence to a banning of six years from conducting, retroactively applied to start from 1945.
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1930 RACHMANINOV plays CHOPIN Piano Funeral March SONATA Empty Album Victor M-95
Sergei Rachmaninoff – Chopin Sonata In B Flat Minor, Op. 35 (The „Funeral March“ Sonata). EMPTY Album Victor M-95. Victor M-95. Recorded on February 18, 1930. THIS IS THE EMPTY ALBUM ONLY, NO RECORDS.
1915 Max Reger SOLO VIOLIN Sonata Op 42 Andantino EFREM ZIMBALIST VICTOR 64518
6/8/1915 Camden, New Jersey Victor 64518. WONDERFUL recording by Russian violinist Efrem Zimbalist. Efrem Zimbalist, Sr., was born on April 9, 1888,[5][6][7] O. S., equivalent to April 21, 1889, in the Gregorian calendar, as reported in many newspaper obituaries, in the southwestern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don, the son of Jewish parents Maria (née Litvinoff) and Aron Zimbalist (?????????. ).
PATHE 1919 RUDOLPH GANZ PIANO Kreisler Liebesfreud/ Schubert Rosamunde 27028
Kreisler : Liebesfreud (Acoustic Pathé recording). / Schubert-Ganz „Rosamunde Ballet Music“. From his 1919 New York Pathe Recording sessions. Orig Issue PATHE VERTICAL SAPPHIRE 10.5″ 78 rpm record. Rudolph Ganz (born 24 February 1877 in Zurich, Switzerland, died 2 August 1972 in Chicago, USA) was a Swiss pianist, conductor and composer.
1926 FRITZ KREISLER Violin BROADWAY MUSICAL Indian Love Call/ Deep in my Heart
Deep in my heart, dear. Indian love callRudolf Friml (composer). Orig issue Victor Scroll 10″ 78 rpm record. Title Note: Disc label also credits lyricist Dorothy Donnelly. The Grade (Excellent to Poor, I don’t give Mint) refers to the WEAR of the record.
1936 FERNAND OUBRADOUS Bassoon GRAND PRIX DU DISQUE MOZART Concerto B flat Major
FERNAND OUBRADOUS – great French Bassoon virtuoso, teacher and arranger in OrientT vers le basson, il y manifesta des aptitudes extraordinaires. Ainsi naquirent a Paris le trio d’anches de Jean LOUCHEZ et le quintette a vent Robert CASIER, fondateur par la suite de l'“Association francaise de musique de chambre“ que prTside son ancien Maetre.
1921 WILLEM WILLEKE Dutch Cello Saint Saens Le cygne JOCELYN Berceuse BRUNSWICK
Willem Willeke was born in 1880. He had the distinction of performing Brahms with Brahms, the Grieg Sonata with Grieg, the Strauss Sonata with Strauss, and the Saint-Saens concerto with Saint-Saens.
1932 Maurice Marechal LALO Cello Concerto D Minor Gaubert COLUMBIA LFX282
Maurice Maréchal with orchestra conducted by Philippe Gaubert. Here is the Lalo concerto’s first recording, made by the eminent French cellist, Maurice Maréchal (1892-1964). Lalo: Cello Concerto in D Minor.
1926 FELIX SALMOND Simeon RUMSCHISKY Beethoven Cello Sonata 3 A Major Op. 69
Salmond’s attempt to build an international career was interrupted by World War I. After its conclusion, he participated in the first performance of Elgar’s String Quartet. As a result, Elgar chose him to give the première of his Cello Concerto under the composer’s direction in 1919.
1st REC‘ 1928 MYRA HESS Piano Scarlatti Sonatas Beethoven Brahms Intermezzo 4083
However as a solo pianist, Myra Hess originally had a wide-ranging repertoire including contemporary composers and virtuoso showpieces. In the 1930s she pruned her repertoire to what she dubbed the „roast beef of music “ ù Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Mozart, Scarlatti, Schubert and Schumann ù seasoned with occasional „shrimp cocktails “ from Debussy and Ravel.