Arthur de Greef: Solo & Concerto Recordings
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Label: APR
Cat No: APR7401
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 4
Genre: Instrumental
Release Date: 31st March 2014
Contents
Works
Chants d'Espagne, op.232Waltzes (19)
Danses villageoises (7) (arr. Arthur de Greef)
Pictures from Life in the Country (3), op.19
Hungarian Rhapsodies (19), S244
Piano Concerto no.2 in A major, S125
Polonaises (2), S223
Symphony no.1 in D major, op.25 'Classical'
Pensee musicale
Melodies (2), op.3
Arabeske in C major, op.18
Faschingsschwank aus Wien (Carnival in Vienna), op.26
Artists
Arthur de Greef (piano)Royal Albert Hall Orchestra
London Symphony Orchestra
New Symphony Orchestra
Conductor
Landon RonaldWorks
Chants d'Espagne, op.232Waltzes (19)
Danses villageoises (7) (arr. Arthur de Greef)
Pictures from Life in the Country (3), op.19
Hungarian Rhapsodies (19), S244
Piano Concerto no.2 in A major, S125
Polonaises (2), S223
Symphony no.1 in D major, op.25 'Classical'
Pensee musicale
Melodies (2), op.3
Arabeske in C major, op.18
Faschingsschwank aus Wien (Carnival in Vienna), op.26
Artists
Arthur de Greef (piano)Royal Albert Hall Orchestra
London Symphony Orchestra
New Symphony Orchestra
Conductor
Landon RonaldAbout
Belgian pianist Arthur de Greef studied with Franz Liszt and also became a close friend of Grieg, who strongly admired his playing. He was a main-stay of the HMV catalogue in the 1920s and this set brings together for the first time his complete recordings, save for acoustic versions of concertante works he subsequently recorded electrically (the Liszt Hungarian Fantasia and abridged versions of the Saint-Saëns and Grieg concertos) and two electric chamber recordings with violinist Isolde Menges.
Given his associations, his recordings of the Liszt concertos and Hungarian Fantasy must be considered important stylistic documents, but perhaps most important of all is his recording of the Grieg concerto. He initially studied this with his teacher Brassin at the time when the latter gave the Belgian premiere of the work. He subsequently worked on it, and gave performances with Grieg, who said of him ‘De Greef is the best interpreter of my music I have met with. It is surprising how he understands my meaning… He is a real Master’.
This is the first time that the bulk of de Greef’s recordings have been released together and they show that a serious reappraisal of a pianist from the earliest generation to record substantially, is overdue.
Contents:
CD 1 HMV acoustic recordings, 1917–1923 (62.57)
- Franck: Variations symphoniques
Royal Albert Hall Orchestra / Landon Ronald
Solo works by Albéniz, Chopin, Grétry/Greef, Grieg, Liszt, Moszkowski, Ronald, Rubinstein, Schumann
CD 2 HMV acoustic & electric recordings, 1922–1930 (72.25)
- Liszt: Piano Concerto No.1
Royal Albert Hall Orchestra / Landon Ronald
- Liszt: Piano Concerto No.2
London Symphony Orchestra / Landon Ronald
- Liszt: Fantasia on Hungarian Folk Themes
Royal Albert Hall Orchestra / Landon Ronald
- Liszt: Polonaise in E major
- Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No.12
CD 3 HMV electric recordings, 1925–1931 (56.16)
- Chopin: Sonata No.2 in B flat minor
- Chopin: Nocturne in F sharp major
- Chopin: Four Waltzes
Solo works by Moszkowski, Raff & Schubert/Liszt
CD 4 HMV electric recordings, 1927–1931 (73.14)
- Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No.2
New Symphony Orchestra / Landon Ronald
- Grieg: Piano Concerto
New Symphony Orchestra / Landon Ronald
Solo works by Grétry/Greef, Grieg, Prokofiev
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