The Matthay School Volume 3

Irene Scharrer, though perhaps the least remembered of the major Matthay pupils, was the earliest to record, beginning in 1909 at the age of 21. That in itself is a credit to her early fame, which she established through an extrovert, but always musical, virtuosity.

She excelled in such works as the Chopin Etudes, nine of which she recorded, and in other brilliant pieces such as those here by Scarlatti and Liszt, but the poise and refinement of her Chopin nocture or the slow movement of the Mozart sonata reveal another side to her playing that is sadly underrepresented on disc.

Her final recording, of the Litolff Scherzo, was also her most famous. In its day it was a best seller and was responsible for putting that work on the musical map.

This set reissues for the first time all of Scharrer’s electrical recordings and also an example of every work she recorded in the acoustic era (pre 1925) that was not later remade as an electrical recording. For completeness, a discography of all her other acoustic recordings is also included.

Contents:
CD 1: [79.53]
The HMV Electrics 1925–1929
PURCELL/HENDERSON
- Toccata-Prelude, Sarabande & Minuet

PARADIES
- Toccata in A major

SCARLATTI
- Sonatas K1, K11 & K159

J S BACH/HESS
- Jesu, joy of man’s desiring

BOYCE/CRAXTON
- Gavotte

MOZART
- Sonata in G major K283

MENDELSSOHN
- Spinning song Op.67/4

CHOPIN:
- Etude Op.10/5
- Waltz in E minor Op posth
- Impromptu No.1 Op.29
- Fantaisie-Impromptu Op.66

SINDING
- Rustle of spring Op.32/3

DEBUSSY
- Arabesque No.2

The Columbia Electrics 1929–1933
MENDELSSOHN
- Andante and Rondo Capriccioso Op.14

LISZT
- Hungarian Rhapsody No.12

VERDI/LISZT
- Rigoletto Paraphrase

CHOPIN: cm Fantaisie-Impromptu Op.66
- Etude Op.10/11
- Etude Op.10/12

CD 2: [78.06]
The Columbia Electrics 1929–1933 (continued)
CHOPIN:
- Etude Op.25/1
- Etude Op.25/9
- Etude Op.25/6
- Etude Op.25/11 ‘Winter Wind’
- Etude Op.25/12
- Trois Nouvelles Etudes - No.1
- Trois Nouvelles Etudes - No.2
- Scherzo No.2 Op.31

LITOLFF
- Scherzo from Concerto Symphonique, Op.102
LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA/HENRY WOOD

A selection of HMV acoustics 1912–1924
SCARLATTI
- Sonata in G major Kk14

J S BACH
- Prelude and Fugue No.3 in C sharp major BWV848

CHOPIN
- Nocturne Op.48/1
- Prelude Op.28/8
- Etude Op.25/2
- Funeral March from Sonata No.2, Op.35
- Waltz Op.64/1

SCHUMANN
- Intermezzo from Faschingsschwank aus Wien, Op.26

LISZT
- Gnomenreigen
- Fantasia on Hungarian Folk Themes S123 (abridged)
NEW SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA/LANDON RONALD

SAINT-SAËNS
- Allegro scherzando from Concerto No.2, Op.22 (abridged)
NEW SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA/ RONALD (4.06)

DEBUSSY
- Reflets dans l’eau (Images, Book 1 No.1)
- Poissons d’or (Images, Book 2 No.3)

SCOTT
- Danse negre

GOODHART
- ‘Tipperary’ – Five Variations