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The Great Female Pianists Vol.5 - Masters of the Piano Roll - Chopin, Debussy, etc. - Olga Samarov

 
The Great Female Pianists Vol.5 - Masters of the Piano Roll  - Chopin, Debussy, etc. - Olga Samarov-Piano
ID: DSPRCD016 (EAN: 5060104470111)  | 1 CD | DDD
Released in: 2007
LABEL:
Dal Segno
Subcollection:
Piano
Composers:
BRAHMS, Johannes | CHOPIN, Frédéric François | DEBUSSY, Claude | FAURÉ, Gabriel | RAVEL, Maurice | SAINT-SAËNS, Camille
Interprets:
SAMAROV, Olga (piano)
Other info:
Tracklist
 
RAVEL, Maurice (1875-1937) 
1. Gaspard de la nuit, for piano (Ondine)5:49 
DEBUSSY, Claude (1862-1918) 
2. Estampes, for piano, L. 100 (Gardens in the Rain)3:33 
3. Arabesque, for piano No. 2 in G major, L. 66/22:53 
4. Suite bergamasque, for piano, L. 75 (Claire de Lune)3:45 
SAINT-SAËNS, Camille (1835-1921) 
5. Études (6) for piano, Op. 1114:14 
6. Le Déluge, oratorio for voices, chorus & orchestra, Op. 454:52 
7. The Swan (from "Carnival of the Animals"), original (for 2 pianos & ensemble) and arrangements2:03 
FAURÉ, Gabriel (1845-1924) 
8. Impromptu for piano No. 2 in F minor, Op. 313:07 
BRAHMS, Johannes (1833-1897) 
9. Rhapsody for piano in G minor, Op. 79/25:24 
CHOPIN, Frédéric François (1810-1849) 
10. Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58, CT. 20324:16 

Review:
 

Olga Samarov & other rare recordings Olga Samaroff was a very fine teacher. She worked in a succession of well-known music schools in the U.S. and was married to Leopold Stokowski for ten years. Critics often wrote of her amazing power at the piano. Her roll of the Brahms Rhapsody in G minor, with its explosive contracts, could have been recorded recently rather than ninety years ago, such is the freshness of her playing. Faure’s Impromptu Op.31, is given a poised rendition here with beautiful phrasing and grand style. But it is the Chopin Sonata in B minor that really takes our attention - a timeless interpretation, a spacious opening movement, a fleeting scherzo, a thoughtful largo and a noble finale. The English pianist Katherine Bacon’s roll of the Ondine from Gaspard de la Nuit is remarkable. The piece holds no problems for her, either technically or musically. This disc features some further excellent performances of Debussy and Saint-Saëns by a selection of very accomplished female pianists, which concludes this series. Some of these rolls are nearly 100 years old and come from a collection owned by Denis Condon who is one of the worlds most respected authorities on the piano roll and has some 18,000 in his collection. He also can construct the machines that read the rolls.


 

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