The Complete Josef Hofmann, Vol. 6: The Casmir Hall Recital

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The Complete Josef Hofmann, Vol. 6: The Casmir Hall Recital
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Artist: Josef Hofmann
Edition: Music CD
Format: CD, Classical, Compilation, Limited Edition, Live
Published: 1998
CD Release Date: 1998-11-24
Music Label: Marston
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
  1. Piano Sonata No. 14 In C Sharp Minor, Op. 27, No. 2, 'Moonlight': I. Adagio sostenuto
  2. Piano Sonata No. 14 In C Sharp Minor, Op. 27, No. 2, 'Moonlight': II. Allegretto
  3. Piano Sonata No. 14 In C Sharp Minor, Op. 27, No. 2, 'Moonlight': III. Presto agitato
  4. Nocturne In F Sharp, Op. 15, No. 2
  5. Waltz In A Flat, Op. 42
  6. Waltz In D Flat, Op. 64, No. 1, 'Minute'
  7. Piano Sonata No. 21 In C, Op. 53, 'Waldstein': I. Allegro con brio
  8. Piano Sonata No. 21 In C, Op. 53, 'Waldstein': II. Introduzione: Adagio molto
  9. Piano Sonata No. 21 In C, Op. 53, 'Waldstein': III. Rondo: Allegretto moderato-Prestissimo
  10. Kreisleriana, Op. 16: I. Agitatissimo
  11. Kreisleriana, Op. 16: II. Con molto espressione, non troppo presto
  12. Kreisleriana, Op. 16: V. Vivace assai
  13. Kreisleriana, Op. 16: VI. Lento assai
  14. Kreisleriana, Op. 16: VII. Molto presto
  15. Kreisleriana, Op. 16: VIII. Vivace e scherzando
  16. Polonaise In E Flat Minor, Op. 26, No. 2
  17. Nocturne In B, Op. 9, No. 3
Music CD 2
  1. Waltz In E Flat, Op. 18, 'Valse Brillante'
  2. Ballade No. 4 In F Minor, Op. 52
  3. Waltz In D Flat, Op. 64, No. 1 'Minute'
  4. Caprice Orientale, Op. 10, No. 2
  5. Moment Musical, Op. 94, No.3
  6. Kaleidoskop, Op. 40, No. 4
  7. Penguine, No. 1 From 'Three Impressions'
  8. Piano Concerto No. 4 In G, Op. 58: I. Allegro moderato
  9. Piano Concerto No. 4 In G, Op. 58: II. Andante con moto
  10. Piano Concerto No. 4 In G, Op. 58: III. Rondo: Vivace
  11. Piano Sonata No. 14 In C Sharp Minor, Op. 27, No. 2, 'Moonlight': U.S. Columbia (48946-4) unpublished-13 October 1916
  12. Piano Sonata No. 14 In C Sharp Minor, Op. 27, No. 2, 'Moonlight': U.S. Columbia (48946-5) unpublished-13 October 1916
  13. Piano Sonata No. 14 In C Sharp Minor, Op. 27, No. 2, 'Moonlight': Bell Telephone Hour-31 July 1944

Music reviews of The Complete Josef Hofmann, Vol. 6: The Casmir Hall Recital

Music Review: Which Hofmann?
Rating: 4 Stars

Hofmann - particularly late Hofmann - may be an acquired taste.
Despite having been the protégé of Anton Rubinstein, "the wonderful boy" was recognized from quite an early age as the exemplar of a modern style of playing - textually faithful, eschewing swooning or bombast. (See, for example, the references to Hofmann in Henry Lahee's wonderful survey from 1900, Famous Pianists of Today and Yesterday.)
Still, a number of younger colleagues expressed ambivalence. Horowitz was floored by Hofmann's keyboard command - everyone was - but he, Artur Rubinstein and Arrau, to name just three - seem not to have been terribly moved by Hofmann's musicianship.
But which Hofmann are we considering? His playing for the gramophone - as early as 1903 and as late as 1935 - was as disciplined as it was imaginative and dazzling. The late Harold Schonberg called it "perfection plus."
However, as Gregor Benko makes clear in his essays for the Marston reissues, Hofmann switched on what the pianist called a "spectacular" style for many public performances. This may sound cynical. Often it sounds terribly cynical. Hofmann was not speaking merely of the need to project in a large concert hall. In public performance - at least those performances we have from the late `30s and early `40s - the aristocrat often becomes a mountebank, lurching from the softest pianissimos to explosive fortissimos, rattling off passages or entire pieces even faster than Simon Barere boasted he could do.
Schonberg - and Hofmann's friend and admirer Rachmaninoff - reminded us that during this period Hofmann had many personal troubles, including a severe drinking problem. We must believe that at his greatest Hofmann played as scrupulously and with as much refined feeling in public as he did on many of his studio recordings, though his manner may have differed somewhat. And there are some marvelous live performances. The Rubinstein 4th from his Golden Jubilee concert beggars description.
So where does that leave us? As an introduction to Hofmann, I would recommend the early Columbia recordings, those he made somewhat later for Brunswick, and the American and British test pressings from 1935 - perhaps his greatest recorded playing. These are Volumes 3, 4 and 5 of the complete Hofmann series. Serious listeners will also want the ups and downs of the Golden Jubilee (Volume 2). The Chopin concertos in Volume 1 have some splendid moments, but the superlative (not spectacular; superlative) performance there is a fragment of the first movement of the E minor concerto performed in London -- far more poised and committed than its counterpart from New York. (I wonder if Hofmann played differently in America than he did in Europe? Some musicians - for instance, Mahler, Toscanini, Bernstein - for varying reasons apparently did.)
Having said all this, the entire Hofmann series is priceless. Heartfelt thanks to Gregor Benko and Ward Marston for making it available in superb transfers with fascinating notes.
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Description of The Complete Josef Hofmann, Vol. 6: The Casmir Hall Recital

Josef Hofmann is arguably this century's greatest pianist. His memory was infallible, his repertoire was almost limitless and his technique was flawless. Hofmann is a legend and his final Casimir Hall Recital on 7 April 1938 is the pinnacle of a remarkable career. It is no wonder that this is one of the most anticipated piano recordings to debut on CD. Also included on this, the sixth in a series of nine volumes of the complete works of Josef Hofmann, is a 1936 broadcast of Beethoven's "Moonlight" Sonata which has never before been issued and an unforgettable 1941 performance of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 4 in G, op. 58. With great pride, I present one of the most important CD sets that we have produced. -Ward Marston

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