Kapell Rediscovered
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Composer: Thomas ArneComposer: Johann Sebastian Bach
Composer: Frederic Chopin
Composer: Claude Debussy
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Composer: Modest Mussorgsky
Composer: Sergey Prokofiev
Composer: Sergey Rachmaninov
Conductor: Ernest MacMillan
Conductor: Sir Bernard Heinze
Orchestra: Toronto Symphony Orchestra
Orchestra: Victoria Symphony Orchestra
Performer: William Kapell
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2008-05-06
Music Label: RCA
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- Allegro ma non tanto
- Intermezzo: Adagio
- Finale: Alla breve
- Allemande
- Courante
- Sarabandes 1 & 2
- Gigue
- Promenade
- The Gnome
- Promenade
- Il Vecchio Castello (The Old Castle)
- Promenade
- Tuileries
- Bydlo
- Promenade
- Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks
- Samuel Goldenberg & Schmuyle
- Promenade
- Limoges - The Market
- Catacombs (Sepulchrum Romanum)
- Con Mortuis in Lingua Morta
- The Hut on Fowl's Legs
- The Great Gate at Kiev
- Allegro
- Adagio
- Allegretto
- Prelude
- Menuet
- Clair de Lune
- Passepied
- Allegro inquieto; Andantino
- Andante caloroso
- Precipitato
Music reviews of Kapell Rediscovered
Music Review: NOT FOR MUSICAL NEOPHYTES, JUST MUSIC LOVERS
Rating: 5 Stars
I have found that there are two types of people who listen to classical music. There are those who listen to a particular work in the early phase of building their knowledge or library. These people are often swept up in the glories of the music, and fail to distinguish between the individual performance or interpretation of the piece with the piece itself. (Many of these folks post reviews on amazon with headings that say something like "Best Performance of Beethoven's 5th symphony EVER!!!") I admire their excitement and zeal, and given the atrophy facing the market for classical music I welcome their prostelytizing for an ever shrinking classical audience.
The second group of people do a deeper kind of listening. They (we) do a deeper listening into the music - gleaning new perspectives and insights from particular performances. Folks whose knowledge of music goes beyond mine; pointing out differences between the performance and the composer's score. The kind of folks who own several sets of Beethoven piano sonatas, but continue to return to Schnabel, despite the age of the recordings, to hear the hidden glories that lie within.
It is this second group of people who will enjoy these recordings. And there are enjoyable. Immensely enjoyable in fact. I really didn't know what to expect, reading as I did that these recordings originated from acetates recorded off a radio. I don't know what type of radios they have in Australia. I know that they have some large, ungainly mammals down under, but they must have some pretty large radios because these recordings have a pretty full frequency spectrum. Good texture in brass and strings, and more importantly, the beauty of tone characteristic of Kapell.
That's the good news. The bad news, as noted in other reviews, is that there is a tremendous amount of surface noise. Constant, continual scratching and hissing from the acetates. Now, I'm one of those folks who prefers this conservative approach to noise reduction, rather than diminish the full sonic spectrum I noted earlier. Back to Schnabel, it's the difference between the Pearl remasters of the sonatas, and the much less expensive EMI set. I conur with the decision that the producers have made, but be forewarned: this should NOT be your initial exposure to this music.
On the other hand, if it IS your initial exposure Kapell sets the bar quite high for subsequent performances. There were moments in the Rachmaninov when my mouth fell open - especially in the final movement. It is the ease with which he plays this piece; you can tell that he is taking delight in what he is accomplishing. In the liner notes, Kapell writes of the difference between a craftsman and an artist. Make no mistake - this is playing from an artist of the very highest caliber.
If you can listen "through" the imperfect sound, you really shouldn't hesitate. Especially for what this set is selling for an amazon. Be forewarned though: when I initially put this disc on, my wife, a trained mezzo, looked at me incredulously and asked "WHAT are we listening to?". But if you turn the lights off, sit still, and close your eyes you will be transported back through time, and will be able to re-live some of the precious moments that Kapell was truly among the Gods.
This is a gem of a recording. Even with the quality of the playing, it may not be one you return to often due to the surface noise. But it is definitely a recording that needs to be heard and experienced by discerning students of pianism.
General CDs
- Styles > Classical
- Chamber Music > General
- Featured Composers, A-Z > ( A ) > Arne, Thomas Augustin
- ( B ) > Bach, Johann Sebastian
- ( D ) > Debussy, Claude
- ( M ) > Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
- Mussorgsky, Modest
- ( P ) > Prokofiev, Sergei
- ( R ) > Rachmaninov, Sergei > All Works by Rachmaninov
- Forms & Genres > Concertos > General
- Short Forms > Nocturnes
- Sonatas > Sonatinas
- General
- Suites
- Historical Periods > Baroque (c.1600-1750) > General
- Classical (c.1770-1830) > Forms & Genres > Chamber Music
- General
- Modern, 20th, & 21st Century > Forms & Genres > Chamber Music
- Sonatas
- General Modern
- Instruments > Keyboard > Piano
- Opera & Vocal > General
- Vocal Non-Opera > Barcarolles
- Choruses
- Arne, Thomas Augustin - Works by Arne
- Bach, Johann Sebastian - Works by J.S. Bach
- Debussy, Claude - Works by Debussy
- Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus - Works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Mussorgsky, Modest - Works by Mussorgsky
- Prokofiev, Sergei - Works by Prokofiev
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