I think the first piece isn't Malagueña, it's "Rumores de la Caleta"!

Tons of novelty in his playing.

19:22 how do they clap after that ending...

12:50

Hofmann seems to have missed the soft delicate and slow shape of the Andante Spianato.

7:38 definitely points where Hofmann is more focused on making the piece his own than getting the notes. Forgivable, given he's playing them tastefully.

7:05 so many of these wonderful buried baselines in Chopin, always appreciate when a pianist digs one up and frames it

5:23

2:31

Led Zeppelin made this a better creation of art !

You probably know this story.... In his memoirs Rubinstein tells that he visits Rachmaninoff shortly after this record is released. During the conversation Rachmaninoff says that the Grieg concerto is the best for him...Slightly taken aback by this statement Rubinstein says that he has just made a recording of the piece with Ormandy. They listen to it....and Rachmaninoff´s only comment is...."Piano out of tune..."

Is there any way these restorations could be put up for lossless download? I'd love to have these on the go!

thank you👍

Au Claire de la lune : francais chansons

this is amazing¡¡someone should do this to all the early blues recordings like charley patton and all that

I love Toscanini, but sometimes he had a way of straight-jacketing a soloist. Horowitz seems uncomfortable in this performance. The Brahms 2nd they did was much better. Great transfers though. Thanks!

Fantastic!!!

Really stellar results. Thanks, Paul.

What a performance! I know it is faster and more 'to the point' than many (including myself) are used to but there is something so immediate and disarming about it. Makes me think of Rachmaninov's late recordings (especially 1st and 3rd concertos). Thank you so much for the invaluable work!

wow! very good sound!

Best restoration of this classic performance. I’ve heard to date. Using my AirPods, it sounds like it was recorded in stereo! Thanks so much for this.

Faster but coherent. Anyway, I prefer Horowitz's version with Walter in 1948 😎

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Is that not cracking

This is Tin Pan Alley at its very best. And each rendition has its own flavor and flair. Isn’t music wonderful!

The most romantic performance of this prelude and fugue I can recall, and it works. Simply gorgeous. Thanks for this!

Excellent sound for its vintage. Thanks, Paul. A real pity he didn't live to the electrical era. His Welte-Mignon piano rolls I think give good indication of his abilities.

nicely restored, maybe more volume would be better

감사합니다~!

I met the great-great-grandson of Edouard-Leon Scott de Martinville while he was doing his scientific studies in the class where my neighbor, a professor of Physics, Chemistry, taught in a prestigious establishment in Paris. great document. thank you from Brittany

36:55

I grew up on this one.

Thoroughly splendid, both the performance and restoration. Earlier era Horowitz is occasionally a bit too florid for my liking, but definitely not in this instance. Thanks, as always.

Excellent sonic restoration! Thanks!

Wonderful restoration, as usual. Thanks so much, Paul! I love Horowitz in this concerto. He seems to find the dark, raw emotion in the score. I would have loved to hear a Brahms concerto #1 from these two. Frank Miller, principal cellist, excels in the third movement, IMHO. Sir George Solti described Miller as "that rarest of jewels among orchestral musicians" and "a legend in his own time." Amazing (to me) that the 1948 performance with Toscanini came in at 44:23, almost exactly the same as this one at 44:25.

This concert also has perhaps the finest interpretation of Brahms first symphony by Toscanini and also one of the best interpretations going around. Many thanks. And the restoration of the Die Walkure is just magnificent. Hari

oh wow. The greatly understated accompaniment of Ormandy has to be admired hugely. Interesting to compare this with toscanini accompanying Mischakoff and Miller in a recording from about the same period. tBit of Opera buffa in that version. Hari

A nice "early" recording of the piece. Hadn't heard this one before. Thanks, Paul.

Could you please try your hand at restoring the Busoni acoustic recordings? I'd like to see what your technology can do w/it.

Best version by far. Others too slow and inaudible.

Great job, Paul. I can appreciate how this level of recording caused a stir back then. Interesting also because Weingartner overall is notably less restrained than usual in this performance. Thanks much.

how bros mic sounds

Weingartner really lets fly in the finale! And wow, those bells. Incredible to think this is nearly 100 years old !

It's interesting to compare this recording with the Monteux Paris recording, made less than five years later, to see how far recording technology had advanced in such a short time. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jICUkKGan6emppI

Furtwaengler's last recording

Good sound and nice acoustics. I'm wondering how much work was needed on this one. It's late enough to have provided decent source material. Pretty good interpretation and articulation, too. Thanks, Paul.

Superba interpretazione di un capolavoro... grazie!

UNICA.EXCEPCIONAL.

Bravo! Highly recommended to all Strauss lovers (and to some conductors)! This is an old recording but sounds refreshingly new, mainly because of the clarity of details this performance reveals. For example, pay attention to the trumpet, starting at 2:35, reaching a crescendo (as indicated in the score by Strauss) at 2:48. FYI: Mengelberg had the same interpretation and emphasis on the trumpet parts in an earlier (1920's) performance with the New York Phil, apparently calling attention to the "hero" motif represented by the trumpet throughout the entire piece, especially the battle scene.

Ignaz?