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Joyce Hatto
Is this CD what it appears? No - it's one of over 100 fakes, concocted in what is the most amazing musical fraud ever perpetrated.
In February 2007, Pristine Audio, in conjunction with Gramophone magazine, unearthed something quite unprecedented in the world of classical music. Here we present our findings:
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Listed by Composer - List by Artist
Anon . - Gregorian Requiem Mass - Beuron Abbey Monks (1954)
Anon . - Vespers of Christmas Eve - Beuron Abbey Monks (1952)
Bach - Cello Sonata No. 1 in G, BWV 1027 - Barbirolli, John (cello), Bartlett, Ethel (piano) (rec. 1929)
Bach - Concerto for 2 Harpsichords and Strings - Salter, Spinks, LBO, Haas (1954)
Bach - Concerto for Two Violins in D minor, BWV 1043 - Grumiaux, Pougnet, Philharmonia Strings, Susskind, Ord
Bach - English Suites, Vol. 1 - Valenti, Fernando (1953)
Bach - English Suites, Vol. 2 - Valenti, Fernando (1953)
Bach - Mass in B minor - Scherchen - Vienna SO, Choir etc, Scherchen (1950) (CD1)
Bach - Mass in B minor - Scherchen - Vienna SO, Choir etc, Scherchen (1950) (CD2)
Bach - Music for Harpsichord - Valenti, Fernando (1951)
Bach - Solo Violin Sonatas 1 and 2, Partita 3 - Szigeti, Joseph (rec. 1946, 1949)
Bach - Suite No 4 for Solo Cello - Mainardi (1951)
Bach - The Well-Tempered Clavier (Book 1) - Fischer, Edwin (1933-36)
Bach - The Well-Tempered Clavier (Book 2) - Fischer, Edwin (1933-36)
Bach - Violin Sonata No 2 in A, BWV1015 (1st mvt only) - Fachiri, Adila with Tovey, Donald Francis (rec. June-Sept 1928)
Bach , CPE - Concerto for Harpsichord, Fortepiano and Orch. - Salter, Malcolm, LBO, Haas (1954)
Barber - Adagio for Strings, Op. 11; Handel - Largo from 'Xerxes'; Beethoven - Symphony No 7 in A, Op. 92; Respighi - The Pines of Rome - Cantelli, New York Philharmonic Orchestra (rec. 27th March., 1955)
Barber - Adagio for Strings, plus works by Graener, Debussy - Toscanini, NBC SO (live, 5th November 1938)
Bartók - Concerto for Orchestra - Cantelli, NBC Symphony Orchestra (1949)
Barber - Essay for Orchestra No 1 - Toscanini, NBC SO (live, 5th November 1938)
Bartók - Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta - Cantelli, Boston Symphony Orchestra (1954),
Bartók - String Quartet No 2 in A minor - Budapest Quartet (rec. 1936)
Bartók - String Quartet No 5 - Hungarian Quartet (rec. 1946)
Bartók - Two Roumanian Dances (orch. Serly) - Reiner, Orchestra of the Air (rec. 1952)
Bartók - Viola Concerto- William Primrose, Otto Klemperer at the Concertgebouw (rec. 1951)
Bax - String Quartet No. 1 in G - Marie Wilson String Quartet (rec. April 15-16 1930)
Bax - Phantasy Sonata for Viola and Harp - Jeremy, Raymond (viola) and Korchinska, Maria (Harp) (rec. 1928)
Beethoven - 'Ah! Perfido"- Gre Brousenstijn, Otto Klemperer at the Concertgebouw (rec. 1951)
Beethoven - Cello Sonatas Vol 1 - Starker, Bogin (1952)
Beethoven - Cello Sonatas Vol 2 - Starker, Bogin (1952)
Beethoven - Egmont overture - Berlin Philharmonic, Vienna Philharmonic, Furtwangler (rec. 1954/3)
Beethoven - Leonora Overture No 2 - Krauss - Vienna Philharmonic, Krauss (1954)
Beethoven - Missa Solemnis - NBC SO, soloists, Robert Shaw Chorale, Toscanini (1953)
Beethoven - Piano Concerto No 4 - Haskil, Orch. Nat. France, Clutyens (rec. 1955)
Beethoven - Piano Concerto No 4 - Mewton-Wood, Utrecht Philharmonic, Goehr (rec. 1952)
Beethoven - Piano Concerto No 5 (Emperor) - Schnabel, LSO, Sargent (1932)
Beethoven - Piano Sonata No 08 (Pathetique) - Frugoni, Orazio (1951)
Beethoven - Piano Sonata No 14 (Moonlight) - Frugoni, Orazio (1951)
Beethoven - Piano Sonata No 18 in E flat - Haskil, Clara, in Recital (rec. 1956)
Beethoven - Piano Sonata No 23 (Appassionata) - Frugoni, Orazio (1951)
Beethoven - Piano Trio No 5 in D ("Ghost") Op 70. No 1 - Menuhin Trio (rec. 1936)
Beethoven - Piano Trio No 6 - Trio Santoliquido (1955)
Beethoven - Piano Trio No 7 (Archduke) - Fournier, Janigro, Badura-Skoda (1952)
Beethoven - Piano Trio No 7 (Archduke) - Solomon, Holst, Pini (1943)
Beethoven - Piano Trios 7 and 4 in B flat - Trio Santoliquido (rec. 1957)
Beethoven - String Quartet No 5 in A major, Op. 18 No 5 - Lener Quartet (rec. 1936)
Beethoven - String Quartet No 6 - Italian Quartet (1954)
Beethoven - String Quartet No 7 - Italian Quartet (1954)
Beethoven - String Quartet No. 10 in E flat, 'Harp', Op. 74 - Lener Quartet (rec. 1932)
Beethoven - String Quartet No. 10 in E flat, 'Harp', Op. 74 - Spencer Dyke Quartet (rec. 1924)
Beethoven - Symphonies No 1 - Furtwangler, Berlin Philharmonic, Vienna Philharmonic (rec. 1954/3)
Beethoven - Symphony No 1 in C - Toscanini, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Toscanini (1937)
Beethoven - Symphony No 2 in D - Schuricht - Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Schuricht (1952)
Beethoven - Symphony No 3 in E flat, Op. 55, 'Eroica' - Furtwangler, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra (rec. 7th December, 1952)
Beethoven - Symphony No 3 in E flat major, 'Eroica' - Weingartner - Vienna Philarmonic, Weingartner (1936)
Beethoven - Symphony No 4 in E flat - Toscanini, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Toscanini (1939)
Beethoven - Symphonies No 4 - Berlin Philharmonic, Vienna Philharmonic, Furtwangler (rec. 1954/3)
Beethoven - Symphony No 5 in C minor, Op. 67 - Cantelli, NBC SO (1954)
Beethoven - Symphony No 5 in C minor, Op. 67 - Stokowski - All American Orchestra, Stokowski (1940)
Beethoven - Symphony No 6 in F (Pastoral) - Toscanini, La Scala Orchestra (1949)
Beethoven - Symphony No 6 in F (Pastoral) - Walter - Philadelphia Orchestra, Bruno Walter (1946)
Beethoven - Symphony No 7 in A, Op. 92 - Cantelli, New York Philharmonic Orchestra (rec. 27th March., 1955)
Beethoven - Symphony No 7 in A - Toscanini - Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra of New York, Toscanini (1936)
Beethoven - Symphony No 7 in A, Symphony 8 in F, Leonore III Overture - Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra (rec. 1948)
Beethoven -Symphony No 9 in D minor, Op. 126 - "Choral" - Furtwangler, Stockholm Konsertfoenings Orkester (rec. 1943)
Beethoven -Symphony No 9 in D minor, Op. 126 - "Choral" - Toscanini, NBC Symphony Orch. (rec. 1952)
Beethoven -Symphony No 9 in D minor, Op. 126 - "Choral" - Toscanini, New York Philhamornic Symphony Orch. (rec. 1936)
Beethoven - Symphony No 9 in D minor, Op. 126 - "Choral" - Walter, Bruno, LPO - Bailie, Isobel, Ferrier, Kathleen, Nash, Heddle, Parsons, William (rec. 13th November, 1947)
Beethoven - Symphony No 9 in D minor, Op. 126 - "Choral" - Weingartner - Helletsgruber, Anday, Maikl, Mayr, VSOC, VPO, Weingartner (1935)
Beethoven - Violin Concerto - Ricci, London Philharmonic, Boult (1953)
Beethoven - Violin Concerto - Neveu, Ginette; various orchestra (rec. 1949)
Beethoven - Violin Sonata No 9 (Kreutzer) - Thibaud, Cortot (1929)
Beethoven - Violin Sonata No. 10 in G, Op. 96 - Fachiri, Adila with Tovey, Donald Francis (rec. June-Sept 1928)
Bettinelli - Due Invenzione - Invenzione No. 1 - Cantelli, BSO, NBC SO (rec. 1949-1954)
Boccherini - Piano Quintet No 1 - Quintetto Chigiano (1954)
Boccherini - Piano Quintet No 4 - Quintetto Chigiano (1954)
Bonporti - Recitative for Violin and Strings - Virtuosi di Roma (1954)
Borodin - String Quartet No 1 - Vienna Konzerthaus Quartet (1950)
Boult - Impressions of Albert Sammons - Boult, Sir Adrian (BBC radio broadcast, 1957)
Brahms - Cello Sonata No 1 - Feuermann, van der Pas (1934)
Brahms - Cello Sonata No 1 - original LP EQ - Starker, Janos; Bogin, Abba (rec. 1954)
Brahms - Cello Sonata No 1 - Piatigorsky, Stewart (rec. 1947), Piatigorsky, Newton (rec. 1933/4)
Brahms - Cello Sonata No 2 - original LP EQ - Starker, Janos; Bogin, Abba (rec. 1954)
Brahms - Cello Sonatas - new XR remastering - Starker, Janos; Bogin, Abba (rec. 1954)
Brahms - Double Concerto (Violin, Cello) - Fournier, Janigro, Vienna SOO, Scherchen (1952)
Brahms - Ein Deutsches Requiem - Furtwangler, Lucerne (rec. 1947)
Brahms - Ein Deutsches Requiem - Furtwangler, Stockholm (rec. 1948)
Brahms - Ein Deutsches Requiem - Mengelberg - Concertgebouw, Mengelberg (1940)
Brahms - Horn Trio in E flat, Op. 40 - Brain, Aubrey with Spencer Dyke, York Bowen (rec. c. 1926)
Brahms - Hungarian Dance No 8 - Sammons, Albert, with piano acc. (1916)
Brahms - Piano Concerto No 2 in B flat, Op. 83 - Horowitz, NBC SO, Toscanini (rec. 1948)
Brahms - Piano Quartet No 2 in A major, Op. 26 - Serkin, Rudolf, with members of the Busch Quartet
Brahms - Piano Quintet in F minor - Quintetto Chigiano (1952)
Brahms - Piano Trio No 1 in B - Fournier, Janigro, Badura-Skoda (1953)
Brahms - Piano Trio in C minor, Op. 101 - Trio di Trieste (rec. 1947)
Brahms - Piano Trios Nos. 1 and 2 - Fischer, Schneiderhan, Mainardi (rec. 1953, 1951)
Brahms - String Quintet No 1 in F - Budapest Quartet, Alfred Hobday (1937)
Brahms - String Quintet No 2 in G - Budapest Quartet, Hans Mahlke (1932)
Brahms - String Sextet No 1 - Pro Arte Quartet, Hobday, Pini (1935)
Brahms - Symphony No 1 in C minor, Op. 68 - Cantelli, Boston Symphony Orchestra (1954)
Brahms - Symphony No 1 - NBC Symphony Orchestra, Toscanini (rec. 1949, 1940)
Brahms - Symphony No 2 in D - New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Walter (rec. 1951)
Brahms - Symphony No 4 in E minor, Op. 98 - Toscanini, NBC SO (rec. 28th Oct., 1945)
Brahms - Tragic Overture, Op. 81 - Toscanini, NBC SO (rec. 28th Oct., 1945)
Brahms - Violin Concerto - Renardy, Concertgebouw, Munch (1948)
Brahms - Violin Concerto - Neveu, Ginette; various orchestra (rec. 1949)
Bruckner - String Quintet in F - Strub Quartet, Seiler (1940s)
Bruckner - Symphony No 7 in E major - Toscanini - New York Philharmonic Orchestra (rec. 1935)
Bruckner - Symphony No 9 in D minor - Knappertsbusch, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra (rec. 1950)
Busoni - Berceuse élégaique - Cantelli, Boston Symphony Orchestra (rec. 6th-7th February, 1953)
Butterworth - A Shropshire Lad - Rhapsody - Boult - Halle Orchestra, Boult (1942)
Cambini - Concerto in G for Piano and Strings - Virtuosi di Roma (1954)
Cantelli Conducts 20th Century Music - Cantelli, BSO, NBC SO (rec. 1949-1954)
Chausson - Concerto for Violin, Piano and String Quartet - Kaufman, Balsam, Pascal Qt. (1951)
Cherubini - Overture to Anacréon- Toscanini, La Scala Orchestra (1949)
Cherubini - Overture to Anacréon - Toscanini, NBC SO (rec. 9th Sept., 1945)
Chopin - 24 Preludes - Gulda, Friedrich (1953)
Chopin - Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 1 in E minor - Mewton-Wood, Netherlands PO, Goehr(1948)
Chopin - Nocturne in E flat (arr. cello) - Feuermann, Rebner (1936)
Clementi - Piano Sonata in B minor - Balsam, Artur (1954)
Corelli - Twelve Concerti Grossi (1-6) - Eckertsen - Corelli Tri-Centenary String Orch., Eckertsen (1953) (CD1)
Corelli - Twelve Concerti Grossi (7-12) - Eckertsen - Corelli Tri-Centenary String Orch., Eckertsen (1953) (CD2)
Couperin - Concert a Deux Violoncelles - Tortellier - Paul and Maud Tortellier (1940s)
Couperin - Le Tic-Toc-Choc ou Les Maillotins - Kathleen Long (rec. 1929)
Debussy - Deux Danses - Bartlett, piano, NGS Chamber Orch, Barbirolli (rec. Jan 3rd 1927)
Debussy - Iberia (Images pour Orchestra, No 2) - Andre - Grand Orch. Symphonique de l'INR - Andre (1952)
Debussy - Iberia (Images pour Orchestra, No 2) - Toscanini - New York Philharmonic-Symphony Orch. (1936)
Debussy - Iberia, plus works by Graener, Barber - Toscanini, NBC SO (live, 5th November 1938)
Debussy - Images I and III - Monteux - San Francisco SO, Monteux (1942)
Debussy - Jeux, Poeme Danse - Sabata - Orch. Acc. de Ste. Cecilia, de Sabata (1947)
Debussy - La Cathedrale Engloutie - Gieseking, Walter (1936)
Debussy - La Damoiselle Elue - Toscanini - New York Philharmonic-Symphony Orch. (1936)
Debussy - La Mer - Koussevitzky - Boston SO, Koussevitzky (1939)
Debussy - La Mer - Toscanini - New York Philharmonic-Symphony Orch. (1936)
Debussy - Le Martyre de Saint Sébastien (excerpts) - Toscanini - New York Philharmonic-Symphony Orch. (1936)
Debussy - Nocturnes - Fournet - Paris Conservertoire Orch, Fournet (1952)
Debussy - Nocturnes - Toscanini - New York Philharmonic-Symphony Orch. (1936)
Debussy - Petite Suite (orch. Busser) - Reiner, Orchestra of the Air (rec. 1952)
Debussy - Prelude a l'Apres-midi d'un Faune - Ronald - RAH Orchestra, Ronald (1926)
Debussy - Prelude a l'Apres-midi d'un Faune - Toscanini - New York Philharmonic-Symphony Orch. (1936)
Debussy - Printemps - Symphonic Suite - Beecham - Royal Philharmonic, Beecham (1946)
Debussy - Serenade a la Poupee - Vladimir Horowitz (1928)
Debussy - Sonata for Cello and Piano - Garbousova, Balsam (c.1947)
Debussy - String Quartet - Quatour Pascal
Debussy - String Quartet in G minor, Op. 10 - Spencer Dyke Quartet (rec. 1924)
Delius - A Song Of Summer - Collins - LSO, Collins (1953)
Delius - Brigg Fair - An English Rhapsody - Collins - LSO, Collins (1953)
Delius - Eventyr ("Once Upon A Time") - Beecham - LPO, Beecham (1934)
Delius - Koanga (Closing Scene) - Beecham - LPO, London Select Choir, Beecham (1934)
Delius - On Hearing The First Cuckoo In Spring - Collins - LSO, Collins (1953)
Delius - Paris (Ein Nachtstuck) - The Song of a Great City - Beecham - LPO, Beecham (1934)
Delius - Serenade from "Hassan" - Beecham - LPO, Beecham (1934)
Delius - Summer Night on the River - Barbirolli, NGS Chamber Orchestra (rec. 1927)
Delius - The Walk To The Paradise Garden - Collins - LSO, Collins (1953)
Delius - To The Queen of My Heart/Love's Philosophy - Nash, Moore (1934)
Dowland - Flow My Tears - Dellar, Alfred; Dupre, Desmond (1954)
Dvorák - Cello Concerto - Feuermann, Berlin State Opera House Orch., Taube (rec. 1928-9)
Dvorák - Cello Concerto - Janigro, Vienna Opera Orch., Dixon (1954)
Dvorák - Piano Concerto - Firkusny, Cleveland Orch., Szell (1954)
Dvorák - Piano Trio No 4 "Dumky" - Kentner, Holst, Pini (1941)
Dvorák - Symphony No 6 in D - Talich - Czech Philharmonic, Talich (1938)
Dvorák - Symphony No 7 in D minor - Talich - Czech Philharmonic, Talich (1938)
Dvorák - Symphony No 9 'From the New World' in E minor - Toscanini, NBC SO (live, 5th November 1938)
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