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KATIN Rachmaninov & Litolff Piano Concertos (1958/59) - PASC273

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RACHMANINOV Piano Concerto No. 1
RACHMANINOV Piano Concerto No. 2
LITOLFF Concerto Symphonique No. 4

Recorded 1958/59
Total duration: 66:22

Peter Katin, piano
London Philharmonic Orchestra
New Symphony Orchestra of London
Sir Adrian Boult, conductor
Colin Davis, conductor

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This release brings together recordings made by Decca both for the domestic British market and for its US label, Richmond, in the late 1950s. By this time Decca had been recording in stereo for half a decade and had thoroughly mastered the art, producing some of the highest quality recordings of the era. For these transfers I used later Decca pressings in excellent to near-mint condition, followed by my standard XR remastering techniques. It is a measure of how well the recordings were made that XR, often a very interventionist procedure, made only the slightest tweaks to the sound - something unlikely just a very few years earlier. The transfers were made at the request of Dr. Katin, and it is my pleasure to be able to present them both to him and to a wider audience.

Andrew Rose

KATIN Rachmaninov & Litolff Piano Concertos (1958/59)

RACHMANINOV Piano Concerto No. 1 in F sharp minor, Op. 1
1. I. Moderato (11:59)
2. II. Adagio sostenuto (5:01)
3. III. Allegro scherzando (7:44)
Recorded 17-19 February, 1958, Kingsway Hall, London
Stereo recording produced by Ray Minshull, first issued as Decca SXL 2034 in May 1959
London Philharmonic Orchestra
conducted by Sir Adrian Boult

RACHMANINOV Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor OP. 18
4. I. Vivace (10:39)
5. II. Andante (11:37)
6. III. Allegro vivace (11:56)
Recorded 8 May, 1959, Kingsway Hall, London
Stereo recording produced by Erik Smith, first issued as Richmond S29059 in December 1959
New Symphony Orchestra of London
conducted by Colin Davis

LITOLFF Concerto Symphonique No. 4 OP. 102 - 2nd mvt - Scherzo
7. II. Scherzo (7:26)
Recorded 2 October, 1959, Kingsway Hall, London
Stereo recording produced by Erik Smith, first issued as Richmond S29061 in June 1960
London Philharmonic Orchestra
conducted by Colin Davis

Peter Katin, piano

XR remastering by Andrew Rose at Pristine Audio, February 2011
Cover artwork based on a photograph of Peter Katin

Total duration: 66:22