0140-0 CD
The Welte Mignon Mystery Vol. IV
Dead or Alive
Frédéric Chopin
Études op. 10, op. 25
Horowitz, Lhévinne, Ney, Pachmann, Paderewski, Schnabel, Serkin and others today playing their 1904-1928 interpretations and in addition Peter Orth playing today
EAN/barcode: 4009850014003
This is not an historical recording. Yet mysteriously the music is performed in an interpretation which is historically authentic down to the last detail. The key to this mystery is: the original performer was present at the recent recording session, but not physically: the music is heard on a modern Steinway. Never has music stored in the Welte-Mignon system sounded so "right" or so well - so unadulterated that it need not fear comparison with a living pianist! Can you tell the difference: dead or alive?
Video on the Welte Mignon piano with the expert Hans W. Schmitz
Tracks
Nr. No. N° |
Werk - Satz Composition - movement Oeuvre - mouvement |
Komponist Composer Compositeur |
Künstler Artist Interprète |
Dauer Duration Durée |
|
1 | Études op. 10 | op. 10/1 | Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849) | Peter Orth | 2:24 |
2 | op. 10/2 | Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849) | Peter Orth | 1:43 | |
3 | op. 10/3 | Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849) | Ignace Jan Paderewski | 5:12 | |
4 | op. 10/4 | Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849) | Rudolf Serkin | 2:00 | |
5 | op. 10/5 | Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849) | Artur Schnabel | 1:43 | |
6 | op. 10/6 | Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849) | Rudolf Ganz | 3:43 | |
7 | op. 10/7 | Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849) | Annette Essipoff | 1:40 | |
8 | op. 10/8 | Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849) | Vladimir Horowitz | 2:26 | |
9 | op. 10/9 | Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849) | Peter Orth | 2:21 | |
10 | op. 10/10 | Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849) | Ernest Schelling | 2:33 | |
11 | op. 10/11 | Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849) | Télémaque Lambrino | 2:58 | |
12 | op. 10/12 | Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849) | Gottfried Galston | 2:41 | |
13 | Études op. 25 | op. 25/1 | Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849) | Aurelia Cionca | 3:16 |
14 | op. 25/2 | Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849) | Artur Schnabel | 1:21 | |
15 | op. 25/3 | Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849) | Ernest Schelling | 1:53 | |
16 | op. 25/4 | Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849) | Peter Orth | 2:08 | |
17 | op. 25/5 | Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849) | Peter Orth | 3:53 | |
18 | op. 25/6 | Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849) | Annie Cory | 2:10 | |
19 | op. 25/7 | Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849) | Elly Ney | 5:14 | |
20 | op. 25/8 | Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849) | Télémaque Lambrino | 1:14 | |
21 | op. 25/9 | Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849) | Emil von Sauer | 0:55 | |
22 | op. 25/10 | Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849) | Joseph Lhévinne | 3:17 | |
23 | op. 25/11 | Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849) | Rudolf Serkin | 4:01 | |
24 | op. 25/12 | Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849) | Joseph Lhévinne | 2:33 | |
25 | Études op. 10 | op.10/3 | Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849) | Eugenie Adam-Benard | 4:25 |
26 | op. 10/5 | Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849) | Vladimir Horowitz | 1:38 | |
27 | Études op. 25 | op. 25/2 | Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849) | Wladimir von Pachmann | 1:37 |
28 | op. 25/2 | Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849) | Rudolf Serkin | 1:31 | |
29 | op. 25/9 | Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849) | Ignace Jan Paderewski | 1:11 |
total playing time: 74:14
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Fono Forum (01/02/2007):
"Dead men playing:Seit Telefunken 1957 die ersten monauralen 25-Zentimeter-LPs mit Überspielungen von Klavierrollen herausbrachte, rissen die Versuche nicht mehr ab, den Fundus von weltweit knapp 20.000 Papier-Tonträgern aus knapp dreißig Jahren neu zu erschließen. more...
Pizzicato (06/01/2006):
"Bei TACET ist man nie um gute Ideen verlegen, wenn es darum geht, ganze Sachen zu machen. Man hat kurzerhand den Pianisten Peter Orth verpflichtet, um die 5 Préludes zu spielen, die auf den Welte-Mignon-Rollen von Chopins Zyklen op. more...Audiophile Audition (04/01/2006):
"This is the latest continuation of "The Welte-Mignon Mystery" - from Germany′s Tacet label - Volume IV to be exact. We′ve reviewed in the past here several different CDs made from the amazing Welte piano rolls. more...