Simon Barere at Carnegie Hall, Vol.1
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Composer or Director: Carl Maria von Weber, Alexander Scriabin, Sergey Rachmaninov, Alexander Konstantinovich Glazunov, Johann Sebastian Bach, Mily Alexeyevich Balakirev, Felix (Mikhaylovich) Blumenfeld, Robert Schumann, Leopold Godowsky
Label: Appian Publications & Recordings
Magazine Review Date: 11/1989
Media Format: Vinyl
Media Runtime: 0
Mastering:
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Catalogue Number: LPAPR7008
Tracks:
| Composition | Artist Credit |
|---|---|
| Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue |
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer Simon Barere, Piano |
| Toccata |
Robert Schumann, Composer
Robert Schumann, Composer Simon Barere, Piano |
| (8) Fantasiestücke, Movement: No. 7, Traumes Wirren |
Robert Schumann, Composer
Robert Schumann, Composer Simon Barere, Piano |
| Sonata for Piano No. 1, Movement: Rondo (presto), 'Perpetuum mobile' |
Carl Maria von Weber, Composer
Carl Maria von Weber, Composer Simon Barere, Piano |
| Renaissance, Movement: No. 6, Tambourin in E minor (Rameau) |
Leopold Godowsky, Composer
Leopold Godowsky, Composer Simon Barere, Piano |
| Renaissance, Movement: No. 8, Pastorale (Angelus) in G major (Corelli) |
Leopold Godowsky, Composer
Leopold Godowsky, Composer Simon Barere, Piano |
| Renaissance, Movement: No. 12, Gigue in E major (Loeillet) |
Leopold Godowsky, Composer
Leopold Godowsky, Composer Simon Barere, Piano |
| Etude for the left hand |
Felix (Mikhaylovich) Blumenfeld, Composer
Felix (Mikhaylovich) Blumenfeld, Composer Simon Barere, Piano |
| (3) Etudes, Movement: No. 1 in C minor |
Alexander Konstantinovich Glazunov, Composer
Alexander Konstantinovich Glazunov, Composer Simon Barere, Piano |
| (12) Etudes, Movement: No. 10 in D flat |
Alexander Scriabin, Composer
Alexander Scriabin, Composer Simon Barere, Piano |
| (12) Etudes, Movement: No. 12 in D sharp minor |
Alexander Scriabin, Composer
Alexander Scriabin, Composer Simon Barere, Piano |
| Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2 |
Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer Simon Barere, Piano |
| (24) Preludes, Movement: G minor, Op. 23/5 |
Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer
Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer Simon Barere, Piano |
| (24) Preludes, Movement: G sharp minor, Op. 32/12 |
Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer
Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer Simon Barere, Piano |
| Polka de W. R. |
Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer
Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer Simon Barere, Piano |
| Islamey |
Mily Alexeyevich Balakirev, Composer
Mily Alexeyevich Balakirev, Composer Simon Barere, Piano |
Composer or Director: Carl Maria von Weber, Alexander Scriabin, Sergey Rachmaninov, Alexander Konstantinovich Glazunov, Johann Sebastian Bach, Mily Alexeyevich Balakirev, Felix (Mikhaylovich) Blumenfeld, Robert Schumann, Leopold Godowsky
Label: Appian Publications & Recordings
Magazine Review Date: 11/1989
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 97
Mastering:
Mono
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Catalogue Number: APR7008
Tracks:
| Composition | Artist Credit |
|---|---|
| Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue |
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer Simon Barere, Piano |
| Toccata |
Robert Schumann, Composer
Robert Schumann, Composer Simon Barere, Piano |
| (8) Fantasiestücke, Movement: No. 7, Traumes Wirren |
Robert Schumann, Composer
Robert Schumann, Composer Simon Barere, Piano |
| Sonata for Piano No. 1, Movement: Rondo (presto), 'Perpetuum mobile' |
Carl Maria von Weber, Composer
Carl Maria von Weber, Composer Simon Barere, Piano |
| Renaissance, Movement: No. 6, Tambourin in E minor (Rameau) |
Leopold Godowsky, Composer
Leopold Godowsky, Composer Simon Barere, Piano |
| Renaissance, Movement: No. 8, Pastorale (Angelus) in G major (Corelli) |
Leopold Godowsky, Composer
Leopold Godowsky, Composer Simon Barere, Piano |
| Renaissance, Movement: No. 12, Gigue in E major (Loeillet) |
Leopold Godowsky, Composer
Leopold Godowsky, Composer Simon Barere, Piano |
| Etude for the left hand |
Felix (Mikhaylovich) Blumenfeld, Composer
Felix (Mikhaylovich) Blumenfeld, Composer Simon Barere, Piano |
| (3) Etudes, Movement: No. 1 in C minor |
Alexander Konstantinovich Glazunov, Composer
Alexander Konstantinovich Glazunov, Composer Simon Barere, Piano |
| (12) Etudes, Movement: No. 10 in D flat |
Alexander Scriabin, Composer
Alexander Scriabin, Composer Simon Barere, Piano |
| (12) Etudes, Movement: No. 12 in D sharp minor |
Alexander Scriabin, Composer
Alexander Scriabin, Composer Simon Barere, Piano |
| Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2 |
Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer Simon Barere, Piano |
| (24) Preludes, Movement: G minor, Op. 23/5 |
Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer
Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer Simon Barere, Piano |
| (24) Preludes, Movement: G sharp minor, Op. 32/12 |
Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer
Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer Simon Barere, Piano |
| Polka de W. R. |
Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer
Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer Simon Barere, Piano |
| Islamey |
Mily Alexeyevich Balakirev, Composer
Mily Alexeyevich Balakirev, Composer Simon Barere, Piano |
Composer or Director: Franz Liszt
Label: Appian Publications & Recordings
Magazine Review Date: 11/1989
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 93
Mastering:
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Catalogue Number: APR7007
Tracks:
| Composition | Artist Credit |
|---|---|
| Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 1 |
Franz Liszt, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra David Broekman, Conductor Franz Liszt, Composer Simon Barere, Piano |
| Années de pèlerinage année 2: Italie, Movement: Sonetto 104 del Petrarca |
Franz Liszt, Composer
Franz Liszt, Composer Simon Barere, Piano |
| Sonata for Piano |
Franz Liszt, Composer
Franz Liszt, Composer Simon Barere, Piano |
| Rapsodie espagnole |
Franz Liszt, Composer
Franz Liszt, Composer Simon Barere, Piano |
| (2) Concert Studies, Movement: No. 2, Gnomenreigen |
Franz Liszt, Composer
Franz Liszt, Composer Simon Barere, Piano |
| Faust (Gounod) Waltz |
Franz Liszt, Composer
Franz Liszt, Composer Simon Barere, Piano |
| Harmonies poétiques et réligieuses, Movement: No. 7, Funérailles |
Franz Liszt, Composer
Franz Liszt, Composer Simon Barere, Piano |
| (19) Hungarian Rhapsodies, Movement: No. 12 in C sharp minor |
Franz Liszt, Composer
Franz Liszt, Composer Simon Barere, Piano |
Composer or Director: Franz Liszt
Label: Appian Publications & Recordings
Magazine Review Date: 11/1989
Media Format: Vinyl
Media Runtime: 0
Mastering:
Mono
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Catalogue Number: LPAPR7007
Tracks:
| Composition | Artist Credit |
|---|---|
| Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 1 |
Franz Liszt, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra David Broekman, Conductor Franz Liszt, Composer Simon Barere, Piano |
| Années de pèlerinage année 2: Italie, Movement: Sonetto 104 del Petrarca |
Franz Liszt, Composer
Franz Liszt, Composer Simon Barere, Piano |
| Sonata for Piano |
Franz Liszt, Composer
Franz Liszt, Composer Simon Barere, Piano |
| Rapsodie espagnole |
Franz Liszt, Composer
Franz Liszt, Composer Simon Barere, Piano |
| (2) Concert Studies, Movement: No. 2, Gnomenreigen |
Franz Liszt, Composer
Franz Liszt, Composer Simon Barere, Piano |
| Faust (Gounod) Waltz |
Franz Liszt, Composer
Franz Liszt, Composer Simon Barere, Piano |
| Harmonies poétiques et réligieuses, Movement: No. 7, Funérailles |
Franz Liszt, Composer
Franz Liszt, Composer Simon Barere, Piano |
| (19) Hungarian Rhapsodies, Movement: No. 12 in C sharp minor |
Franz Liszt, Composer
Franz Liszt, Composer Simon Barere, Piano |
Author: Lionel Salter
After the appearance of Bryan Crimp's valuable refurbishments of Simon Barere's dazzling HMV recordings of 1934–6 (# APR7001, 12/85), an enthusiastic reader enquired (February 1986, page 1005) about further performances by this pianistic genius—Rachmaninov's description, not just mine—and mentioning that he had heard of the existence of recordings by him of Liszt and Rachmaninov concertos. Well, here they are, along with various other works, from acetates privately made during five Carnegie Hall concerts between 1944 and 1949, now released in transfers by Bryan Crimp (with exemplary presentation by him) be permission of the pianist's son. Despite inevitable imperfections from those 78rpm discs—distortions and ineradicable surface noise and swish—the effect is still overwhelming; this is a player blessed not only with sensational virtuosity and tonal finesse (which has been universally recognized) but with exceptional poetic sensibility. His Liszt Sonata, for example, has both infinite sweetness and an unparallelled daemonic fire which admittedly owes something to the breathtaking speed at which formidable difficulties are challenged: only very occasionally is there a splashy moment, but the exdtement generated is electrifying. (One could cheerfully throttle the persistent coughers in the New York audience that November.) This unrestrained partiality to speed is the only thing against his Liszt concerto, which was apparently performed without a rehearsal. (Would the conductor have been the ex-Hollywood David Brockman who wrote the score for All quiet on the Western front?) The balance between piano and orchestra is decidedly haphazard (and the solo triangle is completely inaudible), but the second subject is presented with seductive limpidity and tenderness, and some of the rapid florid passages approach the unbelievable.
The Rachmaninov concerto (the earliest recording here, thought to be from 1944) is given a hot-blooded but deeply sympathetic reading. Balance, again, is far from good, but what emerges is the sense of a real and vibrant performance, not a studio synthesis. Barere rushes the G minor Prelude unmercifully, but that in G sharp minor is finely shaped and controlled. His combination of bravura and delicacy is well exemplified in Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody No. 12, poetry in a 'renaissance' of Corelli by Godowsky (a close friend) and light-fingered sparkle in one of Loeillet (miscalled Lully in the earlier HMV set). There is a riveting performance powerful and structurally unified, of ''Funerailles'', and two readings (separated by over two years) of ''Gnomenreigen'' which contain marvels of featherweight fleetness, as does the stunningly virtuosic Etude for the left hand by Barere's teacher Blumenfeld (who also taught Horowitz) scarcely credible that this is truly played by only one hand. He achieves a degree of finger dexterity in the Weber perpetuum mobile and Liszt's Rapsodie espagnole which one would think possible only by some hanky-panky in the mechanical process were it not that this is patently being played live, and when it comes to the Schumann Toccata and Balakirev's Islamey two of his favourite party-pieces—the virtuosity is so spectacular that one is tempted to emulate that historic gentleman in the Glasgow gallery and cry ''Whaur's yeer Vladimir Horowitz the noo?''.'
The Rachmaninov concerto (the earliest recording here, thought to be from 1944) is given a hot-blooded but deeply sympathetic reading. Balance, again, is far from good, but what emerges is the sense of a real and vibrant performance, not a studio synthesis. Barere rushes the G minor Prelude unmercifully, but that in G sharp minor is finely shaped and controlled. His combination of bravura and delicacy is well exemplified in Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody No. 12, poetry in a 'renaissance' of Corelli by Godowsky (a close friend) and light-fingered sparkle in one of Loeillet (miscalled Lully in the earlier HMV set). There is a riveting performance powerful and structurally unified, of ''Funerailles'', and two readings (separated by over two years) of ''Gnomenreigen'' which contain marvels of featherweight fleetness, as does the stunningly virtuosic Etude for the left hand by Barere's teacher Blumenfeld (who also taught Horowitz) scarcely credible that this is truly played by only one hand. He achieves a degree of finger dexterity in the Weber perpetuum mobile and Liszt's Rapsodie espagnole which one would think possible only by some hanky-panky in the mechanical process were it not that this is patently being played live, and when it comes to the Schumann Toccata and Balakirev's Islamey two of his favourite party-pieces—the virtuosity is so spectacular that one is tempted to emulate that historic gentleman in the Glasgow gallery and cry ''Whaur's yeer Vladimir Horowitz the noo?''.'
Simon Barere at Carnegie Hall, Vol.2
Simon Barere at Carnegie Hall, Vol.2
Simon Barere at Carnegie Hall, Vol.1
Simon Barere at Carnegie Hall, Vol.1
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