Andre Benoist (piano) - Rustle of Spring (Christian Sinding) (1915)
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- Опубліковано 30 вер 2024
- Andre Benoist plays 'Rustle of Spring,' recorded in New York on 25 September 1915.
Andre Benoist (1879-1953) studied at the Paris Conservatoire under Raoul Pugno and Camille Saint-Saens. His career was principally as an accompanist, and he spent many years working with American violinist Albert Spalding. He made a handful of piano solos for Edison.
I transferred this side from Edison 50309. The recorded level is very low, with the result that surface noise is more prominent that usual.
Sinding wrote so much appealing music, and though this is fresh to me, it lives up to my hope!
Especially when given such a fine will-o'-the-wisp performance as this. I have heard pianists who would play all the notes in this sort of music, and yet make a meal of it!
This is lovely.
Best wishes from George
Thanks, George. It is rather pleasant: I just wish I could do something more effective to eliminate the noise without eliminating the piano!
@@vintagesounds3878 More than fifty years ago,when I was nine, I was sent to a small but fine boarding school, after my parents separated. In that school there was a marvellous library of records and music scores, including over 3,000 78s, and perhaps 200 LPs.
I never did listen to every 78 record, but I found some real gems among them, so I played about half of them many times over four years in evening free time.
I even carried the famous Elgar album of the Violin Concerto with Menuhin up to the Elgar Birthplace Museum only a mile and half away one Saturday afternoon. I played the set over on one of Elgar's own gramophone. It was the size of a chest of drawers, with doors to open at the front to let the sounds out!
So I have never had the issue with shellac surface noise that most people my age might, if used to only using radio and LPs for music replay.
How times have changed. I walked up the The Firs [the house Elgar was born in] carrying the heavy six record set in its brown HMV card album unsupervised, and I suppose that it was arranged that the curator would phone the school when I arrived and when I left, so that I was free for not all that long. I don't think you would let a twelve year old out like that nowadays!
Best wishes from George
Yes, a performance that admirably keeps the lightness without labouring the details. Thanks to VS.
Wasn't he heifetz's accompanist on his earliest Victor recordings? Didn't know he went solo. Thanks for sharing🎉❤
@@Sincebrassnorstone Yes, he certainly was!
A superb piece of piano music, I tried to play it once and lost the will to live! Fond memories though.❤
Haha! If you really feel like losing the will to live, Adrian, I strongly suggest you have a listen to Fredrik Ullen's recording of Sorabji's 'Pasticcio capriccioso sopra l´op. 64, no. 1 del Chopin.' I heard it for the first time today and was astounded by its complexity! You can listen at ua-cam.com/video/dCdSyu96j2Q/v-deo.htmlsi=FRk5rShYfvQUjGxp
@@vintagesounds3878 Thanks for the link John! I’ll think I’ll pass on this one and stick to something more with in my capabilities, “chopsticks “ springs to mind.😂
@@adrianhockey9334 I well know the feeling, Adrian!