Marie Panthès : Columbia & Pacific 78rpm recordings

Legendary Chopin player Marie Panthès (Odessa, 1871-1955) 78rpm redordings for French Columbia & French Pacific.

Marie Panthès : Columbia & Pacific 78rpm recordings

1934

Mozart : Pastorale Variée, K Anh. 209b (probably spurious)

Tear Me Apart Demo

Alexander Borovsky performs JS Bach's "In Thee Is Joy" (titled "En Ti Esta La Alegria" on this Argentinian record)

Bach - "In Thee Is Joy," BWV615 - Alexander Borovsky, piano

Russian pianist Alexander Borovsky plays Robert Schumann's "The Smuggler" (Op. 74). From a 1933 recording on Russian Records.

Alexander Borovsky plays Schumann's The Smuggler

Sample from the 4-CD set of Russian pianist Alexander Borovsky performing J.S. Bach's "The Well-Tempered Clavier." Available for purchase at http://alexanderkborovsky.blogspot.com/p/buy-4-cd-set.html

J.S. Bach Prelude No. 1 in C Major - Alexander Borovsky, Piano

Borovsky plays Schubert's "Margaret at the Spinning Wheel" (Gretchen am Spinnrade). Transcribed by Liszt. From a Duo-Art piano roll made 1924-25 in the US.

Margaret At The Spinning Wheel - Alexander Borovsky, Piano

This is one of the earliest recordings of chamber music, recorded over 100 years ago, in 1905.  

In this performance of the Minuet and Trio from Beethoven’s Piano Trio in C minor Op. 1 No. 3, both the violinist and cellist were born in the mid 1850s.  In fact, the violinist was born only thirty years after the death of Beethoven.  The sound is remarkable clear for its age.

The full-length recording from the Chamber music collection on British Library sounds: 
http://sounds.bl.uk/Classical-music/Chamber-music/026M-9CS0011622XX-0100V0

Piano trio in C minor op.1 no.3 / Beethoven (1905)

Charles Maduro: Rhapsodie Espagnole. Tatiana de Sanzewitch 1929 on Duo-Art 7338.
Recorded from a digitally simulated original reproducing piano roll Jan 2, 2018 by VViljanen.
ANY KIND OF COMMERCIAL USE PROHIBITED.
Photo: Tatiana de Sanzewitch piano roll (of another pieces by Maduro) from 1929: Eleazer H.S.(Charles Maduro (1883-1947) Caribbean composer (Curacao, Netherlands Antilles)
Basic info* of the original piano roll:
RHAPSODIE ESPAGNOLE (Spanish Rhapsody)
Roll Number: 7338, 7338-3
Composer/Creator: Maduro
Pianist: Sanzewitch
Roll System: Duo-Art
Country: US
Date: September, 1929
Category: popular, salon
Original Price: $2.75
*Info source: The Piano Player Group web page (by permission)

Charles Maduro: Rhapsodie Espagnole. Tatiana de Sanzewitch 1929 on Duo-Art 7338

Amy Beach: The Fairy Of The Fountain. Augusta Schnabel-Tollefsen** on Ampico 54314.
c Recorded for educational and pedagogical purposes by VViljanen Feb 10, 2019, and ANY KIND OF COMMERCIAL USE IS PROHIBITED.
Photo: Amy Beach (1867-1944)was an American composer and pianist of Scottish descent. She was the first successful American female composer to make a name for herself in music. Most of her compositions and performances have been done under the name of Mrs. HHA Beach.
Amy Marcy Cheney was born as a child of a distinguished New England family . She was a prodigy who was said to be able to sing forty songs as a one-year-old. She learned to read herself at the age of three and composed three simple rolls when she was four. She received her first lessons from her mother when she was six, and a year later she gave her first recitals . She played works by Händel , Beethoven , Chopin , as well as her own works. In 1875 her parents moved to Boston, where they were advised to register Amy at a European conservatory. Instead, they chose to have her take classes in Boston, and they first hired Ernst Perabo, and later Carl Baermann. When she was fourteen, Amy got her only official composition training from Junius W. Hill, with whom she studied harmony and counterpoint for a year . Apart from that one year, Amy Beach did not have any lessons and taught herself everything especially by studying classical pieces, such as Bach's Wohltemperiertes Klavier .
In 1883 she made her professional debut in Boston: she played Chopins Rondo in E and Moscheles ' concert in g minor. Shortly thereafter she performed as a soloist with the Boston Symphony Orchestra . After her marriage in 1885 with Dr. Henry Harris Aubrey Beach - a Boston surgeon who was 24 years older than she - agreed to limit her performances to one public recital a year and donate the proceeds to a charitable cause. Responding to the wishes of her husband, she devoted herself to composing. Her first major success was the Mass in E major , in 1892 by the Handel and Haydn Societywas carried out. The well-received execution of this mass led to Beach from then on being counted among America's most important composers. She composed the Jubilate dedicated to the Woman's Building at the World's Columbian Exposition . [1]
After her husband died in 1910, she toured Europe as a pianist and she played her own compositions at the concerts. She was determined to acquire a reputation both as a pianist and as a composer. In 1924 she returned to America where she spent most of her time on the MacDowell Colonyin Peterborough (New Hampshire). In 1915 she wrote the "Ten Commandments for Young Composers", which included many of her theses for self-study. Later, Amy Beach moved to New York, where she became the virtual house composer of St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church. She used her status as the most important female composer of America to promote the career of young musicians; she was also at the head of various organizations, such as the Society of American Women Composers, of which she was the first president. Heart failure led to Beach withdrawing in 1940, until her death in 1944.
**Augusta Schnabel-Tollefsen (Augusta Tollefsen, née Schnabel, 1885 - 1955).
Info* of the original piano roll:
LA FES DE LA FONTAINE (THE FAIRY IN THE FOUNTAIN) "Les Reves De Columbine" Op. 65, No. 1
Roll Number: 54314, 54314G
Composer/Creator: Beach
Pianist: Tollefsen
Roll System: Ampico
Country: US
Date: n/a
Category: classical
Original Price: $1.75
*Info source: The Player Piano Group web page (by permission)

Amy Beach: La Fée de la fontaine. Augusta Schnabel-Tollefsen 1910's on Ampico 54314

Saint-Saëns: Etude en Forme de Valse Op. 52 No 6. Marie-Antoinette Aussenac c.1928 on Ampico 6198.
Recorded from digitized reproducing piano roll by VViljanen 6 Feb 2020 for educational and pedagogical purpose with modelled Grand Blüthner Model One, reconfigured and remodelled by VV.
Photo: Marie-Antoinette Aussenac de Broglie (Princess Jacques de Broglie)(1883-1971)

Saint-Saëns: Etude en Forme de Valse Op. 52 No 6. Marie-Antoinette Aussenac c.1928 on Ampico

Dante

Dante Sonata

Sakuraphon was established as a CD label specializing in the reissue of unknown masterpieces by legendary masters of 19th century pianism and forgotten pianists.

For the reissue, the piano 78rpm recordings from the Natsume Collection were carefully selected and electrically reproduced by cartridge with optimized settings and recorded in high resolution DSD format.

In the mastering process, the rich information on the original recordings is faithfully picked up and transferred, eliminating any changes to the original sound caused by the editing process.
I hope you will feel the natural and fresh sound as if you were listening to the records as they are on your home audio system.

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　Sakuraphon - Hisao Natsume

Mozart : Pastorale Variée, K Anh. 209b (probably spurious)

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