London Mozart Players: Complete HMV Stereo Recordings Volume 2

Kentner’s playing...is very strongly characterized. His tone is lucent, but with slowish tempi, allowing the music to unfold spaciously, the effect is of a dark lucidity...A souvenir of a conductor... — MusicWeb International, August 2012 More…

Release Date: 23rd Apr 2012
Catalogue No: FHR015
Label: First Hand

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July 2012

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Mozart: Symphony No. 36 in C major, K425 'Linz'

Louis Kentner (piano)
London Mozart Players
Harry Blech

Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor, K491

Louis Kentner (piano)
Philharmonia Orchestra, London Mozart Players
Harry Blech

Mozart: Minuets (12), K568

First release in stereo
Louis Kentner (piano)
London Mozart Players
Harry Blech

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Recorded in December 1954, Symphony No. 36, ‘Linz’ is the earliest extant EMI stereo recording of a complete work.

This release follows on from the highly successful first volume (FHR05) of Harry Blech recordings, achieving an Editor’s Choice with Gramophone – “A thoroughly welcome reminder of the brilliance of Harry Blech”. All tracks are issued here for the first on CD, Symphony No.36 and Twelve Minuets are first releases in stereo. Recorded in December 1954, Symphony No.36 is the earliest surviving example of an EMI stereo recording of a complete work.

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August 2012

Kentner’s playing...is very strongly characterized. His tone is lucent, but with slowish tempi, allowing the music to unfold spaciously, the effect is of a dark lucidity...A souvenir of a conductor and orchestra that had something of its own to offer even in a city where the likes of Beecham, Klemperer, Boult and countless more were regularly plying their wares... It doesn’t sound its age.

London Mozart Players: Complete HMV Stereo Recordings Volume 2

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