Saturday, August 7, 2021

Prokofiev: Lazar Berman play Piano Concerto No. 1

 Serge Prokofiev / Lazar Berman

Piano Concerto No. 1 / Toccata

Piano Sonata No. 8

I did this digitization for  my roommate, who wanted the record on CD. It doesn't seem available commercially and the performances are worth putting into digital form.  The information I found about the recording from musicwebinternational.com indicates the original recording is from 1956 with the original Hungaroton LP release in the 1970's : 

"Lazar Berman (piano)/András Kórodi/Hungarian State Orchestra (rec. 1956) ( + Toccata, Liszt: Transcendental Etudes Nos. 8 and 11, Funérailles, Hungarian Rhapsody No. 9 and Rhapsodie Espagnole) HUNGAROTON HCD 31685 (1997) (original LP release: HUNGAROTON SHLX 90048) (1970s)

The waveforms look like the original was recorded at too  high a level, but it does not sound obviously distorted.  I'm not a sound technician, so I have no explanation,  but it sounds reasonably good. I didn't do much but some basic declicking and removing a bit of rumble. 

All files, Flac, MP3, and cover art can be found here: https://www.mediafire.com/folder/vgo17lptm0kg8/Prokofiev_Berman_Concerto_1_Sonata_8_Toccata




2 comments:

  1. Unfortunately a premium membership is required to download a folder. If you zipped these ahead of time I could download them. Thank you.

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    1. Just fixed it, replacing the folders with zipped folders. Thanks for you interest.

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