| Arthur de Greef, pianist and composer, pupil of Franz Liszt | |
| Liszt – Hungarian Fantasia (acoustic recording, slightly abridged) Arthur de Greef, piano Royal Albert Hall Orchestra, Sir Landon Ronald Mediafire link for Liszt – Hungarian Fantasia – Arthur de Greef, Landon Ronald (acoustic recording) (This is an mp3 file – left click the link, download the file) |
His Master’s Voice D 523, 528 Matrices HO 4573af, 4574af-II, 4575af, 4576af-III (single side numbers 05654, 05655, 3-0582, 3-0583) Recorded 27th October 1920, Hayes This acoustic recording omits one of the first three bars. As they’re identical, it’s hard to say which. It seems a bizarrely pointless cut – the side runs to just over 4 minutes, and could easily have accommodated the few extra seconds required. De Greef elaborates slightly on the solo part, when compared to the score. |
| Grieg – Piano Concerto in A minor Op.16 (abridged acoustic recording)
I. Allegro molto moderato (2 sides) Arthur de Greef, piano Mediafire link for Grieg’s Piano Concerto – Arthur de Greef, Landon Ronald (acoustic recording, and solo items) (This is a zip file – left click the link, download the file, then unzip when downloaded) |
His Master’s Voice D 551-2 Matrices Cc 78-I, 79-I, 80-II, 81-II (single side numbers 05663/6) Recorded 19th April 1921, Hayes, Room 1 This recording is cut to about half of its original length to fit on just four sides, rather than the eight of the electrical version. Side 1 starts at bar 1, runs to 12 after A, then cuts to 21 after E (Animato), continuing through to the pause before the cadenza. The cut is from the Animato section of the Exposition to that in the Recapitulation. Side 2 runs from the cadenza through to the end of the movement. Curiously, de Greef adds an extra half bar in the cadenza in bar 8, just before the descending octave passage leading to the fff repeat of the main theme. He does not do this in the electrical recording, so it must be a slight memory slip. Side 3 starts 2 before A and runs to the end of the movement Side 4 runs from the beginning(!) through to C, cuts to 8 before H, runs to 27 after H, cuts the 3/4 section, and resumes at K, continuing to the end of the movement. |
| Liszt – Piano Concerto No.1 in E flat major
1st movement – Allegro maestoso (1¾ sides) Arthur de Greef, piano Mediafire link for Liszt Concerto No.1 – De Greef, Ronald (This is a zip file – left click the link, download the file, then unzip when downloaded) |
His Master’s Voice D 890/2 Matrices Cc 1804-III, 1805-III, 1806-III, 1810-IV, 1822-V, 1823-V (single side numbers 05803/8) Recorded 7th November 1922 (sides 1, 3), 11th September 1922 (side 2), 21st November 1922 (sides 4, 6), 21st September 1923 (side 5), Hayes |
| Grieg – Piano Concerto in A minor Op.16 I. Allegro molto moderato (4 sides) Arthur de Greef, piano Mediafire link for Grieg’s Piano Concerto – Arthur de Greef, Landon Ronald (electrical recording) (This is a zip file – left click the link, download the file, then unzip when downloaded) |
His Master’s Voice D 1237-40 Matrices CR 918-I, 919-II, 920-I, 921-IA, 922-II, 923-IA, 924-IA, 925-IA (single side numbers 05982/9) Recorded 18th January 1927 (except side 2, 21st January) Queen’s Hall, London |
| Liszt – Hungarian Fantasia Arthur de Greef, piano Royal Albert Hall Orchestra, Sir Landon Ronald Mediafire link for Liszt – Hungarian Fantasia – Arthur de Greef, Landon Ronald (electrical recording) (This is an mp3 file – left click the link, download the file) |
His Master’s Voice D 1306-7 Matrices CR 914-III, 915-II, 916-IA, 917-III (single side numbers 05978/81) Recorded 21st January 1927 (except side 3, 18th January) Queen’s Hall, London |
| Grieg – Norwegian Bridal March (Pictures from Folk Life Op.19 No.2) Liszt-Schubert – Soirée de Vienne S247/6 Arthur de Greef, piano Mediafire link for Grieg’s Piano Concerto – Arthur de Greef, Landon Ronald (acoustic recording, and solo items) (This is a zip file – left click the link, download the file, then unzip when downloaded) |
His Master’s Voice D 1412 Matrices Cc 11773-II, 11800-I (single side numbers 2-05561, 2-05577) Recorded 7th and 10th November 1927, C Studio, Small Queen’s Hall The Liszt is played without repeats, and with cuts to both A major sections. The Grieg is uncut, and in fact, De Greef slightly extends the final cadence, by repeating the E major chord an octave higher, followed by a low E in the bass. |
| Saint-Saens – Piano Concerto No.2 in G minor Op.22
1st movement – Andante sostenuto (2½ sides) Arthur de Greef, piano Mediafire link for Saint-Saens Concerto – De Greef, Ronald (This is a zip file – left click the link, download the file, then unzip when downloaded) |
His Master’s Voice D 7458/60 (issued on standard coupling as D 1590/2) Matrices CR 2110-I, 2111-IA, 2112-IIIA, 2114-I, 2113-IA, 2115-IIA (single side numbers 2-05644, 05645, 05646, 05648, 05647, 05649) Recorded 26th June 1928, Queen’s Hall, London |