CRQ CD223-224 – Homage to Arthur de Greef, Isolde Menges and Landon Ronald

CD 1:

  1. Mozart – Le Nozze di Figaro – Overture
    (HMV D141, mat. ac5551f, side 0682, rec London: 7th October 1911)

Grieg – Piano Concerto in A minor Op.16 (abridged – first “complete” recording)
(HMV D551-2, mat. Cc 78-I, 79-I, 80-II, 81-II, sides 05663/6, rec Hayes, Room 1: 19th April 1921)

  1. Allegro molto moderato
  2. Adagio
  3. Allegro moderato molto e marcato
  4. Liszt – Hungarian Rhapsody No.2 (abridged)
    (HMV D144, mat. ac5597f, side 0726, rec London: 21st October 1911)
  5. Liszt – Hungarian Fantasia (first complete recording)
    (HMV D523 & D528, mat. HO 4573af, 4574af-II, 4575af, 4576af-III, sides 05654/5, 3-0582/3, rec Hayes: 27th October 1920)
  6. Schubert – Marche Militaire
    (HMV 0864, HO 457aj, rec Hayes: 8th February 1913)

    Schubert – Violin Sonata in G minor D408 (Op.137 No.3)
    (HMV D1398-9, mat. Cc 12130-I, 12131-II, 12132-II, 12133-II, sides 08363/6, rec Small Queen’s Hall, Studio C, London: 13th December 1927)

  7. Allegro giusto
  8. Andante
  9. Minuet: Allegro vivace
  10. Allegro moderato
  11. Saint-Saëns – Le Rouet d’Omphale Op.31 (first half only – first recording)
    (HMV 2-0702, mat. ac6040f, rec London: 17th February 1912)

Saint-Saëns – Piano Concerto No.2 in G minor Op.22 (abridged – first “complete” recording)
(HMV D583-4, mat. Cc 522-I, 523-II, 524-II, 525-II, sides 05677/80, rec Hayes: 30th September 1921)

  1. Andante sostenuto
  2. Allegro scherzando
  3. Presto

CD 2:

  1. Weber arr Weingartner – Invitation to the Waltz (abridged)
    (HMV D144, mat. al 8042f, side 2-0518, rec London, 11th July 1914)

Beethoven – Violin Sonata No.9 in A major (Kreutzer) Op.47
(Victor 9001-4, mat. Cc 6780-VIII, 6781-IV, 6782-IV, 6783-VI, 7086-III, 7087-V, 7088-V, 7089-II , sides 08226/33, rec Hayes , 10th November 1925 (s1-7), 27th October 1925(s8))

  1. Adagio sostenuto – Presto
  2. Theme and Variations
  3. Finale: Presto
  4. Beethoven – Egmont – Overture Op.84 (abridged)
    (HMV D141, mat. al5935f, side 0734, rec London, 20th January 1912)

Beethoven – Violin Concerto in D major Op.61 (first complete recording)
(HMV D767-771, mat. Cc3392-I, 3398-II, 3399-II, 3400-III, 3401-II, 3406-II, 3407-II, 3408-III, 3413-II, 3414-II, sides 3-07975/84, rec Hayes, September 1923: 4th (s1), 5th (s2,3,5), 6th (s6,7), 7th (s9,10), 21st (s4))

  1. Allegro ma non troppo (cadenza by Joachim)
  2. Larghetto
  3. Rondo: Allegro

Arthur de Greef, piano (CD1: tracks 2-4, 6, 8-11, 13-15; CD2: tracks 2-4)
Isolde Menges, violin (CD1: tracks 8-11; CD2: tracks 2-4, 6-8)
Royal Albert Hall Orchestra, Sir Landon Ronald (CD1: tracks 1-7, 12-15; CD2: tracks 1, 5-8)