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SOLOMON - Clarity and Mystery
CD1-4
BEETHOVEN
Piano Concertos Nos. 1, 3
Piano Sonatas Nos. 3, 8, 23, 32
Cello Sonatas Nos. 2, 5
Gregor Piatigorsky (cello)
Philharmonia Orchestra / Herbert Menges
(1951, 1954, 1956)
CD5+6
BRAHMS
Piano Concerto No. 1
Piano Sonata No. 3
Rhapsody op. 79,2
Intermezzo op. 117,2
Philharmonia Orchestra, Rafael Kubelik
(1944, 1952)
CD7
MOZART
Piano Concerto No. 15
Piano Sonata No. 17
Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Ackermann
(1952, 1953)
CD8
CHOPIN
Polonaise op. 53
Ballade op. 52
Nocturne op. 9,2
Valse op. posth.
Etudes op. 10,3,8; 25,1-3
Fantasia op. 49
(1932, 1934, 1942, 1945, 1946)
CD 9
SCHUMANN: Piano Concerto
LISZT: Hungarian Fantasy
Philharmonia Orchestra, Herbert Menges, Walter Susskind
(1948, 1956)
CD10
GRIEG: Piano Concerto
BLISS: Piano Concerto
Philharmonia Orchestra, Herbert Menges
Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Adrian Boult
(1943, 1956)
Solomon, piano
Solomon Cutner was one of the greatest pianists of the 20th century . but his name still gradually faded into obscurity following the stroke he suffered in the 1950s.
The musician, who was born in London in 1902, was a veritable child prodigy and was trained in his early years by one of Clara Schumann’s students. Solomon made his debut at Queen’s Hall in London at the tender age of eight. By the age of twelve the young pianist had more than a dozen piano concertos, recital programmes and chamber music works in his repertoire and insisted on using his first name as his stage name. This compilation features Solomon’s renditions of the works of “his” composers . Beethoven and Brahms . in addition to masterly interpretations of piano pieces and concertos by Mozart, Chopin, Schumann and Grieg.
The earliest recordings were made in 1932, the latest in 1956, the year in which fate struck its terrible blow. Solomon suffered a stroke that put an end to his career and silenced him as an artist for the remaining 32 years of his life. ( Music Alliance Membran GmbH )
