{"product_id":"curzon-plays-schubert-1941-52-pakm089","title":"CURZON plays Schubert (1941-52) - PAKM089","description":"overviewfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eSCHUBERT \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003e4 Impromptus, D899\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eSCHUBERT \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003e4 Impromptus, D935\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eSCHUBERT \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eWanderer-Fantasie, D760\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eStudio recordings, 1941-52\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eTotal duration: 79:20\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eClifford Curzon\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003e, piano\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_titlefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_quotefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_bodyfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9main_samplefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fsamples\/PAKM089.mp3578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_labelfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fProducer's Note578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_typefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fcontent578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_contentfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp\u003e\n“Schubert has been well served this month by his interpreters in the\nrecords that have come my way. Clifford Curzon, like Elizabeth Schwarzkopf\nand Edwin Fischer, in the Lieder recital reviewed elsewhere in this number,\nachieves the same intimacy of presentation and, in an eminent degree, gives\none the impression that he is with you, playing to you in your room. That\nis indeed a most delightful impression: but the matter goes further, for,\nin a way that defies verbal description, Mr. Curzon's great artistry makes\none feel that Schubert just in this way played and improvised to his\nfriends. Only pianists will realise the technical skill that lies behind\nMr. Curzon's playing of the first F minor Impromptu which, as Kathleen Dale\nwrites in her chapter on the piano music in the Schubert \u003cem\u003eSymposium\u003c\/em\u003e\nedited by Gerald Abraham, is “perhaps the most difficult to play of all the\neight Impromptus, for it contains some of Schubert's trickiest cross-hand\npassages and calls for very neat finger-work in many places.”\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\nWhat a joy, also, to have a meditative and not a jaunty and jerky\nperformance of the well-loved A flat Impromptu. The phrase ends, with their\nlittle flicks of notes, are beautifully moulded in Mr. Curzon's exquisite\nperformance of the equally well-loved variations on the \u003cem\u003eRosamunde\u003c\/em\u003e\nB flat theme, and the brilliant last variation is enchantingly played: but\nI personally like a slightly more \u003cem\u003ecantabile\u003c\/em\u003e treatment of the\nrocking bass figure in the preceding G flat variation. There are Czech\ninfluences, Miss Dale tells us, in the fourth Impromptu, in which we never\nget the expected singing tune but instead “gay, springing figures,\nscintillating scale-passages and swirling decorative runs.” This\nfascinating piece is gloriously played, and as Mr. Curzon ended his grand\nperformance of these Impromptus I thought of Schubert’s lovely song, \u003cem\u003eAn mein Klavier\u003c\/em\u003e, in which the composer seems to be thanking his\ndear piano for ail the beauty it has yielded up to him.”\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA. R.\u003c\/strong\u003e\n, \u003cem\u003eThe Gramophone\u003c\/em\u003e, September 1953, review of \u003cem\u003e4 Impromptus, D935\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n“Curzon was a highly self-critical performer, and although he signed for\nthe Decca recording company in 1937 and remained with them throughout his\ncareer, he was rarely at ease in the studios, and frequently refused to\nallow the release of recordings in which he felt dissatisfied with his\nperformance.” – Wikipedia\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\nIt is a shame that Clifford Curzon left so few recordings. His solo studio\nrecordings were particularly thin on the ground. This disc brings together\nthe three major Schubert recordings he made in the earlier part of his\ncareer – a glance at the recording dates indicates that he would return\nagain and again to the studio to remake 78rpm sides he was unhappy with,\nthe \u003cem\u003eWanderer-Fantasie\u003c\/em\u003e taking four sessions over three years to\ncomplete. Not surprisingly the sound quality increases dramatically from\nthe earliest to the most recent of these recordings. Nevertheless, these\nAmbient Stereo XR remasters bring new clarity and life to all three pieces,\nas well as correcting numerous pitching instability problems heard on\nprevious transfers.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eAndrew Rose\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_cover_thumbnail1_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_cover_thumbnail2_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_cover_download_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample1_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample2_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample3_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample4_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample5_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample6_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_labelfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fFull Track Listing578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_typefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5ftrack_listing578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_contentfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 24px;\"\u003eCURZON \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 24px;\"\u003eplays Schubert\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eSCHUBERT \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eFour Impromptus Op. 90, D899\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. No. 1 in C minor  (9:06)\u003cbr\u003e2. No. 2 in E flat major  (3:47)\u003cbr\u003e3. No. 3 in G flat major  (4:57)\u003cbr\u003e4. No. 4 in A flat major  (7:02)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eRecorded 4 June, 11 November \u0026amp; 18 December 1941, West Hampstead Studios, London\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eSCHUBERT \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eFour Impromptus Op. 142, D935\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e5. No. 1 in F minor  (9:09)\u003cbr\u003e6. No. 2 in A-flat major  (6:24)\u003cbr\u003e7. No. 3 in B flat major  (10:47)\u003cbr\u003e8. 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