{"product_id":"sammons-piano-trio-recordings-mendelssohn-beethoven-19256-pacm073","title":"SAMMONS Piano Trio recordings: Mendelssohn \u0026 Beethoven (1925\/6) - PACM073","description":"overviewfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eMENDELSSOHN\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003e Piano Trio No. 2 in C minor, Op. 66\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eBEETHOVEN\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003e Piano Trio No. 7 in B flat, Op. 97, \"Archduke\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bodysmallarial\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eRecorded 1925\/26\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eTotal duration: 62:21\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"body\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eAlbert Sammons, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eviolin\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003e Lionel Tertis, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eviola (Mendelssohn)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003e William H. Squire, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003ecello (Beethoven)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003e William Murdoch, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003epiano\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_titlefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_quotefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_bodyfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9main_samplefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fsamples\/PACM073.mp3578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_labelfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fProducer's Note578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_typefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fcontent578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_contentfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: x-large;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eTwo truly wonderful performances from Sammons \u0026amp; Co!\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eAstoundingly good sound quality from these very early electrical recordings\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePre-amble\u003c\/em\u003e: At the time of writing I've been\nacquainted with these recordings for just one week, and during most of\nthis time I've been engaged in the transfer, remastering and, above all,\nde-swishing of these records - at 80rpm that makes for a potential of\nover 5000 swishes, each to be individually removed through the course of\nthese two recordings. Now that I can sit back and listen to the results\nI am utterly bowled over by the quality of the recordings, captured by\nthe earliest and most primitive microphones some 85 years ago.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTo have been a recording engineer for Columbia Records\nin London in the mid-1920s must have been a wonderfully exciting and\nfabulously rewarding time! The contrast between what had been possible\nin the first few months of 1925 using only acoustic horns to capture\nsound, and what was being achieved by the end of that year in the\nstudio, and then in 1926 out on location at the Wigmore Hall, must have\nbeen truly incredible for all involved. We have seen many advances in\nrecording technology since then, but I do believe that the years 1925-6\nhold the keys to the biggest single advance ever made in the field - as\nthese recordings so brilliantly demonstrate.\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"body\"\u003eI am very grateful to collector Paul Steinson for the\nloan of these rare 78rpm discs used for these transfers. Both sets were\nin excellent condition and offer a remarkable insight into the technical\npossibilities of recording opening up for Columbia's engineers in the\nfirst months of the age of electrical recording (i.e. with microphones)\nwhich had begun just six months prior to the recording here of the\nMendelssohn.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"body\"\u003eWe have here two very different recording locations. The\nfirst appears to be a typical studio of the time, though the actual\nlocation is unknown. The acoustic was rather dry and as a result,\nalthough the instruments were clear and direct, the overall sound was\nnot particularly complimentary to the musicians. In order to ameliorate\nthis I've used a small amount of convolution reverb to 'place' the\nmusicians in a more typical performance acoustic - in this case the\nsmall hall at Santa Cecelia in Rome seemed most helpful, and the\nacoustic replicates precisely that of a central seat on the seventh row\nin the hall.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"body\"\u003eBy contrast, the Columbia engineers opted to record the\nBeethoven \"on location\", at London's Wigmore Hall, and one is\nimmediately struck by the presence of the hall acoustic. It's a\nremarkably successful recording for its era, managing to find a superb\nbalance between the hall acoustic and the direct instrument sound, and\nclearly very different to the Mendelssohn.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"body\"\u003eBoth sets of discs were quiet British laminated Columbia\npressings in superb condition. A degree of swish was present on most of\nthe sides, and occasionally this required the use of a narrow-profile\nstylus for all or part of a side to find a less swishy height in the\ngrooves. Both have responded incredibly well to XR remastering, and I've\nbeen able to bring out an excellent bass response whilst eliminating\nsome rather heavy bottom-end rumble. In both cases the performances\nthemselves are superb!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eAndrew Rose\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_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\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eMENDELSSOHN\u003c\/b\u003e Piano Trio No. 2 in C minor, Op. 66\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bodysmallarial\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,san-serif;\"\u003eRecorded 9 December, 1925\u003cbr\u003eTransfers from UK Columbia L1755-1758\u003cbr\u003eMatrix Numbers AX 1190-1197 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eBEETHOVEN\u003c\/b\u003e Piano Trio No. 7 in B flat, Op. 97, \"Archduke\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bodysmallarial\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,san-serif;\"\u003eRecorded 18-19 December, 1926\u003cbr\u003eTransfers from UK Columbia L1851-1855\u003cbr\u003eMatrix Numbers AX 2170-2179es\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eXR remastering by Andrew Rose at Pristine Audio, January 2011\u003cbr\u003e Cover artwork based on a photograph of Albert Sammons\u003cbr\u003eTotal duration: 62:21\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"body\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlbert Sammons, \u003c\/b\u003eviolin\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Lionel Tertis, \u003c\/b\u003eviola (Mendelssohn)\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e William H. 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