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Ignaz Friedman (piano) - Songs Without Words (Selection) (Mendelssohn) (1930)

More than 90 years after it was recorded, Ignaz Friedman's recording of nine of Mendelssohn's 'Songs Without Words' still stands out. Friedman's summarised his approach to music in a simple statement: 'There are the notes, there is what is behind the notes.' It was Friedman's deep understanding of what was 'behind the notes' that made his pianism what it was. The nine 'Songs Without Words' were recorded in London on 16 and 17 September 1930. Details are as follows: 00:00 Hunting Song in A major, Op. 19b, No. 2 02:04 Venetian Gondola Song No. 1 in G major, Op. 19b, No. 6 04:19 The Joyous Peasant in A major, Op. 102, No. 5 05:29 Venetian Gondola Song No. 2 in F sharp minor, Op. 30, No. 6 08:54 Lost Happiness in C minor, Op. 38, No. 2 11:18 Duetto in A flat major, Op. 38, No. 6 14:37 The Fleecy Cloud in E flat major, Op. 53, No. 2 17:06 Sadness of Soul in F major, Op. 53, No. 4 19:59 Lost Illusion in F sharp minor, Op. 67, No. 2 From Wikipedia: Ignaz Friedman (also spelled Ignace or Ignacy; full name Solomon (Salomon) Isaac Freudman(n)‎; February 13, 1882 – January 26, 1948) was a Polish pianist and composer. Critics (e.g. Harold C. Schonberg) and colleagues (e.g. Sergei Rachmaninoff) alike placed him among the supreme piano virtuosi of his day, alongside Leopold Godowsky, Moriz Rosenthal, Josef Hofmann and Josef Lhévinne. Born to an itinerant Jewish musician in 'Podgórze near Kraków'...Ignaz Friedman was a child prodigy. He studied with Hugo Riemann in Leipzig and Theodor Leschetizky in Vienna, and participated in Ferruccio Busoni's master classes. Friedman lived in Berlin until 1914 and settled in Copenhagen in 1920. His official début in Vienna in 1904 featured a program of three piano concertos, rivaling the similar programs of established titans like Busoni and Godowsky, and he remained a titan throughout his career. His style was quiet and effortless, imbued with a sense of rhythm and colour, grounded in a sovereign technique, and much has been written about his peerless interpretations of Chopin in particular. As with his compatriot and contemporary Moriz Rosenthal, Friedman's Chopin interpretations, particularly those of the mazurkas, are considered by many to be unsurpassed. Despite having given 2,800 concerts during his career, he sometimes received lukewarm reviews in America in later years, as younger critics were becoming accustomed to modernist playing which stripped romantic interpretation of its agogics and essence. Rachmaninoff admired Friedman's playing very much and considered him as a great virtuoso in a style more romantic than his own...The devotion to the score and the intricate detail through an evolving rubato is Friedman's hallmark. At the outbreak of the Second World War, Friedman was in Europe, but managed to escape when a concert tour in Australia was offered at the last moment. He settled in Sydney and remained there until his death (which occurred on Australia Day, 1948). His last concert was in Sydney on July 24, 1943, after which neuritis in his left hand forced him to retire from the concert platform. Friedman's relatively few recordings, which have been collected by Naxos Records on five CDs, are widely admired, particularly his Chopin and his nine Songs Without Words by Mendelssohn. Like most of the great artists of his time who broadcast, much of his recorded material has been lost, including hours of radio recordings made in Australia and New Zealand. He composed more than 90 works, mainly piano miniatures, as well as pieces for cello and a piano quintet, but his compositions have not found a niche in the standard repertory. He arranged many works, especially those of J. S. Bach and Domenico Scarlatti. He edited an almost complete edition of the piano works of Chopin and also produced editions of Schumann and Liszt. The Sydney Conservatorium of Music awards an annual Ignaz Friedman Prize for composition. Friedman also taught several important pianists, including Joseph Gurt, Karol Klein, Ignace Tiegerman and Bruce Hungerford (who also died in a foreign country on Australia Day). __________________________ Deleted from the Columbia catalogue in February 1943, Friedman's 'Songs Without Words' have subsequently been reissued on CD, most recently by Naxos as part of an issue of Friedman's complete recorded output. __________________________ I made this transfer from laminated Australian 78 rpm pressings of Columbia DO 407-410 in my collection. The originals have obviously been enjoyed over the years, but I have not attempted to filter too heavily. It's more important to be able to hear exactly what Friedman is doing! As an aside, it's interesting to note that although Columbia adopted 78 rpm as its standard speed in mid-1927, it obviously didn't always keep a careful check on the speed at which its recording turntable was revolving. In this instance, it was closer to 76 than 78!