HUGE RARITY GRUMIAUX BACH CHACONNE BOSTON RECS B 202 COVR GOOD+ VINYL EXC-
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GRUMIAUX violin Tucker / Bach / Mozart Chaconne / Sonata Boston B202 LP DG
Boston label (B202). Mono LP. Deep groove. Rarely seen.
Condition –
COVER: GOOD/GOOD+ Split along the top. Several pieces of brown tape near top and on bottom of rear cover.
VINYL: EXC- NO SCRATCHES OR NAIL MARKS. Wear around spindle holes shows that this has been played a lot, but the vinyl looks EXCELLENT.
I’VE PLAYED IT WITH KOETSU CARTRIDGE AND IT SOUNDS REALLY RICH.
THIS IS ONE OF THE RAREST GRUMIAUX RECORDINGS YOU CAN FIND.
Bach Chaconne, Mozart Sonatas in G Major and E Minor. Fiocco Allegro.
Boston Records B202. Stampers:Side 1: XTV19347-1aSide 2: XTV19350-1a
In 1951-52, the young violinist Arthur Grumiaux made his first tour of the United States. Charles Munch had hired him to play as a soloist with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. While he was in Boston, Grumiaux made his first LP records for the small Boston label, run by BSO hornist James Stagliano. The two LPs of Grumiaux performances–along with a third on which he played in Brahms’s Horn Trio–have become major rarities, and they have been unavailable for 40 years.
This was so rare that it was recently reissued.
Parnassus has now reissued the complete contents of Grumiaux’s two Boston LPs on a single disc, with the cooperation of Boston Records and its new owner. They reveal a dynamic young artist, even more outgoing and vital than on his superb later recordings, in collaboration with two outstanding pianists. Paul Ulanowsky, who plays in works by Debussy, Bartók, and Ravel, is well known from his many collaborations with such outstanding singers as Lotte Lehmann, George London, Ernst Haefliger and Aksel Schiøtz. Gregory Tucker, who plays in two Mozart Sonatas, was a noted composer and pianist who taught at Harvard and M.I.T. However, his Boston recordings with Grumiaux seem to be his only recordings.
Boston’s vital-sounding recordings have been expertly restored by Steven Smolian of Smolian Sound Studios.
The CD includes Bach’s Chaconne, Fiocco’s Allegro, Mozart’s Sonatas K. 301 & 304, Debussy’s Violin Sonata, Bartók’s Rumanian Folk Dances in the familiar Szekely arrangement, and Ravel’s Pièce en forme de Habañera and Tzigane.
Contents:
1)Bach: Partita No.2, in D Minor, BWV 1004 – Chaconne 13:45
2) Fiocco: Suite No. 1, in G – Allegro 2:48
3-4) Mozart: Violin Sonata in G, K.301 [293a] 10:33
5-6) Mozart: Violin sonata in E Minor, K. 304 [300c] 9:40
Arthur Grumiaux, violin; Gregory Tucker, piano
(from Boston b 202)
Boston B 203 that is not included in this sale includes:
7-9) Debussy: Violin sonata in G Minor 11:38
10) Bartók-Szekely: 6 Roumanian dances 6:03
11) Ravel: Pièce en forme de Habañera 7:37
12) Ravel: Tzigane 7:37
Arthur Grumiaux, violin; Paul Ulanowsky, piano
(from Boston B 203)
From Parnassus Records
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