WILLIAM KAPELL PIANO LISZT MEPHISTO WALTZ Albeniz Evocation Victor SP 11 11-8866
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A series of great  Solo instrumentals - Piano Violin Cello Harp, Winds and Brass on 78 rpm records

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20 yo William Kapell piano in his famous recording of LISZT MEPHISTO WALTZ

One of the greatest if not "the greatest" recording of Franz Liszt's epic-"Presaging 20th century Music document"-the Mephisto Waltz #1- recorded 1945 when William Kapell was but twenty two years old.

William Kapell - Liszt* – Mefisto Waltz


Label: Victor Red Seal – SP 11, Victor Red Seal – 11-8866, Victor Red Seal – 11-8867
Format: 
2 x Shellac, 12", 78 RPM

A  Part 1 
B  Part 2 
C  Concluded 
D  Evocación (from "Iberia: Suite")
Composed By – Albéniz*

Illustration – Barnes (6)
Piano – William Kapell

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William Kapell (September 20, 1922 – October 29, 1953) was an American pianist.

The critic Harold Schonberg considered Kapell the most promising American pianist of the post-World War II generation. Unfortunately, Kapell's brilliant career was cut short when he died at the age of thirty-one in an airplane crash. His style was direct, clear, and energetic;


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