Ripe for Reissue: Clifford Curzon's Complete Decca Recordings

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The Ultimate Classical Music Guide by Dave Hurwitz

2 ай бұрын

Curzon was one of the great pianists from the middle of the last century. His repertoire was broad, but his recordings limited due to his extreme perfectionism. A student of both Schnabel and Landowska (you don't find more polar opposites than those two), he had an unmatched pedigree allied to remarkable musical sensitivity, all qualities amply in evidence in this 23-CD UNAVAILABLE box!

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@shanesaunders420 Ай бұрын

I just purchased this set from a seller on ebay! Paid through the nose for it but I think it will be worth it! I so look forward to diving into it!

@willx9352 2 ай бұрын

It is available as a digital download at a give away price from Presto.

@murraylow4523 2 ай бұрын

Agree, and I have listened to much of this box. Very interesting, his range of capabilities. Perhaps here (the uk) he’s now seen as a bit of a retro treat, as with movies and radio shows and tv from that time (those glasses!) The UK rightly or wrongly is always trying to be fashion forward, but maybe like those glasses, he’ll come back. Yes Alan Rawsthorne, very interesting composer and maybe you’ll talk about him sometime. There’s a BBC disc of Curzon doing the Brahms Piano Quintet and the Schubert Trout Quintet that I hang onto because despite audience noise, it’s just a marvellous live concert (and the noise is partly because of its marvellosity). Very exciting.

@jdeeside 2 ай бұрын

I like listening to your talks to discover the revelations, and the Tchaikovsky 1 with Solti is one! It doesn’t have the octave fireworks we’ve come to expect these days (thank you Argerich) but it’s full of passion and is gorgeously played. The Vienna Phil provide a lush partnering.

@jefolson6989 2 ай бұрын

Love Curzon. All his Mozart 23s( kubelk, Kertesz, Szell?) totally different, all great. He has the right style for Mozart. And for Brahms too. And Schubert. He also studied with Nadia Bolanger ( sp)

@pauldavidartistclub6723 2 ай бұрын

When I was gobbling up classical CD’s in the 1990’s Curzon discs were being rereleased and well promoted…and I had treasured the Brahms, Liszt, and Schubert’s that I got, probably others too (though he didn’t seem to be a prolific recording artist back in the day, and reportedly didn’t authorize the release of every project he did). But I admit he did fall off my regular rotation after a while, my hand gravitating towards other artists in the same material.

@caleblaw3497 2 ай бұрын

I have this boxset. I guess I should feel very fortunate to own it before it is gone

@hwelf11 2 ай бұрын

The Kertesz-LSO Mozart Concertos 23/24 were released on a London LP in 1968.

@jensguldalrasmussen6446 2 ай бұрын

If you can't stomach Knappertsbusch in the Beethoven 4 & 5, you might care for Curzon's radiorecordings of same with Kubelik and BRSO (Audite).... you might maybe find their Mozart concertos, K467, K488, K491 and K595 (likewise Audite) even better! 😊

@DavesClassicalGuide 2 ай бұрын

I have those, but they are not the subject of this video...

@johnwaring6443 2 ай бұрын

"Ripe for Reissue" is a wonderful series. What percentage of the recordings you have reviewed in it have later actually been reissued?

@DavesClassicalGuide 2 ай бұрын

@johnwaring6443 2 ай бұрын

What a pity! After you have proven the excellence of the material, and whetted the appetites of so many of us, the record labels take no notice. But please don't stop.

@dennismaurer9672 2 ай бұрын

“Mr. Curzon is available for a limited amount of cancellations this season “

@kenscarborough3225 2 ай бұрын

@@DavesClassicalGuide Don’t forget Schidt-Isserstadt!

@bigg2988 2 ай бұрын

@@DavesClassicalGuide Well, actually, one could say you had some success - at least in such telling instances as Sony reissuing the Szell big box, Decca doing the same for Blomstedt complete (mostly San Francisco) recordings, or Warner recently coming out with the new repackaging of Paavo Berglund's work. Now there is the question whether they came to the decision by themselves or were in any way influenced by your friendly "rants" - but the result speaks for itself! The ripest fruit does sometimes fall. :)))