Kathleen Long - The complete Decca solo recordings 1941-1945
Release Date: 05 May 2023
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 2
Barcode: 5024709160419
Genres: Classical Solo Instrumental
Composer/Series: Kathleen Long - The complete D
Description
An unobtrusive figure in the British music scene and despite her self-statedlack of ambition, KATHLEEN LONG (1896?1968) was a musician of the highest order. She taught for 44 years at the Royal College of Music and was a major Decca artist for two decades, having recorded for several other labels before that.Her first recordingwas made in 1928, and her first Decca recordings (of Mozart?s Piano Concertos K449 and K450) were made in 1935. Herfirst Decca solo recordings are those on this release.On disc, she made premiere recordings of several Mozart concertosand sonatasand was renowned for her Scarlatti and Faure. For her service to French music, she was made Honorary Member of the Academie de France.
Mischa Levitzki; London Symphony Orchestra; Landon Ronald
Marguerite Long
Gieseking
Una Bourne
Zadora
William Murdoch
Wilhelm Backhaus
Walter Rehberg
Various
Raaf Hekkema
Zlata Chochieva
Tyler Hay
Tomoko Mayeda
Stephen Farr (organ)
Sophia Weidemann; Tinka Kleffner
Sofja Gulbadamova
