Release Date: 06 March 2026
Label: Nimbus Records - Cd / Nimbus Records
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 0710357711527
Genres: Classical Solo Instrumental
Composer/Series: Ronald Smith Rediscovered
Description
Ronald Smith approached Nimbus at a turbulent time in the industry. His long-time recording partnership was in transition, and he would make six visits to the Nimbus studio, a peaceful space in the ballroom of the Victorian mansion at Wyastone Leys just outside Monmouth. His initial visits in February and August 1980 were concerned with really core repertoire: Chopin's Etudes Op. 10 and Op. 25, his Sonata Op. 58, and the Liszt Sonata. He returned in 1983 to record Liszt's transcription of Beethoven's Seventh Symphony and Busoni's transcription of Bach's 'Chaconne'. In 1985 there were two visits, in May to record an album of popular Beethoven Sonatas, then in September to deliver Balakirev's B-flat minor Sonata and Scriabin's 'Black Mass' Sonata No. 9. A final visit in June 1986 was devoted to Mussorgsky's 'Pictures at an Exhibition'.
Marijn Cinjee; Julia Sinclair
Shura Cherkassky
Maurice Clare
Martin Jones
English Chamber Orchestra; Jose-Luis Garcia
Ronald Smith
Martin Jones
English String Orchestra; William Boughton
