Here is the latest in a series of posts devoted to the
Russian-American pianist Ania Dorfmann (1899-1984).
This 1955 RCA Victor LP contains music by
Tchaikovsky and Schumann, with the major work a complete traversal of Tchaikovsky's
Op. 39, the Album for the Young (Children's Album), a set of 24 pieces written
for student musicians.
Dorfmann also includes seven excerpts from Schumann's Op.
68, the Album for the Young (Album für die Jugend), which inspired the
Tchaikovsky collection.
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| 1954 ad in Musical America |
Completing the LP are five excerpts from Tchaikovsky's
"The Seasons," including Troika (November) and Barcarolle (June), the most often
heard.
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Many, many thanks for the Dorfmann package.
Many, many thanks for the Dorfmann package.
A nice program indeed. Thanks Buster for this rare and Excellent interpretation.
Thanks for this good album. Don't think they would be wise to use the older album cover in today's world.
I knew nothing about Ania Dorfmann but am now working my way through your posts, starting with her delightful Chopin waltzes. Most grateful.
Mind you, many would have seen that cover as a bit creepy even back in the 1950s.
Hi folks - Thanks for your comments.
You're right - the alternate cover would be creepy in any era.
I agree about the older cover and "creepy" is the word which sprang to my mind also.
Different times: can anyone imagine putting an aging Maurice Chevalier singing "Thank heaven for little girls" in a movie today?
I agree about the older cover and "creepy" is the word which sprang to my mind also.
Different times: can anyone imagine putting an aging Maurice Chevalier singing "Thank heaven for little girls" in a movie today?
dgrb - The premise of that whole film is kinda creepy.
This is such a great album and in such good sound, certainly for the time! Is there any chance that Dorfmann's performances of the Moonlight and Pathétique sonatas, I think originally on RCA Bluebird, might be forthcoming? So many people learned about both Beethoven and the piano through Dorfmann's low-priced Bluebird recording.
Hi Jon - In fact, I do have the Moonlight and Pathetique LP on one of the RCA budget labels and will be uploading it. Thanks for your note!
Very beautiful music, I've never heard of this before so thank you.
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