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Noel Mewton-Wood

SKU: 01485

Price:
AU $54.50

Label: ABC Classics Cat. No.: 461 900-2 Medium: CD No. Discs: 3

Noel Mewton-Wood, Melbourne born, was a performer of amazing breadth and range, both in terms of his musicianship and repertoire as well as his pianistic capabilities. He committed suicide in London on 4 December 1953, a few days after his 31st birthday. His recordings are as rare as gold dust and have been sought after by collectors for decades.

This 3-CD anthology features Mewton-Wood as concerto soloist, solo recitalist and chamber musician. It includes both his first and last commercial recordings, a privately-made radio recording (Schumann and Liszt) making its first appearance in any recorded format, and the world-premiere recordings of any of Tippett's vocal works (Boyhood's End and The Heart's Assurance), recorded for Argo/Decca and here receiving their first issue on CD.

Championed by Sir Thomas Beecham, he quickly established a reputation and began working with the likes of Richard Tauber, Josef Hassid and Ida Haendel. Other musical partnerships included Benjamin Britten, Michael Tippett, Peter Pears, Max Rostal, Bernard Heinze, Sir Malcolm Sargent, Walter Goehr, Sir Henry Wood, George Szell and Norman Del Mar. He was also a reasonably prolific composer performing one of his own compositions, albeit anonymously, at his early audition for Sir Thomas Beecham.

Were he to have lived longer, he would have been assured a career of the status of such pianistic giants as Horowitz, Argerich or Haskil. His playing suffused vitality with warmth and ranged from almost imperceptibly delicate to massively thundering. His early death must be one of music's most tragic losses.

An Australian Heritage series title on the ABC Classics label.

Artists:

Noel Mewton-Wood (piano), Ida Haendel (violin), Max Rostal (violin), Peter Pears (tenor).

Composers:

Albeniz, Beethoven, Busoni, Chopin, Liszt, Schumann, Shostakovich, Tchaikovsky, Tippett, Weber.

Conductors:

Walter Goehr.

Orchestras:

Concert Hall Symphony Orchestra, Utrecht Symphony Orchestra, Winterthur Symphony Orchestra.

Tracks:

CD 1

1 2 3	I II III	LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770-1827) Piano Concerto No. 4 in G, Op. 58 Allegro moderato Andante con moto Rondo (Vivace)
Utrecht Symphony Orchestra Walter Goehr Recorded 1952
4 5 6	I II III	LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN Sonata for Piano and Violin No. 8 in G, Op. 20 No. 3 Allegro assai Tempo di menuetto, ma molto moderato e grazioso Allegro vivace
Ida Haendel (violin) Recorded 18 February 1941
7		ISAAC ALBENIZ (1860-1909) Malaguena, Op. 71 No. 6
Ida Haendel (violin) Recorded 2 April 1941
8		FREDERIC CHOPIN (1810-1849) Tarantelle in A-flat, Op. 43
Recorded 12 June 1941
9	IV	CARL MARIA VON WEBER (1786-1826) Sonata for Piano No. 1 in C, Op. 24 Rondo (Presto) 'Moto perpetuo'
Recorded 18 August 1941
10 11		FRANZ LISZT (1811-1886) Annees de Pelerinages II 'Italie' Petrarch Sonnet 47 Petrarch Sonnet 104
Recorded c. 1953
CD 2
1 2 3	I II III	PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893) Piano Concerto No. 2 in G, Op. 44 (ed. Siloti) Allegro brillante Andante non troppo Allegro con fuoco
Peter Rybar (solo violin) Antonio Tusa, (solo cello) Winterthur Symphony Orchestra Walter Goehr Recorded 1952
4 5 6 7	I II III IV	DIMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH (1906-1975) Concerto No. 1 for Piano, Trumpet and Strings, Op. 25 Allegro moderato - Allegro vivace - Allegretto - Allegro - Moderato Lento - piu mosso - Largo Moderato Allegro brio - Presto - Allegretto poco moderato - Allegro con brio - Presto
Harry Sevenstern (trumpet) Concert Hall Symphony Orchestra Walter Goehr Recorded 1953
8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20	I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI XII XIII	ROBERT SCHUMANN (1810-1856) Kinderszenen, Op. 15 Von fremden Landern und Menschen Kuriose Geschichte Hasche-Mann Bittendes Kind Gluckes genug Wichtige Begebenheit Traumerei Am Kamin Ritter vom Steckenpferd Fast zu ernst Furchtenmachen Kind im Einschlummern Der Dichter spricht
Recorded 1950
CD 3
1 2 3	I II III	FERRUCCIO BUSONI (1866-1924) Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 2 in E minor, Op. 36a Langsam Presto Andante, piuttosto grave - Alla marcia, vivace
Max Rostal (violin) Recorded 1952
4		MICHAEL TIPPETT (1905-1998) Boyhood's End
Peter Pears (tenor) Recorded 1952
5 6 7 8 9	I II III IV V	MICHAEL TIPPETT The Heart's Assurance Song The Heart's Assurance Compassion The Dancer Remember your lovers
Peter Pears (tenor) Recorded 1952