Various Artists
Among the pianists are Josef Hofmann, Ignace Jan Paderewski, Yolanda Mero, and Leopold Godowsky. All are drawn from the extensive Anderson Collection within the International Piano Archives at Maryland, and all have been painstakingly transferred from the original 78-rpm discs using modern digital technology.
A 20-page booklet provides detailed commentary on the pianists and their recordings. Virtually none of these recordings have ever been reissued since their first appearance between 1906 and 1949.
PLAYLIST:
HARRY ANDERSON, piano
MEDTNER:Fairy Tale, Op.20 No.1; Idylle, Op.17 No.1
IGNACE JAN PADEREWSKI, piano
SCHUBERT-LISZT: Hark, Hark, the Lark!
CHOPIN-LISZT: The Maiden's Wish
Paderewski speaks on behalf of Polish relief efforts (1940)
XAVER SCHARWENKA, piano
SCHARWENKA: Polish Dance no.1
CHOPIN: Fantasy-Impromptu
ALEXANDER MICHALOWSKI, piano
CHOPIN:Preludes Nos.7 and 16; Nocturne in F-Sharp
CHOPIN-MICHALOWSKI: Minute Waltz
JOSEF HOFMANN, piano
RUBINSTEIN: Melody in F
EUGEN D'ALBERT, piano
CHOPIN: Polonaise in A-Flat
d'ALBERT: Capriolen Nos.4, 5, and 2
YOLANDA MERO, piano
LISZT: Hungarian Rhapsody No.4
VOGRICH: Staccato Caprice
FRIDA KWAST-HODAPP, piano
BACH: Prelude and Fugue No.20 (WTC, 1)
SCARLATTI: Three Sonatas (MP3)
EDWARD ISAACS, piano
CHOPIN-LISZT: My Joys
MORIZ ROSENTHAL, piano
CHOPIN:Waltz in C-Sharp Minor
J. STRAUSS-ROSENTHAL: Carnaval de Vienne
RICHARD BUHLIG, piano
BACH: Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue
ADELINA DE LARA, piano
SCHUMANN: Fugue in D Minor; The Elf
MARIA ROGER-MICLOS, piano
SCHUMANN: Traumeswirren
MARK HAMBOURG, piano
CHOPIN: Polonaise in B-Flat
RACHMANINOFF: Prelude in G-Flat
SCRIABIN: Etude, Op.8 No.1
MIECZYSLAW MUNZ, piano
SCRIABIN: Etude, Op.2 No.1
RAVEL: Piece en forme de Habanera
PERCY GRAINGER, piano
GRAINGER: Shepherd's Hey
ABRAM CHASINS, piano
CHASINS: Fairy Tale; Three Preludes
LEOPOLD GODOWSKY, piano
DEBUSSY: Reflections in the Water
VLADIMIR DE PACHMANN, piano
CHOPIN-GODOWSKY: Revolutionary Etude
GUIOMAR NOVAES, piano
R. STRAUSS-GODOWSKY: Staendchen
DAVID SAPERTON, piano
ALBENIZ-GODOWSKY: Triana
EDWARD GOLL, piano
REGER: Maria Wiegenlied; Humoreske in D
GEORG LIEBLING, piano
CHOPIN: Prelude No.7; Minute Waltz
PAGANINI-LISZT: La Campanella
TOBIAS MATTHAY, piano
MATTHAY: On Surrey Hills; Prelude and Arpeggio