Lili Kraus // Mozart Sonatas for solo keyboard // Les Discophiles Français

Oscar

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Apr 16, 2021, 11:22:00 PM4/16/21

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How many times did M. Kraus record integrales of the Sonatas? I am familiar with the one from 1967/68; it was reissued by Sony in a cap-box approx. ten years ago. Wasn't there another integrale that preceded it and recorded for Henri Screpel's Les Discophiles Français? What year? Mono recordings only? How does it compare to the more widely distributed later stereo remakes? Thx in advance.

Oscar

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Apr 16, 2021, 11:22:40 PM4/16/21

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Of course, I mean to write Mme. Kraus, not M. Kraus.

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Randy Lane

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Apr 17, 2021, 12:34:36 AM4/17/21

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On Friday, April 16, 2021 at 8:48:12 PM UTC-7, dan....@gmail.com wrote:

> Not "keyboard"! PIANO!
>
> dk
The recordings were released in Korea in 2005

https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B003G1C5RQ

Fymido Lenito

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Apr 17, 2021, 12:40:54 AM4/17/21

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On Friday, April 16, 2021 at 8:22:40 PM UTC-7, Oscar wrote:
> Of course, I mean to write Mme. Kraus, not M. Kraus.

Don't know about any French cycle by Kraus, but there is one from 1954 (mono) recorded for the Haydn Society, released by M&A on CD:
https://www.amazon.com/Mozart-Solo-Keyboard-Works-Kraus/dp/B000001OJB

5 CDs worth, includes lots of minor pieces. Several cheap copies available on amazon if you don't mind buying used.

Randy Lane

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Apr 17, 2021, 12:42:07 AM4/17/21

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The recordings date from the mid 1950s.
EMI, and now Warner, became the owners of the recordings.

The recordings are also available in the big Warner Krauss box

https://www.amazon.de/dp/B00LLHG94W/

Randy Lane

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Apr 17, 2021, 12:50:15 AM4/17/21

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Haydn Society licensed many Les Discophile Français recordings.
They are the same as the ones on the EMI and Warner releases I sent links for.

Oscar

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Apr 17, 2021, 1:07:08 AM4/17/21

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On Friday, April 16, 2021 at 8:48:12 PM, DK wrote:
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> Not "keyboard"! PIANO!

Stop harping and tell me about the _recordings_, dee-kay.

A few weeks ago, erstwhile r.m.c.r. pianophile Tee-dee dropped this dependable deplorable from his FB friends list after I chimed in on Barenboim's Beethoven Piano Sonatas integrale release (2020). Guess I was too critical of someone else's opinion! In hindsight, I regret my utterance, but I'm afraid I'm now exiled forevermore.

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raymond....@gmail.com

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Apr 17, 2021, 2:28:12 AM4/17/21

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On Saturday, 17 April 2021 at 15:21:22 UTC+10, dan....com wrote:

> Don't waste your time on Boringboim ruminating Boring van Beethoven!
>
> Listen to some real music:
>
> https://www.youtube.com/user/tkmdr
> https://www.youtube.com/user/KanadeDrum
> https://www.youtube.com/user/kaneaikaneai
>
> dk

What drum set are you proposing to buy then, or do you leave it to the Nipponese wunderkind?
;)

Ray Hall, Taree

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Fymido Lenito

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Apr 17, 2021, 12:19:37 PM4/17/21

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Thanks for the information. I was not aware of this. The way M&A worded it on their box, it sounded like Haydn Society was the original sponsor/owner of these recordings.

Owen

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Apr 17, 2021, 11:52:53 PM4/17/21

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On 4/17/21 7:12 AM, Dan Koren wrote:

> On Saturday, April 17, 2021 at 2:28:12 AM UTC-4, raymond....@gmail.com wrote:

>>
>> What drum set are you proposing to buy then, or
>> do you leave it to the Nipponese wunderkind?
>> ;)
>

> I always advise people to do their own research and
> to form their own opinions, as well as try everything
> at least once! ;-)
>
> dk
>

"I always pass on good advice. It is the only thing to do with it. It is
never of any use to oneself."

-Oscar Wilde (not Oscar Edward Williamson)

-Owen