Ozan Marsh Plays-Liszt B Minor Sonata
mandryka
spontaneous and has a feel for bravura.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1OSDi1Le2w
Who is he? I had never heard of him before?
bassppn
made a number of recordings
AB
pianomaven
An obscure pianist who had a foundation in the SouthWest that took my
good money and never sent me the LP they owed me.
His discography must be the smallest of any pianist on record.
TD
LarryLap
I'm sorry you lost your money, Tom, but much sorrier that Mr.
Marsh was so obscure, since, by the evidence available on youtube, he
was one helluva pianist: huge technique, beautiful tone, and a
natural, unaffected address to the musical essence of romantic works
for the keyboard. I wonder what on earth happened to keep such a
tremendous talent from developing the major career it merited. The
Wikipedia article is palpably bogus. To judge from that article,
Marsh studied with many of the greatest pianists of all time,
concertized all over the world with all the most renowned orchestras,
and commanded a repertoire that makes Rubinstein appear narrow by
comparison. What cannot be denied, however, is that the person
recorded in the youtube snippets was afraid of nothing that could be
performed on the piano, and had a powerful urge to communicate with an
audience. Check out this program of a series of concerts he gave in
Leningrad in 1980. If anyone here can read Russian, a translation
would be much appreciated; I can only catch the drift.--Larry
Christopher Howell
He set down the Liszt First Concerto, Totentanz and Spanish Rhapsody
with the LPO under Paul Freeman for Barrington-Coupe's Concert
Artists. This was a cassette-only issue dated 1986. A reminder that
the WBC debacle took with it a number of genuine recordings of real
interest. The masters are presumably rotting in Royston UK
Chris Howell
Norman Schwartz
> On 24 Giu, 20:19, mandryka <howie.st...@googlemail.com> wrote:
>> Here is half of it on youtube, and it is worth catching. He's
>> spontaneous and has a feel for bravura.
>>
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1OSDi1Le2w
>>
>> Who is he? I had never heard of him before?
>
> He set down the Liszt First Concerto, Totentanz and Spanish Rhapsody
> with the LPO under Paul Freeman for Barrington-Coupe's Concert
> Artists. This was a cassette-only issue dated 1986.
That's a joke, right? I have those performances on "An Original Digital
Recording, MMG Vox Cum Laude, MCD 10049'. That recording was noted earlier
in this thread. I purchased it after hearing something in it (?) that
appealed to me listening to some FM radio broadcast. It's also dated 1986
and contains program notes by David Dubal, Music Director and WNCN, NYC and
author of 'Reflections from the Keyboard'. A WNCN radio broadcast was
probably that which I heard at the time back then.
td
I forgot to say that he did make one recording with Arthur Fiedler and
the Boston Pops. Something by Liszt. I have it in the library, I
think. Hungarian Fantasy, perhaps?
TD
Christopher Howell
>
> > He set down the Liszt First Concerto, Totentanz and Spanish Rhapsody
> > with the LPO under Paul Freeman for Barrington-Coupe's Concert
> > Artists. This was a cassette-only issue dated 1986.
>
> That's a joke, right? I have those performances on "An Original Digital
> Recording, MMG Vox Cum Laude, MCD 10049'. That recording was noted earlier
> in this thread. I purchased it after hearing something in it (?) that
> appealed to me listening to some FM radio broadcast. It's also dated 1986
> and contains program notes by David Dubal, Music Director and WNCN, NYC and
> author of 'Reflections from the Keyboard'. A WNCN radio broadcast was
> probably that which I heard at the time back then.
>
a Concert Artists cassette. I therefore supposed it had actually been
made for/by CA though I wondered where WBC found the money for the
venture. The answer is now clear, WBC simply licensed it for UK
release.
Chris Howell
Matthew B. Tepper
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> No, it's not a joke, the recording in question was issued in the UK as a
> Concert Artists cassette. I therefore supposed it had actually been made
> for/by CA though I wondered where WBC found the money for the venture.
> The answer is now clear, WBC simply licensed it for UK release.
The word "license" implies payment.
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>> No, it's not a joke, the recording in question was issued in
>> the UK as a Concert Artists cassette. I therefore supposed it
>> had actually been made for/by CA though I wondered where WBC
>> found the money for the venture. The answer is now clear, WBC
>> simply licensed it for UK release.
>
> The word "license" implies payment.
No it doesn't. As the manager of a small academic press, I generally license the use
of portions of copyrighted publications gratis. The license restricts the use of the
material to the purpose(s) specified by agreement between the press and the licensee.
I have been the beneficiary of such arrangements as well. One has to balance
complete control of the material (which is impossible anyway) against the value of
having it more widely disseminated.
AC
Matthew B. Tepper
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> "Matthew B. Tepper" <oyþ@earthlink.net> wrote in
Thanks, but I was just trying to find a sassy way of wondering whether
Barrington-Crook (HAS there ever been an investigation into the cause of
his wife's death, or did the authorities just take his word for it?)
actually paid for some artist's work for a change.
Christopher Webber
> (HAS there ever been an investigation into the cause of
> his wife's death, or did the authorities just take his word for it?)
Having myself seen the death certificate, signed by a reputable Doctor,
there's no suspicion of any hanky-panky whatsoever. The cause cited on
the cert. was (essentially) the cancer.
--
Christopher Webber, London, UK
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Matthew B. Tepper
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> On 01/07/2011 20:41, Matthew B. Tepper wrote:
>> (HAS there ever been an investigation into the cause of
>> his wife's death, or did the authorities just take his word for it?)
>
> Having myself seen the death certificate, signed by a reputable Doctor,
> there's no suspicion of any hanky-panky whatsoever. The cause cited on
> the cert. was (essentially) the cancer.
Thank you. But -- there was no pillow that might have been used to put her
out of her misery? No hot water bottle that might have been filled with
dry ice that would fill a room with carbon dioxide when it sublimes? Maybe
I really should reread Before the Fact, and read Malice Aforethought.
Christopher Howell
>
> > No, it's not a joke, the recording in question was issued in the UK as a
> > Concert Artists cassette. I therefore supposed it had actually been made
> > for/by CA though I wondered where WBC found the money for the venture.
> > The answer is now clear, WBC simply licensed it for UK release.
>
> The word "license" implies payment.
>
a venue in or near London. At that time WBC still had a degree of
credibility as a recording manager. In Arizona, too, Marsh had a
colleague, the British clarinettist John Denman who settled in the USA
after marrying pianist Paula Fan, who made several several recordings
(of uncontested authenticity) for CA and who in those days still
thought of WBC as a friend. So the idea of working through WBC could
have been his suggestion. Interestingly another Arizona-based pianist,
Nicholas Zumbro, also recorded for WBC. Remember that pre-scandal,
WBC's career, though controversial (and including the period in
prison) also had its pluses. Speculation, but the pieces of the jig-
saw puzzle fit.
Chris Howell
Matthew B. Tepper
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Well.... I dunno, but he certainly has no credibility with me.
graham
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So, have you met Alan Watkins?
Christopher Howell
>
> Well.... I dunno, but he certainly has no credibility with me.
>
1986. I think it was Vernon Handley in one of the BBC post-Hatto
programmes who referred to WBC's reputation as a "fixer".He certainly
"fixed" Handley's own first recordings, establishing an underground
reputation for both Handley and Bax which bore fruit a decade later.
And this, for one, is an achievement that remains regardless of the
tragi-comedy that followed
Chris Howell