Who is Edith Vogel????

[fresaint]

I can't find a thing about this artist on the web, except for the
performance of Beethoven's Hammerklavier, which I have and it is EXCELLENT.
This person, who I assume is a woman, has unbelievable power in her hands.
Also, what type of piano am I listening to on this CD?
Any info would be appreciated.
Mark

[Paul Leather]

fresaint wrote in message ...

Yes, I can understand your enthusiasm for Edith Vogel's playing. She
certainly gave me plenty of enjoyment with her recitals for the BBC in
England during the 1960s and 70s, her Schubert and Beethoven being
particularly memorable. At about that time she was rated as one of the best
three pianists in the world by informed critics such as Misha Donat. Edith
Vogel was a refugee from the Holocaust who made her career in this country
but without ever becoming in any way a glamour name. She played with great
authority and persuasiveness. Unfortunately she is no longer with us but
there must be many such as myself who remember her performances with great
affection.

If your Hammerklavier CD is that issued with BBC Music Magazine in 1994 then
I guess you'll already know that it was recorded in 1977. I can't say what
piano was used but I'd be very surprised if it were anything other that
Steinway.

[fresaint]

>Yes, I can understand your enthusiasm for Edith Vogel's playing. She
>certainly gave me plenty of enjoyment with her recitals for the BBC in
>England during the 1960s and 70s, her Schubert and Beethoven being
>particularly memorable. At about that time she was rated as one of the best
>three pianists in the world by informed critics such as Misha Donat. Edith
>Vogel was a refugee from the Holocaust who made her career in this country
>but without ever becoming in any way a glamour name. She played with great
>authority and persuasiveness. Unfortunately she is no longer with us but
>there must be many such as myself who remember her performances with great
>affection.
>
>If your Hammerklavier CD is that issued with BBC Music Magazine in 1994
then
>I guess you'll already know that it was recorded in 1977. I can't say what
>piano was used but I'd be very surprised if it were anything other that
>Steinway.

Thanks very much, Paul for your information.
Does the late Ms. Vogel have any other recordings on CD available in the
states?
Thanks

[Paul Leather]

fresaint wrote in message ...

>Thanks very much, Paul for your information.

>Does the late Ms. Vogel have any other recordings on CD available in the
>states?
>Thanks
>
>

I don't know,but I would very much doubt it. Even here in the United Kingdom
she has - so far as I am aware - no extant recordings. We really are
dependent on the BBC producing CDs of what must be a considerable archive of
piano recordings by this remarkable, but all too little known, artiste.

[joshu...@btopenworld.com]

On Saturday, September 18, 1999 8:00:00 AM UTC+1, fresaint wrote:
> I can't find a thing about this artist on the web, except for the
> performance of Beethoven's Hammerklavier, which I have and it is EXCELLENT.
> This person, who I assume is a woman, has unbelievable power in her hands.
> Also, what type of piano am I listening to on this CD?
> Any info would be appreciated.
> Mark

I too recall this artist with great affection. She recorded regularly for the BBC, if not all, most of the Beethoven Sonatas of which the BBC issued the Hammerklavier and the last sonata, which comes from a recording I heard live at a lunchtime concert at St. John's Smith Square. She was superb in Schubert and gave one of the best performances of the last Sonata D960 that I ever heard. Her Schumann and Brahms was also exceptionally good

Vogel taught at the Guildhall in London.
Joshua Leff