An unofficial recording of the 'Spring' Sonata, included on this album, was made during a warm-up and microphone balancing session, requiring the complicity of the production team.
Recording & Production
The recording sessions featured an "amazingly quiet" black poodle named Uschi, who accompanied the engineer Fred Plaut everywhere.
Recording & Production
These recordings were among the first for Adolf Busch to be made using magnetic tape, a new process that allowed for corrections by splicing in parts of new 'takes'.
Recording & Production
These recordings were made in the autumn of 1951 in a studio converted from an old barn at the home of Adolf Busch in Dummerston, Vermont.
Critical Reception
Despite their renown, Adolf Busch and Rudolf Serkin were only able to make four commercial recordings of Beethoven sonatas, with other versions by artists like Kreisler being preferred by HMV.
Album & Artwork
The 'Spring' Sonata on this album is receiving its first release, while the other two sonatas are being released for the first time on CD.
Performer Biography
The German violinist Adolf Busch and the Bohemian pianist Rudolf Serkin, who perform on this album, met in Vienna in 1920 and later became family when Serkin married Busch's daughter.
