IDAGIO | Kathleen Long - The complete Decca solo recordings 1941-1945 5024709160419

Featuring

Kathleen Long
Ottorino Respighi
Domenico Scarlatti
Pietro Domenico Paradies
Johann Sebastian Bach
Franz Schubert

Edvard Grieg
Gabriel Fauré
Claude Debussy

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Performer Biography

Kathleen Long, the pianist, was awarded a CBE in 1957 in recognition of her services to music.

Recording & Production

Kathleen Long was one of the first artists to broadcast for the BBC, beginning as early as 1926 from Savoy Hill.

Performer Biography

Kathleen Long won the John Hopkinson Silver Medal at the Royal College of Music at eighteen and the Gold Medal the following year, also making her debut at the Aeolian Hall in London.

Performer Biography

Kathleen Long, the pianist, was awarded the Palmes Académiques by the French government for her services to French music, particularly the works of Fauré.

Performer Biography

Kathleen Long, the pianist on this album, made her first public appearance at the age of eight and began studying at the Royal College of Music on an open scholarship at fourteen.

Recording & Production

Many of Kathleen Long's solo recordings during wartime for Decca had to be remade months after the initial attempt, possibly due to technical processing difficulties.

Interpretation

Kathleen Long's performances of Scarlatti sonatas, as heard on this album, are characterized by her empathy with early keyboard music and her use of the sustaining pedal where she deems it necessary.