IDAGIO | Piano Music - Three Great Danish Woman Pianists, Vol. 1 (1942-1948) 5709499442432

Featuring

Johanne Amalie Stockmarr
France Marguerite Ellegaard
Galina Werschenskaya
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Ludwig van Beethoven
Frédéric Chopin

Domenico Scarlatti
Ernö Dohnányi
Edvard Grieg
Franz Liszt
Manuel de Falla
César Franck
Johann Nepomuk Hummel
Johannes Brahms
Alexander Scriabin
Sergei Prokofiev
Sergei Rachmaninoff

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Historical Context

The woman concert pianist was surrounded by respect and admiration at a time when women in public or business roles were often viewed with suspicion.

Performer Biography

This album features three great Danish woman pianists: Johanne Stockmarr, Galina Werschenska, and France Ellegaard, whose combined concert activities span about 75 years.

Interpretation

The older recording techniques, despite minor inaccuracies, resulted in interpretations with a "here-and-now" quality and intensity, where the artist bore full responsibility for the performance.

Recording & Production

All recordings on this album, except for Liszt's Liebestraum and La Campanella, are preserved on shellac 78-rpm records, dating from before 1953.

Recording & Production

In the era of these recordings, music was cut directly into fragile lacquer discs, which could only be played once or twice before being damaged.

Recording & Production

Unlike modern recordings, each side of a 78-rpm record had to be recorded in one continuous take, with unacceptable errors requiring the entire side to be redone.