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Eugene Istomin
The Concerto and Solo Recordings

Album 2015 on Sony Classical label
Classical (Classical)

Eugene Istomin (1925–2003), one of America’s most respected pianists, was highly esteemed by audiences and colleagues alike for his all-encompassing virtuosity and unusually wide-ranging repertoire. 2015 marks Istomin’s 90th-anniversary year, a milestone that Sony Classical celebrates with the first ever release of his complete concerto and solo recordings for Columbia Masterworks in a limited edition original jackets collection. Many of the performances appear in their first authorized CD editions, including the 19-year-old pianist’s recorded debut in Bach’s D minor Concerto led by Adolf Busch; his youthful concerto collaborations with Pablo Casals; Chopin’s complete Nocturnes; Brahms’s Handel Variations; Schubert’s D major Sonata, D 850; plus the long-out-of-print Rachmaninoff 2nd, Tchaikovsky 1st, Brahms 2nd, Chopin 2nd, and Beethoven 4th and 5th Concertos with Eugene Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra. CD 1: Recordings: New York City, Liederkranz Hall, April 24 & May 3, 1945 [1–3]; Prades, l’église St-Pierre, June 6/10/12, 1950 [4–6]; Location unknown, July 1950 [7]; Perpignan, Théâtre municipal, July 20, 1951 [8–10] Producers: Leonard Smith & Lawrance Collingwood [4–7] Recording Engineer: Douglas Larter [4–6] LP Matrix Nos.: xLP 2564 [1–3]; xLP 3378 [4–6]; xLP 8809 [8–10] (P) 1950 [1–7] / 1952 [8–10] CD 2: Recording: Location unknown, January 5 [1/2/4], January 13 [3/5], February 3 [6/9], February 17 [7/8], September 14 [10], 1955 LP Matrix Nos.: xLP 34547 [1–5]; xLP 35695 [6–10] (P) 1956 Sony Music Entertainment CD 3: Recording: Location unknown, February 17 [1], September 27 [2/8/9], September 21 [3/6], September 28 [4], September 14 [5], September 23 [7], 1955 LP Matrix Nos.: xLP 35707 [1–4]; xLP 35708 [5–9] (P) 1956 Sony Music Entertainment CD 4: Recording: Philadelphia, Academy of Music, April 8, 1956 LP Matrix Nos.: xLP 37827/8 (P) 1956 Sony Music Entertainment CD 5: Recordings: New York City, Columbia 30th Street Studio, September 3/4/26, 1957 [1–3]; March 16/21/26, 1951 [4–30] Matrix Nos.: XCO 45420-1; XCO 45421-1; XCO 45422-1; XCO 45423-1; XCO 45424-1; XCO 45425-1 [4–30] LP Matrix Nos.: xLP 43077 [1–3]; xLP 43078 [4–30] (P) 1958 [1–3] / 1952 [4–30] Sony Music Entertainment CD 6: Recording: Philadelphia, Broadwood Hotel, January 26, 1958 LP Matrix Nos.: xLP 42929 [1]; xLP 42930 [2/3] (P) 1958 Sony Music Entertainment CD 7: Recording: Philadelphia, Broadwood Hotel, April 12/19, 1959 LP Matrix Nos.: XSM 47221 / xLP 47219 [1]; XSM 47222 / xLP 47220 [2/3] (P) 1959 Sony Music Entertainment CD 8: Recordings: Philadelphia, Broadwood Hotel, November 1, 1959 [1–3]; Hollywood, American Legion Hall, January 20/25, 1960 [4–6] Producer: John McClure [4–6] LP Matrix Nos.: XSM 50072 / xLP 50070 [1–3]; XSM 50073 / xLP 50071 [4–6] (P) 1960 Sony Music Entertainment CD 9: Recording: Philadelphia, Town Hall, February 8/13, 1965 Producer: Thomas Frost Engineers: Edward T. Graham & Frank Bruno LP Matrix Nos.: XSM 79091 / xLP 79089 [1/2]; XSM 79092 / xLP 79090 [3/4] (P) 1965 Sony Music Entertainment CD 10: Recordings: Philadelphia, Town Hall, April 16, 1964 [1–3]; December 15, 1966 [4–6] Producer: Thomas Frost Engineers: Edward T. Graham & Frank Bruno LP Matrix Nos.: XSM 79106 / xLP 79102 [1]; XSM 79107 / xLP 79103 [2/3]; XSM 138004 [4]; XSM 138005 [5/6] (P) 1965 [1–3] / 1969 [4–6] Sony Music Entertainment CD 11: Recordings: New York City, Columbia 30th Street Studio 1, June 23 & September 3, 1969 [1–4]; December 14/15, 1959 [5–7] Producers: Andrew Kazdin [1–4]; Thomas Frost / Andreas K. Meyer [5–7] Engineers: Fred Plaut & Raymond Moore [1–4] LP Matrix Nos.: XSM 152517/8 [1–4] (P) 1970 [1–4] / 2015 [5–7] Sony Music Entertainment CD 12: Recordings: New York City, Columbia 30th Street Studio, April 1, 1960 [1–3]; March 17/18, 1966 & April 10/11, 1967 [4/11–13]; April 10/11, 1967 [5/9/10]; March 18, 1968 [6/7]; March 18, 1966 & April 10/11, 1967 [8] Producer: Andrew Kazdin [4–13] Producer for CD: Andreas K. Meyer Engineers: Fred Plaut & Robert Waller [4/8/11–13] (P) 2015 Sony Music Entertainment Disc and Tape Transfers CDs 1–10: Brett Zinn, Iron Mountain Digital Studios Mixing and Mastering: Martin Kistner, b-sharp music & media solutions Tape Transfers, Editing, Mixing and Mastering CDs 11 [5–7] & 12: Andreas K. Meyer, Meyer Media LLC For tape transfers from the original analogue sources and mastering 24bit/96kHz technology has been applied. CDs 1–10 & 11 [1–4] consist of previously released material. CDs 11 [5–7] & 12 previously unreleased. CD 12 curated by Marta Casals Istomin Photos: cover & pp. 2/3 Hank Parker; pp. 28, 38/39 Don Hunstein; pp. 10, 42 C Sony Music Entertainment; p. 9 Christian Steiner; p. 21 Louis Melancon; pp. 4, 10, 16, 35, 41, 52, 54, 57, 61C Private Collection Marta Casals Istomin CDs 1–12 C Sony Music Entertainment This compilation (P) & (C) 2015 Sony Music Entertainment Distributed by Sony Music Entertainment Sony Classical and [Sony Classical Logo] are trademarks of Sony Music Entertainment All trademarks and logos are protected · Made in the EU

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	Eugene Istomin p, 1925-2003 US album by
	Leonard Rose vc, 1918-1984 US cello
	Adolf Busch vn, 1891-1952 DE conductor
	Bruno Walter p, *1876 DE conductor
	Eugene Ormandy vn, 1899-1985 US conductor
	Pablo Casals vc, 1876-1973 ES conductor
	John Wummer fl, 1899-1977 US flute
	Geertje Lenkeit liner notes, translation
	Josée Bégaud , liner notes, translation
	Andreas K. Meyer , US mastered by, transferred by
	Busch Chamber Players , orchestra
	Columbia Symphony Orchestra , orchestra
	Perpignan Festival Orchestra , orchestra
	Prades Festival Orchestra , orchestra
	The Philadelphia Orchestra , US orchestra
	Michael Panico , research, document
	Anthony Fountain , research, tape
	Brett Zinn , transferred by
	Isaac Stern vn, 1920-2001 PL violin
	Joseph Szigeti vn, 1892-1973 HU violin

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