[78-L] Heart of the...

[Don Cox]

On 10/03/2012, Ted Kneebone wrote:

> When I first started collecting records, I bought the
> Heart of the Piano Concerto.  8 sides, 8 concertos.
> I enjoyed them all and decided to get the full concertos
> as my income (10c a week) would allow.  I got most of
> them on 78s, a few on LPs.  Then came CDs.  I think I
> have all 8, but have not checked recently.  Some of them
> I omitted on CD because I didn't really like them.  
>    My collection was built depending on how much I
> listened to the radio.  I wrote down the name of the piece
> and the composer.  

I still do that, thanks to BBC Radio 3. It has cost me thousands.

For example, I heard a sextet by Korngold for the first time last week.
A must buy.

> This was in the 1940s so there was no
> FM.  The static sometimes interfered with my note taking.
>    When LPs came along, I was often pleasantly surprised 
> to find a real gem on side 2.  Even on CDs I have discovered
> real gems.  I bought the Chaikovskii piano concerto #1 in
> Petri's recording.  It has a piece I had not heard before:
> Brahms' variations & fugue on a theme by Handel.  What a
> wonderful surprise!    

I have similar experiences.

But I was introduced to the Brahms Handel Variations by a college friend. A
great masterpiece.

Regards
-- 
Don Cox
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