I was looking through the little notebook listing the 78s I got given back in 1981 and I noticed an unfamilar name, Kraus, which turned out to be Lili Kraus. As the majority of the works were also unfamiliar to me I decided to process them and a great joy it has been. The first two are now uploaded and are
1) Mozart's Piano Concerto in B Flat K.456 with the London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Water Goehr. This is a wonderful composition with the emotional weight in the minor key slow movement containing some weird false relations. There is an inkling of what is to come when after a sunny start you arrive at a stop chord where you might expect the piano to enter but no, a minor-key passage ensues.
2) Beethoven's Violin Sonata Op. 96 No. 10. The violinist is Simon Goldberg. This is very much a duo with each part having equal importance in the overall scheme of things. The performance seems to be very intimate as though they are playing for my ears alone. This is a reflection of the composition itself which contains much that is pensive and elegiac. I don't know how often LVB did this but the slow movement doesn't come to a full-stop but segues into the Scherzo. This movement is characterised by accented third beats in triple time as does a sequence in the last movement of the Mozart.
Lili was born in Hungary in 1903, studied with Schnabel, Kodaly and Bartok among others and after an international career in the 30s was captured in Java and interned by the Japanese while touring. I hope you enjoy these performances as much as I have done. You will find them right at the end of the list when you click on the link below
1) Mozart's Piano Concerto in B Flat K.456 with the London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Water Goehr. This is a wonderful composition with the emotional weight in the minor key slow movement containing some weird false relations. There is an inkling of what is to come when after a sunny start you arrive at a stop chord where you might expect the piano to enter but no, a minor-key passage ensues.
2) Beethoven's Violin Sonata Op. 96 No. 10. The violinist is Simon Goldberg. This is very much a duo with each part having equal importance in the overall scheme of things. The performance seems to be very intimate as though they are playing for my ears alone. This is a reflection of the composition itself which contains much that is pensive and elegiac. I don't know how often LVB did this but the slow movement doesn't come to a full-stop but segues into the Scherzo. This movement is characterised by accented third beats in triple time as does a sequence in the last movement of the Mozart.
Lili was born in Hungary in 1903, studied with Schnabel, Kodaly and Bartok among others and after an international career in the 30s was captured in Java and interned by the Japanese while touring. I hope you enjoy these performances as much as I have done. You will find them right at the end of the list when you click on the link below
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