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A beautiful, mint-looking 1958 EMI-ALP 1643 (looks like a 'Shaded Dog'
to
me) album of a peenist (whom I do not know) called Soloman playing
Grieg
and
Schumann Piano Concertos with The Philharmonia Orchestra under Menges.


Solomon. Magnificent, underrated pianist. Heard him at the King's Hall,
Belle Vue, M/C, in the 50's. Have a tape of him playing Beethoven
sonatas. Well up to Brendel standards.



Prompted me to dig through my vinyl for a recording of Soloman playing
Grieg & Schumann piano concertos in A minor (Op.16 & Op. 54 respectively)
with the Philharmonia Orch just to give it another listen. Answer VVG+
:-)


Woah! That's the very one! - HMV ALP1643???

It's shinier'n a shiny thing now - it'll be on the go later on, for sure!!

(Really looking forward to it now!! :-)




Dont think it's the same, yours has a green cover if I remember, mine EMI
40255 dated '58

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A beautiful, mint-looking 1958 EMI-ALP 1643 (looks like a 'Shaded Dog'
to
me) album of a peenist (whom I do not know) called Soloman playing
Grieg
and
Schumann Piano Concertos with The Philharmonia Orchestra under Menges.


Solomon. Magnificent, underrated pianist. Heard him at the King's Hall,
Belle Vue, M/C, in the 50's. Have a tape of him playing Beethoven
sonatas. Well up to Brendel standards.



Prompted me to dig through my vinyl for a recording of Soloman playing
Grieg & Schumann piano concertos in A minor (Op.16 & Op. 54
respectively) with the Philharmonia Orch just to give it another listen.
Answer VVG+ :-)


Woah! That's the very one! - HMV ALP1643???

It's shinier'n a shiny thing now - it'll be on the go later on, for
sure!!

(Really looking forward to it now!! :-)




Dont think it's the same, yours has a green cover if I remember, mine
EMI 40255 dated '58


Yes, it's green.

Pinky would have had a field day with this one - it wasn't the quietest of
LPs and there was a minute or so of 'escaping steam' at the end of the first
movement of the Grieg. No idea what caused that as the vinyl looks very
clean! (???) Amusingly, the piano (which was *beautifully* played
throughout) never faltered and could be clearly heard above it!! (No
problems with the other side.)

Most importantly, this Soloman chappie *is* brilliant - one to watch out for
and, at 50p a shot, definitely one to take a chance on 'sound
qualitywise'....