davidhertzberg
My name is David Hertzberg. I am a retired writer and live in northern Virginia, USA. Here I share mostly unique, rare, and out-of-print LP recordings from my personal record collection of what are generally recognized to be among the greatest compositions across all genres from the early 12th through the mid-to-late 20th century. Real or perceived quality of the performance is of less importance to me than the imperative of ensuring that these recordings are brought to life and not lost to history.
YouTube is regarded by scholars and researchers as a primary source archive; thus it is essential to document these musical performances with as much detail as the video format will permit, both for research purposes and to strengthen viewer confidence in the provenance and authenticity of the recording to which they are listening.
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Jorge Bolet
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Xenia Prochorowa (1905-1991) was born in Moscow and studied piano at the Moscow Conservatory. In 1933 she was the winner of the International Franz Liszt Competition in Budapest. She concertized and offered master classes throughout the Americas and Europe between 1933 and 1963. In 1964 she was appointed piano lecturer at the College of Music, University of Cape Town, South Africa.
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Coming soon...
1 month ago | [YT] | 16
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Some images of Beethoven.
4 months ago | [YT] | 61
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To commemorate the August 5 birthday of Austrian composer Hans Gál I'd like to share this performance of the slow movement of his Op. 57 piano concerto, performed by Sarah Beth Briggs. Thank you for watching! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gX74j...
8 months ago | [YT] | 13
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A phenomenal 1977 recording featuring the late Karen Shaw. You can read her obituary here: www.spearmillerfuneralhome.com/obituary/Karen-Shaw
10 months ago | [YT] | 53
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Bartok: https://youtu.be/NlzyQfwLi38
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Ernő Balogh (1897-1989) was a US-based Hungarian-born pianist, composer, editor, and teacher. He was a colleague of the late clarinetist Sydney Forrest, whose daughter gave me this record to upload to YouTube. This recording will reside here: www.youtube.com/playlist?list... You can read about Sydney Forrest here: www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/sidney-for…
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Andras Schiff, 1983 recording.
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Clementi Sonatinas op. 36, 37 and 38, performed by the late American pianist Sidney Foster (1917-1977) . One of thousands of LPs I received in the mail as part of a Musical Heritage Society subscription back in the 1970s/80s. You can enjoy this complete recording, with score, here: www.youtube.com/playlist?list...
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