4CDs
COMPACT DISC 1 (73’02)
1. BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No 2 in B flat major Op 19 BBC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA / SIR MALCOLM SARGENT Recorded on 6 August 1962
4. LISZT Piano Concerto No 2 in A major S125 BBC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA / SIR MALCOLM SARGENT Recorded on 6 August 1962
8. PROKOFIEV Piano Concerto No 4 in B flat major for the left-hand Op 53 BBC SCOTTISH ORCHESTRA / NORMAN DEL MAR Recorded on 21 January 1962
COMPACT DISC 2 (78’13)
1. LYAPUNOV Piano Concerto No 1 in E flat minor Op 4 BBC SCOTTISH ORCHESTRA / NORMAN DEL MAR Recorded on 21 January 1961
6. RUBINSTEIN Six Études Op 23 Recorded in January 1966
12. ALKAN Allegretto alla Barbaresca Op 39 No 1 Recorded in April 1966
13. ALKAN Capriccio alla soldatesca Op 50; 14. Le tambour bat aux champs Op 50bis Recorded in April 1966
COMPACT DISC 3 (66’16)
1. MEDTNER Sonata-Ballade in F sharp major Op 27 Recorded on 29 September 1976
4. MEDTNER Sonata Minacciosa in F minor Op 53 No 2 Recorded on 29 September 1976
5. MEDTNER 4 Skazki Op 26 Recorded on 29 September 1976
9. MEDTNER Sonate-Idylle in G major Op 56 Recorded in 1991
COMPACT DISC 4 (73’02)
1. CHOPIN Études Op 10 Recorded on 13–15 July 1995
13. CHOPIN Études Op 25 Recorded on 13–15 July 1995
25. CHOPIN Nouvelles Études Recorded on 13–15 July 1995
28. GLINKA/BALAKIREV The Lark Recorded on 14–16 July 2000
Malcolm Binns (born 29 January 1936) was for half a century one of the UK’s most significant pianists. He retired aged 80, but let’s not forget his hugely eclectic career which ranged from giving the UK premiere of Prokofiev’s 4th Piano Concerto in 1961 (and UK broadcast premiere, included here) to being the first pianist to record the complete Beethoven piano sonatas on original instruments. For this celebration we focus on his early career with several uniquely preserved BBC concerto recordings from the pianist’s own collection, including a Proms performance featuring two concertos with Sir Malcolm Sargent, a rare LP on the Concert Artist label featuring works by Rubinstein and Alkan which were premiere recordings at the time, and, from much later, two of his most acclaimed recordings from the no longer active Pearl label.
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