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The Sydney Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of John Hopkins, plays Edvard Grieg's "Concerto in A minor, Op. 16" (1868).
Percy Grainger, (via Duo-Art performance,) soloist.
Duo-Art piano roll and Vorsetzer ('push-up' player piano) prepared by Denis Condon with assistance from Peter Phillips.
Source performance issued in 1921 on Duo-Art rolls 6475, 6479 & 6485.
Recorded by the Australian Broadcasting Commission in its Sydney Music Studios, May 2 and 3, 1978.
First Movement: Allegro molto moderato 00:00
Second Movement: Adagio 12:59
Third Movement: Allegro moderato molto e marcato – Quasi presto – Andante maestoso 18:37
ABOUT THIS VIDEO:
I did not make the original transfer of this Lp. The original transfer, (found here: [ Ссылка ],) was recorded on a cheap USB turntable running WAY too fast, and utilized an Lp that was obviously in need of a good cleaning.
I did everything I could to remove extraneous noises from the original transfer, but... one can only do so much when using such a poor transfer. Add in the fact that RCA's vinyl was not of the highest quality in 1978, and you're going to end up with some surface noise no matter what one does.
This is, indeed, a historic performance, and I am a huge fan of Grainger's work... thus, I wanted to preserve a (for lack of a better phrase) "decent copy" here on YouTube for everyone to enjoy.
