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Marston Records
Marston Records is an independent American record label. The label specializes in the remastering and reissuing of very early and rare recordings. It was founded in 1997 by Ward Marston and Scott Kessler. Releases on Marston Records Collections of rare recordings of singers include Jane Bathori, Mattia Battistini, Celestina Boninsegna, Max Bouvet, Rosalia Chalia, Feodor Chaliapin, Arthur Endrèze, Emilio de Gogorza, Lotte Lehmann, Félia Litvinne, Fernando De Lucia, John McCormack, Léon Melchissédec, Maurice Renaud, Tito Schipa, Conchita Supervía, Vanni-Marcoux, César Vezzani and Francisco Viñas. Collections of pianists' rare recordings include Josef Hofmann, Raoul von Koczalski, Jorge Bolet and Vladimir de Pachmann Vladimir de Pachmann or Pachman (27 July 18486 January 1933) was a pianist of Russian-German ethnicity, especially noted for performing the works of Chopin and for his eccentric performing style. Biography Pachmann was born in Odessa, Ukraine as .... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ward Marston
Henry Ward Marston IV (born 22 May 1952) is an American audio transfer engineer and producer, known for the conservation and reissue of historical recordings. Early life Henry Ward Marston IV, was born in Philadelphia. Blind from birth he began playing the piano at the age of four and, from 1956 to 1964, attended the Overbrook School for the Blind. He was a student of Williams College until 1973, later receiving the Williams College Bicentennial Medal for distinguished achievement in 2005. Throughout this period Marston continued his training in both piano and also the organ, including a period of advanced organ studies with Pierre Cochereau in France during the summer of 1967. In that year also Marston also formed his own jazz group and has subsequently appeared at the Café Carlyle, filling in for Bobby Short, and also at the Spoleto Festival in Charleston, South Carolina. Conservation of recordings Marston's introduction to early recordings began when he was five, a chance ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Léon Melchissédec
Léon Melchissédec (born Clermont Ferrand, 7 May 1843, died Neuilly-sur-Seine 23 March 1925) was a French baritone who enjoyed a long career in the French capital across a broad range of operatic genres, and later made some recordings and also taught at the Paris Conservatoire.Forbes E. Léon Melchissédec. In: ''The New Grove Dictionary of Opera.'' Macmillan, London and New York, 1997. Life and career He played second violin in the Théâtre de Saint-Étienne before coming to Paris to study.Martin J. ''Nos artistes des théâtres et concerts.'' Paul Ollendorff, Paris, 1895. After classes with Alkan, Puget, Mocker and Levasseur at the Paris Conservatoire, where he won a first prize in 1865,Kutsch KJ, Riemens L. Léon Melchissèdec. In : ''Unvergängliche Stimmen: Sängerlexikon.'' Francke Verlag, Bern and Munchen, 1982. he made his debut at the Paris Opéra-Comique on 16 July 1866 in Cohen's ''José Maria''. Remaining at the Opéra-Comique until 1877, Melchissédec’s reperto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Independent Record Labels
American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, people who self-identify their ancestry as "American" ** American English, the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States ** Native Americans in the United States, indigenous peoples of the United States * American, something of, from, or related to the Americas, also known as "America" ** Indigenous peoples of the Americas * American (word), for analysis and history of the meanings in various contexts Organizations * American Airlines, U.S.-based airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas * American Athletic Conference, an American college athletic conference * American Recordings (record label), a record label previously known as Def American * American University, in Washington, D.C. Sports teams Soccer * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Classical Music Record Labels
Classical may refer to: European antiquity *Classical antiquity, a period of history from roughly the 7th or 8th century B.C.E. to the 5th century C.E. centered on the Mediterranean Sea *Classical architecture, architecture derived from Greek and Roman architecture of classical antiquity *Classical mythology, the body of myths from the ancient Greeks and Romans *Classical tradition, the reception of classical Greco-Roman antiquity by later cultures *Classics, study of the language and culture of classical antiquity, particularly its literature *Classicism, a high regard for classical antiquity in the arts Music and arts *Classical ballet, the most formal of the ballet styles *Classical music, a variety of Western musical styles from the 9th century to the present * Classical guitar, a common type of acoustic guitar *Classical Hollywood cinema, a visual and sound style in the American film industry between 1927 and 1963 * Classical Indian dance, various codified art forms whose the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vladimir De Pachmann
Vladimir de Pachmann or Pachman (27 July 18486 January 1933) was a pianist of Russian-German ethnicity, especially noted for performing the works of Chopin and for his eccentric performing style. Biography Pachmann was born in Odessa, Ukraine as Vladimir Pachmann. The ''von'' or later ''de'' as a nobiliary particle was most probably added to his name by himself. Three of his brothers serving as officers in the Imperial Russian Army did not use the particle, as might be expected. His father was a professor at the University of Odessa and a celebrated amateur violinist who had met Beethoven, Weber and other notable composers in Vienna.Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 5th ed., 1954, Vol. VI, p. 479 He was his son's only teacher until he turned 18, at which time he went to Vienna to study music at the Vienna Conservatory, studying piano with Josef Dachs (a pupil of Carl Czerny) and theory with Anton Bruckner. He gained the Conservatory's Gold Medal and made his concert ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jorge Bolet
Jorge Bolet (November 15, 1914October 16, 1990) was a Cuban-born American virtuoso pianist and teacher. Among his teachers were Leopold Godowsky, and Moriz Rosenthal – the latter an outstanding pupil of Franz Liszt. Life Bolet was born in Havana and studied at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, where he himself taught from 1939 to 1942. His teachers included Leopold Godowsky, Josef Hofmann, David Saperton, Moriz Rosenthal and Fritz Reiner."Bolet, Jorge" ''Grove Music Online'', 2007. Accessed June 2, 2007. In 1937, he won the Naumburg Competition and gave his debut recital. In 1942, Bolet joined the US Army. He was sent to |
Raoul Von Koczalski
Raoul Armand Jerzy (von) Koczalski (3 January 1884 – 24 November 1948) was a Polish pianist and composer. He also used the pseudonym Georg Armand(o) Koczalski. Career Born in Warsaw, Koczalski was taught first by his mother, then by Julian Gadomski (1888–1890). Having made his first public appearance in 1888 (aged 4), his parents took him to play for Anton Rubinstein, who foresaw the possibility of a performing career. He never studied at a conservatory but had further private lesson on the piano and in composition with Ludwig Marek (1891–1892), Karol Mikuli (1893–1895) ( Chopin's favorite Polish student and assistant) and instrumentation with Henryk Jarecki (1893–1894). At the age of 7 he gave concerts, and at 9 he was playing in major European cities as a virtuoso. His thousandth concert was given in Leipzig in 1896, and by the age of 12 he had received awards such as the Order of the Lion and Sun (from the Shah of Persia), the title of Court Pianist (from the King o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josef Hofmann
Josef Casimir Hofmann (originally Józef Kazimierz Hofmann; January 20, 1876February 16, 1957) was a Polish-American pianist, composer, music teacher, and inventor. Biography Josef Hofmann was born in Podgórze (a district of Kraków), in Austro-Hungarian Galicia (present-day Poland) in 1876. His father was the composer, conductor and pianist Kazimierz Hofmann, and his mother the singer Matylda Pindelska. He had an older sister – Zofia Wanda (born June 11, 1874, also in Krakow). Throughout their childhood, their father, Kazimierz, was married to Aniela Teofila ''née'' Kwiecińska (born on January 3, 1843, in Warsaw), who, after moving to Warsaw in 1878 with her husband, died there on October 12, 1885, entry 1392. Then the next year Kazimierz Mikołaj Hofmann married on June 17, 1886, Matylda Franciszka Pindelska - the mother of his children, (daughter of Wincenty and Eleonora ''née'' Wyszkowska, b. in 1851 in Kraków) in the Holy Cross Basilica in Warszawa. In order to e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francesc Viñas
Francesc Viñas i Dordal (27 March 1863 – 14 July 1933) was a Spanish operatic tenor. He is also known by the Spanish version of his name, Francisco Viñas and the Italian version, Francesco Vignas. He was particularly known for his performances in the operas of Richard Wagner and sang in the first production of ''Parsifal'' outside Bayreuth.Metropolitan Opera Archives"Vignas, Francesco" Retrieved 7 February 2013. Life and career Viñas was born in Moià, a small town near Barcelona. At the age of 23, he enrolled in singing lessons at the Barcelona Conservatory where he studied under . After hearing him in some of the conservatory's concerts, Juan Goula, a principal conductor at the Gran Teatre del Liceu, urged him to study the title role of ''Lohengrin''. Viñas went on to make his operatic debut at the Liceu on 9 February 1888 in ''Lohengrin''. It was to become one of his signature roles.Aspinall, Michael (2006)Liner notes: ''The Complete Francisco Viñas''. Marston Records. R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
César Vezzani
César Vezzani (8 August 1888 – 11 November 1951) was a French/Corsican operatic tenor who became a leading exponent of French ''grand opera'' through several decades. (Some sources give his date of birth as 1886.) Career César Vezzani was born in Bastia in Corsica; his father died shortly before his birth. Soon after 1900 his family moved to Toulon on the French mainland, but little is known about his early musical training. In 1908 he went to Paris to study singing and was taught by the Corsican soprano Agnès Borgo (1879 - 1958). He then made his operatic début at the Opéra-Comique in 1911 in the title-role of ''Richard Coeur-de-Lion'' by Grétry. He continued singing there in such works as ''Dinorah'' by Meyerbeer and Erlanger's ''La sorcière'', as well as Italian operas such as ''Tosca'' and ''Cavalleria Rusticana''. In 1913 Vezzani and Agnès Borgo were married, and they had one daughter. (They later divorced in 1919, and Vezzani had two subsequent marriages.) V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vanni-Marcoux
Jean-Émile Diogène Marcoux (12 June 1877 – 22 October 1962) was a French operatic bass-baritone, known professionally as Vanni Marcoux (sometimes hyphenated as Vanni-Marcoux). He was particularly associated with the French and Italian repertories. His huge repertoire included an estimated 240 roles and he won renown as one of the most memorable singing-actors of the 20th century. Life and career Jean-Émile Diogène Marcoux was born to a French father and an Italian mother in Turin, Italy. His mother gave him the nickname "Vanni", short for Giovanni, the Italian equivalent of Jean. After completing law studies, he decided to devote himself to music. He studied with Collini at the music conservatory in his hometown. He made his operatic debut in 1894, at the age of 17, as Sparafucile in Verdi's ''Rigoletto'', in Turin. After further studies in Paris with Frédéric Boyer, he made his first stage appearance in France, at Bayonne, as Frère Laurent in Gounod's '' Roméo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conchita Supervía
Conchita Supervía (8–9 December 1895Steane (2003) – 30 March 1936) was a highly popular Spanish mezzo-soprano singer who appeared in opera in Europe and America and also gave recitals. Early life Supervía was born in Barcelona to an old Andalusian family and given the baptismal name of María de la Concepción Supervía Pascual. She was educated at the local convent but at the age of twelve entered the Conservatori Superior de Música del Liceu in Barcelona to study singing. Professional career She made her stage debut in 1910 at the young age of 15 at the Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires, Argentina in Stiattesi's ''Blanca de Beaulieu''."CONCHITA SUPERVIA - MEZZO SOPRANO 1895-1936: Liner Notes: Conchita ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
