Connoisseur Society is an American audiophile classical music and jazz record label. It was founded by E. Alan Silver and James Goodfriend. Silver and Goodfriend helped artists from the
Eastern bloc
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to perform in the US during the
Cold War
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, among them
Ivan Moravec
Ivan Moravec (9 November 1930 – 27 July 2015) was a Czech concert pianist whose performing and recording career spanned nearly half a century. Media and critics worldwide often called Moravec "a poet of the piano" or "pianist supreme". He is cons ...
in 1962.
The label released albums of
Millette Alexander and Frank Daykin, known collectively as
Alexander and Daykin,
Sergei Babayan, Antonio Barbosa,
Samuel Bartos,
(born David Buechner),
Linda Bustani,
George Darden,
Kate Dillingham
Kate Dillingham is an American classical cellist from New York City. She performs as a soloist and as a chamber musician, and is Artistic Director of the ArtsAhimsa Chamber Music Festival. A voting member of the Recording Academy (GRAMMY’s) and ...
,
Walter Hautzig,
Morton Estrin,
Madeleine Forte
Madeleine (Hsu) Forte (born 20 September 1938) is a Franco-American pianist, recording artist, and Professor Emerita of Piano at the Morrison Center for the Performing Arts at Boise State University.
Early life and education
Madeleine Forte began ...
,
Joyce Hatto,
Michael Jamanis,
Trudy Kane
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* Trudy Adams (born 1964), American actress
* Trudy Anderson (born 1959), New Zealand cricketer
* Trudy Bellinger, British music video director
* Trudy Benson (bo ...
,
Ali Akbar Khan,
Ruth Laredo,
Mirjana Lewis,
João Carlos Martins
João Carlos Gandra da Silva Martins (); born June 25, 1940, in Sao Paulo, Brazil) is an acclaimed Brazilian classical pianist and conductor, who has performed with leading orchestras in the United States, Europe and Brazil.
He is celebra ...
,
Blair McMillan
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, Ivan Moravec,
Garrick Ohlsson,
Zaidee Parkinson Zaidee is a feminine given name which derived from the name Sadie, which is also derived from the name Sarah. It means princess in Hebrew.
List of people with the name
* Zaidee C. Bliss, wife of Anson Goodyear
* Zaidee Jackson (1897–1970), Am ...
,
Manitas de Plata,
Richard Reid,
Cynthia Raim
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,
Alberto Reyes,
Elizabeth Rich
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* Elizabeth (biblical figure), mother of John the Baptist
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* ''Elisabeth'' (sch ...
,
Edward Rosser
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History
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,
Mordecai Shehori
Mordecai Shehori (born 20 April 1946) is an Israeli-American pianist.
Biography
Shehori was born in Israel and studied in Tel Aviv with Mindru Katz, whom he cites as his most influential teacher. At the age of nine he gave his first public perform ...
,
Myron Silberstein,
Patrick Stephens Patrick may refer to:
*Patrick (given name), list of people and fictional characters with this name
*Patrick (surname), list of people with this name
People
*Saint Patrick (c. 385–c. 461), Christian saint
*Gilla Pátraic (died 1084), Patrick or ...
,
Joe Utterback,
Ilana Vered,
Frances Veri,
,
Wanda Wiłkomirska, and
Oxana Yablonskaya
Oxana Yablonskaya (russian: Оксана Михайловна Яблонская; born December 6, 1938, Moscow) is a Russian pianist who has had an active international performance career since the early 1960s. She began her career in the USSR ...
.
Some of the label's releases include:
*Joe Utterback, piano; ''So Many Stars'';
Lionel Hampton
Lionel Leo Hampton (April 20, 1908 – August 31, 2002) was an American jazz vibraphonist, pianist, percussionist, and bandleader. Hampton worked with jazz musicians from Teddy Wilson, Benny Goodman, and Buddy Rich, to Charlie Parker, Charles M ...
/
Sonny Burke: ''Midnight Sun'';
Ann Ronell: ''Willow Weep For Me'';
Bobby Troup: ''Get Your Kicks on Route 66'' (CD 4259)
*Edward Rosser, piano; ''Visions of Beyond'', ''late and last piano works by:''
Chopin,
Beethoven,
Brahms,
Schubert,
Liszt,
Schumann,
Debussy (CD 4260)
*Cynthia Raim, piano; Johannes Brahms: ''Haendel Variations, Three Intermezzi, Eight Kavierstücke'' (CD 4266)
*David Allen Wehr, piano; Beethoven: ''The 32 Piano Sonatas'', Volume 4, 2 CDs; Schubert: ''Piano Sonata in B flat major'' (CD 4264)
The label became known for the premiere recording of
Scriabin's complete 10 sonatas with Ruth Laredo in 1970 (CS 2032, CS 2034 and CS 2035).
Silver is also head of the company In Sync,
which offers
remasterings on CD from cassettes and LPs.
References
External links
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Classical music record labels
American independent record labels