RARE Stanley Hummel Pianist Ersta Records FS 1007 Chopin Listz Schubert DG MONO

Description: Interesting and rare recording of Stanley Hummel's solo performances. We previous sold the other rare Ersta "Piano Encores" about a year ago, but finally dug this one off the shelf. This copy is direct from the estate of Peter Bartok, sound engineer for the LP. Both the cover and vinyl are VG++. The original inner sleeve was a wax paper that had degraded significantly over the last 60 years. Inserting the album back into the sleeve was difficult and the wax paper would drag across the surface, creating very light superficial paper scuffs. We replaced the wax paper with a poly-lined inner, and it is much less stress-inducing to get back into the sleeve. Sleeve is very sturdy with no writing, drills, splits, etc. Label has no discernible spindle marks, so it looks like it was rarely played or handled very well. Excerpt from a YouTube mini-biography video description: STANLEY HUMMEL, a Juilliard graduate and pupil of Josef Lhevinne, performed in Carnegie and Town Halls, throughout Europe, at Saratoga Performing Arts and Tanglewood. His solo recordings on the ERSTA label were done in the late 1950's and early 1960’s. He passed away on March 18, 2005 at the age of 96, having lived most of his life in the Albany area. Hummel was born on May 1st 1908 in Kingston NY and started piano at age 5. By age 12, he was practicing 5 to 7 hours a day and studying with Edward Morris. At age 13 he and his older brother Earle, calling themselves the “Marensky Brothers”, gave their first concerts in upstate New York and were broadcast worldwide by radio station WGY. After high school, Morris introduced Hummel to Josef Lhevinne, who quickly took Hummel under his wing, propelling him to receive an Artist Diploma in 1932 from The Juilliard School under full scholarship. From 1933 through 1936, Hummel was an Associate Instructor at The Juilliard School. During the 1930’s and 1940’s, Hummel gave numerous Town Hall recitals, mostly as a soloist, but also as a duo with his brother Earle Hummel, now an accomplished violinist. In the ‘40’s, Hummel’s other performances included several Carnegie Hall recitals and concertos with the New York Philharmonic, the Cleveland Orchestra and the National Symphony Orchestra under Morton Gould. Also during these years, Hummel had professorships at Adelphi College on Long Island, and the Emma Willard School in Troy, NY. In the 1950s and ‘60s Hummel recorded seven LPs on the ERSTA label, engineered by Peter Bartók, son of the composer. In the later years, Hummel kept up his busy schedule, sometimes performing up to eight times per year. In 1971, he toured Europe, giving recitals in London (Wigmore Hall), Amsterdam, Brussels and Vienna. In the ‘70’s and ‘80’s, his highly successful two-piano duo with Linda (Cuneo) Laurent gave numerous performances, including one at Saratoga Performing Arts Center. In 1976, Hummel performed the Liszt E-flat Concerto with the Philadelphia Orchestra under Arthur Fiedler. Hummel’s final performance was on his 88th birthday at the College of St. Rose in Albany NY. Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE We have been given the great privilege of acquiring the musical collection of Peter Bartok, son of famed composer Bela Bartok and sound engineer for Folkways and Unicorn records, amongst others. We will slowly be selling several hundred titles, test pressings, and acetates from the Bartok estate over the coming months. 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Price: 53.99 USD

Location: Holder, Florida

End Time: 2024-05-03T17:35:14.000Z

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