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19131906 Theodor Leschetizky Today Playing His 1906 CYAN MAGENTA GELB SCHWARZ 19061913 The Welte Mignon Mystery Vol. XIII Theodor Leschetizky today playing his 1906 interpretations TODAY Works by Leschetizky, Chopin, Mozart and Heller TACET-T177_Seite_1 TACET-T177_Seite_1 The Welte Mignon Mystery Vol. XIII TACET 138: Vladimir Horowitz Impressum Theodor Leschetizky today playing his 1906 interpretations Recorded: 2009 Instrument: Steinway D Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Theodor Leschetizky Tuning and maintenance of the piano: Paul Stöckle 1 Fantasie c-Moll KV 475 [13:15] 9 „L’Aveu“ op. 31, 1 As-Dur [4:10] Welte-Mignon Catalogue No. 1192 No. 1199 Welte-Vorsetzer-Technik: Hans - W. Schmitz bl Mazurka op. 24, 2 Es-Dur [4:05] Technical equipment: TACET Stephen Heller No. 1201 Für die Aufnahme wurden freundlicherweise 2 Prélude op. 81, 3 G-Dur [1:16] bm „Souvenirs d’Italie“ op. 39, 3 [2:41] Rollen zur Verfügung gestellt von No. 1193 „Canzonetta Toscana all’antica“ Hans - W. Schmitz, Stuttgart 3 Prélude op. 81, 10 cis-Moll [0:57] f-Moll No. 1202 Translations: Celia Skrine (English), No. 1193 bn Impromptu op. 2, 1 [3:07] Stephan Lung (French) „Les deux alouettes“ As-Dur Frédéric Chopin TACET 159: Camille Saint-Saëns Photo 1: Welte Mignon Catalogue No. 1203 Photos 2, 3, p. 28 : Jochen Trabant 4 Nocturne Nr. 8 op. 27, 2 Des-Dur [6:26] Photos 4, 5, 7, 8: Promotional book No. 1194 ( Catalogue No. 1200 is missing ) “Welte, Autogramme berühmter Meister 5 Polonaise Nr. 9 op. 71, 2 B-Dur [6:09] der Tonkunst” Total playing time: [54:23] No. 1195 Photo 6 : Margret Tautschnig Booklet layout: Toms Spogis Theodor Leschetizky Cover design: Julia Zancker 6 „Souvenirs d’Italie“ op. 39, 1 [6:48] Recording: Andreas Spreer „Barcarolle“ a-Moll No. 1196 Produced by Andreas Spreer 7 „La Source“, Etüde op. 36, 4 A-Dur [2:52] c 2009 TACET No. 1197 p 2009 TACET 8 Arabesque en forme d’étude [1:42] (Caprice) op. 45, 1 As-Dur No. 1198 2 27 TACET-T177_Seite_2 TACET-T177_Seite_27 Further releases: Camille Saint-Saëns today playing all What is a Welte Mignon? his 1905 interpretations · Selected works This is not an historical Enrique Granados today playing all his by Saint-Saëns · TACET 159 recording: In 1904, at a time when the recording and 1913 interpretations · Selected works by reproduction of music were still in their quite the opposite. TACET’s recording tech- Granados · TACET 139 Carlo Zecchi today playing all his infancy, the German fi rm of M. Welte & Söhne niques, renowned for their crystal clarity 1926 interpretations · TACET 160 came up with a sensational invention. It had and spaciousness, score another triumph Felix Mottl today playing all his 1907 pioneered a procedure which could record here. Yet the music is heard in its original interpretations · Selected works by Wagner Vladimir Horowitz today playing all his and reproduce “all the subtleties of a pianist’s interpretations, accurate to within a hair’s- TACET 135 ( 2 CDs ) 1926 interpretations · TACET 138 performance”, which it patented under the breadth. And the mystery is that the origi- name of “Welte-Mignon”. By means of per- nal performer was present at the recent Richard Strauss today playing all his 1907 Debussy and Ravel today playing all their forated strips of paper the playing of famous recording session, but not there in person. interpretations · Selected works by Strauss 1912 interpretations · TACET 166 pianists could be reproduced authentically He is heard playing on a modern Steinway, TACET 137 and entirely automatically. When the Mignon without the loss of sound quality usually was demonstrated for the fi rst time, the press inevitable with historical recordings. Seen Dead or Alive? Frédéric Chopin: Études hailed it as the latest wonder of the world. as a whole, the Welte Mignon player piano op. 10, op. 25. Various artists playing 1904 – The mechanism, driven as if by an invisible is reminiscent of a kind of time machine. 1928 and P. Orth playing today · TACET 140 hand, was built into pianos, both upright and TACET 140: Chopin: Études op. 10, op. 25 Moreover, never before has music stored in grand, by famous makes such as Steinway, the Welte Mignon system sounded so “right” Max Reger and Frieda Kwast-Hodapp today Bechstein and Blüthner. In the so-called and so good. And because the mechanism of playing all their 1905 / 1920 interpretations “Vorsetzer” or “push-up” version ( photo 1 ) the Welte Mignon system has recently been Selected works by Reger · TACET 152 a cabinet was installed in front of a piano on meticulously adjusted by the leading expert, whose keyboard it played with its felt-cov- Hans-W. Schmitz, it is now possible to get Ernst von Dohnányi today playing all ered wooden fi nger-like actuators ( photo 2 ). to know the interpretations of yesteryear his 1905 interpretations · TACET 145 Welte & Sons produced their Welte Mignons really well – and this may lead to unexpected in limited numbers and at exorbitant prices. insights. The Welte Mignon’s treasures are Arthur Schnabel today playing his Thanks to sophisticated advertising these only now systematically unveiled – by TACET 1905 interpretations · TACET 146 soon began to appear in the music rooms of – because at last the necessary requirements the aristocracy and high society as well as in have been met. The Welte Mignon “player- Elly Ney today playing her 1906 those of industrialists and men of property. It piano” and its reproduction mechanism were interpretations · TACET 158 was also to be heard in the lounges of grand invented in 1904. hotels and in the saloons of ocean liners ply- Ulrich Oesterle ing between Hamburg and New York. By the outbreak of the First World War some 2500 titles had been recorded, drawn 26 3 TACET-T177_Seite_26 TACET-T177_Seite_3 predominantly from the classical repertoire. Tableau chronologique de Théodore Leschetizky The postwar years brought a new albeit 1830 il naît le 22 juin à Ła´ncut (La Galicie) dans la propriété de la famille Potocki short-lived boom. In well-to-do circles new issue de la grande noblesse polonaise dances such as the shimmy, the one-step, the 1835 premiers cours de piano avec son père, professeur de musique des Potocki tango-milonga and the Boston waltz were all 1839 débuts à Lviv (ancien Lemberg) avec un Concertino de Carl Czerny, the fashion thanks to revues and musicals. sous la direction du « fi ls de W. A. Mozart » alias Franz Xaver Mozart Welte & Sons was obliged to respond to this 1841 cours de piano chez Czerny à Vienne new trend, with the result that their studios vers 1842 début d’une carrière de virtuose ; amitié avec Anton Rubinstein now made fewer recordings with concert vers 1844 commence à enseigner ; études de contrepoint chez Simon Sechter pianists: the last were Vladimir Horovitz late 1845 fait la connaissance de Stephen Heller et d’Hector Berlioz in 1926 and Rudolf Serkin in 1928. 1848 pendant la révolution, membre de la « Légion académique » ; voyage en Italie The growing threat of a worldwide depres- 1852 professeur particulier et pianiste de concert à Saint-Pétersbourg sion and the introduction of improved, i.e. 1853 concert devant le Tzar Nicolas I. electrically recorded, gramophone records 1854 remplace Rubinstein comme directeur musical à la Cour de la belle-sœur du Tzar and wireless broadcasting meant that Welte 1856 – 72 épouse son élève Anna Carlovna de Friedebourg (cantatrice de concert) Mignon’s exclusive products were soon for- 1859 il est l’un des fondateurs de la Société musicale impériale russe gotten. Production ceased in 1932. 1862 – 78 professeur et directeur du département de piano au Conservatoire de Saint-Pétersbourg Photo 1: Welte Mignon “Vorsetzer” 1866 – 70 Anna Nikolaïevna Esipova (Annette Essipoff) étudie chez Leschetizky Musical reproduction and in position at the piano 1878 retour à vienne, enseigne comme professeur particulier the Welte piano roll • Welte-Mignon-Vorsetzer am Flügel 1879 il est l’un des fondateurs du Tonkünstler-Verein de Vienne • Welte Mignon « Vorsetzer » au piano 1880 – 92 épouse Annette Essipoff, déjà mère de sa fi lle Thérèse (née en 1873) In contrast to pianola rolls, which were ( appareil s’adaptant devant l’instrument ) 1884 / 5 Ignacy Jan Paderewski devient élève d’excellence chez Leschetizky already well known, those made by Welte & 1887 dernier concert public Sons, with their exclusive recording technique, where pedals are activated. When a roll is 1891 Arthur Schnabel, âgé de neuf ans, devient élève de Leschetizky created the fi rst-ever opportunity in the his- played, all these tracks of perforations are 1894 Leschetizky épouse sa secrétaire Eugénie Donnemourska de Benislawski tory of music to capture a pianist’s “live” read pneumatically with underpressure from 1899 élève Mieczysław Horszowski (* 1892, † 1993) performance, save it, and then play it back below by a tracker bar. All the subtleties of a 1901 – 05 Ignacy Friedman étudie chez Leschetizky et devient son assistant on an instrument. pianist’s performance are recorded digitally 1902 parution de l’Ecole pour piano Malvine Brée « Base de la méthode Leschetizky » Welte piano rolls are punched rolls of ( i. e. by a perforation or none, as appropriate ) 1903 Elly Ney renonce après trois mois à la méthode pédagogique Leschetizky paper resembling perforated strips in which so that the apparatus can reproduce them 1907 début des rhumatismes every note of the keyboard has its exact on the keyboard thanks to its pneumatically 1908 épouse son élève Marie Gabrielle Rosborska counterpart ( see photo 3 ). In addition their activated relays and valves and its minute 1910 Paul Wittgenstein, après 10 années de préparation (!), est élevé au rang d’élève d’exception edges contain further perforations indica ting pneumatics. In this process the volume is 1913 / 14 Leschetizky arrête d’enseigner dynamic nuances and specifying when and uniformly regulated from the most delicate 1915 il meurt le 14 novembre à Dresde 4 25 TACET-T177_Seite_4 TACET-T177_Seite_25 précipite avec un tempo très rapide, un fort ses élèves pour exercer le lien direct entre le pianissimo to fortissimo and can respond as which, through insuffi cient knowledge, have rubato ainsi qu’un vif sens pour la drama- cerveau et la main : les plus petites phrases promptly as the performance requires.
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