{"product_id":"samson-francois-the-unreleased-swiss-recordings-the-lost-recordings-lp","title":"Samson Francois - The Unreleased Swiss Recordings - The Lost Recordings LP","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"tab-pane fade active in\" id=\"description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSamson Francois —\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Unreleased Swiss Recordings\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNumbered edition on 180-gram vinyl 2LP limited to 2,000 copies!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePhoenix Mastering restoration from original analog tapes\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLacquers cut by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePressed by Simon Garcia, Marciac, France\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNew stampers every 500 copies!\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGatefold tip-on jackets printed in Italy\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSamson François inevitably ranks alongside Sofronitzky, Horowitz and Cortot. The latter also mentioned it in these terms: \"I only manage to make it play by creating images.\" We find these evocations in multiple and fascinating colors in each of these new recordings captured in Switzerland, in different locations, for a program entirely dedicated to his favorite universe: romantic music.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the first notes of Schumann's Papillons, recorded in the RTS studios in Geneva in 1961, we understand why the very natural interpretation of Samson François operates the synthesis between the two theories of music, that of Rameau who does not see in she only rhythm and order, and that of Jean-Jacques Rousseau, for whom it is the purest expression of feeling. Samson manages to draw out the most concentrated essences to give us one of the most captivating readings of this early work inspired by a masked ball.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMendelssohn's two Wordless Romances which follow, immortalized on the same date, are fashioned from the same material. And we wonder after having been hypnotized by this sonority with infinite sustain, the delicate carving of the articulations of the accompaniment, the ideal legato, this rubato of incredible elegance which is grafted onto an ideal pulsation: Is there a more captivating reading of these miniatures than these?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSamson François floats on his keyboard and on the music, \"I would have liked to make a pact with the devil, but he didn't want me\" he was quoted in an article in\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eDiapason\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003emagazine in 2020. Excessive, unpredictable, seductive , vulnerable...in a word, magnetic, as revealed by this unprecedented discovery which pays homage to the man who, incontestably, is one of the greatest pianist poets of the 20th century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tab-pane fade active in\" id=\"tracks\"\u003e\n\u003ctable width=\"200\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd nowrap\u003e\u003cb\u003eDisc 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd nowrap\u003e1. Schumann: Papillons, Op. 2\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd nowrap\u003e2. Mendelssohn: Songs without Words in B Minor, Op. 67, No. 5\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd nowrap\u003e3. Mendelssohn: Songs without Words in A Major, Op. 62, No. 6\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd nowrap\u003e4. Alabyev\/Liszt: The Nightingale, S. 250\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd nowrap\u003e5. Liszt: Sonetto 123 del Petrarca, S. 161, No. 6\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd nowrap\u003e6. Liszt: Valse-Impromptu, S.213\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd nowrap\u003e7. Liszt: Transcendental Étude No. 8 \"Wilde Jagd\", S. 139\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd nowrap\u003e8. Liszt: Transcendental Étude No. 7 \"Eroica\", S. 139\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd nowrap\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd nowrap\u003e\u003cb\u003eDisc 2\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd nowrap\u003e1. Liszt: Piano Concerto in E-flat Major, No. 1, S. 124\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd nowrap\u003e2. Chopin: Waltz in C-sharp minor, Op. 64, No. 2\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd nowrap\u003e3. Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody in D-flat Major, S. 244, No. 6\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd nowrap\u003e4. Chopin: Nocturne in G Minor, Op. 15, No. 3\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd nowrap\u003e5. Chopin: Étude in G-flat Major, Op. 10, No. 5\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd nowrap\u003e6. Chopin: Étude in C Minor, Op. 10, No. 12\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd nowrap\u003e7. Chopin: Grande valse brillante in E-flat Major, Op. 18\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Sam","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59547635843153,"sku":"3770020964138","price":22.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1034\/5778\/3889\/files\/ATLRE_2403052__188614__05282024011729-2684.jpg?v=1779335665","url":"https:\/\/c09u90-kd.myshopify.com\/products\/samson-francois-the-unreleased-swiss-recordings-the-lost-recordings-lp","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}