Kapell Rediscovered
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Free Music Review: Amazing
Hit: 4 Stars
The first thing that's amazing about these recordings is that they exist at all. As for the music... wow... There is sensitivity and passion which reaches through the years and the technical limits of these recordings to touch us. But what really amazes me is that even with the extraneous noises, I can still hear incredible clarity and precision in his playing.
One of the important skills of a pianist is to make the melody sing beautifully above the other notes, which frequently come across as a wave, blur or rumble of notes, especially in 19th Century music. In Kapell's playing on these recordings, not only do the melodies sing, but every single note plays a precise role with clarity, even in the Chopin Scherzo. It has given me a better musical understanding of these pieces than ever before.
I've rated this only 4 stars because it is not something I listen to over and over just for pleasure, because of the noise. But it is certainly something all music buffs and especially piano students would do well to listen carefully to.
Free Music Review: Composers not credited in mp3 version
Hit: 4 Stars
The recording is wonderful despite the noise, and the performance is masterful. But while the mp3 files contain information for each track (album, performer, title, opus, movement), there is no mention of the composers. Most of the pieces are popular enough it's obvious. But really, this is basic and should be a part of each file.Free Music Review: William Capell newly issued recordings
Hit: 3 Stars
After listening to a recording of one of William Capell's performances on the radio and being enchanted by it, I was excited to read that a CD of his Australian concerts performed shortly before he died was available. There is no doubt that the playing is extraordinary, and perhaps he is indeed, to quote a radio commentator, the best pianist of the 20th Century. But the recording itself is difficult to listen to because of the background noise and hiss, which has not been cleaned up. But if you are an ardent William Capell fan, you probably will want to have this added to your collection. I plan to send this CD to the radio commentator who admires him so much. I just can't listen to it again. I wish the producer had been able to clean up the sound. Pity.Free Music Review: Lackluster Sound in Kapell reDiscovered
Hit: 2 Stars
"William Kapell rediscovered," is the final legacy of perhaps America's finest home grown piano virtuoso and one of the most significant "live" finds in the last decade. From the outset, I had to have this set. However, there are two sides to this recording, the first is the miraculous musicianship, insight and power of Kapell's reading of the Rachmaninoff 3rd. (The balance of the two discs are equally fine as well) However, it is a shame that Sony BMG and the Kapell Family allowed the release of this recording with minimal to poor restorative engineering of the Rachmaninoff 3rd. The recording is full of static crackle, tape hiss and over modulation throughout. The patch in the final movement of the Rachmaninoff is the most amateurish engineering I have ever heard on a professional disc...it was as if there was no attempt to seamlessly link the two. A proper sound engineer who knew his business would have preserved the sound of the instrument and Kapell's nuances and also removed much of the excessive surface noise, drops and seamlessly patched other recordings in as required. With today's technology, there is no longer an excuse for lackluster sound engineering, with the exception of budget.