The name of Frederic Lamond is not even well known to those who fancy historical recordings of "Golden Age" pianists. Lamond, like Eugen d'Albert, was a Scotsman, and along with José Vianna da Motta was the last student added to Franz Liszt's "class of 1885," the final master class Liszt lived to conduct. Had Lamond not studied with Liszt, chances are his recorded output might be regarded no more highly than that of Ferdinand Himmelreich, the obscure pianist who recorded light classics for Victor's "blue" pop label. Applan ...
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The name of Frederic Lamond is not even well known to those who fancy historical recordings of "Golden Age" pianists. Lamond, like Eugen d'Albert, was a Scotsman, and along with José Vianna da Motta was the last student added to Franz Liszt's "class of 1885," the final master class Liszt lived to conduct. Had Lamond not studied with Liszt, chances are his recorded output might be regarded no more highly than that of Ferdinand Himmelreich, the obscure pianist who recorded light classics for Victor's "blue" pop label. Applan's Frederic Lamond: The Complete Liszt Recordings usefully puts all of Lamond's Liszt recordings into one package, along with informative notes by Bryan Crimp in order to help place Lamond's legacy into the right perspective.Although dead since 1948, Lamond continues to have a considerable amount of detractors among critics and collectors alike, for both good reasons and bad. Even those favorably inclined toward Lamond's recorded output believe that his memory is better served in the...
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