Samson Francois - The Unreleased Swiss Recordings - The Lost Recordings LP

180 Gram 2LP, Numbered Limited Edition of 2,000, Gatefold Tip-On Jacket

A previously unreleased trove of romantic-repertoire performances by French pianist Samson François, captured in Switzerland in 1961 and dedicated entirely to his favorite world: the Romantics. From Schumann's Papillons to Liszt, Chopin and Mendelssohn, these recordings reveal one of the 20th century's great pianist-poets in luminous, deeply personal form. Restored from the original analog tapes by Phoenix Mastering.

Features

• 180-gram vinyl 2LP
• Numbered limited edition of 2,000 copies
• Restoration by Phoenix Mastering from original analog tapes; lacquers cut by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio
• New stampers every 500 copies
• Gatefold tip-on jackets printed in Italy
• Label: The Lost Recordings

Track Listing

Disc One:

1. Schumann: Papillons, Op. 2
2. Mendelssohn: Songs without Words in B Minor, Op. 67, No. 5
3. Mendelssohn: Songs without Words in A Major, Op. 62, No. 6
4. Alabyev/Liszt: The Nightingale, S. 250
5. Liszt: Sonetto 123 del Petrarca, S. 161, No. 6
6. Liszt: Valse-Impromptu, S. 213
7. Liszt: Transcendental Étude No. 8 "Wilde Jagd", S. 139
8. Liszt: Transcendental Étude No. 7 "Eroica", S. 139

Disc Two:

1. Liszt: Piano Concerto in E-flat Major, No. 1, S. 124
2. Chopin: Waltz in C-sharp minor, Op. 64, No. 2
3. Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody in D-flat Major, S. 244, No. 6
4. Chopin: Nocturne in G Minor, Op. 15, No. 3
5. Chopin: Étude in G-flat Major, Op. 10, No. 5
6. Chopin: Étude in C Minor, Op. 10, No. 12
7. Chopin: Grande valse brillante in E-flat Major, Op. 18