RH-033 | 10CD | SERGIO FIORENTINO ⑤ | the complete SAGA album collection
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RH-033 | 10CD | SERGIO FIORENTINO ⑤ | the complete SAGA album collection

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“The saga of Sergio Fiorentino’s SAGA-recordings”

Sergio Fiorentino made his first commercial recordings for the very small and too ‘adventurous’ label Concert Artist, owned and managed by William Halford Barrington-Coupe. SAGA was a small but enterprising company in the late fifties. SAGA eventually passed into liquidation and the repertoire was acquired by ‘Allied Records / Associated Performances / Art & Sound’. The new owners continued to reissue periodically the original SAGA performances, retaining the old catalogue numbers or also using new ones. This accounts for the many ‘versions’ of the same recordings with different sleeves, differently coloured labels and even stereo releases some of which are clearly ‘fake stereo’. SAGA released 10 albums by Fiorentino, that are finally collected for the first time in this CD release.   [booklet notes by Ernst Lumpe]

SERGIO FIORENTINO EDITION ⑤ | Rhine Classics | Catalogue No: RH-033 | EAN/barcode: 4713106280332 | 10CD | T.T. 8:10:26 | 28 pages booklet | ℗ & © 2024

• ORIGINAL JACKETS •

CD1 | 53:43
SCHUMANN
• Piano Concerto in A minor, Op.54
Hamburg Pro Musica | Erich Riede
• Carnaval, Op.9
rec: Hamburg, 6-8.VII.1958
Saga XID 5001 | ℗ 1958

CD2 | 37:01
LISZT
• Piano Concerto No.1 in E-flat major, S.124
Hamburg Pro Musica | Erich Riede
• Hungarian Rhapsody No.15 in A minor, S.244/15 “Rákóczi-Marsch”
• Grand étude de Paganini, S.141/3 in G-sharp minor “La Campanella”
• Notturno No.3 in A-flat major, S.541/3 “Liebestraum”
• Étude d’exécution transcendante, S.139/6 in G minor “Vision”
rec: Hamburg, 6-8.VII.1958
Saga XID 5008 | ℗ 1958

CD3 | 55:57
CHOPIN
• 19 Waltzes
• 3 Écossaises, Op.72/3 posth.
rec: Hamburg, 6-7.VII.1958
Saga XID 5016 | ℗ 1959

CD4 | 46:28
CHOPIN
• 24 Preludes, Op.28
• Prelude No.25 in C-sharp minor, Op.45
• Prelude No.26 in A-flat major, Op. posth.
rec: London, 8-10.IX.1958
Saga XID 5076 | ℗ 1959

CD5 | 46:23
BEETHOVEN
• Piano Concerto No.5 in E-flat major, Op.73 “Emperor”
Hamburg Pro Musica | George Hurst
• 32 Variations in C minor, on an original theme, WoO 80
rec: Hamburg, 18-19.V.1959
Saga AAA-ST 4002 | ℗ 1959

CD6 | 44:14
TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No.1 in B-flat major, Op.23
Hamburg Pro Musica | George Hurst
CHOPIN Polonaise-Fantaisie in A-flat major, Op.61 -1st take-
rec: Hamburg, 18-19.V.1959
Saga STM 6021 | ℗ 1959

CD7 | 57:23
LISZT piano recital:
• Ballade No.1 in D-flat major, S.170
• Ballade No.2 in B Minor, S.171
• Hungarian Rhapsody No.8 in F-sharp minor, S.244/8
• Harmonies poétiques et religieuses III, S.173 /7 “Funérailles”
• Notturno No.3 in A-flat major, S.541/3 “Liebestraum” *
• Hungarian Rhapsody No.12 in C-sharp minor, S.244/12
rec: Paris, 25-26.I.1960 | *: Hamburg | 7.VII.1958
Saga XID 5020 | ℗ 1960

CD8 | 52:08
CHOPIN Nocturnes • Vol.1 (Nos. 1-10)
rec: London, 4-5.III.1960
Saga 5376 | ℗ 1974

CD9 | 58:13
CHOPIN Nocturnes • Vol.2 (Nos. 11-20)
rec: London, 4-5.III.1960
Saga 5377 | ℗ 1974

CD10 | 38:56
GERSHWIN
• Piano Concerto in F major
London Philharmonic Orchestra | Hugo Rignold
• 3 Preludes for piano
rec: London, 24.VI.1960
Saga XID 5130 | ℗ 1962

(original LPs from Ernst Lumpe collection)

Sergio Fiorentino (Napoli, 22 December 1927 — Napoli, 22 August 1998)
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RH-001 RH-002 RH-003 RH-004
RH-005 RH-006 RH-007 RH-008
RH-009 RH-010 RH-011 RH-012
RH-013 RH-014 RH-015 RH-016
RH-017 RH-018 RH-019 RH-020
RH-021 RH-022 RH-023 RH-024
RH-025 RH-026 RH-027 RH-028
RH-029 RH-030 RH-031 RH-032
RH-033 RH-034


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