George Liebling and his brother Salomon (Sally/Saul) Liebling both studied in Liszt's masterclasses in the 1880s. Neither left many recordings, and neither pianist is altogether top-drawer, though they were both noted in their time. I thought it would be nice to hear George in a few of his rather populist roll recordings for Welte Mignon. This roll was made in 1927, and was optimised for Disklavier by Ian Williamson from a pneumatic scan made by Peter Phillips. This potpourri of opera tunes is listed as the 3rd of the set of "Reminiscences" he put onto roll.
If anyone wants to name each melody in order, feel free to try. I recognise some of them, but they do flit by quite quickly! As the commentators below noted quickly, he includes a bastardised version of Liszt's own Rigoletto paraphrase at the end.
5 май 2020
