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CRQ 579 REDISCOVERING MAURICE COLE VOL. 2: BRAHMS AND BEETHOVEN,
released August 27, 2023
In a review published in The Gramophone in November 1962, of Cole's recording of Bach's 48, his playing was aptly described thus: '"…unfailing musicality, control of part-playing, complete accuracy, admirably firm rhythm, and an avoidance of all posturing and pretentiousness.'
A biography of Maurice Cole may be found at:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Cole_(pianist)
Newsreel footage of Cole playing Liszt's Liebestraume No. 3 , filmed in 1930, may be viewed at:
www.britishpathe.com/asset/64328/
Programme notes for the works presented here may be found at wikipedia:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
A complete discography of Classics Club and Saga recordings by Philip Stuart may be downloaded for free at the books section of the CRQ Editions website:
crqeditions.co.uk
CRQ 578 and CRQ 579 - Rediscovering Maurice Cole Vols 1 and 2 - are each priced at £4 to allow the set to be purchased for the same price as a single album: £8.
NOTE: Following the publication of this recording CRQ Editions follower E. J. Lee contacted Robin O'Connor about it.
Mr. O'Connor replied: 'I remember Maurice Cole. Lovely, bookish person, very quiet and professorial'.
We are most grateful to Mr. Lee and Mr. O'Connor for this valuable memory.