{"product_id":"5024709173136","title":"Complete Solo Recordings \/ Various - The Complete Solo Recordings - Import 3 CD","description":"\u003cp\u003eCredits:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eComplete Solo Recordings \/ Various\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDescription:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCyril Smith, the master pianist of 20th-century Britain!\nHis complete recordings as a soloist, made before he suffered a stroke!\n\nIn 1956, while on a concert tour in Kharkiv, Soviet Union, he suffered a stroke that left him with paralysis in his left hand—a seemingly hopeless situation for a pianist. However, alongside his wife, Phyllis Serlik, with whom he had previously formed a piano duo, as a “three-hand” piano duo—he made a remarkable comeback as one of the 20th century’s most indomitable and renowned British masters, Cyril Smith (1909–1974).\nBefore forming four-hand and three-hand piano duos with Phyllis Selig, he had established himself as a preeminent virtuoso in Britain at the time, placing Rachmaninoff at the center of his artistry and recording one superb performance after another of a series of masterpieces.\n\nThis APR reissue of Cyril Smith’s recordings is a 3-CD set featuring all of his recordings as a “soloist,” excluding the famous duo recordings with his wife, Phyllis Serick!\nThe re-release of concertos and concerto-style recordings—including Rachmaninoff’s “Piano Concertos No. 2 \u0026amp; No. 3,” “Variations on a Theme by Paganini,” and Dohnányi’s “Variations on a Children’s Song,” all of which were bestsellers upon their initial release—is sure to be warmly welcomed!\nIn addition, Dohnányi’s “Capriccio,” recorded in 1929, was Cyril Smith’s very first recording. This recording came about as a prize for winning the Daily Express Piano Competition, and it was highly praised for its quality, which was said to rival Horowitz’s performance released that same year.\nAPR has achieved the remarkable feat of compiling for the first time all the recordings that Cyril Smith left behind as a “soloist” before suffering a stroke!\nTokyo M Plus\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"APR","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53595504312609,"sku":"5024709173136","price":6290.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0568\/8482\/2076\/files\/5024709173136.jpg?v=1790481391","url":"https:\/\/cdsvinyljapan.com\/products\/5024709173136","provider":"CDs Vinyl Japan Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}