Gold & Fizdale Music for 2 Pianos Columbia 6 Eye ML4853 Stravin Hindemith Rietti

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Up for sale is a very scarce 12 inch, 33 RPM, vinyl record featuring three pieces for two pianos (four hands) performed by a great duo.  This is a Columbia 6 eye mono recording.  The artistry of Gold and Fizdale on this LP is pretty exceptional.

Album Title:  1900 - 1952 Music For 2 Pianos

Pianists:  Arthur Gold and Robert Fizdale

Date:  1954 (Probable)

Record Label:  Columbia

Number:  ML 4853

IMPORTANT NOTE:  This record was produced as a single LP (ML 4853) and also as one of three LPs comprising a box set (SL 198).  The music on the record I am selling is from Side 1 and Side 6 of the box set.  The jacket is specific to the music on the record; both say ML 4853.  The album cover notes, by Charles Burr, are also specific to the composers and pieces that appear on this record:  Stravinsky, Hindemith, and Rieti.

Side "1" (SL 198 - Side 1) (x"Lp"12234)

Stravinsky. Concerto for Two Solo Pianos (1935)

     First Movement:  Con Moto

     Second Movement:  Notturno

     Third Movement:  Four Variations

     Fourth Movement:  Prelude and Fugue

     Wax Matrix marks:  "XLP12234-2C"

Side "2" (SLP 198-Side 6) (x"Lp"13844)

Hindemith.  Sonata For Piano Four Hands (1938) 

   I    Massig bewegt (Moderately lively)

   II   Lebhaft (Lively)

   III Rubig bewegt (Quietly moving)

Rieti.  Suite Champetre (1948)

   I     Bourree

   II   Aria et Ecossaise

   III  Gigue

     Wax Matrix marks:  "XLP13844-1C"

Pianists Arthur Gold (1917 - 1990) and Robert Fizdale (1920 - 1995) met as students at the Julliard and became a devoted couple for the rest of their lives.  They were known in artistic circles as "The Boys" (or "The Boyz").  They were highly acclaimed such that several modern composers created works for two pianos (four hands) just for them.  (The Rietti Suite on this LP is one of those works.)  After Gold's piano abilities were compromised by a hand condition (in the 1970s), the pianists turned to writing biographies (including of Sarah Bernhardt) and cooking (including co-hosting a TV show).

Please see above for detailed description of condition and for photos.    Sold as is.

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