Solomon

Solomon Tchaik

David Hurwitz

If a no-name pianist and fair-to-middling conductor and orchestra turned in a recording of Tchaikovsky’s First Piano Concerto like this today, no one would give

Mozart Concerti Solomon/Testament C

Jed Distler

Paul Bailey’s Testament transfers of the three Mozart concertos Solomon recorded in the early 1950s boast a tonal richness and ambient bloom that supercedes EMI’s

Solomon Beethoven 23, 28, 30 & 31/Testament C

Jed Distler

Within a few pages of this Appassionata you realize that the usual catchwords to describe Solomon’s Beethoven (“cool,” “patrician,” or “symmetrical”) simply won’t do. The

Solomon Beethoven Op. 111 etc/Testament C

Jed Distler

Compared to an earlier EMI Références transfer, Solomon’s 1951 Beethoven Op. 111 sounds slightly fuller of body in Paul Bailey’s remastering for Testament. That said,

Solomon Beethoven Hammerklavier etc/Testament C

Jed Distler

A brighter but less warmly equalized transfer of Solomon’s Beethoven Op. 90 sonata previously appeared on EMI. This is one of the few Beethoven Sonatas

Rare Solomon Beethoven

Jed Distler

Few collectors, I suspect, are familiar with Solomon’s rare 1948 HMV recording of Beethoven’s Op. 111 Sonata, as opposed to his 1951 remake released on