Ireland: Piano Concerto/Cello Sonata (First Hand Records)
John Ireland: Piano Concerto in E flat
Annarosa Taddei, piano
Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma della RAI / Alfredo Casella
RAI live broadcast recording of a concert given in the Foro Italico (formerly Foro Mussolini) Rome, Italy on 15 March, 1946
Remastering: Paolo Zeccara, from the original RAI acetate discs / FHR
This is the only surviving recording of Casella as conductor
John Ireland: Cello Sonata
Antoni Sala, cello
John Ireland, piano
Recorded by English Columbia on October 25, 1928
Matrices: WAX4190-4196; all first takes except the first and last sides which are second takes.
Released on Columbia L 2314-2317 in September 1929
Alfredo Casella (1883-1947)
Concerto for Piano, Violin, Cello and Orchestra, Op. 56 (1933)
Alfredo Casella, piano
Alberto Poltronieri, violin
Arturo Bonucci, cello
Boston Symphony Orchestra / Serge Koussevitzky
Westinghouse Broadcasting Company recording of a concert given in Symphony Hall, Boston, USA on 22 February, 1936
This is the only surviving recording of Casella the pianist with orchestra
Hear an excerpt:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlM1tttfhR0&feature=youtu.be
This release has been generously sponsored by The John Ireland Trust
www.firsthandrecords.com/products-page/album/ireland-piano-concerto-annarosa-taddei-rai-so-casella-cello-sonata-casella-triple-concerto/