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Sonetto Nyiregyházi Archive
"A fragrance of 19th-century romantic pianism"--The Yomiuri Shimbun
"We hear the analog sound of full maturity......very realistic"----The Record Geijutsu Magazine
In the early 1970s, after decades in poverty and obscurity, Ervin Nyiregyházi started giving public recitals to help pay for his ninth wife's medical bills. His first full comeback recital took place at Century Club of California, in San Francisco, on December 17, 1972. He offered a large program including Brahms's F-minor sonata, three mazurkas and a prelude by Chopin, Debussy's “Pagodes,” and several works by Liszt.
In 2016 we obtained the reel-to-reel tapes, which beautifully captured the whole recital, previously owned by Nyiregyházi. The CD includes sleeve notes by Nyiregyházi’s biographer Kevin Bazzana, and previously unreleased photos.
Recorded: December 17, 1972
The Century Club of California, San Francisco, California, U.S.A.
Piano: Steinway & Sons
Producer: Tomoyuki Sawado (Sonetto Classics)
Project Advisor & Sleeve note: Kevin Bazzana
Digital Remastering: Andrew J. Holdsworth and Tomoyuki Sawado
Digital Transfer: Jed Allcock (Abbey Road Studios, London)
Honorary Executive Producers: Peter W. Greenleaf and Jinko Yokoyama
Sponsors: Miho Sawada and Barry Florin; Eri and Akihiko Kawahara; Jun Kinoshita
Recording Source: Sonetto Classics Nyiregyházi Archive (originally Nyiregyházi’s personal archive)
Special thanks to: Jun Kinoshita (JK arts, Japan) and Jeremy McGahan (Sonetto Classics)
Manufactured by Repeat Performance Multimedia, London
Released and marketed by Sonetto Classics, London (www.sonettoclassics.com)
Front cover photo: Nyiregyházi in Japan (January, 1982): ©Yoshimasa Hatano
Inside front cover photo: Nyiregyházi in Novato, California (ca. 1974): ©Ronald Antonioli
Back cover photo: Nyiregyházi in Japan (1980): ©Akira Kinoshita
This album is authorised by Mattheus Smits, president of the International Ervin Nyiregyházi Foundation, in Krommenie, The Netherlands, which represents Nyiregyházi’s estate.
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