William Backhaus
- APrelude et Etude
- BForgeron melomane
- Label
- His Master's Voice
- Catalogue number
- 035515
- Genre
- Classical
- Format
- 78rpm shellac disc, 10 inch unless noted
- Reference
- #15457
Wilhelm Backhaus, the great German pianist celebrated for his Beethoven and Brahms interpretations, plays a Prelude and Étude and a 'Forgeron Mélomane' on HMV 035515, a single-sided 12-inch pressing from the early Gramophone Company series. Backhaus made some of his earliest recordings for the Gramophone Company, and single-sided 12-inch HMV pressings from the 035000 series are early acoustic items of collector interest.
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