Beethoven - Piano Concerto No 5 ‘Emperor’ - Gieseking, Rother, BRO (1944 Stereo Recording)

Ludwig van Beethoven - Piano Concerto No. 5 in E♭ major, Op. 73 “Emperor” 0:00 Allegro 19:10 Adagio un poco mosso 26:41 Rondo: Allegro Walter Gieseking, piano Berlin Reichsender Orchestra conducted by Artur Rother Recorded Autumn 1944, Berlin, stereo recording Excerpt from original album notes by Tom Null (LP Varèse Sarabande VC 81080, released 1978) About Early Stereo Recordings The fundamentals of stereo theory and microphone placement (specifically the “crossed mikes“ technique) were established in England in 1931 by A. D. Blemlein of the Columbia Gramophone Company (now a part of EMI). Some experimental two­channel discs were made in 1933 as a part of that research. These recordings, which have never been released, were conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham and include a Mozart Jupiter. In several countries research had been slowly progressing on methods of recording an audio signal magnetically on lengths of paper tape coated with iron oxide. But it was in Germany in the late 1930’s and early 1940’s that