Moura Lympany - The HMV Recordings, 1947-1952

This is a recording from Appian Publications & Recordings Ltd (to quote the full title)—the label invariably more familiarly known simply as "APR".

Since its foundation in 1986, APR has won an enviable reputation as a quality label devoted predominantly—though not exclusively—to historic piano recordings. In particular APR has won countless laurels for the high standard of its 78rpm restoration work—"Transfers of genius" to quote one critic—as well as the detail and content of its booklets.

APR6011  156 minutes 33 seconds (2 discs)
BBC Music Magazine
‘The highlight of this collection is the Schumann Symphonic Etudes … each of the variations is well-characterised. There is drama and energy on the one hand, and lyricism and richness of expressi ...