Bartlett & Robertson - Selected recordings, 1927-1947

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.

Ethel Bartlett (1896–1978) and Rae Robertson (1893–1956) both studied at the Royal Academy of Music with Tobias Matthay in the 1910s. They were married in 1921 and a few years later established a two-piano duo, which quickly became the first such team to achieve truly international fame. From the 1930s they based themselves in the USA. They made the first recordings of much of the standard two-piano repertoire and also had many works and arrangements written for them, such as the Bax sonata included here.

APR6012  151 minutes 7 seconds (2 discs)
Diapason, France