Noel Mewton-Wood
Australian Noel Mewton-Wood was an extraordinary mid-century pianist whose career, like that of American virtuoso William Kapell, proved short lived -- by coincidence both Mewton-Wood and Kapell died in 1953, at the age of 31. Mewton-Wood made his concert debut in Melbourne at the age of 12, and shortly thereafter caught the attention of Wilhelm Backhaus, on tour at the time in Australia. With Backhaus' encouragement, Mewton-Wood was able to travel to London and study at the Royal Academy of Music, in addition to spending the summers at Lake Como taking private lessons with Artur Schnabel, whose example made a deep impression on his playing. Mewton-Wood made his London debut in 1940, at age 17, and he soon fell in with Benjamin Britten, Peter Pears, and Michael Tippett. At war's end, Mewton-Wood gave the world premiere of the revised version of Britten's Piano Concerto and in the postwar years often appeared in accompaniment to Pears, filling in for Britten as the latter attended to other tasks. With Pears, Mewton-Wood premiered and made the first recordings of Tippett's song cycle The Heart's Assurance. Mewton-Wood was highly regarded in concerto literature, and specialized in the big Romantic works -- he played all three Tchaikovsky concertos -- as well as the titanic Piano Concerto, Op. 39, of Ferruccio Busoni. A radio aircheck of Mewton-Wood made with Thomas Beecham in 1948 is the earliest complete recording of the Busoni concerto known to survive.
Unlike Kapell, who died in a plane crash, Mewton-Wood took his own life. He was despondent over the death of a male friend who had succumbed to appendicitis, an unfortunate occurrence for which Mewton-Wood reportedly blamed himself. One gets the impression that this is somehow not the whole story, but nonetheless his death remains shrouded in mystery. Mewton-Wood recorded very extensively for someone so short lived; his earliest records were made in accompaniment to violinist Ida Haendel in 1941 and the last in 1953 accompanying violinist Max Rostal in the Busoni Violin Sonata No. 2, Op. 36b. While Kapell's recorded output has been reissued all in one collection, Mewton-Wood's has been scattered to the four winds, although ABC Classics in Australia did issue a three-disc appreciation of Mewton-Wood's output in its Australian Heritage series. Mewton-Wood allegedly also composed prolifically, although practically nothing is known about his work in this area.
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Discographie
21 album(s) • Trié par Meilleures ventes
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Stravinsky: Symphonie No. 1, Op. 1 - Shostakovich: Concerto pour piano, trompette et orchestre à cordes, Op. 35 (Mono Version)
Noel Mewton-Wood, Walter Goehr, Nederlands Philharmonisch Orkest
Divers - Paru chez BNF Collection le 1 janv. 1962
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Noel Mewton-Wood / Musical Masterworks Symphony Orchestra / Walter Goehr play: Peter Tschaikowsky: Klavierkonzert Nr. 1 und 2, Op. 23 / Op. 44
Noel Mewton-Wood, Musical Masterworks Symphony Orchestra, Winterthur Symphony Orchestra
Musique concertante - Paru chez Classico Ivano le 8 mai 2015
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Albeniz: España, OP. 165, NO. 3 - Beethoven: Violin Sonata NO. 8, Op.30, NO.3 - Hostakovich: Concerto for Piano,Trumpet and Strings, OP.35 (Live)
Noel Mewton-Wood, Ida Haendel, Concert Hall Society Symphony Orchestra
Classique - Paru chez Altair le 7 juil. 2021
24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo -
Bliss: Piano Concerto
Noel Mewton-Wood, Walter Goehr, Utrecht Symphony Orchestra
Classique - Paru chez Infinity le 20 janv. 2021
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Polish Piano Music
Władysław Szpilman, Vlado Perlemuter, Noel Mewton-Wood
Classique - Paru chez Editions Audiovisuel Beulah le 21 juin 2019
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Tchaikovsky: Fantaisie de concert, Op. 56 (Mono Version)
Noel Mewton-Wood, Stadtorchester Winterthur, Walter Goehr
Divers - Paru chez BNF Collection le 1 janv. 1962
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Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4
Noel Mewton-Wood, Walter Goehr, Utrechts Stedelijk Orkest
Musique symphonique - Paru chez Infinity le 13 juil. 2020
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Noel Mewton-Wood / Netherlands Philarmonic Orchestra / Walter Goehr spielen: Frédéric Chopin: Concerto pour piano et orchestre No 1, op. 11
Noel Mewton-Wood, Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra
Musique concertante - Paru chez Classico Ivano le 2 janv. 2015
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Stravinsky: Suite de L'oiseau de feu & Concerto pour piano et instruments à vent (Mono Version)
Noel Mewton-Wood, Het Residentie Orkest, Walter Goehr
Divers - Paru chez BNF Collection le 1 janv. 1956
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Tchaikovsky: Concerto pour piano No. 1, Op. 23 (Mono Version)
Noel Mewton-Wood, Musical Masterworks Symphony Orchestra, Walter Goehr
Divers - Paru chez BNF Collection le 1 janv. 1955
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Beethoven: Concerto pour piano No. 4 (Mono Version)
Noel Mewton-Wood, Walter Goehr, Utrechts Stedelijk Orkest
Divers - Paru chez BNF Collection le 1 janv. 1955
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1 (Mono Version)
Noel Mewton-Wood, Walter Goehr, Nederlands Philharmonisch Orkest
Divers - Paru chez BNF Collection le 1 janv. 1900
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Schumann: Concerto pour piano, Op.54 (Mono Version)
Noel Mewton-Wood, Walter Goehr, Nederlands Philharmonisch Orkest
Divers - Paru chez BNF Collection le 1 janv. 1955
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 2
Noel Mewton-Wood, Walter Goehr, Winterthur Symphony Orchestra
Classique - Paru chez Infinity le 20 août 2021
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Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto NO. 2, OP. 44
Noel Mewton-Wood, Winterthur Symphony Orchestra
Concertos pour clavier - Paru chez Altair le 5 avr. 2022
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Tchaikovsky. P.I.: Piano Concerto No. 3 / Concert Fantasia (Mewton-Wood, W. Goehr) (1951)
Noel Mewton-Wood, Winterthur Symphony Orchestra, Walter Goehr
Classique - Paru chez Naxos Classical Archives le 1 janv. 2000
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Chopin: Concerto pour piano No. 2 (Mono Version)
Noel Mewton-Wood, Walter Goehr, Zurich Radio Orchestra
Divers - Paru chez BNF Collection le 1 janv. 1955
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Tchaikovsky: Piano concerto NO. 3, OP. 75 - Concert Fantasia, OP. 56
Noel Mewton-Wood, Winterthur Symphony Orchestra
Concertos pour clavier - Paru chez Altair le 13 avr. 2022
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Stravinsky & Chopin: Concerto for Piano & Wind Instruments - Piano Concerto No. 2
Noel Mewton-Wood, Walter Goehr, Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, Zurich Radio Orchestra
Classique - Paru chez Infinity le 5 juil. 2021
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Noel Mewton-Wood / Radio-Orchester Zürich spielen: Frédéric Chopin: Concerto pour piano et orchestre No 2
Noel Mewton-Wood, Radio-Orchester Zürich
Musique concertante - Paru chez Classico Ivano le 24 oct. 2014
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Milestones of a Violin Legend: Ida Haendel, Vol. 10 (Live)
Ida Haendel, Alfred Holecek, Adela Kotowska, Noel Mewton-Wood
Musique de chambre - Paru chez Intense Media GmbH le 5 avr. 2019
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo