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* [http://musicbrainz.org/artist/237e8724-da45-42a5-b7f2-1b0a785b7527 Hans Zanotelli]. Another real person whose name was used. |
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* [http://musicbrainz.org/artist/85989e5d-727d-4f04-81f1-4b3e949f034d Henry Adolph]. |
* [http://musicbrainz.org/artist/85989e5d-727d-4f04-81f1-4b3e949f034d Henry Adolph]. |
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* [http://musicbrainz.org/artist/4c7636e2-f5a5-4840-a9be-3c7ac089bbd9 Eugen Duvier]. Probably - needs further investigation. |
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=== Ensembles === |
=== Ensembles === |
Revision as of 16:16, 5 July 2012
There is a subset of "classical" releases which are credited to performers who have never been seen or heard in a live performance. Many of these performers are pseudonyms. Why would a release be published under a pseudonym? It could be because the performer has a restrictive contract with a different record label. It could be because the performance has been "borrowed" from its owner. Or perhaps the pseudonym is considered more marketable - for example the well-known pianist M. Bergerich. In the case of an ensemble, it could be a "scratch" ensemble brought togther just for the recording, and which does not have a name.
The most prolific producer of such budget recordings was Alfred Scholz. Scholz sometimes used his own name, sometimes made-up names, and sometimes the names of real people were given credit for performances which were not theirs.
It is not correct to assume any correspondence between the real and fictitious performers - names were mixed and matched liberally. Scholz sold the same recordings to different labels as different artists, and there are examples in MBz of the same performance being credited in two or more distinct ways.
The following lists are of artists known to be used by Scholz:
Conductors
- Alberto Lizzio. A wikipedia biography of Lizzio states that he is Alfred Scholz's father.
- Hans Swarovsky. Scholz's conducting professor, his name was used on recordings which he did not make.
- Cesare Cantieri
- Denis Zsoltay
- Hans Zanotelli. Another real person whose name was used.
- Henry Adolph.
- Eugen Duvier. Probably - needs further investigation.
Ensembles
- Süddeutsche Philharmonie (South German Philharmonic). According to Berky this "was a short-lived pick-up ensemble assembled by Scholz from members of the Czech Philharmonic in Prague and the Bamberg Symphony around 1968".
- Norddeutsche Philharmonie. You can probably see the pattern here.
- Philharmonia Slavonica. According to one unsourced WP article, the "performances attributed to them are often by the Austrian Radio (ORF) Orchestra."
Soloists
- M. Bergerich (piano)
References
- Pseudonyms: Alfred Scholz and the South German Philharmonic by John F. Berky, March 12, 2003 (revised January, 2009)
- wikipedia:Alberto Lizzio