Hi, Don and all,
Having known some of the Gramophone Shop and, foir that matter, all those at "The New Records" (H. Royer Smith, Phila.) reviewers I found that personal prejudices played a much stronger part in their reviews than in the coated-paper magazines. They are useful to track items such as this but, unless there are strong specifics, I'm wary of the musical opinions. Remember this was in the "Toscanini is the Greatest" days, Furtwaengler was the anti-Toscanini, etc. Brahms' piano recoitals were dissed if not done whatever the "American" way was. Not always, but often enough to be very, very cautious about the opinions expressed.
Steve Smolian
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Record Ratings (Myers and Hill) shows the following on page 52 for Mercury MG 15021 (10"):
Brahms: Ballades from Opp. 10 and 118
Op. 10 nos. 1-4 -- Priegnitz, p.
Op. 118 no. 3, in G Minor: Kurt Borack, p.
The one review listed is negative. From The Gramophone Shop, October 1951, p. 3.
Don Tait
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I found the following:
MG 15021 lists Borack only on Ballade No.5
Schwann Record & Tape Guide - Page 20
books.google.com/books?id=CNM4AQAAIAAJ
1952 - Snippet view - More editions
LPS-204 Piano Music from Op. 118, 119 Kurt Borack 10" Mer. MG-15022
Gramophone Shop - 1951 - Snippet view - More editions 10" LP record, MERLP- MG15024, $3.85. Brahms: Fantasias, Op. 116 & lntermezzi, Op. 117. Magda Rusy (piano). 12" LP record, MERLP- MG10074, $4.85. Brahms:
Ballades, Op. 10 & Op. 118, No. 3. Hans Priegnitz & Kurt Borack ( pianos).
Saturday Review of Literature - Volume 34 - Page 89
books.google.com/books?id=SCFVAAAAYAAJ
1951 - Snippet view - More editions
Abram Chasins MG 1.5030—10" $3.85 Abram Chasins and Constance KecneMG10061 — 12"
$4.85 J.an Germain MG15024— 10" $3.85 Kurt Borack MG15022— 10" $3.85 Magda Rusy
MG 10074— 12" $4.85 Hans Priegnitz MG 15021— ...
He is listed on 1 track of
ETERNA – 7 10 020 10"
Internationale Chansons
A3 Comptine Du Quai Aux Fleurs Written-By – Fénelon*
Piano – Kurt Borack (tracks: A3)
The Wireless World - Volume 34 - Page lv
books.google.com/books?id=59UnAQAAMAAJ
1934 - Snippet view - More editions
_4.80, Ballad Recital by Oiikar Jolli (Baritone) and Kurt Borack (Pianoiorte):
1936 March 14 The Straits Times
Romanzas for violin and piano by Beethoven
Lathar Ritterhoff and Kurt Barack
New York Sun 19 Feb 1935 Short Wave RADIO listing
Germany
8:30— Tresi Rudolph, soprano; Lothar
Rlttarlioff. violinist; Kurt Borack,
pianist.
Odeon O-25952
TARTINI: Andante cantabile
Senta Bergman, violin, Günther Schulz-Fürstenberg, cello, Kurt Borack, piano
(role: Performer)
Odeon O-25952
Schumann: Liebesgarten, op. 34, no. 1
Senta Bergman, violin, Günther Schulz-Fürstenberg, cello, Kurt Borack, piano
Odeon O-25952 10" 78rpm
SCHUBERT: Piano Trio in B major 1812
SCHULZ FURSTENBERG TRIO (Senta Bergmann: violin, Gunther Schulz Furstenberg:
Cello & Kurt Borack: piano)
Odeon O 26265 1938
Schulz-Fürstenberg-Trio (Senta Bergman, Violine; Günther Schulz-Fürstenberg,
Cello; Kurt Borack, Flügel)
Beethoven-Trio Nr.8 B-Dur: mit Variationen.
Odeon O-26276
BEETHOVEN: Piano Trio in D major, op. 70, no. 1 'Ghost' - Allegro vivace con
brio
Senta Bergman, violin, Günther Schulz-Fürstenberg, cello, Kurt Borack, piano
(role: Performer)
DEUTSCHES RUNDFUNK ARCHIV
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HUGO WOLF
Das verlassene Mägdlein
Eva-Regina Schulze, S
Kurt Borack, Kl
1955 / DRA Babelsberg MZ 11431/B
In der Frühe
Eva-Regina Schulze, S
Kurt Borack, Kl
1955 / DRA Babelsberg MZ11431/C
Heb’ auf dein blondes Haupt
Eva-Regina Schulze, S
Kurt Borack, Kl
1955 / DRA Babelsberg MZ11431/A
Best wishes, THomas.
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Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2013 6:29 PM
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Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Kurt Borack
Borack was a prize winner in Germany in the 30's (see attached) and was active
in the 50s in Mannheim in the Opera House.
Nothing more to report,
Mike Gray
