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A 2-CD set of Abbey Simon performing Chopin Piano Concertos #1 and #2
is generally available from online retailers dealing in classical
recordings. The set is on the budget Vox label and has the catalog
number "Vox 5002." It is one volume in a cycle of the complete piano
works of Chopin performed by Simon with the Hamburg Symphony Orchestra
under the direction of Heribert Beissel. This 2-CD set of the two
piano concertos (and two other works) sells for $9.99 at Tower Records
and for $10.98 at Amazon.com. Here are links to the relevant ordering
pages of those online retailers:
Tower Records: Abbey Simon: Chopin Piano Concertos
http://www.towerrecords.com/product.aspx?pfid=1072935
Amazon.com: Abbey Simon: Chopin Piano Concertos
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000001K1U/qid=1075847673/sr=1-4/ref=sr_1_4/104-6974316-4231902?v=glance&s=classical
In case you prefer another retailer or have problems in ordering from
the above Web sites, here is a link to another source:
Barnes & Noble: Abbey Simon: Chopin Piano Concertos
http://music.barnesandnoble.com/search/product.asp?userid=33CNRLU8F9&ean=47163500220
Search Strategy:
Since your question seemed to indicate that you are interested in the
process of finding such recordings as well as the successful result I
provided above, I will describe my search strategy in some detail.
My first Google search was a simple one:
"abbey simon" discography
://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&q=%22abbey+simon%22+discography
Many artists have lists of their recordings online, so that this was
an efficient way of approaching your question. The first search
result returned was from Mr. Simon's own Web site, which lists his
recordings and indicates which are in-print and available for
purchase:
Abbey Simon: Discography
http://www.abbeysimon.com/discography.htm
His list of recordings of course included the Vox set described above
and indicated it was available for purchase (by including a link to
Tower Records). It also included an earlier recording of the Chopin
Concertos on HMV with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. The HMV label
is an old label that was ultimately absorbed into EMI Classics and
was later abandoned. Here is a link to the history of HMV/EMI:
Wikipedia: HMV
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMV
The HMV recording listed on Abbey Simon's Web site appears to old
(probably an LP set) that is long out of print. I conducted various
Google searches looking for evidence of the availability of that
recording and was unsuccessful. Here are just two illustrative
examples of such searches:
"abbey simon" hmv chopin concerto
://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&q=%22abbey+simon%22+hmv+chopin+concerto
"abbey simon" lp OR lps chopin
://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=%22abbey+simon%22+lp+OR+lps+chopin&btnG=Google+Search
In order to locate the recording for sale at the Tower Records site, I
went first to Tower's home page, the "address" of which can be
conveniently found by a simple Google search with "tower records" as
the search term. Here is a link to Tower's home page:
Tower Records
http://www.towerrecords.com/Default.aspx?
At the Tower home page, I located the "search box" at the top of the
page and entered the following terms: "abbey simon" chopin concerto.
I then went to the box to the right of the search box and scrolled to
"All Classical" as the database to be searched. This led directly to
the Vox set. I went through a similar procedure at the Amazon.com and
Barnes & Noble sites to get the same result.
I am confident that the above information is exactly what you are
seeking, and I hope that the explanation of my search strategy is
helpful to you in locating other recordings. If anything is unclear,
please ask for clarification before rating this answer.
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