April 23 - IDENTIFIED Two movements from Tchaikovsky Concerto No.2 as by Michael Boriskin on Newport Classics. Added wav image files for Saint-Saëns Concerto No. 2 on same CD and noted that this entire Concerto is transferred a half step flat.
January 4 - IDENTIFIED Beethoven Diabelli Variations as by Stefan Vladar. Wav file images will be added later. IDENTIFIED all remaining Mendelssohn Songs without Words as stolen from various Naxos CDs. I believe that the Mendelssohn Fantasia in F sharp minor on this CD is taken from the
recording by Gitti Pirner on Calig. [UPDATE: The Pirner CD has been obtained and the match confirmed]
December 23 - IDENTIFIED Schumann: Carnaval, Allegro, Toccata, and Paganini Etudes, Op. 10 on Schumann Volume 5 and Volume 6 as by Adam Skoumal on the Studio Matous label. Hatto pianists list now up to 86 performers
December 6 - IDENTIFIED 23 of the 27 tracks on Chopin Volume 1: 27 Etudes as by Vardan Mamikonian, Michiko Tsuda, Yuki Matsuzawa, Boris Berezovsky, and Louis Lortie. Hatto pianists list now up to 85 performers
October 20 - IDENTIFIED Prokofiev Toccata on CD with Tchaikovsky 1st and Prokofiev 3rd Concertos as by Roland Pöntinen
October 17 - IDENTIFIED Schubert Waltzes Nobles on Encores volume 2 as by Michel Dalberto. This disc is now fully identified. Calculated all tempo manipulations on Encores volume 2, including Rossini/Liszt La Danza, which has an introduction slowed down by 20%.
October 16 - IDENTIFIED all tracks on Godowsky Volume 2 as by Carlo Grante, Marc-André
Hamelin, and Ian Hobson.
One track on this CD has been sped up by an astounding 20%. More
details and audio excerpts are on the Godowsky Volume 2 page
September 23 - IDENTIFIED Prokofiev Scherzo on Prokofiev Volume 4 as by Lev Vinocour
September 21 - IDENTIFIED All Mozart Variations
as stolen from Ingrid Haebler on Philips. This sets a precendent
as the first time analog recordings are used as a source.
September 19 - IDENTIFIED Debussy Arabesques Nos. 1 and 2 on Debussy Volume 2 as by Balázs Szokolay on Naxos.
All three Hatto Debussy volumes are now fully identified.
September 18 - IDENTIFIED Liszt Mephisto Waltz on A Liszt Recital and Venezia e Napoli on Liszt Années Book 2 as by Janina Fialkowska. Wav files images to come later.
Added wav file images for other known tracks on both of the
above CDs.
September 15 - Added wav file images for A Recital of French Music. Identified Saint-Saëns Etude as stolen from Margit Rahkonen.
September 14 - All work to determine which Beethoven Sonatas are from John O'Conor's cycle completed:
23 Sonatas were taken in whole from John O'Conor's cycle.
5 additional Sonatas are by O'Conor on some
Hatto releases but not others (Op. 31 No. 1, both Op. 49 Sonatas,
Waldstein, and Appassionata)
2 Sonatas
take some movements from O'Conor (Moonlight & Les Adieux)
2 Sonatas are not by O'Conor at all (Op. 79 and Op. 90)
Septmeber 14 - Revised Beethoven Volume 5 because another version of this CD was discovered.