Liszt / Eugen d’Albert, 1913: Liebestraume (Liszt / d’Albert)

Eugen d’Albert (1864-1932) performs Liebestraume, recorded on piano rolls in 1913 and reproduced with the assistance of a Welte Vorsetzer in 1962-63 on Steinway Concert Grand No. 261. This recording is from the LP that you see above, one of three discs in a collection entitled “Legendary Masters of the Piano,“ issued by the Book of the Month Club Classics Record Library series in 1963. A Welte Vorsetzer, rebuilt and reconditioned by a Texas geologist named Kenneth Caswell, was used for this particular r