April 27   - ADDED scan of newly discovered Hatto plays Scriabin double CD set.

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.

February 19 - IDENTIFIED Chopin 1st Ballade as by Anna Malikova and the 2nd, 4th, and most of the 3rd Ballade as by Eugen Indjic.
                      CONFIRMED match of Mendelssohn Fantasia as by Gitti Pirner on Calig.  All of Hatto's Mendelssohn recordings are now fully identified.
                      Hatto pianists list now up to 90 performers

February 9 - IDENTIFIED all tracks on the Mendelssohn Works for Piano and Orchestra CDas by Ronald Brautigam, Sergei Edelmann, and Ian Hobson.
                     Hatto pianists list now up to 89 performers

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 8 - IDENTIFIED Rachmaninoff: Prelude Op. 23 No. 8 as by Idil Biret

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

November 24 - IDENTIFIED the ten remaining etudes on Chopin Etudes Anniversary Edition as by Vardan Mamikonian, Michiko Tsuda, and Garrick Ohlsson.
                         IDENTIFIED Rachmaninoff Prelude Op. 23 No. 3 as by Alexander Vaulin
                         Hatto pianists list now up to 83 performers

November 15 - IDENTIFIED Two Rachmaninoff Preludes as by Andrei Nikolsky.  
                         Hatto Pianists list now up to 80 performers

November  14 - IDENTIFIED Eight Rachmaninoff Preludes as by Ian Hobson

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

October 13 - IDENTIFIED Beethoven/Liszt Symphony No. 6 as by Michel Dalberto on Harmonia Mundi
                     IDENTIFIED Haydn Fantasia in C on Encores volume 2 as by Balázs Szokolay

October 12 - Completely revised List of Pianists used to create the Hatto catalogue to also show which pieces each pianist was used for

October 10 - IDENTIFIED Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet as by Bella Davidovich and Bernd Glemser.
                      All works on Prokofiev volumes 1-4 are now identified.

October 8 - IDENTIFIED most of the Rachmaninoff Etudes Op. 33 as by Ian Hobson and Leif Ove Andsnes

October 3 - IDENTIFIED some tracks on LISZT: The Complete Works Inspired by Bach Volume 2 as by Karl-Andreas Kolly

October 3 - IDENTIFIED all tracks on LISZT: The Complete Works Inspired by Bach Volume 1 as by Karl-Andreas Kolly

October 1 - Added wav file images for Liszt Mephisto Waltz on A Liszt Recital and Venezia e Napoli on Liszt Années Book 2

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.  

September 14 - Added wav file images for Beethoven Volume 9

September 11 - Added wav file images for Beethoven Volume 8

September 10 - IDENTIFIED some Beethoven Sonatas on Beethoven Volume 7 as by John O'Conor

September 8 - IDENTIFIED Prokofiev March on Prokofiev Volume 4 as coming from an obscure Yuri Boukoff CD.

September 8 - IDENTIFIED some Beethoven sonatas from the bizarre Beethoven Volume 6 as by John O'Conor

September 8 - IDENTIFIED both Franck works on A Recital of French Music as by Josep Colom

September 2 - IDENTIFIED two sonatas on Beethoven Volume 5 as coming from the John O'Conor cycle.

September 1 - IDENTIFIED most of Beethoven Volume 4 as coming from the John O'Conor cycle.

August 29 - Added wav file images for Beethoven Volume 3

August 28 - IDENTIFIED all Sonatas on Beethoven Volume 2 as by John O'Conor

August 28 - Added wav file images for Brahms Paganini Variations on Brahms Volume 4

August 27 - Added wav file images for Scarlatti Volume 1

August 26 - Added wav file images for Scarlatti Volume 2

August 26 - IDENTIFIED Prokofiev 9th Sonata as Boris Berman on Prokofiev Volume 3

August 25 - Added wav file images for Scarlatti Volume 3

August 15 - IDENTIFIED remaining twelve Prokofiev Visions Fugitives as by Olli Mustonen on Prokofiev Volume 4 

August 11 - Added wav file images for identified tracks on Rachmaninoff Volume 3

August 11 - Added wav file images for Scarlatti Volume 4

August 8th - Added wav file images for Prokofiev Volume 4

August 7th - Added wav file images for Rachmaninoff Transcriptions

August 6th - Added wav file images for Prokofiev Volume 3

August 5th - Added wav file images for Prokofiev Volume 1 and Prokofiev Volume 2

August 5th - Created this update page

July 30th - Added External Joyce Hatto Links

July 29th - Added list of pianists whose recordings were used to create the Hatto catalogue

July 29th - Website launch and announcement






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