Great Hatto Hoax

Gramophone magazine has been flogging the recordings of a little-known pianist, the late Joyce Hatto, who had retired from the concert stage many years ago because of a rare cancer, and had supposedly made wonderful recordings of a wide repertoire in her home studio. Now they're singing a different tune: apparently a number of the "Hatto" recordings have been proven to be by other pianists. Hatto's hubby and producer, William Barrington-Coupe, has some explaining to do, and isn't doing it yet. I assume that once BIS, Altarus, and especially the notoriously-ruthless-on-IP-issues Sony have their day in court, he will have explained it all.

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Posted by: jeffrey smith
Posted on: February 16, 2007 10:05 PM

Some of those recording were concerti. It will be really interesting to find out how he recorded them without an orchestra.

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