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Excuse for being so curious: I'm an Italian pianist.  In searching
for Scriabin's own recordings, I found a MMD article with the string
"Scriabin performs his own compositions in 1905" and, if I don't
understand incorrectly, these old recordings have been issued on LP
(and I think, furthermore, that some very rare rolls such as Sonatas
#2 and #3 could be found there).

Please, could I know anything more about this?  Is there some hope
I could purchase it.

Best Thanks.

Francesco Massimi

 [ Editor's note:
 [
 [ Francesco is researching the piano rolls played by composer
 [ Alexander Scriabin; in MMD 000628 he inquired about Scriabin
 [ performances on Triphonola piano rolls.
 [
 [ The LP series named "Welte Legacy of Piano Treasures" is very rare,
 [ evidently.  In MMD 001013 Richard Simonton noted the LP at eBay
 [ auction; the auction description said:
 [
 [ "Welte Legacy of Piano Treasures -- Scriabin performs his
 [  own compositions in 1905, Poushnoff performs circa 1920.
 [  LP Recorded Treasures Label 681 Stereo 19??"
 [
 [ In MMD 950515 Janos Macsai mentions "Welte Legacy of Piano Treasures
 [ - Album No.676 c.1964"
 [
 [ The music library at University of Pennsylvania lists (in the
 [ section of Audio Recordings):
 [
 [ "Compositions of Franz Liszt as performed by the legendary masters
 [  of the piano [sound recording].  Welte Legacy : Recorded Treasures,
 [  p1986.  The Welte legacy of piano treasures.  LCC 5860 Welte Legacy
 [  Welte 5860/73"  <http://www.library.upenn.edu/music/apr99acq.html>
 [
 [ Could someone please tell us the story of the "Welte Legacy" LP
 [ records, and of any audio recordings of rolls played by Scriabin?
 [ What collector provided the piano rolls for the recordings?  What
 [ company published the LPs?  How many LPs were published?
 [
 [ Description of Welte-Mignon piano roll recordings issued by Columbia
 [ Records and Book-of-the-Month Club are at the MMD Pictures site at
 [ http://mmd.foxtail.com/Pictures/Welte/index.html for
 [
 [ -- Robbie