Richard Pennycuick wrote:

>It seems strange that a pianist could make one highly-regarded record and
>then never be heard of again.  Does anyone have anything to add?

There are many such examples that come to mind.  Kazuko Yasukawa is one.
Born in 1912.  I have only been able to track down a few things from the
NHK.  Another pianist, Warren Perry Thew.  He recorded some Rachmaninoff
and a Concerto by Herman Haller.  Thew was a fine pianist.

On the subject of the Emperor...the surviving first movement, with d'Albert
is interesting listening.

Karl