HATTOgate
Musicweb has withdrawn Concert Artist recordings from sale following recent revelations that at least some of the recordings purporting to be by Joyce Hatto were actually pirated from other existing recordings. The evidence for this does seem incontrovertible.......
Masterpieces Or Fakes? The Joyce Hatto Scandal - Gramophone
Joyce Hatto - The Ultimate Recording Hoax - Part 1 - Pristine Recordings
Purely coincidental? Joyce Hatto and Chopin's Mazurkas AHRC Research Centre for the History and Analysis of Recorded Music
Hatto - the greatest pianist(s) that now everyone has heard of! by Len Mullenger
The Hatto Affair: why it should concern us all by Evan Dickerson
Joyce Hatto – Some thoughts, some questions and a lot of letters by Christopher Howell

See also the MusicWeb Bulletin Board and the following articles:

Joyce Hatto - A Pianist of Extraordinary Personality and Promise Comment and Interview by Burnett James (dating from 1973, published on MusicWeb International in March 2003)

Joyce Hatto by Ates Orga (January 2006)

Joyce Hatto - Obituary (July 2006)

List of "Joyce Hatto" recordings reviewed on MusicWeb International

With the exception of the Bax recording made in 1965, the provenance of these recordings is now at least doubtful. In cases where scientific comparison with another recording has demonstrated the original source beyond any doubt this indicated. Many more matches have been suggested - see Pristine Classical Website for further information.

ALBÉNIZ Iberia CACD 9120-2 [WH] Nov 04

J. S. BACH Goldberg Variations CACD 9068-2 [JW] May 03

BAX Symphonic Variations CACD 9021-2 [RB] Sep 03
BAX Symphonic Variations CACD 9021-2 [WH] Aug 04
This recording was made in 1965 and there is no reason to doubt that it is genuine

BEETHOVEN Piano Sonatas Nos. 1-3 CACD 8002-2 [JW] Jan 04
BEETHOVEN Piano Sonatas Nos. 1-3 CACD 8002-2 [CH] Jul 04

BEETHOVEN Piano Sonatas Nos. 4 & 29 CACD 8009-2 [JW] Dec 03
BEETHOVEN Piano Sonatas Nos. 4 & 29 CACD 8009-2 [CH] Apr 05

BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 1 in D etc. CACD 8000-2 [JW] Feb 03

BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 2 etc. CACD 8001-2 [JW] Feb 03
BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 2 etc. CACD 8001-2 [CH] Mar 03
The Concerto is copied from Vladimir Ashkenazy's performance with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Bernard Haitink on Decca 410 199-2 (see Pristine Classical website)

BRAHMS Piano Works: Vol. 3 CACD 9029-2 [JW] Jun 04
BRAHMS Piano Works: Vol. 3 CACD 9029-2 [CH] Sep 04

BRAHMS Piano Works Vol. 4 CACD 9030-2 [JW] Feb 04
BRAHMS Piano Works Vol. 4 CACD 9030-2 [CH] Sep 04

BRAHMS Piano Works Vol. 5 CACD 9031-2 [JW] Sep 04
BRAHMS Piano Works Vol. 5 CACD 9031-2 [CH] Oct 04

CHOPIN Complete Works for Piano Vol. 1 CACD 9035-2 [JW] Jul 03
CHOPIN Complete Works for Piano Vol. 1 CACD 9035-2 [PW] Nov 03

CHOPIN Complete Works for Piano Vol. 3 CACD 9037-2 [JW] Dec 04

CHOPIN Complete Works for Piano Vol. 4 CACD 9037-2 [JW] Aug 03

CHOPIN Complete Works for Piano Vol. 5 CACD 9082-2 [JW] Feb 03

CHOPIN Complete Works for Piano Vol. 7 CACD 9042-2 [JW] Nov 03

CHOPIN Complete Works for Piano Vol. 8 CACD 9043-2 [CC] Jul 03
CHOPIN Complete Works for Piano Vol. 8 CACD 9043-2 [JW] Oct 03

CHOPIN Complete Works for Piano Vols. 9 & 10 CACD 9116-2, CACD 9117-2 [CH] Apr 03
CHOPIN Complete Works for Piano Vols. 9 & 10 CACD 9116-2, CACD 9117-2 [JW] Jan 04
These CDs of the Mazurkas have been taken from Eugen Indjic's recording on Calliope CAL3321-2; this was originally issued in 1988 on Claves (see CHARM website)

CHOPIN Recital Vol. 1 CACD 9160-2 [CH] Mar 03

DEBUSSY Preludes CACD 9130-2 [CH] Nov 05

DEBUSSY Complete Piano Works Vol. 2 CACD 9131-2 [CH] Mar 06

DUKAS Piano Sonata etc. CACD 9274-2 [JW] Nov 06
DUKAS Piano Sonata etc. CACD 9274-2 [CH] Dec 06

GODOWSKY The Complete Studies on Chopin’s Etudes CACD 9147-2, CACD 9148-2 [JW] May 05
These CDs contains at least three sources: Carlo Grante on Altarus (AIRCD 9092/3/4), Marc-André Hamelin on Hyperion (CDA67411-2) and Ian Hobson from an Arabesque recording (see Pristine Classical website)

GRANADOS Goyescas etc. CACD 9249-2 [TH] Jan 07

GRIEG/SCHUMANN Piano Concertos LITOLFF Scherzo CACD 9089-2 [JW] Jan 06

LISZT Bach Transcriptions Vol. 1 CACD 9100-2 [CH] Mar 05
LISZT Bach Transcriptions Vol. 1 CACD 9100-2 [JW] Apr 05

LISZT Bach Transcriptions Vol. 2 CACD 9101-2 [JW] Sep 05

LISZT Piano Sonata etc. CACD 9067-2 [JW] Mar 03

LISZT Années de pèlerinage Première Année CACD 91622 [JW] Feb 07

LISZT Années de Pèlerinage: Deuxième Année CACD 9150-2 [JW] Oct 03
LISZT Années de Pèlerinage: Deuxième Année CACD 9150-2 [CH] May 05

LISZT Douze Études d’exécution transcendante CACD 9084-2 [JW] Jul 03
LISZT Douze Études d’exécution transcendante CACD 9084-2 [CH] Jul 04
Ten of the 12 tracks on this CD have been shown to be copied from Laszlo Simon on BIS CD369; at least one track is from a Reference Recordings CD by Minoru Nojima (see Pristine Classical website)

LISZT The Complete Études Vol. 2 CACD 9132-2 [JW] May 04

LISZT Operatic Paraphrases and Transcriptions Vol. 1 CACD 9133-2 [WH] Mar 06

MENDELSSOHN Piano Concertos Nos.1 & 2 etc. CACD 9070-2 [JW] Oct 03

MENDELSSOHN Twenty-Four Songs Without Words Vol. 1 CACD 9072-2 [JW] Oct 03

MESSIAEN Vingts Regards sur l’Enfant-Jésus CACD 20032 [DC,JW] Oct 06

MOZART The Piano Sonatas (complete) IPO01052 5CDs [CH] Jan 07
Individual issues from this set:
Vol 1 CACD 9051-2 [CH] Apr 04
Vol 2 CACD 9052-2 [CH] May 04
Vol 3 CACD 9053-2 [CH] May 04
Vol 4 CACD 9054-2 [CH] May 04
Vol 5 CACD 9055-2 [CH] May 04

MUSSORGSKY Pictures at an Exhibition RACHMANINOV Sonata No 1 CACD 9129-2 [JW] Mar 03
MUSSORGSKY Pictures at an Exhibition RACHMANINOV Sonata No 1 CACD 9129-2 [WH] May 03
MUSSORGSKY Pictures at an Exhibition RACHMANINOV Sonata No 1 CACD 9129-2 [CH] Nov 05

PROKOFIEV The Complete Piano Sonatas CACD 9121-2, CACD 9122-2, CACD 9123-2 [JW] Apr 05

RACHMANINOV Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 4 Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
CACD 9219-2 [JW] May 03

RACHMANINOV Piano Concerto No. 2 etc. CACD 9218-2 [JW] Jul 03

RACHMANINOV Piano Concerto No. 3 etc. CACD 9217-2 [WH] Apr 03
RACHMANINOV Piano Concerto No. 3 etc. CACD 9217-2 [JW] May03
The 3rd concerto is a copy of Yefim Bronfman's performance with the Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen on Sony Essential Classics SBK89734 (see Pristine Classical website)

RACHMANINOV The Twenty-Four Preludes CACD 9127-2 [WH] May 05

RACHMANINOV Études Tableaux Op.33 & 39 CACD 9128-2 [JW] Oct 03

RACHMANINOV Transcriptions CACD 9179-2 [JW] Mar 03

RAVEL Complete Piano Works CACD 2004-2 [DC] Jan 07

SCARLATTI Sonatas Vol. 1 CACD 9208-2 [JW] Jan 04

SCARLATTI Sonatas Vol. 2 CACD 9209-2 [JW] Jan 04

SCHUBERT Piano Sonatas Vol. 1 CACD 9063-2 [JW] Jan 04

SCHUBERT Piano Sonatas Vol. 2 CACD 9064-2 [JW] Jan 04

SCHUBERT Piano Sonatas Vol. 3 CACD 9065-2 [JW] Jan 04

SCHUBERT Piano Sonatas Vol. 4 CACD 9066-2 [JW] Jan 04

TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893) Piano Concerto No.1, works by PROKOFIEV and BALAKIREV CACD 9195-2 [CH] Oct 04

TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No. 1 SAINT-SAËNS Piano Concerto No. 4 CACD 9086-2 [JW] May 03
TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No. 1 SAINT-SAËNS Piano Concerto No. 4 CACD 9086-2 [WH] Sep 03

TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No. 2 SAINT-SAËNS Piano Concerto No. 2 CACD 9085-2 [JW] Mar 03

A Recital of French Music CACD 9110-2 [JW] Nov 03

Encore! An anthology of recital encores CACD 9168-2 [JW] Dec 03

 

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