An obscure recording by Brazilian pianist Carmen Vitis Adnet Graf of Chopin's F Minor Concerto, with Vienna Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Hans Swarowsky. The recording has a fascinating backstory - as does the pianist.

Here is the story as shared by the pianist's daughter Beatriz Graf:

𝘐𝘯 1954, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘨 𝘉𝘳𝘢𝘻𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘱𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘯 𝘝𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘴 𝘈𝘥𝘯𝘦𝘵, 𝘯𝘦𝘸𝘭𝘺 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘝𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘱𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘏𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘎𝘳𝘢𝘧, 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥 (𝘮𝘦). 𝘐𝘯 𝘋𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳, 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘯, 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘊𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘯, 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘚𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘗𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘰 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘝𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘯𝘢 𝘚𝘺𝘮𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘺 𝘖𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘏𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘚𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘴𝘬𝘺, 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 "𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘙𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘊𝘭𝘶𝘣 𝘗𝘛𝘠 𝘓𝘵𝘥." 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘥: 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘨𝘰, 𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘺𝘭 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘱𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘗, 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘴𝘶𝘮 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦, 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴, 𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘴, 𝘰𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘦𝘴. 𝘠𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳, 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘓𝘗 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨.

𝘐𝘯 2003, 𝘐 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘯 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘰'𝘴 𝘢𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘷𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘵𝘰 𝘯𝘰 𝘢𝘷𝘢𝘪𝘭. 𝘐𝘯𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘖𝘙𝘍 (𝘈𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘙𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘰) 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘝𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘯𝘢 𝘚𝘺𝘮𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘺 𝘖𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴. 𝘞𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳.

𝘐𝘯 2009, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦, 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 "𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘺.𝘤𝘰𝘮," 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘯 𝘝𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘴 𝘈𝘥𝘯𝘦𝘵. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯: 𝘊𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘯 𝘗𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘰 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘰 𝘕𝘰. 2, 𝘝𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘯𝘢 𝘚𝘺𝘮𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘺 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘏𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘚𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘴𝘬𝘺, 𝘱𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘰 𝘣𝘺 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘯 𝘝𝘪𝘵𝘰𝘴, 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘢𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘦𝘉𝘢𝘺 𝘈𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘢! 𝘐 𝘪𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘳, 𝘢𝘯 𝘈𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳. 𝘏𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘗, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘝𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘯𝘢! 𝘞𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯!

And then the plot thickened: Ernst Lumpe, a great collector known for accurately identifying pianists whose recordings were released under other names, among them many recordings issued as pianist Paul Procopolis. He identified the fictitious artist's recording of the Chopin F Minor Concerto as being that recorded in 1954 by Carmen Vitis Adnet Graf. Lumpe owned a digital copy of the recording, which he sent to Graf's daughter and which forms the basis of this upload.

A bit more about the pianist:

𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐕𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐬 𝐀𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐭 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐟 (1929-2014)
𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘯 𝘝𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘴 𝘈𝘥𝘯𝘦𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘝𝘪𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘢, 𝘉𝘳𝘢𝘻𝘪𝘭, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘯 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘰 𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘳. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘉𝘳𝘢𝘻𝘪𝘭 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘐𝘝 𝘊𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘯 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘞𝘢𝘳𝘴𝘢𝘸 - 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘞𝘢𝘳 𝘐𝘐 - 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘢 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦.

𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘺𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘊𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘑𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘧 𝘛𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘻𝘺𝘯𝘴𝘬𝘪 𝘪𝘯 𝘚𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘻𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘣𝘺 𝘌𝘥𝘸𝘪𝘯 𝘍𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘈𝘭𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘊𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘰𝘵, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥. 𝘧𝘶𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘶𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘣𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘢𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘗𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘰 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘔𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘩.

𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘝𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘯𝘢, 𝘈𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘢, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘉𝘳𝘶𝘯𝘰 𝘚𝘦𝘪𝘥𝘭𝘩𝘰𝘧𝘦𝘳, 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘶𝘴𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘥, 𝘈𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘱𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘏𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘎𝘳𝘢𝘧 (1928-1994).

𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘢 50-𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘢 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘊𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵, 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘌𝘶𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘕𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘚𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘩 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘏𝘰𝘤𝘩𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘶𝘭𝘦 𝘧ü𝘳 𝘔𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘬 (𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘔𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤) 𝘪𝘯 𝘝𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘯𝘢 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘵 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘢 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘉𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘵𝘰𝘯, 𝘜𝘚𝘈.

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