Joyce Hatto was in her seventies when she released a stream of recordings of major piano works that drew such critical acclaim that one pundit describer her as a “national treasure”. Her recorded legacy was considered quite remarkable - until the day when a music fan noticed that when he copied one of Hatto’s CDs for use on his iPod it revealed that the recording was, in fact, made by the Hungarian pianist Laszlo Simon.
From there the story of how Hatto’s husband, a recording engineer, had “harvested” the work of other pianists, subtly altering the performances before releasing the recordings in his wife’s name.
Channel 4 is showing a documentary about the scam on July 31st. It should be well worth watching. In the meantime you can read the story at the Daily Mail.