Stavros Piradis

Stavros Piradis was a pseudonym used by William Barrington-Coupe when issuing LPs in order to avoid paying royalties to the artists. In the case of the "Piradis" recording of Beethoven's 5th concerto, Ernst Lumpe identified the recording as that of Sergio Fiorentino (see http://www.ledevoir.com/culture/musique/133378/gloire-et-decheance-de-joyce-hatto). Fiorentino's "Piradis" recordings can be seen here : http://www.fortepianos.org/elumpe/SFDiscography.html