[lit-ideas] Re: Kempff and Completeness
- From: Chris Bruce <bruce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2006 22:14:55 +0200
On 29. Sep 2006, at 19:14, David Ritchie wrote:
On Sep 29, 2006, at 12:45 AM, Chris Bruce wrote:
Towards the end of the concert he grew too weak to play the last of
the 14 Chopin waltzes. After leaving the stage for a brief respite,
he returned to play a piano transcription of a Bach chorale (to which
I am at this moment listening) - his last public performance.
Is this the disc?
Title : Fourteen waltzes ; Barcarolle, op. 60 ; Nocturne, op. 27,
no. 2 ; Mazurka, op. 50, no. 3 [sound recording (CD)]
... Lipatti, Dinu, 1917-1950. prf ...
Author : Chopin, Frédéric, 1810-1849.
Publisher, Date : Hayes, Middlesex, England : EMI, p1986.
No - that's a studio recording of the Chopin waltzes, etc. of which
I've read praise but with which I have no direct experience.
You'll find some interesting notes about the final concert (including
reference nos. for the CD) at:
http://www.classicalnotes.net/reviews/lipatti.html
I don't have the recital on CD, and my copy of the LP's (released in
1957 in a beautiful boxed set with booklet that was a wonderful
memorial) resides with the rest of my record collection back in Canada
(in the hands - or rather on the selves - of a friend). Someday I hope
to reclaim them - and so I couldn't bring myself to buy the CD in its
'jewel case' which seemed a far inferior artefact (the notes at the
site above comment further on this).
But do get the CD if you can't get a copy of the LP's.
The recording of the Bach chorale transcription I mention is on the
disc devoted to Lipatti in the 20-CD set of 14 great pianists released
by Suddeutsche Zeitung a couple of years ago. (There is also a disc
devoted to Lipatti in the 20-CD set of 20 great pianists issued by
Membran Music in 2005. These two sets also include discs devoted to
Kempff's recordings, so I was able to appreciate at least some of the
Beethoven sonata performances mentioned in David's initial posting in
this thread.)
Chris Bruce
Kiel, Germany
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