Old-time Ravel fans will remember Monique Haas' recordings of the Concertos with great fondness, even affection. Haas at her best was that kind of player, a player with a polished technique and a warm tone, but a temperament that turned passionate when roused. And Haas was at her best and her most aroused when playing Ravel. Haas' 1965 recordings ...
Recorded by Mercury in Cass Technical High School and Old Orchestra Hall in the late '50s in Detroit, these performances of Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique, plus his Hungarian March, Trojan March, Corsair Overture, and Roman Carnival Overture by Paul Paray and the Detroit Symphony Orchestra remain among the most brashly performed and brilliantly ...
A bit faded? Perhaps. A little jaded? Possibly. But still strikingly vibrant and full of passion, strength, and even, at times, tenderness? Yes, absolutely. With her melting lyricism, beaming colors, blazing technique, and quiet intimacies, Monique Haas was the quintessence of modern French pianism après la guerre, and this 2004 disc program of ...
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