There have been many famous collaborations between musicians who normally are thought of as having solo careers, Rubinstein and Heifetz and Kempff and Fournier to name but a few. Such is also the case with the two artists heard here: violinist Erica Morini and pianist Rudolf Firkusny. Although they enjoyed a brief stint together in the recording ...
This disc contains a live recital, given at Queen Elizabeth Hall in London on January 4, 1969. It was a fine concert, perhaps a "legend" as the packaging proclaims, but there may have been another motivation for issuing it: a note in the booklet reads, "In Memoriam, Tatiana Firkusný, 8 January 1945-11 January 2005." Fans of this Czech pianist will ...
When the roll of great Czech violinists and pianists is called, surely Josef Suk's and Rudolf Firkusny's names will be among that number. All by itself, this recording of a concert given at the Dvorák Hall in Prague on May 18, 1978, could be their ticket to the pantheon. Coupling the two central works of the Czech repertoire with two wonderful ...
In 1957, Rudolf Firkusný made his first appearance at the Salzburg Festival, in both a concerto performance and a solo recital. This album is the bulk of his recital, with only the opening Haydn sonata not being included because of time restraints. Even without the Haydn, this is a hefty program of substantial works. His Chopin is remarkable for ...
One of the most important and prominent musicians of his time, Gregor Piatigorsky heralds from a time that could be referred to as the Golden Age of Cellists. His contemporaries included such luminaries as Fournier, Tortelier, Starker, and Rostropovich, to name but a few. Yet Piatigorsky still managed to tread his own path both in his own playing ...
Nice program: Schubert, Martinu, Mussorgsky, and then encores by Chopin and Smetana. Who else could have thought of it except Rudolf Firkusný? Born and trained in Moravia, the pianist made his American debut in 1938 and made America his home after first the Nazis and then the Communists took over his native country. But his expatriate status didn ...
Unlike many other conductors of the same era, Czech-born Rafael Kubelik's name is not closely tied to the helm of any one orchestra in particular. Kubelik had stints (many as short as one year) with many of the world's finest orchestras and opera companies, and produced numerous fine recordings with many of them. The lack of close association with ...
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