Could a French woman make an international career for herself as a pianist after the Second World War by playing most of Debussy and Ravel, lots of Mozart and Haydn, and even some of Hindemith and Stravinsky, but no Beethoven or Brahms, no Liszt, next to no Chopin, no Schubert, and only a smattering of Schumann? Apparently Monique Haas could because she made a flourishing career after the war by embracing the French moderns and the Viennese classics, but virtually avoiding the German romantics. It made a certain sense. Haas ...
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Could a French woman make an international career for herself as a pianist after the Second World War by playing most of Debussy and Ravel, lots of Mozart and Haydn, and even some of Hindemith and Stravinsky, but no Beethoven or Brahms, no Liszt, next to no Chopin, no Schubert, and only a smattering of Schumann? Apparently Monique Haas could because she made a flourishing career after the war by embracing the French moderns and the Viennese classics, but virtually avoiding the German romantics. It made a certain sense. Haas was the quintessence of French piano playing -- her tone was clear, her technique was lucid, her colors were luminous, and her pedal was light -- and thus the ideal Debussy -- Ravel player, and therefore, by French logic, the ideal Mozart and Haydn player. In this lavishly filled nine-disc set of her recordings for Deutsche Grammophon made between 1949 and 1963, the best of Haas has been reissued together on CD for the first time. Every disc contains treasures -- the first's elegant...
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Very Good. Size: 5x5x1; Discs look almost mint and are Fully Guaranteed. Includes liner notes. Outer box has one torn corner. Ships with tracking the same or next business day from New Haven, CT. We fully guarantee to ship the exact same item as listed and work hard to maintain our excellent customer service.