Great Pianists, Vol. 1 (2010)

Here's a strong entry in the historical recording field, with decent remasterings of a trio of superb concert performances apparently broadcast on the radio. One might raise the issue that a historical reissue ought to spell out the original recording circumstances a bit, but the reader learns only that the recordings were "made available by courtesy of Claudio von Förster," who also wrote the elegant booklet notes. A striking feature of the program is that two of the three pianists spent time in concentration camps during ... Read More

Here's a strong entry in the historical recording field, with decent remasterings of a trio of superb concert performances apparently broadcast on the radio. One might raise the issue that a historical reissue ought to spell out the original recording circumstances a bit, but the reader learns only that the recordings were "made available by courtesy of Claudio von Förster," who also wrote the elegant booklet notes. A striking feature of the program is that two of the three pianists spent time in concentration camps during World War II and that the one who was a Polish Jew, Artur Rubinstein, escaped that fate. Lili Kraus was seized by Japanese forces during a concert tour of what is now Indonesia and imprisoned for three years and Wilhelm Backhaus refused to perform with Furtwängler's Berlin Philharmonic during the war and was incarcerated but later released. All three recordings give excellent examples of the styles of three pianists who would have been well known in the early LP era but who have,... Read Less

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