ARC-127

 

For further details see PDF files: cover / inlay
Full booklet notes can be downloaded at
 www.markainley.com/music/classical/lipatti/cornerstones.html

                

The Zurich Concert of February 7, 1950
 Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor Op. 11
                Otto Ackermann / Tonhalle Orchester Zürich
Nocturne No. 8 in D Flat major, Op. 27 No. 2
Etude Op. 25 No. 2 in E minor 
Etude 10 No. 5 in G flat major Op. ("Black Key")

Interview at Radio Geneva, July 27, 1950 
Chopin: Waltz Op. 34 No. 2
Bach/Busoni: "Ich ruf zu Dir, Herr Jesu Christ" BWV 639

Test Recordings from Paris, June 25, 1936 
Bach: Partita No. 1 BWV 825: Allemande *
Bach/Lipatti:Improvisation on Bach/Busoni Toccata in C*
Brahms: Intermezzo Op. 117 No. 2
                                                                     * Lipatti on harpsichord

Test Recordings from Bucharest, April 28, 1941
Brahms: Intermezzi Op. 116 No. 2 and Op. 117 No. 1
  

This CD contains the very first recordings by Dinu Lipatti as well as some of his latest recordings from 1950, the year of his death.  

The Zurich Concerto was newly remastered from the remaining "original" tape recordings of a Swiss collector. The sound is superior to previous issues on other labels, Lipatti´s expressive and dynamic approach can be heard, especially in the excerpts deriving from a tape with the direct recording from the radio broadcast (the history of this recordings is explained in the booklet notes by Mark Ainley).

Of special interest for the collector may be the previously unpublished recordings of Lipatti playing harpsichord (Paris 1936) as well as some Brahms Intermezzi from Bucharest 1941.