Lucerne Festival Historic Performances Vol. I

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This series is launched auspiciously...After a strong, sinewy introduction by Klemperer and the Philharmonia Haskil’s first entry exudes graceful calm. Thereafter we are treated to much stylish,... — MusicWeb International, 8th November 2013 More…

Release Date: 1st Jul 2013
Catalogue No: AUDITE95623
Label: Audite
Series: Lucerne Festival Historic Performances
Length: 68 minutes

Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K466

Work length31:25

$7.00

$9.00

Clara Haskil (piano)
Philharmonia Orchestra
Otto Klemperer
Recorded: 8 September 1959
Recording Venue: Kunsthaus, Lucerne, Switzerland

I. Allegro

Track length14:32

$3.00

$3.85

II. Romance

Track length10:04

$3.00

$3.85

III. Rondo: Allegro assai

Track length6:49

$1.00

$1.30

Applause

Work length0:52

$1.00

$1.30

Recorded: 8 September 1959
Recording Venue: Kunsthaus, Lucerne, Switzerland

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major, Op. 73 'Emperor'

Work length36:40

$8.00

$10.30

Robert Casadesus (piano)
Wiener Philharmoniker
Dimitri Mitropoulos
Recorded: 1 September 1957
Recording Venue: Kunsthaus, Lucerne, Switzerland

I. Allegro

Track length19:32

$4.00

$5.15

II. Adagio un poco mosso

Track length6:47

$1.00

$1.30

III. Rondo: Allegro

Track length10:21

$3.00

$3.85

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The launch of a new recording series from Audite: 'Lucerne Festival Historic Performances' provides a re-encounter with two outstanding pianists of the 20th century. In 1959 the leading Mozart performer, Clara Haskil, joined Otto Klemperer and his Philharmonia Orchestra to give a moving interpretation of the Piano Concerto in D minor (K466), which Haskil herself considered “unforgettable”, as she remarked in a letter.

Paired with Haskil’s Mozart is a live recording, by the French pianist Robert Casadesus, of Beethoven’s heroic Fifth Piano Concerto made in the summer of 1957. This live performance remains captivating thanks both to Casadesus’ radiant virtuosity, always at the service of musical content, and to the intense intimacy between conductor and soloist, which makes for a fascinating comparison with the studio recording of the same work which Casadesus, Mitropoulos and the New York Philharmonic released two years previously. Casadesus found congenial partners in Dimitri Mitropoulos and the Vienna Philharmonic. At the same time, the recording documents the Vienna Philharmonic’s first-ever appearance at the Lucerne Festival.

In cooperation with Audite, the Lucerne Festival presents outstanding concert recordings of artists who have shaped the festival throughout its history. The aim of this CD edition is to rediscover treasures – most of which have not been released previously – from the first six decades of the festival, which was founded in 1938 with a special gala concert conducted by Arturo Toscanini. These recordings have been made available by the archives of SRF Swiss Radio and Television, which has broadcast the Lucerne concerts from the outset.

Carefully re-mastered and supplemented with photos and materials from the Lucerne Festival archive, they represent a sonic history of the festival.

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8th November 2013

This series is launched auspiciously...After a strong, sinewy introduction by Klemperer and the Philharmonia Haskil’s first entry exudes graceful calm. Thereafter we are treated to much stylish, wonderfully subtle and tasteful playing...Casadesus offers a good deal of heroic and commanding playing yet he’s equally capable of sensitivity.

Lucerne Festival Historic Performances Vol. I

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