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Dinu Lipatti, Frederic Chopin, Johann Sebastian Bach
Dinu Lipatti: Besancon Recital
Genres: Dance & Electronic, Classical

Track Listings (24) - Disc #1
1. Partita for keyboard No. 1 in B flat major, BWV 825 (BC L1): 1. Pr?lude
2. Partita for keyboard No. 1 in B flat major, BWV 825 (BC L1): 2. Allemande
3. Partita for keyboard No. 1 in B flat major, BWV 825 (BC L1): 3. Courante
4. Partita for keyboard No. 1 in B flat major, BWV 825 (BC L1): 4. Sarabande
5. Partita for keyboard No. 1 in B flat major, BWV 825 (BC L1): 5. Menuet 1 & Menuet 2
6. Partita for keyboard No. 1 in B flat major, BWV 825 (BC L1): 6. Gigue
7. Piano Sonata No. 8 in A minor, K. 310 (K. 300d): 1. Allegro maestoso
8. Piano Sonata No. 8 in A minor, K. 310 (K. 300d): 2. Andante cantabile con espressione
9. Piano Sonata No. 8 in A minor, K. 310 (K. 300d): 3. Presto
10. Impromptu for piano in G flat major, D. 899/3 (Op. 90/3)
11. Impromptu for piano in E flat major, D. 899/2 (Op. 90/2)
12. Waltz for piano No. 5 in A flat major, Op. 42, CT. 211
13. Waltz for piano No. 6 in D flat major ('Minute'), Op. 64/1, CT. 212
14. Waltz for piano No. 9 in A flat major ('L'adieu') Op. 69/1, CT. 215
15. Waltz for piano No. 7 in C sharp minor, Op. 64/2, CT. 213
16. Waltz for piano No. 11 in G flat major, Op. 70/1, CT. 217
17. Waltz for piano No. 10 in B minor, Op. 69/2, CT. 216
18. Waltz for piano in E minor, KK IVa/15, CT. 222 (B. 56)
19. Waltz for piano No. 3 in A minor, Op. 34/2, CT. 209
20. Waltz for piano No. 4 in F major, Op. 34/3, CT. 210
21. Waltz for piano No. 12 in F minor, Op. 70/2, CT. 218
22. Waltz for piano No. 13 in D flat major, Op. 70/3, CT. 219
23. Waltz for piano No. 8 in A flat major, Op. 64/3, CT. 214
24. Waltz for piano No. 1 in E flat major, Op. 18, CT. 207

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CD Details

All Artists: Dinu Lipatti, Frederic Chopin, Johann Sebastian Bach
Title: Dinu Lipatti: Besancon Recital
Members Wishing: 1
Total Copies: 0
Label: EMI Classics
Release Date: 3/23/2004
Album Type: Original recording remastered
Genres: Dance & Electronic, Classical
Styles: Chamber Music, Forms & Genres, Sonatas, Suites, Historical Periods, Baroque (c.1600-1750), Classical (c.1770-1830), Modern, 20th, & 21st Century
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPCs: 724356282025, 724356282056

CD Reviews

A Divine Revelation

Lyndon Meyer | Fayetteville, AR | 06/14/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Everyone who knows what they are talking about agrees: Dinu Lipatti was heaven sent. Cortot thought so, so did Walter Legge and countless others. This recording is nothing short of the last and greatest divine revelation Lipatti gave us. The Schubert G Flat Major impromptu is one of the most amazing performances around. If you are a pianist, you must listen to Lipatti to understand what piano playing means."

Classic Classical Recording

Edmond S. Cooley | Orford, NH | 05/14/2008

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This CD typifies the extraordinary talent of the late, great Dinu Lipatti. The recording is old, so not of the highest fidelity. But one can still hear the amazing ability of this short-lived pianist."

A Fitting Final Tribute to Lipatti

P. E. Allen | 03/04/2009

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This was Lipatti's final recital, performed 16 September 1950 in Besançon, France, against the advice of Lipatti's doctors. Lipatti died ten weeks later of Hodgkins Disease on 2 December 1950 at age 33. He knew this was his last opportunity to perform publicly. Though he barely had the strength to walk to the piano onstage, once he began playing it was as if the heavens bestowed their glories on him, as he played with a magnificent, subdued strength. He omitted Chopin's Waltz #2 because he knew he lacked the strength to perform it that evening. Instead, he added an encore of Dame Myra Hess's transcription of J.S. Bach's Chorale, "Jesus bleibet meine Freude" from Cantata "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147", which sadly is not on this recording because the recording engineer turned off the recording tape before the encore. (You can hear a Lipatti recording of that piece on Great Recordings Of The Century - Dinu Lipatti)

I heard this on LP many years ago, and am disappointed that the remastered CD does not have the depth and sonority of the LP. Still this is an historic recording, a fitting tribute to the master, and a remarkable recital for the ages."