Michael Zadora: The Complete Recordings
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Label: APR
Cat No: APR6008
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 2
Genre: Instrumental
Release Date: 26th October 2009
Contents
Artists
Michael Zadora (piano)Artists
Michael Zadora (piano)About
Perhaps the answer lies in his background. He was born in New York of aristocratic Polish parents but returned to Europe to study and was a pupil of Leshetizky and Barth (who also taught Rubinstein). After the First World War he became a disciple of Busoni and, indeed, played for the great artist on his deathbed. Zadora seems to have been a rather reserved character, much more an intellectual than someone who enjoyed public performance, and it is likely that family wealth allowed him the luxury of not having to pursue his career too aggressively.
On the other hand, studio recording suited him very well indeed and he seems equally at home in the standard repertoire, such as Chopin, as in more rarefied material, such as the Busoni Sonatinas, where we are undoubtedly hearing an interpretation very close to that of the composer himself. Of particular interest are Zadora's own unusual transcriptions and also the works of Pietro Amadis who was actually a pseudonym of the pianist.
These very rare recordings should be of particular interest to all lovers of historic piano playing.
Contents:
CD 1: Acoustic Recordings (71.53) - Recorded early 1920s
Chopin:
- Waltz in A-Flat, Op.69 No.1
- Waltz in B Minor, Op.69 No.2
- Waltz in C-Sharp Minor, Op.64 No.2
- Nocturne in B, Op.32 No.1;
- Etude in F Minor, Op.25 No.2
- Etude in G-Flat, Op.25 No.9
- Etude in A-Flat, Op.25 No.1
- Waltz in D-Flat, Op.64 No.1
- Preludes Op.28 Nos.6, 7, 13 & 23
- Mazurka in A Minor, Op.67 No.4
Liszt: Consolations Nos.1, 2, 3 & 5
Raff: La Fileuse, Op.157 No.2
Sgambati: Prelude in E-Flat Minor, Op.6
Scarlatti/Tausig: Pastorale (Sonata, K.478)
Pergolesi/Zadora: Arietta, Se tu m'ami, se sospiri
Beethoven/Busoni: Ecossaises
Rubinstein: Romance in E-Flat, Op.44 No.1
Brahms: Intermezzo in B-Flat Minor, Op.117 No.2
Field: Nocturne No.5 in B-Flat
Amadis:
- The Prima Ballerina
- Vienna Waltz
CD 2: Electrical Recordings (66.51) - Recorded 1929-1938
Chopin:
- Waltz in D-Flat, Op.64 No.1
- Waltz in C-Sharp Minor, Op.64 No.2
Prokofiev: Prelude in C, Op.12 No.7
Lamare: La Passion
Delibes/Zadora:
- Valse lente, from Sylvia
- Valse lente, from Coppélia
- Pizzicati, from Sylvia
Jensen/Zadora: Murmuring Zephyrs Op.21 No.4
J S Bach (attrib.): Sarabande e Partita in C, BWV 990 (abridged)
Debussy:
- Prelude, from Pour le piano
- Toccata, from Pour le piano
Busoni:
- Sonatina No.6, after Bizet's Carmen
- Sonatina No.3 "Ad usum infantis"
- Sonatina No.5 "In diem nativitatis Christi"
Offenbach/Zadora: Barcarolle, from Tales of Hoffmann
Amadis: Meine Puppe Tanzt
Henselt/Zadora: Larghetto, from Concerto in F Minor, Op.16
Hummel: Rondo in E-Flat, Op.11
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