- Audio CD (Jan 12 2007)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Format: Import
- Label: EMI Classics
- ASIN: B00000IOBF
- Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
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Track Listings
| 1. Partita No.1 In B-flat, BWV 825: Prelude |
| 2. Partita No.1 In B-flat, BWV 825: Allemande |
| 3. Partita No.1 In B-flat, BWV 825: Courante |
| 4. Partita No.1 In B-flat, BWV 825: Sarabande |
| 5. Partita No.1 In B-flat, BWV 825: Menuets I&II |
| 6. Partita No.1 In B-flat, BWV 825: Gigue |
| 7. Chorale Prelude, BWV 599: Nun Komm, der Heiden Heiland - Bach |
| 8. Chorale Prelude, BWV 639: Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ - Bach |
| 9. Cantata, BWV 147: Choral: 'Jesu bleibet meine Freude' - Bach |
| 10. Sonata No.2 In E-Flat For Flute & Harpsichord, BWV 1031: II. Sicilliano - Bach |
| 11. Sonata in E (Kk.380) - Scarlatti |
| 12. Sonata in D Minor (Kk.9) 'Pastorale' - Scarlatti |
| 13. Sonata No.8 in A Minor (K.310): I. Allegro Maestoso |
| 14. Sonata No.8 in A Minor (K.310): II. Andante cantabile con espressione |
| 15. Sonata No.8 in A Minor (K.310): III. Presto |
| 16. Impromptu in G Flat (D.899) No.3 - Schubert |
| 17. Impromptu in E Flat (D.899) No.2 - Schubert |
Product Description
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It's easy to hear why these timeless recordings have virtually never been out of the catalog since Dinu Lipatti's untimely death in 1950 at age 33. Each movement of the Bach B-flat Partita is painstakingly detailed without sounding the least bit studied, unfolding with logic, eloquence, and a cogent sense of dance. The two Bach-Busoni chorale preludes are sculpted in long, singing lines. Then there's the effortless textural juggling Lipatti achieves to moving, spiritual effect in the Bach-Kempff Siciliano and renowned Bach-Hess "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring." By all accounts, Lipatti labored many hours perfecting the trills and various ornaments in the two Scarlatti sonatas, and it shows. The pianist's intense, impassioned Mozart A Minor Sonata reveals endless felicities of phrasing and touch with each relistening. Lastly, the two Schubert Impromptus, recorded at Lipatti's last recital, shimmer with concentrated, poetic refinement and serene joy that belie the fact that the pianist was mortally ill. Let's hope these cornerstone performances will be available for another 50 years at least. --Jed Distler
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5.0 out of 5 stars
A cosmic level of pianism!,
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This review is from: Partita 1/Son In A Min/Two Son (Audio CD)
To define the art of Lipatti means describe the essence of the poetry made pianism. The flowness of his cantabile sounds so natural , that it let you surprised. The wonderful hands of this rumanian artist and the commitment spiritual he owned make of him a lone star in the universe of the supreme masters of the keyboard.Think in his Bach for instance . Elegance , rapture and majesty, and loaded with deep musicality . His Chopin is unique in the story he never gives a reading romantic in Chopin , but he carries to Frederick to a highest level . The waltzes and The third Sonata op. 58 haven't equal performers. His Schubert sounds so different of the other pianists. You may consider Schnabel and Fisher as the only two glorious exceptions . You listen his Schubert and inmediatly Lipatti links you with the soul of the composer , being he just a invisible vehicle between us and the composer. His Mozart is deeply aristocrathic and plenty of original ideas. The early death of Lipatti in 1950 (33) let the world in such state of orphaness, that it has never filled with another keyboard player. His place keeps still without substitute!
5.0 out of 5 stars
The definitive recording,
By A Customer
This review is from: Partita 1/Son In A Min/Two Son (Audio CD)
This is simply the best piano recording I have ever heard, and I heard quite a few since I am a collector of piano CDs since many years.You cannot surpass the level of beauty and perfection that Lipatti has reached in this recording, and I don't think anybody ever will. This is piano playing from heaven. I have heard mentions of pianists like Gould, Perahia or Horowitz, but even such giants could't compare to the miracle we hear in this recording. I do not like to knock such legends, but it seems like their limits and weaknesses suddenly appear clear when we play them next to Lipattti. It is that good. A unique experience. In my opinion this is the definitive piano recording.
5.0 out of 5 stars
A Timeless reference,
By "nicofromparis" (Paris, France) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Partita 1/Son In A Min/Two Son (Audio CD)
Lipatti's conception of Bach's music is of the very highest level, and his play dangerously approaches perfection. I don't agree with the review below that his Besançon live recording is superior to this one. Although Lipatti's performances were truly spectacular, and definitely belong to the best recordings available, he usually took a faster tempo than in his "studio" recordings. His play was utterly natural and I think even in Bach he is superior to Gould. His Scarlatti sonatas are on a par with Horowitz, although Horowitz recorded many more. Mozart's sonata shows less nuance than Perahia's although I strongly suspect that the microphone was much too close to the piano, because Lipatti was a master of nuance. Lipatti did so little, but he did so well...
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