Michael Zadora: The Complete Recordings (1922-1938)

Featuring

Michael von Zadora
Frédéric Chopin
Franz Liszt
Joseph Joachim Raff
Giovanni Sgambati
Carl Tausig

Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
Ludwig van Beethoven
Anton Rubinstein
Johannes Brahms
John Field
Sergei Prokofiev
Léo Delibes
Adolf Jensen
Johann Sebastian Bach
Claude Debussy
Ferruccio Busoni
Jacques Offenbach
Adolf von Henselt
Johann Nepomuk Hummel

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Performer Biography

As an eight-year-old prodigy, Michael Zadora made his debut on the New York concert stage.

Performer Biography

Michael Zadora, the pianist on this album, was born in New York City in 1882, the son of Baron and Baroness Louis von Zadora of Warsaw, Poland.

Performer Biography

Michael Zadora, the pianist, also composed original works under the pseudonym Pietro Amadis and created transcriptions of works by various composers.

Performer Biography

Michael Zadora studied with renowned teachers like Theodore Leschetizky in Vienna and Heinrich Barth in Berlin, who also taught Arthur Rubinstein.

Recording & Production

Unlike his concert performances, Michael Zadora was more confident and relaxed in the recording studio, a contrast to his mentor Busoni.

Critical Reception

A critic in 1938 praised Michael Zadora's Chopin performances for his 'beautiful tone, at once warm and deep,' but dismissed him as a 'follower of Busoni' who 'travestied his master's style' by playing Liszt's B minor Piano Sonata too fast.

Performer Biography

Michael Zadora's most important musical influence was the composer and pianist Ferruccio Busoni, and Zadora was the first pianist to give an all-Busoni recital in 1923.