Mozart, Beethoven & Schumann: Piano Concertos & Sonatas
11/4/2022, 71 Tracks, 5:59:42
Featuring
Clara Haskil
Igor Markevitch
Bernhard Paumgartner
Paul Sacher
Arthur Grumiaux
Rudolf Baumgartner
Ferenc Fricsay
Orchestre Lamoureux
Wiener Symphoniker
Festival Strings Lucerne
Bayerisches Staatsorchester
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Ludwig van Beethoven
Robert Schumann
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Performer Biography
Clara Haskil, the pianist on this album, began her musical studies at the Bucharest Conservatory at the age of six.
Cultural Impact
Sir Charles Chaplin, the multi-talented film director, actor and musician, admired Clara Haskil and found her recording of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 3 to be a great source of encouragement.
Cultural Impact
The International Clara Haskil Piano Competition has been held every two years in Switzerland since 1963, in memory of the pianist.
Performer Biography
Clara Haskil's teachers at the Paris Conservatoire included the brilliant pianist Alfred Cortot.
Historical Context
Clara Haskil, who was Jewish, had to flee Paris in 1940 to escape the Nazis and later escaped to Switzerland in 1942 as the Nazis advanced on Marseille.
Performer Biography
Clara Haskil suffered from severe scoliosis from 1906, which required her to wear a plaster cast for four years starting in 1914.
Performer Biography
At just eight years old, Clara Haskil was already performing Mozart's Piano Concerto in A major K488.
