All of ORFEO's own productions were digitally recorded from the outset, which was a novelty in the music scene during a period of technological revolution.
Performer Biography
Gerhard Oppitz, a Bavarian pianist born in 1953, holds a professional pilot's license and enjoys flying himself to his concert destinations.
Performer Biography
Géza Anda, a pianist born in Budapest in 1921, was called the 'Troubadour at the piano' by Wilhelm Furtwängler after playing Franck's Symphonic Variations under his baton.
Performer Biography
Bruno Leonard Gelber, born in Buenos Aires in 1941, overcame polio as a child to become a renowned pianist, studying with Vincenzo Scaramuzza and Marguerite Long.
Album & Artwork
The logo of the record label ORFEO, with its two capitalized O's, is a stylized tape recorder, symbolizing the tape recordings that characterized the label in its early years.
Recording & Production
In its early years, ORFEO specialized in vocal music, particularly opera rarities and unusual song cycles, often using tape recordings from the Symphony Orchestra of Bavarian Radio.
Performer Biography
Wilhelm Kempff, a pianist who recorded the complete Beethoven Sonatas multiple times, participated in the maiden flight of the 'Hindenburg' zeppelin and was on the 'Graf Zeppelin's' very last flight.
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