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Schubert-Liszt Der Lindenbaum Liszt Gnomenreigen Egon Petri

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It is to Philips' everlasting shame that Egon Petri(along with Moriz Rosenthal and others)were omitted from their "Great Pianists of the 20th Century"series. I understand that Leopold Godowski was nearly excluded! A desciple of Busoni,Petri had a colossal technique and a huge repertoire.The Busoni circle called him a "musical cataloque." Egon's father was a prominent violinist and it was with that instrument that he began his musical studies at the age of five. Two years later, he began piano studies with Buchmayer and Teresa Carreno.However,his primary instrument remained the violin.Egon played second violin in a quartet that his father had organized and was a member of the Dresden Royal Opera Orchestra. It was only after the young Petri came under the influence of Busoni that he,with the encouragement of Busoni,decided to concentrate on the piano rather than the violin. Petri is often associated with the music of Liszt(and of course Busoni) but he was also a splendid Beethoven player who knew and could play all of that composer's 32 sonatas from memory.One of his last recordings was that of Beethoven's "Hammerklavier" Sonata. After a heart attack in 1946,Petri decided to take a position at Mills College in Oakland California where he held the post of "Pianist in Residence." His many students included Eugene Istomin,Grant Johannesen,John Ogden,Ruth Slenczynska and Earl Wild. He died in Berkeley,California on the 27th of May 1962 at the age of 81. The Schubert-Liszt was recorded in 1938 and the Liszt Concert Etude in 1929

Channel: Music
Uploaded: November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am
Author: Beckmesser2

Length: 07:15
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NiveauMoyen (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
funny as in "there aren't too many great pianists who come from the Indochinese Peninsula"? I would give a third volume to Argerich: there ought to be at least one chick amid the great sausage fest... plus as a pianist she's far superior to Brendel and Kempff, imho
chad410 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
wonderful playing. Anton Rubinstein revoltionaised a world of pianists.
RabidCh (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Brendel had a part in the production of the set. I thought it was still funny that some people still thought the set was favored toward European pianists ;)
NiveauMoyen (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
yes, I always wondered who Brendel had to sleep with to get the coveted 3rd volume and a ranking alongside Gilels etc... but generally speaking, I thought the whole hierarchical conception was faulty - playing "who's got the bigger ****" instead of introducing the greatest amount of artists possible. everyone knows the pianists in the top 6, not everyone knows Aldo Ciccolini and Roza Tamarkina
weikko79 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
OK, perhaps not many, but some (I exaggerated a little). To be more precise, I don't consider Gulda, Janis, Katchen, Kovacevich, de Larrocha & Ogdon to be "second-rate pianists", but I do think the second volume given to each of them was a bit too much...as well as the third one given to Brendel - hardly a pianist in the class of Horowitz, Richter & Rubinstein! But the inclusion of Ginsburg and Bruk/Taimanov was bizarre, yes. And the omissions didn't only include Russians: what about A. Fischer?
NiveauMoyen (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
haven't noticed MANY second rate pianists among those afforded two volumes in that not very well compiled series... there is, seems to me, to this day a mythical aura attached to the Soviet piano school, which doubtless lead Philips to include G. Ginzburg, hardly a player whose recordings withstood the test of time (while bizarrely omitting M. Grinberg and Neuhaus). and what about Bruk/Taimanov? they make probably the most obscene inclusion of all
weikko79 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
OMG Petri's Gnomenreigen is just INCREDIBLE!
weikko79 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Many great Russian pianists were also excluded. Heinrich Neuhaus, Samuil Feinberg, Viktor Merzhanov, Anatoli Vedernikov...I could go on for ages. Yet many second-rate pianists were given even TWO volumes in that series. Hell-o? What COULD they have been thinking?
stan724 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
I agree with your statement about the omissions in the Great Pianist series. Among other excluded pianists were Guiomar Novaes, Harold Bauer and Percy Grainger. Yet, among the included was Andre Previn.
bouhet22 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Thank you so much. What giants in those days!

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