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Catalogue | Solo Concerto
F. Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2 & F. Schubert: Symphony ‘The Great’ in C major, D. 944
Leo Blech was considered one of the greatest conductors of his time before he was forced in 1937 by the Nazis to emigrate, due to his Jewish faith. His artistic partnership with Julian von Károlyi, one of the leading pianists of his generation, is documented on this CD in a live recording from 1950. Both artists, outstanding interpreters of the twentieth century, are unjustly neglected today. 
Leo Blech | Julian von Károlyi
RIAS-Symphonie-Orchester
Frédéric Chopin | Franz Schubert
F. Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2 & F. Schubert: Symphony ‘The Great’ in C major, D. 944
- Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 21
- I. Maestoso (13:19)
- II. Larghetto (08:15)
- III. Allegro vivace (07:50)
- Symphony ‘The Great’ in C major, D. 944
- I. Andante (13:40)
- II. Andante con moto (14:18)
- III. Scherzo. Allegro vivace – Trio (09:16)
- IV. Allegro vivace (11:33)
The conductor Leo Blech and the pianist Julian von Károlyi, whose live performance of the Chopin Second Piano Concerto given at the Berlin Titania Palast in 1950 is documented on this CD, are nowadays ranked amongst the greatest but unjustly forgotten interpreters of the twentieth century. Blech, whose sophisticated mature reading of Schubert’s Symphony in C major, “The Great”, can also be admired on this recording, had been a leading German conductor since 1908 until he was pushed out of his post by the Nazis in 1933, due to his Jewish faith, and was forced to emigrate. Károlyi, a leading pianist of his generation in the 1950s, was later accused of being routine-driven. His masterful Chopin interpretation demonstrates, however, that his ability to combine musicianship and virtuosity is exemplary even today.
The production is part of our series „Legendary Recordings“ and bears the quality feature „1st Master Release“. This term stands for the excellent quality of archival productions at audite. For all historical publications at audite are based, without exception, on the original tapes from broadcasting archives. In general these are the original analogue tapes, which attain an astonishingly high quality, even measured by today‘s standards, with their tape speed of up to 76 cm/sec. The remastering – professionally competent and sensitively applied – also uncovers previously hidden details of the interpretations. Thus, a sound of superior quality results. CD publications based on private recordings from broadcasts or old shellac records cannot be compared with these.
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Audiophile Audition
| Gary Lemco | September 18, 2011
Two “neglected” masters--Julian von Karolyi and Leo Blech-- return in vivid colors for a concert of Chopin and Schubert from 1950, viscerally restored by Audite
Leo Blech (1871-1958) hardly endures as a famous name in the history of German music-making, but his expertise extended over a huge range of operatic... -
Classica
| Stéphane Friédérich | January 11, 2011
Voici un concert (4 juin 1950) particulièrement intéressant car il réunit deux personnalités peu connues. Disciple de Cortot et de Dohnanyi, le...
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Classical Recordings Quarterly
| January 9, 2011
Another new release of great historical importance comes from Audite. This is dedicated to the German conductor Leo Blech (1871-1958) and the...
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Diapason
| Rémy Louis | January 3, 2012
Ce concert donné en juin 1950 au Titania-Palast de Berlin-Steglitz nous ramène à une époque peuplée de fantômes. Très actif à Berlin avant,... -
Gramophone
| January 2, 2012
Contrasting maestros
Mahler from a Russian in Germany, a pair of German conductors and a British band in Dvořák
At the opposite end of the interpretative spectrum from Böhm's temperate Beethoven is Kyrill Kondrashin's combustible Mahler, the Sixth having... -
klassik.com
| Sophia Gustorff | December 26, 2011
Mehr Glanz als Staub
Die Archiv-Archäologen machen immer wieder interessante Funde: Bei Audite... -
Musica
| Giuseppe Rossi | January 2, 2012
La prima cosa che colpisce in questa registrazione di un concerto tenuto nel lontano 4 giugno del 1950 al Titania-Palast di Berlino e` la...
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Piano News
| Carsten Dürer | January 1, 2012
Virtuosität nicht als Selbstzweck
Noch nicht ganz verklungen sind die Einspielungen des Liszt-Jahres. So gibt es auch Nachzügler, die noch in den letzten zwei bis drei Monaten des... -
Pizzicato
| Guy Wagner | January 1, 2012
Wertvolles Archivstück
Dies ist eine willkommene Ausgrabung, denn es gibt nicht viele Tondokumente, die uns die Kunst von Leo Blech (1871-1958) verdeutlichen. Leo Blech, als... -
Record Geijutsu
| January 11, 2011
japanische Rezension siehe PDF!...
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www.klavier.de
| Sophia Gustorff | December 26, 2011
Mehr Glanz als Staub
Chopin, Frédéric: Klavier-Konzert Nr.2 in f-moll
In der Reihe historischer Aufnahmen legt Audite eine Einspielung mit Leo Blech vor. Schuberts "große" C-Dur-Sinfonie sowie Chopins Zweites...
F. Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2 & F. Schubert: Symphony ‘The Great’ in C major, D. 944 (audite 95.640)
| article number: | 95.640 |
| EAN barcode: | 4022143956408 |
| price group: | BCB |
| release date: | 26. August 2011 |
| total time: | 78 min. |
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