Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 54: I. Allegro affettuoso
Dinu Lipatti (March 19, 1917, Bucharest – December 2, 1950, Geneva) was a R… Read Full Bio ↴Dinu Lipatti (March 19, 1917, Bucharest – December 2, 1950, Geneva) was a Romanian classical pianist and composer whose career was tragically cut short by his death from Hodgkin's disease at age 33. Despite his short career and a relatively small recorded legacy, Lipatti is considered as one of the finest pianists of the 20th century.
Lipatti was born in Bucharest into a musical family: his father was a violinist, his mother a pianist, and his godfather was the violinist and composer George Enescu. He studied at the Gheorghe Lazăr High School, and finished second at the 1934 Vienna International Piano Competition, which led to Alfred Cortot, who thought he should have won, resigning from the jury in protest. Lipatti subsequently studied in Paris under Cortot, Nadia Boulanger (with whom he recorded some of Johannes Brahms Waltzes Op. 39), Paul Dukas (composition) and Charles Münch (conducting).
Lipatti's career was interrupted by World War II. Although he continued to give concerts throughout Europe, including Nazi-occupied territories, he eventually fled his native Romania in 1943 and settled with his wife in Geneva, Switzerland, where he accepted the position as piano professor at the conservatory. It was at this time that the first signs of his illness emerged. At first, doctors were baffled, but in 1947 he was diagnosed with Hodgkin's Disease. As a result, his concertizing receded considerably after the war.
Lipatti gave his final recital, which was recorded, on 16 September 1950 in Besançon. Despite severe illness, he gave unmatched performances of Bach’s B flat major Partita, Mozart’s A minor Sonata, Schubert's G flat major and E flat major Impromptus, and thirteen of Chopin's 14 Waltzes. He excluded No. 2, which he was too exhausted to play; he offered instead Myra Hess’s transcription of Bach’s Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring. He died less than 3 months later.
Lipatti is buried at the cemetery of Chêne-Bourg next to his wife Madeleine, a noted piano teacher.
Lipatti was born in Bucharest into a musical family: his father was a violinist, his mother a pianist, and his godfather was the violinist and composer George Enescu. He studied at the Gheorghe Lazăr High School, and finished second at the 1934 Vienna International Piano Competition, which led to Alfred Cortot, who thought he should have won, resigning from the jury in protest. Lipatti subsequently studied in Paris under Cortot, Nadia Boulanger (with whom he recorded some of Johannes Brahms Waltzes Op. 39), Paul Dukas (composition) and Charles Münch (conducting).
Lipatti's career was interrupted by World War II. Although he continued to give concerts throughout Europe, including Nazi-occupied territories, he eventually fled his native Romania in 1943 and settled with his wife in Geneva, Switzerland, where he accepted the position as piano professor at the conservatory. It was at this time that the first signs of his illness emerged. At first, doctors were baffled, but in 1947 he was diagnosed with Hodgkin's Disease. As a result, his concertizing receded considerably after the war.
Lipatti gave his final recital, which was recorded, on 16 September 1950 in Besançon. Despite severe illness, he gave unmatched performances of Bach’s B flat major Partita, Mozart’s A minor Sonata, Schubert's G flat major and E flat major Impromptus, and thirteen of Chopin's 14 Waltzes. He excluded No. 2, which he was too exhausted to play; he offered instead Myra Hess’s transcription of Bach’s Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring. He died less than 3 months later.
Lipatti is buried at the cemetery of Chêne-Bourg next to his wife Madeleine, a noted piano teacher.
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Piano Concerto in A Minor Op. 54: I. Allegro affettuoso
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@secretosecreta4307
ロベルト・シューマン作、ピアノ協奏曲イ短調、作品54「ウルトラセブン」ですね。明けの明星が輝くときに聞くとますます感動します。
@izu9860
この演奏は個人的な想いが強い演奏です。このリパッティ盤を聴くと、どうしてもウルトラセブンの最終回が思い出されてなりません。劇中の演奏はこのリパッティ盤でした。
@iseimor
やはりそうなんですか。いろいろな人のが出てますが、リパッティ版が一番悲壮感がある感じですね。
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@ynruru
amazing!! he's absolutely one of the greatest artist
@seuradu8065
Dinu Lipatti is considered by the piano chairs of major universities in Europe and almost all over the world to be one of the most virtuoso and special pianists in the history of this instrument.
@KI-zj7rj
To all the listeners around the world,
This Lipatti/Karajan 1948 recording is especially famous and popular in Japan because it was used as BGM for the las scene of a Tokusatsu TV program “ULTRA SEVEN” (1967). Almost all the people around the world would hardly be able to imagine how deeply we Japanese Tokusatsu fans love and thank for this beautiful, emotional play by the these great pianist, conductor and orchestra. With tears.
@martincook318
I didn't know that and I've got in My own Record Collection the 1955 Columbia Reissue on a 10-inch Blue and Gold label Record Number 33C-1001 as well as the Grieg Piano Concerto in A Minor Op 16 again on Columbia 33C-1040 and both Performances are as good as the Solomon Recording I've got on a His Master's Voice White and Gold Stereo off Solomon Playing the work Record Number ASD-272 which came out in the late 1950's and both Performances are equally as good in both of terms of being as good as each other in Recording's and the Lipatti Grieg and Schuman was issued on a Australian Blue and Gold Columbia 33CX-7518 and I should imagine that is very Rare as I've never seen it on a British Blue and Gold and the Blue and Gold went out of Production in 1965 the after His Master's Voice changed all there Record labels