Clara Haskil
Romanian pianist Clara Haskil began her career as a child prodigy at the Bucharest Conservatory under Richard Robert at age 7, making her debut at the age of 10. Haskil ultimately graduated from Alfred Cortot's class at the Paris Conservatoire at 15 with the Prémier Prix to her credit. By the age of 18, however, Haskil was forced to endure the first of many physical setbacks that would hold back her career, in this case an attack of meningitis that kept her in a body cast for four years. Haskil did recover, making her New York debut in 1924 and her London debut in 1926. Although it was late in her career that her name was inextricably linked with the Mozart piano concerti, at this stage Haskil was associated with Romantic literature. Her performances of the Schumann concerto in Philadelphia with Leopold Stokowski were widely praised.
With the outbreak of war, Haskil was trapped in occupied Paris, but was able to escape to Marseilles. There she survived a surreptitious surgical procedure to remove a tumor from her optic nerve, and was then smuggled to Vevey, Switzerland, where Haskil settled for the rest of her days. With war's end she resumed her career yet again, and thereafter enjoyed her greatest successes with a busy concert and recording schedule that took her around the world. Despite her amazing stamina, she proved unable to survive a fall she suffered in a Paris railway station in 1960, and died one month short of her 66th birthday.
With Haskil, musicianship came first and technical matters were irrelevant; she had enormous hands and could play a 12th in her left hand with a fingering of 2-5. Haskil reputedly had an amazing memory, and could accurately play back a piece of music she'd heard only once, even after the passage of several years, without ever having seen the score. The Clara Haskil Prize, awarded once every two years in Vevey, Switzerland, was established in 1962 as a memorial to the pianist.
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Schumann: Works for Piano (Live)
Clara Haskil, Ernest Ansermet, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Ernest Ansermet
Classical - Released by Andromeda on Jan 27, 2010
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Concertos pour piano (Live)
Orchestre De Chambre De Lausanne, Victor Desarzens, Clara Haskil
Concertos - Released by Claves Records on Jan 1, 2007
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Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Concertos No. 3 and 4
Clara Haskil, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre National de Franc, Charles Munch, André Cluytens /conductor)
Classical - Released by Archipel on Apr 24, 2007
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Grandi maestri dell'interpretazione: Clara Haskil, Vol. 3
Clara Haskil, Geza Anda, French Radio Chamber Orchestra, Camerata Salzburg, Paul Hindemith, Bernhard Paumgartner
Classical - Released by Stradivarius on Jan 1, 1988
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Kinderszenen, Op. 15: No. 7, Träumerei
Classical - Released by Profil on Sep 23, 2022
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Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonatas For Violin and Piano 5 - 6 - 7
Chamber Music - Released by Zeroh on Jun 16, 2017
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Beethoven & Schumann: Piano Concertos (Live)
Clara Haskil, Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI di Torino, Orchestre Philharmonique De Strasbourg, Mario Rossi, Carl Schuricht
Classical - Released by Andromeda on Apr 8, 2013
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Mozat: Piano Concerto No. 9 & Sonata No. 32 for Violin & Piano
Classical - Released by Urania on Mar 31, 2004
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Clara Haskil Plays Beethoven
Classical - Released by Urania on Jul 29, 2009
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Vol. 2
Walter Gieseking, Clara Haskil, Leopold Wlach, Reginald Kell, Herbert von Karajan, Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra
Classical - Released by ArnebAudio on Feb 27, 2024
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Beethoven Sonatas
Pop - Released by Brighton Tunes on Aug 1, 2022
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Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 - Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 9
Classical - Released by Urania on Jan 1, 2002
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Clara Haskil, piano: Mozart, Beethoven
Classical - Released by Ermitage Records on Dec 29, 2023
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Mozart : Piano Sonatas II
Pop - Released by Apollo Recordings on Oct 13, 2023
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Mozart : Piano Sonatas
Pop - Released by Apollo Recordings on Oct 13, 2023
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Mozart, Schuman, Ravel, Scarlatti : Piano Solo
Pop - Released by Apollo Recordings on Oct 12, 2023
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Clara Haskil plays Mozart (Studio Recording)
Classical - Released by Artemisia on Mar 1, 2024
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Vol. 8
Clara Haskil, Dinu Lipatti, Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Henry Swoboda, Winterthur Symphony Orchestra
Classical - Released by ArnebAudio on Mar 1, 2024
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