Monique Haas
Monique Haas is widely regarded as among the leading French pianists from the early and mid-twentieth century. She performed a broad repertory, from J.S. Bach, Haydn, and Mozart to Bartók, Prokofiev, and Messiaen. Not surprisingly, she played and recorded much French music, including the entire outputs of Debussy and Ravel. Her precise, elegant style fit well with Baroque, Classical, and modern music, leaving little wonder why, apart from a few works by Schumann and Chopin, she avoided the Romantic school. Haas concertized widely and frequently, her tours covering most European countries, the United States, the former Soviet Union, Asia, and Australia. Much of her extensive discography is still available from several labels, including Deutsche Grammophon, BMG, Elektra, and Profil.
Monique Haas was born in Paris on October 20, 1909. Her first advanced studies were at the Paris Conservatoire, where her most important teachers were Joseph Morpain and Lazare-Levy. Haas won first prize in piano performance as a student there in 1927, and later took private lessons from Rudolf Serkin and Robert Casadesus.
Haas' husband was composer Marcel Mihalovici, who wrote many of his piano compositions for her, including sonatas and several works for piano and orchestra. She made notable recordings of his Op. 45 Sonata for Violin and Piano (No. 2) and his Op. 46 Ricercari. In the pre-war and wartime eras, Haas performed on occasion with some of the most prominent composers of the day, among them Poulenc, Stravinsky, Hindemith, and Enescu, who was a friend and mentor of Mihalovici.
In the postwar era, Haas concertized regularly throughout Europe and abroad and made numerous recordings, mostly for Deutsche Grammophon. Among her earlier efforts from this period was a memorable Ravel G major (1948), and a Stravinsky Capriccio (1950). She would record the Ravel again, just as memorably, in 1965, along with the Concerto for the Left Hand.
Haas remained active on the concert stage and in the recording studio even while she took up teaching (1967-1970) at the Paris Conservatoire and conducted master classes at the Salzburg Mozarteum.
In her last years, Haas was less active. Her husband died in 1985 and she died in Paris two years later, regarded as one of the most influential and highly praised pianists of her generation. In 2006 Deutsche Grammophon released an eight-disc set of Haas' complete recordings for the label, made between 1948 and 1965.
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Debussy: Préludes I & II & Etudes
Classique - Paru chez Deutsche Grammophon (DG) le 23 févr. 2018
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French Music (Remastered 2022)
Hans Rosbaud, Sudwestfunkorchester Baden-Baden, Monique Haas
Classique - Paru chez SWR Classic le 12 août 2022
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Jascha Horenstein: Broadcast Performances from Paris, 1952-1966
Classique - Paru chez Music and Arts Programs of America le 2 juil. 2013
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Debussy: Préludes I & II & Etudes
Classique - Paru chez Deutsche Grammophon (DG) le 23 févr. 2018
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Schumann: Piano Concerto Op. 54 (Mono Version)
Monique Haas, Berliner Philharmoniker, Eugène Jochum
Divers - Paru chez BNF Collection le 1 janv. 1957
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Complete Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon
Classique - Paru chez Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Hamburg le 1 janv. 2006
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Debussy & Ravel : Piano Works
Classique - Paru chez Warner Classics International le 18 juin 2007
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Debussy: Piano Works, Vol. 2
Samson François, Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Aldo Ciccolini, Youri Egorov, Monique Haas
Classique - Paru chez Warner Classics le 5 janv. 2018
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Ravel: Piano Concerto in G Major; Piano Concerto for the Left Hand in D Major (Paul Paray: The Mercury Masters II, Volume 22)
Monique Haas, Orchestre National de France, Paul Paray
Classique - Paru chez Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd. le 1 janv. 1965
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Ravel: Piano Concertos; Sonatine; Valses
Classique - Paru chez Deutsche Grammophon (DG) le 1 janv. 2005
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The Art of Monique Haas
Classique - Paru chez UME - Global Clearing House le 4 sept. 2020
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Ravel Conducts Ravel
Monique Haas, Maurice Ravel, NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra, Orchestre Lamoureux, Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt
Classique - Paru chez Profil le 8 oct. 2021
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Ion Voicu - The Decca Recordings
Ion Voicu, London Symphony Orchestra, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Monique Haas, Victoria Stefanescu
Classique - Paru chez Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd. le 23 févr. 2015
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Fortner: The Creation, Mouvements für Klavier und Orchester; Ravel: Piano Concerto in G Major (Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt Edition 2, Vol. 10)
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Carl Seemann, Monique Haas, NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt
Classique - Paru chez Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd. le 22 sept. 2023
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Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 17 in G Major, K. 453
Monique Haas, Sinfonieorchester Des Südwestfunks, Ernest Bour
Classique - Paru chez SWR Mediaservices GmbH le 10 juil. 2020
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Mozart: Piano Concertos
Classique - Paru chez Deutsche Grammophon (DG) le 1 janv. 2006
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Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 14 & 23
Monique Haas, Ferdinand Leitner, Berliner Philharmoniker
Classique - Paru chez >ReNovo< le 8 mars 2017
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Mozart: Sonates pour piano à quatre mains & pour deux pianos (Mono Version)
Divers - Paru chez BNF Collection le 1 janv. 1958
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Milestones of a Legend - Monique Haas, Vol. 6
Classique - Paru chez Documents 2 le 10 mars 2017
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Andrè Cluytens in Munich live Deutsches Museum 1958
Maurice Ravel, Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, Kölner Rundfunk Sinfonie Orchester, Monique Haas, André Cluytens
Classique - Paru chez Archipel le 28 oct. 2008
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Tcherepnin: Piano Works
Classique - Paru chez Aulos MusiKado le 17 août 2004
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