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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Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Op. 21 by Clara Haskil
Clara Haskil, Igor Markevitch, Orchestre Lamoureux
Classical - Released by Alexandre Bak - Classical Music Reference Recording on 27 Dec 2021
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Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 20, Symphony No. 39 & 9 Variations on a Minuet by Duport
Clara Haskil, Philharmonia Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan
Classical - Released by Ica Classics on 27 May 2022
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Géza Anda and Clara Haskil play Bach and Bartók (Lucerne Festival Historic Performances Vol. 17) [Live]
Geza Anda, Clara Haskil, Schweizerisches Festspielorchester, Herbert von Karajan, Ferenc Fricsay, Ernest Ansermet
Concertos - Released by audite Musikproduktion on 4 Feb 2022
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Piano Recital 1953 (Live)
Solo Piano - Released by SWR Classic on 9 Feb 2018
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Beethoven: The Violin Sonatas
Classical - Released by Decca Music Group Ltd. on 1 Jan 2007
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Beethoven: Sonates pour piano "La tempête" & "La chasse" (Mono Version)
Miscellaneous - Released by BNF Collection on 1 Jan 1956
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Clara Haskil plays Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Clara Haskil
Classical - Released by UME - Global Clearing House on 8 Aug 2020
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Mozart : Piano Concerto, K. 466 - Beethoven : Piano Concerto No. 5
Classical - Released by Audite on 10 Jul 2012
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Mozart: Piano Concerto K.459, K.595 & K.280
Clara Haskil, Berliner Philharmoniker, Bayerisches Staatsorchester , Ferenc Fricsay
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on 1 Jan 1957
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Mozart, Beethoven & Schubert: Piano Sonatas (Live)
Classical - Released by Orfeo on 1 Mar 2019
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Clara Haskil - Philips Recordings 1951-1960
Classical - Released by Decca Music Group Ltd. on 1 Jan 2006
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Klavierkonzert Nr. 20 d-moll KV 466 (Piano Concerto No. 20 KV 466)
Clara Haskil, Igor Markevitch, Orchestre des Concerts Lamoureux
Classical - Released by Four Seasons Records on 26 Jan 2018
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Scarlatti: Sonatas
Classical - Released by Past Classics on 20 Jul 2009
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Mozart, Beethoven & Schumann: Piano Concertos & Sonatas
Classical - Released by Profil on 4 Nov 2022
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Schumann: Piano Concerto in A minor; Kinderszenen etc.
Clara Haskil, Residentie Orkest, Willem van Otterloo
Classical - Released by Decca Imports One Way on 1 Jan 1956
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Clara Haskil - Piano
Classical - Released by OperaPrima-Carillon on 23 Apr 2021
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Klavierkonzert Nr. 23 A-Dur KV 488 (Piano concerto no. 23 kv 488)
Clara Haskil, Paul Sacher, Wiener Symphoniker
Classical - Released by Four Seasons Records on 2 Feb 2018
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Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 20, K. 466 / Scarlatti: 11 Sonatas
Clara Haskil, Musikkollegium Winterthur, Henry Swoboda
Classical - Released by Westminster on 1 Jan 2001
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Beethoven, Haydn, Mozart, Schumann, Soler...
Solo Piano - Released by Les Indispensables de Diapason on 28 Mar 2011
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Grandi Pianisti Clara Haskil
Clara Haskil, Robert Schumann, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Classical - Released by UME - Global Clearing House on 21 May 2021
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Klavierkonzert Nr. 24 c-moll KV 491 (Piano concerto no. 24 kv 491)
Clara Haskil, Igor Markevitch, Orchestre des Concerts Lamoureux
Classical - Released by Four Seasons Records on 2 Feb 2018
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo