Jörg Demus
Jörg Demus was a highly regarded pianist and one of the finest of accompanists. He was noted for combining a basically Romantic sound with an interest in historic keyboard interpretation and early model pianos.
He entered the Vienna Academy of Music at the age of 11, where he studied piano and conducting, graduating in 1945. He continued to study conducting with Josef Krips and Hans Swarowsky, while also taking composition classes. He made his debut as a pianist at the age of 14, while still a student at the Conservatory. From 1951-1953, he was a pupil of Yves Nat in Paris. In 1953, he attended master classes with Gieseking in Saarbrücken, and studied interpretation further with Wilhelm Kempff, Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, and Edwin Fischer.
He made his debut as a mature artist in Vienna in 1953. In 1956, he won the Busoni Prize of the International Competition for Pianists. He maintained a notable solo career, especially for personal interpretations of Bach and flexible, colorful renditions of Debussy. He was also well regarded for the main line of German piano music from Mozart to Schumann, and for his performances of the piano music of César Franck. He was a recipient of the Beethoven Ring and the Mozart Medal of Vienna.
He was a sensitive accompanist and worked with singers of the highest caliber, including Elisabeth Schwarzkopf and Dietrich Fischer-Diskau. His version of Schubert's Winterreise, with Fischer-Dieskau, is one of the most critically acclaimed of all recordings of the great song cycle.
He also accompanied violinists (Josef Suk, for instance) and cellists (Antonio Janigro). He appeared in piano duet and two-piano concerts with Paul Badura-Skoda, who shared Demus' interest in older keyboard instruments. Demus acquired several notable examples of early instruments, including harpsichords and pianos by Broadwood, Clementi, and Conrad Graf, and recorded appropriate music on them. He also authored several essays, a book on interpretation, and, as co-author with Badura-Skoda, an analysis of the Beethoven piano sonatas.
Later releases featuring him on piano included Mozart: Lieder (2006), Primeval Sounds (2007), and Haydn: Complete Songs (2009).
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Mozart: Piano Works
Classical - Released by Gramola Records on 10 Jan 2020
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Schubert: Songs
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Jörg Demus
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on 17 Apr 2000
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Mozart: Music for 2 Pianos; Piano Duets
Jörg Demus, Ingrid Haebler, Ludwig Hoffmann, Paul Badura-Skoda
Classical - Released by Decca Music Group Ltd. on 1 Jan 1991
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Brahms: Vier ernste Gesänge; Lieder
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Jörg Demus
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on 1 Jan 2000
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Bach, C.P.E.: Odes, Psalms & Lieder
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Jörg Demus, Colin Tilney
Classical - Released by Archiv Produktion on 1 Jan 2007
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Mozart - Ah, Vous Dirai-Je, Maman Et Autres Pièces
Chamber Music - Released by Saphir Productions on 11 Sep 2006
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Schumann: Dichterliebe, Op. 48; Brahms: Lieder
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Jörg Demus
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on 26 Aug 2022
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Loewe: Ballads & Lieder
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Jörg Demus
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on 1 Jan 1996
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Badura-Skoda & Demus Play Mozart (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
Classical - Released by Gramola Records on 20 Jun 2011
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Schubert: Piano Music for Four Hands (Live)
Classical - Released by Gramola Records on 2 Nov 2018
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Schumann: Lieder
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Jörg Demus, Christoph Eschenbach
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on 31 Oct 1994
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Classical Moods - Fireplace Dream
Classical - Released by Bob-Media on 1 Jan 2016
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Bach - Partitas & Well Tempered Clavier
Classical - Released by UME - Global Clearing House on 6 Jan 2023
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Bach: Goldberg Variations
Classical - Released by UME - Global Clearing House on 1 Feb 2023
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Schumann: Liederkreis Op.24; Lieder
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Jörg Demus
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on 1 Jan 2000
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Mozart: Sonate pour deux pianos, K. 448 & 5 Variations pour piano à quatre mains, K. 501 (Mono Version)
Miscellaneous - Released by BNF Collection on 1 Jan 1957
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J.S. Bach: Chromatic Fantasia And Fugue in D Minor, BWV 903; Italian Concerto in F Major, BWV 971 (Jörg Demus – The Bach Recordings on Westminster, Vol. 6)
Classical - Released by Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd. on 1 Jan 1961
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J.S. Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier Book I (Jörg Demus – The Bach Recordings on Westminster, Vol. 1)
Classical - Released by Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd. on 1 Jan 1956
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Loewe: Ballads and Lieder
Karl Ridderbusch, Richard Trimborn, Josef Greindl, Hertha Klust, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Jörg Demus
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on 1 Jan 1995
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Brahms: Die schöne Magelone, Op. 33
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Jörg Demus
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on 26 Aug 2022
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