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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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
Classica - Pubblicato da Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd. il 22 set 2023
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Hindemith: Konzertmusik Für Klavier, Blechbläser Und Harfen, Op. 49
Monique Haas, Paul Hindemith, Berliner Philharmoniker
Classica - Pubblicato da Classically il 18 dic 2023
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Milestones of a Legend - Monique Haas, Vol. 7
Classica - Pubblicato da Documents 2 il 10 mar 2017
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Récital (Mono Version)
Generi vari - Pubblicato da BNF Collection il 1 gen 1953
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Schumann: Fantasiestücke, Op. 12 (Mono Version)
Classica - Pubblicato da BNF Collection il 1 gen 1957
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Debussy: Préludes, vol. 1 (Stereo Version)
Classica - Pubblicato da BNF Collection il 1 gen 1963
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Debussy: Les préludes, vol. 1 (Mono Version)
Generi vari - Pubblicato da BNF Collection il 1 gen 1963
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Schumann: Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 54
Monique Haas, Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, Hans Müller-Kray
Classica - Pubblicato da SWR Mediaservices GmbH il 2 mar 2018
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Mozart: Concerto for 2 Pianos, K. 365 & Piano Concerto No. 17, K. 453
Monique Haas, Ina Marika, Stuttgarter Kammerorchester, Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, Karl Münchinger, Hans Müller-Kray
Classica - Pubblicato da SWR Mediaservices GmbH il 2 feb 2018
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Debussy: En blanc et noir, Pour le piano & 2 Études
Classica - Pubblicato da SWR Mediaservices GmbH il 15 giu 2018
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Milestones of a Legend - Monique Haas, Vol. 8
Classica - Pubblicato da Documents 2 il 10 mar 2017
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Milestones of a Legend - Monique Haas, Vol. 5
Classica - Pubblicato da Documents 2 il 10 mar 2017
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Milestones of a Legend - Monique Haas, Vol. 9
Classica - Pubblicato da Documents 2 il 10 mar 2017
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Milestones of a Legend - Monique Haas, Vol. 4
Classica - Pubblicato da Documents 2 il 10 mar 2017
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Milestones of a Legend - Monique Haas, Vol. 2
Classica - Pubblicato da Documents 2 il 10 mar 2017
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Milestones of a Legend - Monique Haas, Vol. 10
Classica - Pubblicato da Documents 2 il 10 mar 2017
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Milestones of a Legend - Monique Haas, Vol. 1
Classica - Pubblicato da Documents 2 il 10 mar 2017
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Milestones of a Legend - Monique Haas, Vol. 3
Classica - Pubblicato da Documents 2 il 10 mar 2017
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Monique Haas joue Mozart
Hans Rosbaud, SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden, Monique Haas
Classica - Pubblicato da Tahra il 2 set 2008
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Hindemith conducts Hindemith
Monique Haas, Berliner Philharmoniker, Paul Hindemith
Classica - Pubblicato da Naxos Classical Archives il 1 mar 2013
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Hindemith: Konzertmusik für Klavier, Blechbläser und Harfen, op. 49
Monique Haas, Paul Hindemith, Berliner Philharmoniker
Classica - Pubblicato da Ancien Prodige il 18 apr 2023
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