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
Klassiek - 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
Klassiek - Released by Ica Classics on 27 mei 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
Concertmuziek - Released by audite Musikproduktion on 4 feb. 2022
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Piano Recital 1953 (Live)
Piano solo - Released by SWR Classic on 9 feb. 2018
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Beethoven: The Violin Sonatas
Klassiek - Released by Decca Music Group Ltd. on 1 jan. 2007
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Beethoven: Sonates pour piano "La tempête" & "La chasse" (Mono Version)
Divers - Released by BNF Collection on 1 jan. 1956
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Clara Haskil plays Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Clara Haskil
Klassiek - Released by UME - Global Clearing House on 8 aug. 2020
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Mozart : Piano Concerto, K. 466 - Beethoven : Piano Concerto No. 5
Klassiek - 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
Klassiek - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on 1 jan. 1957
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Mozart, Beethoven & Schubert: Piano Sonatas (Live)
Klassiek - Released by Orfeo on 1 mrt. 2019
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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
Klassiek - Released by Four Seasons Records on 26 jan. 2018
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Scarlatti: Sonatas
Klassiek - Released by Past Classics on 20 jul. 2009
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Mozart, Beethoven & Schumann: Piano Concertos & Sonatas
Klassiek - 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
Klassiek - Released by Decca Imports One Way on 1 jan. 1956
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Clara Haskil - Piano
Klassiek - 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
Klassiek - 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
Klassiek - Released by Westminster on 1 jan. 2001
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Beethoven, Haydn, Mozart, Schumann, Soler...
Piano solo - Released by Les Indispensables de Diapason on 28 mrt. 2011
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Grandi Pianisti Clara Haskil
Clara Haskil, Robert Schumann, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Klassiek - Released by UME - Global Clearing House on 21 mei 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
Klassiek - Released by Four Seasons Records on 2 feb. 2018
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Mozart: Piano Concerto In D Minor, K.466; Piano Concerto In C Minor, K.491
Clara Haskil, Orchestre Lamoureux, Igor Markevitch
Klassiek - Released by Decca Music Group Ltd. on 1 sep. 1984
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo