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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Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 35 & 41, Piano Concerto No. 23 - Ravel: Raspodie espagnole - Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 (Live at The Royal Festival Hall)
Herbert von Karajan, Philharmonia Orchestra, Clara Haskil
Classical - Released by Ica Classics on 20/10/2017
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Piano Classics Greatest Moments
Classical - Released by Burning Fire on 15/06/2009
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Beethoven: Violin Sonatas Nos. 5, 4 & 1 (Mono Version)
Miscellaneous - Released by BNF Collection on 1/01/1958
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Clara Haskil Mozart and Bach
Clara Haskil, Geza Anda, Kölner Gürzenich Orchester, The Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer, Alceo Galliera
Classical - Released by Archipel on 28/11/2006
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Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonatas For Violin and Piano 1 - 2 - 3 - 4
Chamber Music - Released by Zeroh on 16/06/2017
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Mozart: Symphony No. 39, K. 543, Piano Concerto No. 20, K. 466 & Divertimento No. 15, K. 287
Philharmonia Orchestra, Clara Haskil, Herbert von Karajan
Classical - Released by belvedere edition on 29/09/2014
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Clara Haskil - Schumann, Schubert, Beethoven
Classical - Released by Islvmdigital on 11/09/1967
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Mozart: 9 Variations on a Minuet by Duport, K. 573 - Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.18, Op. 31 No. 3 - Schuman: Kinderszenen, Op. 15 & Schubert: Piano Sonata No. 16, Op. 42, D. 845 (Live Version)
Classical - Released by Calliope on 1/01/2015
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Chopin: Concerto pour piano No. 2 - Falla: Noches en los Jardines de España (Mono Version)
Clara Haskil, Igor Markevitch, Orchestre Lamoureux
Miscellaneous - Released by BNF Collection on 1/01/1961
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Mozart: Concertos pour piano Nos. 19 & 20 (Mono Version)
Clara Haskil, Orchester Musikkollegium Winterthur, Henry Swoboda
Miscellaneous - Released by BNF Collection on 1/01/1960
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Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 20 / Hindemith: 4 Temperaments (Haskil, Hindemith) (1957) (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Paul Hindemith)
Clara Haskil, Orchestre National de France, Paul Hindemith
Classical - Released by Music and Arts Programs of America on 1/04/2011
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Clara Haskil Plays Mozart & Scarlatti
Clara Haskil, Orchestre Lamoureux, Igor Markevitch
Concertos - Released by Jube Classic on 3/06/2014
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Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto, Op. 64 - Schumann: Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 54 (Mono Version)
Wiener Symphoniker, Arthur Grumiaux, Clara Haskil
Miscellaneous - Released by BNF Collection on 1/01/1958
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Beethoven: Violin Sonatas Nos. 7 & 10 (Mono Version)
Miscellaneous - Released by BNF Collection on 1/01/1958
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Beethoven: Sonates pour violon et piano Nos. 2, 3 & 8 (Mono Version)
Miscellaneous - Released by BNF Collection on 1/01/1958
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Mozart: Concerto for Two Pianos in E-Flat Major, KV365
Classical - Released by Past Classics on 24/08/2009
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Mozart: Piano Sonatas & Fantasias
Clara Haskil, Carl Seemann, Walter Gieseking
Classical - Released by Mangora Classical on 1/01/2014
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Mozart: Piano Concerto in D Minor, KV466
Classical - Released by Past Classics on 24/08/2009
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Hindemith: Symphony in B-Flat Major & The 4 Temperaments - Berg: Chamber Concerto
Symphonieorchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Clara Haskil, Wolfgang Marschner, Paul Hindemith, Carl Seemann
Classical - Released by Orfeo on 20/04/1994
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Clara Haskil et Rafael Kubelik
Clara Haskil and Rafael Kubelik
Classical - Released by Tahra on 21/02/2012
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Classical - Released by Documents on 1/09/2008
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