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Dinu Lipatti recorded Frédéric Chopin's 14 Waltzes for EMI in July 1950, mere months before his death at age 33. Despite the leukemia that had been diagnosed a few years earlier that had weakened him to the point of canceling international tours, Lipatti still found enough strength to record these pieces in Geneva, Switzerland, and they have been an essential part of his legacy ever since. Even though these performances are a little compressed in sound and limited in resonance, that is not the main thing listeners will notice. What immediately captures the attention and holds the imagination is Lipatti's astonishing playing, so expressively powerful and technically dazzling that one can scarcely think the pianist was ill. Yet all of the qualities for which Lipatti was praised are fully evident here, most clearly in his lightning-fast tempos, precise rhythms, and fluid phrasing. This is an essential album for any collection, and a disc that is sure to win Lipatti admirers for many decades to come.
© TiVo
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Walter Legge, Producer - Frederic Chopin, Composer - Dinu Lipatti, Piano, MainArtist - Anthony Griffith, Engineer
© 2009 EMI Records Ltd. ℗ 1950 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company. Remastered 1997 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Walter Legge, Producer - Frederic Chopin, Composer - Dinu Lipatti, Piano, MainArtist - Anthony Griffith, Engineer
© 2009 EMI Records Ltd. ℗ 1950 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company. Remastered 1997 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Walter Legge, Producer - Frederic Chopin, Composer - Dinu Lipatti, Piano, MainArtist - Anthony Griffith, Engineer
© 2009 EMI Records Ltd. ℗ 1950 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company. Remastered 1997 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Walter Legge, Producer - Frederic Chopin, Composer - Dinu Lipatti, Piano, MainArtist - Anthony Griffith, Engineer
© 2009 EMI Records Ltd. ℗ 1950 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company. Remastered 1997 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Walter Legge, Producer - Frederic Chopin, Composer - Dinu Lipatti, Piano, MainArtist - Anthony Griffith, Engineer
© 2009 EMI Records Ltd. ℗ 1950 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company. Remastered 1997 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Walter Legge, Producer - Frederic Chopin, Composer - Dinu Lipatti, Piano, MainArtist - Anthony Griffith, Engineer
© 2009 EMI Records Ltd. ℗ 1950 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company. Remastered 1997 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Walter Legge, Producer - Frederic Chopin, Composer - Dinu Lipatti, Piano, MainArtist - Anthony Griffith, Engineer
© 2009 EMI Records Ltd. ℗ 1950 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company. Remastered 1997 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Walter Legge, Producer - Frederic Chopin, Composer - Dinu Lipatti, Piano, MainArtist - Anthony Griffith, Engineer
© 2009 EMI Records Ltd. ℗ 1950 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company. Remastered 1997 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Walter Legge, Producer - Frederic Chopin, Composer - Dinu Lipatti, Piano, MainArtist - Anthony Griffith, Engineer
© 2009 EMI Records Ltd. ℗ 1950 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company. Remastered 1997 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Walter Legge, Producer - Frederic Chopin, Composer - Dinu Lipatti, Piano, MainArtist - Anthony Griffith, Engineer
© 2009 EMI Records Ltd. ℗ 1950 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company. Remastered 1997 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Walter Legge, Producer - Frederic Chopin, Composer - Dinu Lipatti, Piano, MainArtist - Anthony Griffith, Engineer
© 2009 EMI Records Ltd. ℗ 1950 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company. Remastered 1997 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Walter Legge, Producer - Frederic Chopin, Composer - Dinu Lipatti, Piano, MainArtist - Anthony Griffith, Engineer
© 2009 EMI Records Ltd. ℗ 1950 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company. Remastered 1997 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Walter Legge, Producer - Frederic Chopin, Composer - Dinu Lipatti, Piano, MainArtist - Anthony Griffith, Engineer
© 2009 EMI Records Ltd. ℗ 1950 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company. Remastered 1997 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Walter Legge, Producer - Frederic Chopin, Composer - Dinu Lipatti, Piano, MainArtist - Anthony Griffith, Engineer
© 2009 EMI Records Ltd. ℗ 1950 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company. Remastered 1997 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Walter Legge, Producer - Frederic Chopin, Composer - Dinu Lipatti, Piano, MainArtist - Robert Beckett, Engineer
© 2009 EMI Records Ltd. ℗ 1951 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company. Remastered 1997 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Walter Legge, Producer - Frederic Chopin, Composer - Dinu Lipatti, Piano, MainArtist - Charles Anderson, Engineer
© 2009 EMI Records Ltd. A Warner Classics release, ℗ 1947 Parlophone Records Limited. Remastered 1997 Parlophone Records Limited
Walter Legge, Producer - Frederic Chopin, Composer - Dinu Lipatti, Piano, MainArtist - Anthony Griffith, Engineer
© 2009 EMI Records Ltd. ℗ 1950 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company. Remastered 1997 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Album Description
Dinu Lipatti recorded Frédéric Chopin's 14 Waltzes for EMI in July 1950, mere months before his death at age 33. Despite the leukemia that had been diagnosed a few years earlier that had weakened him to the point of canceling international tours, Lipatti still found enough strength to record these pieces in Geneva, Switzerland, and they have been an essential part of his legacy ever since. Even though these performances are a little compressed in sound and limited in resonance, that is not the main thing listeners will notice. What immediately captures the attention and holds the imagination is Lipatti's astonishing playing, so expressively powerful and technically dazzling that one can scarcely think the pianist was ill. Yet all of the qualities for which Lipatti was praised are fully evident here, most clearly in his lightning-fast tempos, precise rhythms, and fluid phrasing. This is an essential album for any collection, and a disc that is sure to win Lipatti admirers for many decades to come.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 17 track(s)
- Total length: 01:04:47
- Main artists: Dinu Lipatti
- Composer: Frédéric Chopin
- Label: Warner Classics
- Genre: Classical
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16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo
© 2009 EMI Records Ltd. ℗ 1986 The copyright in these sound recordings are owned by EMI Records Ltd. Digital Remastering 1997 by EMI Records Ltd
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