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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Haskil, Clara: Mozart, Schumann & Beethoven (1953-1954) (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Robert Schumann - Ludwig van Beethoven)
Classical - Released by Audite on Jan 1, 1953
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Clara Haskil in Geneva & Montreux
Ernest Ansermet, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Ernest Ansermet, Clara Haskil
Concertos - Released by Claves Records on Jan 1, 2004
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Mozart: Piano Concerto Nos. 20 & 27 - Bach: Concertos for 2 Pianos Bwv 1061
Classical - Released by Urania on Feb 3, 2009
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Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 24 / Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 / Schumann: Waldszenen
Classical - Released by Decca Music Group Ltd. on Aug 17, 2018
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4 Concertos
Classical - Released by INA Mémoire vive on Jan 1, 2004
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Clara Haskil in Recital
Classical - Released by Music and Arts Programs of America on Jun 1, 2011
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Pianos Concertos 19 & 20 - Mozart
Clara Haskil, Henry Swoboda, Winterthur Symphony Orchestra
Classical - Released by OperaPrima-Carillon on Apr 23, 2021
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Arthur Grumiaux, Vol. 1: Mozart Violin Concerto No. 3 & Violin Sonatas (Live)
Arthur Grumiaux, Prague Chamber Orchestra, Clara Haskil, Ataulfo Argenta, Vaclav Smetacek
Classical - Released by DOREMI on Mar 4, 2003
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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 Oct 20, 2017
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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 Nov 28, 2006
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Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonatas For Violin and Piano 1 - 2 - 3 - 4
Chamber Music - Released by Zeroh on Jun 16, 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 Sep 29, 2014
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Clara Haskil - Schumann, Schubert, Beethoven
Classical - Released by Islvmdigital on Sep 11, 1967
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Mozart: Concerto for Two Pianos in E-Flat Major, KV365
Classical - Released by Past Classics on Aug 24, 2009
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Mozart: Piano Concerto in D Minor, KV466
Classical - Released by Past Classics on Aug 24, 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 Apr 20, 1994
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Mozart: Piano Concertos
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on Jan 1, 2006
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Clara Haskil, piano ● Arthur Grumiaux, violin : Beethoven ● Mozart
Classical - Released by Ermitage Records on Mar 12, 2023
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Récital de Besançon, 7 septembre 1956
Classical - Released by INA Mémoire vive on Jun 27, 2001
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Schumann: Kinderszenen
Classical - Released by Past Classics on Jul 20, 2009
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Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.3 & Brahms: Piano Quintet in F Minor, Op. 34
Classical - Released by Urania on Jan 1, 2000
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