
This is a re-post . The original recording was improperly pitched.I have attempted to correct that flaw. As a former violinist,Harold Bauer was probably more familiar with the chamber music of Beethoven, Brahms, et.al.,than most pianists. Here he joins the legendary Flonzaley Quartet in a ...
One of the first, if not the first,complete recording of Beethoven's "Appassionata" Sonata. During the time that this was recorded, pianists thought for themselves. They were real musicians. There were no Xeroxed performances brought about by listening to countless recordings. Harold Bauer was ...
Part I Edvard Grieg (1843-1907): Ballade in the Form of Variations on a Norvegian Folk Song, in G minor, op.24 (1875-1876) Leopold Godowsky, piano Recorded in 1929. Paintings by Eilif Peterssen (Portrait of Grieg, 1891) and Edvard Munch (1863-1944) Leopold Godowsky (1870-1938) was the most ...
Part II Edvard Grieg (1843-1907): Ballade in the Form of Variations on a Norvegian Folk Song, in G minor, op.24 (1875-1876) Leopold Godowsky, piano Recorded in 1929. Paintings by Eilif Peterssen (Portrait of Grieg, 1891) and Edvard Munch (1863-1944) Leopold Godowsky (1870-1938) was the most ...
A performance by the Musician-Physician
I could not resist posting thia video before I moved on (albeit reluctently) to another pianist. Filmed in 1926,the then revolutionary invention of moving pictures with sound was in its infancy. Among the many artists that were invited to record their performances using this new medium were Harold ...
This performance perfectly conveys the buoyant spirit of Mendelssohn's delightful composition. Harold Bauer was born in London in 1873.Coming from a musical family,his aunt gave him his first piano lessons and his father became his first violin teacher. Thus it was that the violin became the ...
Recorded 1929. Probably the most legendary of two piano recordings,it did not happen accidentally. Many takes were recorded with pianos and microphone placement moved from one position to another until both artists were satified with the results. Bauer and Gabrilowitsch often performed as a two ...
At the turn of the century, Harold Bauer was playing more Schumann and Brahms than most (if not all) of his contemporaries. Here he plays Schumann's Romance in B flat Minor Op.28 No.1. Harold Bauer was born in London in 1873.Coming from a musical family,his aunt gave him his first piano lessons ...
Bauer describes Chopin as a "composer of extraordinary genius." Unfortunately, Bauer left only four recordings of Chopin's music. Harold Bauer was born in London in 1873.Coming from a musical family,his aunt gave him his first piano lessons and his father became his first violin teacher. Thus it ...