Having lost his right arm during World War I, the Austrian pianist Paul Wittgenstein (brother of the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein) commissioned the work from Maurice Ravel.
Wittgenstein also p...
Having lost his right arm during World War I, the Austrian pianist Paul Wittgenstein (brother of the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein) commissioned the work from Maurice Ravel.
Wittgenstein also performed the premiere with Robert Heger and the Vienna Symphony Orchestra on January 5, 1932.
This (very short) excerpt from the cadenza, recorded in Paris 1933, shows some of Wittgenstein's piano technique.
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this is a fantastic document - surely we must find more of this. he seems a far better pianist here than he was in his recordings which were mostly later and very shambolic. it would be marvellous to have a video of him in the 2 Strauss works, Parergon and Panathenaenzug...if anyone found such a thing it would be terrific!!!!! :-)
It seems as if in fact the whole concert has been recorded. Some people are now actually trying to get hold of a more complete copy from the french national tv company -- good luck!
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