Leonid Brumberg plays Samuel Barber Sonata Op.26 (3/3)

Samuel Barber: Piano Sonata Op.26

Mvt. 4 Fuga: Allegro con spirito

Leonid Brumberg, piano

Leonid Brumberg was born 1925 in Rostow-on-Don. He studied piano at the Moscow Conservatory with Heinrich Neuhaus, instrumentation with Shostakovich and composition with Miaskovsky. Later he became the assistant of Neuhaus at the Gnessin Academy. In 1981 he emigrated to Vienna and has been professor at the Vienna Conservatory. He gave many concerts thoughout Europe, the Near East and Japan. He performed as a soloist with different orchestras under Roshdestvensky, Svetlanov, Kondrashin, Mehta and others.

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• Barber
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[wea3324]

Wooow.... Now that's energy! Best recording of this fugue I've heard... Where you get this recording?

[nikolaimedtner]

@wea3324 He was my teacher and he gave it to me.

[TomOwen77]

@nikolaimedtner - this is absolutely fantastic. Many thanks to you for posting so many valuable recordings online. What a teacher you had! This is better than Horowitz.

[klausknulp]

excellent!

[avalanche183]

Dang. I wish I could see his hands, lol. I bet it would be crazy. Thanks for posting this video!!!!