Grieg-Piano Concerto/Leibowitz/Part 1 of 3

Rare. Rene Leibowitz conducts The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.

Earl Wild, Piano

circa 1960

Rene Leibowitz (1913-1972) was born in Warsaw but moved to Paris in his teens and there began a long, illustrious conducting career. Particularly interested in contemporary music, he studied with Webern and Schoenberg and wrote a detailed analysis of twelve-tone music. A keen ear for instrumental coloration (Ravel was his orchestration teacher) was evident in his kaleidoscopic transcriptions of such works as Bach's Passacaglia and Fugue in C (for double orchestra!). But he is best known for his often highly personal renditions of many staples of the Classical and Romantic repertoire.

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[otterhouse]

Pity the sound is so "digital". |i have it on a readers digest LP box (complete box bought for 1 euro :) Great playing!

[billyguns2]

I have never heard a better opening and the tempi are exactly right, with a real sense that something important is taking place. What this performance has is the freshness of new creation! Only Rubinstein/Wallenstein come close, but no cigar.

[kv466]

Thank you so much for posting this even though all we can see is the pic of Grieg the whole time...I know, there's no video. But this is the best version of this concerto ever! I first heard it on these cd's I got from Reader's Digest...been an Earl Wild fan since. ~.~