Dinu Lipatti plays J.S. Bach - Cantata BWV 147 (1950)

Choral "Jesus bleibet meine Freude" from Cantata "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben", BWV 147 (arr. Hess) recorded in Geneva, 1950,
Siciliana from Sonata No. 2 for Flute and Harpsichord, BWV 1031 (arr. Kempff) recorded in Geneva, 1950.

Dinu Lipatti
(born 19th March, 1917, in Bucharest - died 2nd December, 1950, in Geneva)

...Lipatti: an artist filled with divine spirituality." F. Poulenc

"How I envy you for your talent. It should go to the devil. Why should you have so much talent and I so little? Is that justice on earth?" Clara Haskil

"...(he is) the epitomy of a spirit world, untouched by pain and suffering." Yehudi Menuhin

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[rzmrdbrcn]

Dinu Lipatti was a great Pianisi roman. He composed music for piano, was a professor at the Conservatory of Geneva, remains a great pianist and even if it disappeared from an early age so remains in the heart of music lovers who have had the opportunity to listen to wonderful concerts.

[Iancad1]

No analysis needed here. Just sublime! Thanks for posting.

[kandutery]

This is the last concert of Lipatti, who died at 33. The doctors insisted again and again to not to give this concert, due to its poor state of health as it was in the terminal phase. He played the Bach 1º partita. K. 310 of Mozart, two "Impromptus" by Schubert, 13 Chopin waltzes. He can´t play the 14th Chopin Walts for the extreme fatigue, so he chose to finish the concert the first piece he played in his life, when he was only 4 years. Lipatti died playing her first music on the piano

[Juanddy]

Extremoduro.



[nilivier]

Bach joué par LIpatti c'est juste l'art porté à son plus haut point..C'est divin, ça remue votre âme.Quel touché, quel puretés...La quintessence de l'art musical...

[Bluetooth6483]

Sorry, you're wrong: It's true that Lipatti didn't have the strength to play the 14th Waltz by Chopin, and played Bach "Jesu joy etc." instead (as a farewell. He knew he had to die soon). But the recording here is from july 1950. His health had been temporarily "boosted" by injections of hydrocortisone (funded by an array of secret admirers). After two months, his health finally deteriorated. (As always, when you use medicine in raw form! Yes, I'm a homeopath!!)

[Bluetooth6483]

Lipatti had the very special destiny of becoming world famous after his death. And becoming world famous by playing "unoriginal arrangements". Only music mattered to him. His motto was "The ur-spirit, not the ur-text"! (hard to translate!)

[rtisom]

Well done

[TheMrhanu]

Video Tipp

" Bruder Ignatz tanzt in der gemeinde"

Freude in jesus

[Clarity884]

This selection was my introduction to Dinu Lipatti. It sounded as if no fingers were not touching the keys and only heavenly music was reaching my ears. After finding out who he was, I then acquired his records and concerts, one by one.

I still think he has the best fingering technique of anyone .

He is the greatest,

[nilivier]

@elicottero

For information this was not from the last concerto, because a the end of the show when he plays this cante, the man whos was in charge of the recording did not record it ( Dinu was suppose to play a valse from Chopin but was too exhausted). This was record some years before Dinu died. Anyway, thisis just beauty et perfection..voice of angels...

[elicottero]

I cannot say if it is his interpretation that hits and moves me so much, or the awareness he died so young just few months after this recording, or the sweetness of Bach, or everything mixed together. I read once that music looks like a long explanation, and I do think it's true, especially with him.