Kelberine/Behrend play Bach "Nun kommt der Heiden Heiland" (1936)
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A two piano/four hands transcription of J.S. Bach's "Nun kommt der Heiden Heiland" (Now comes the gentiles' Saviour) BWV 659a, made by Alexander Kelberine.
Alexander Kelberine and Jeanne Behrend, duo-pianists
Recorded in 1936
The Russian-born American pianist, Alexander Kelberine (1903-1940), studied at the Kiev Conservatory, then at the University of Vienna. He took lessons from Ferruccio Busoni in Berlin. In 1923 he went to America and studied at the Juilliard Graduate School in New York with Alexander Siloti (piano) and Rubin Goldmark (composition). Later he studied with Ernst Toch. Among his teachers was also Leo Sirota.
Alexander Kelberine was married to Jeanne Behrend (1911-1988) who was a student of Josef Hofmann, Rosario Scalero and Abram Chasins. They formed a duo-piano team and recorded together on the Victor label. Their 1936 set of Bach transcriptions (all by Kelberine) for solo and duo performance is a collector's item today. Later he was estranged from Behrend. A victim of acute depression, he programmed his last recital for pieces in minor keys and of funeral connotations, concluding with Franz Liszt's Todtentanz, after which he went home and took an overdose of sleeping pills. (Naxos)
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Wonderful. Kelberine's recording of "Herzlich tut mich verlangen" is all the more ominous given the sad end of his life... what a loss.
markarama23 2 months ago
A very sad story, Kelberine's. Such an impressive musical education, and such a sad end.
Noshirm 2 months ago
They sound like a well-matched couple (and the 1936 recorded sound quality is excellent). What a pity about Kelberine's tragic end.
paulprocopolis 2 months ago
Moooooi....
suzettegm 2 months ago