Dinu Lipatti

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Biography

Born: March 19, 1917; Bucharest, Romania   Died: December 2, 1950; Geneva, Switzerland  
Dinu Lipatti is regarded as a legend among twentieth century pianists. Alfred Cortot thought Lipatti's playing "perfection," while Clara Haskil once wrote to him, "How I envy your talent. The devil take it. Why must you have so much talent and I so little? Is this justice on earth?" Was it justice that such a talented musician had such a short life? Both Lipatti's parents were musicians: his father was a violinist who had studied with Sarasate Read more and Flesch, his mother a pianist. They, and Lipatti's godfather Georges Enescu, nurtured his talents early. Lipatti attended the Bucharest Conservatory, working with Floria Musicescu from 1928 to 1932. Cortot was one of the judges at the 1934 Vienna International Piano Competition, where Lipatti was awarded second prize. Cortot, who thought Lipatti should have won first prize, resigned from the jury and took Lipatti to Paris to study with him and his assistant Yvonne Lefébure. Lipatti also studied conducting with Charles Münch and composition with Nadia Boulanger and Paul Dukas. Lipatti recitals and concerts in Paris in the late 1930s secured his reputation as a performer. He was known for his self-discipline and thoroughness, taking years to learn a concerto before performing it in public. Those who heard him play assumed that either he had studied the music with a composer's eye or he instinctively knew how to make whatever he played sound so obviously what the composer intended, whether it was Bach or Schubert or Ravel. He returned to Bucharest in 1939 to spend the war years teaching, composing, and writing criticism. Just before the end of the war, he was diagnosed with a rare form of leukemia. His illness was relieved somewhat by new medicines in 1946, enough for him to make recordings for Columbia at his home in Geneva. He took a post teaching at the Geneva Conservatory in 1949 and also recorded the Schumann Piano Concerto with Herbert von Karajan in London. The next year, however, he had to cancel tours of Australia and North and South America and cut back his European performance engagements. Just three months before his death at the age of 33, he gave one last recital in Besançon, fortunately recorded for posterity, his playing still unsurpassed despite his illness. Read less

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Dinu Lipatti - The Master Pianist
Dinu Lipatti - The Master Pianist
Release Date: 09/02/2008   Label: Emi Classics  
Catalog: 07318   Number of Discs: 7
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    The Legacy Of Dinu Lipatti
    The Legacy Of Dinu Lipatti
    Label: Emi Classics   Catalog: 7671632 Release Date: 08/24/2012   Number of Discs: 5
    Composer:  Edvard Grieg,  Robert Schumann
    Performer:  Dinu Lipatti
    Conductor:  Herbert von Karajan
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Philharmonia Orchestra
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    Schumann: Master Works
    Label: Zyx Records   Catalog: 10131 Release Date: 05/25/2012   Number of Discs: 5
    Composer:  Robert Schumann
    Performer:  Pablo Casals,  Yehudi Menuhin,  Dinu Lipatti,  Walter Gieseking  ... 
    Conductor:  Piero Coppola,  Leonard Bernstein,  Henry Adolph,  Josef Krips  ... 
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    Dinu Lipatti: The Solo Recordings
    Dinu Lipatti: The Solo Recordings
    Label: Regis   Catalog: 1370 Release Date: 03/13/2012   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Domenico Scarlatti,  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart,  Johannes Brahms,  Frédéric Chopin  ... 
    Performer:  Dinu Lipatti,  Nadia Boulanger
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    Chopin: Waltzes; Barcarolle; Nocturne Op. 27 No. 2; Mazurka Op. 50 No. 3 / Lipatti
    Chopin: Waltzes; Barcarolle; Nocturne Op. 27 No. 2; Mazurka Op. 50 No. 3 / Lipatti
    Label: Emi Classics   Catalog: 85186 Release Date: 01/24/2012   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Frédéric Chopin,  Unspecified
    Performer:  Dinu Lipatti
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    Dinu Lipatti: Studio Recordings 1950
    Dinu Lipatti: Studio Recordings 1950
    Label: Opus Kura   Catalog: 7054/55 Release Date: 02/08/2011   Number of Discs: 2
    Composer:  Johann Sebastian Bach,  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart,  Ferruccio Busoni,  Wilhelm Kempff  ... 
    Performer:  Dinu Lipatti
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    Last Recital At Besancon (Sept. 16, 1950)
    Last Recital At Besancon (Sept. 16, 1950)
    Label: Opus Kura   Catalog: 7056 Release Date: 12/14/2010   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Johann Sebastian Bach,  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart,  Franz Schubert,  Frédéric Chopin
    Performer:  Dinu Lipatti
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    Best Chopin 50
    Best Chopin 50
    Label: Emi Classics   Catalog: 31666 Release Date: 10/12/2010   Number of Discs: 3
    Composer:  Frédéric Chopin
    Performer:  Stephen Kovacevich,  Ingrid Fliter,  Dmitri Alexeev,  Dinu Lipatti  ... 
    Conductor:  Stanislaw Skrowaczewski,  Paul Kletzki,  Charles Dutoit,  Jerzy Maksymiuk
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Society of the Conservatory Concerts Orchestra,  Philharmonia Orchestra,  Montreal Symphony Orchestra  ... 
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    A Century Of Romantic Chopin
    A Century Of Romantic Chopin
    Label: Marston   Catalog: 54001 Release Date: 08/19/2010   Number of Discs: 4
    Composer:  Frédéric Chopin
    Performer:  Moritz Rosenthal,  Alfred Cortot,  Rosita Renard,  Sydney Foster  ... 
    Conductor:  Sir John Barbirolli
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    Chopin: Waltzes; Barcarolle; Nocturne; Mazurka
    Chopin: Waltzes; Barcarolle; Nocturne; Mazurka
    Label: Emi Classics   Catalog: 65930 Release Date: 03/30/2010   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Unspecified,  Frédéric Chopin
    Performer:  Dinu Lipatti
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    Best Chopin 100
    Best Chopin 100
    Label: Emi Classics   Catalog: 58513 Release Date: 01/26/2010   Number of Discs: 6
    Composer:  Frédéric Chopin
    Performer:  Garrick Ohlsson,  Danielle Laval,  Teresa Llacuna,  Daniel Barenboim  ... 
    Conductor:  Jerzy Maksymiuk,  Stanislaw Skrowaczewski,  Charles Dutoit,  Paul Kletzki
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra,  Society of the Conservatory Concerts Orchestra,  Montreal Symphony Orchestra  ... 
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    Schumann: Symphonies 1 & 2, Piano Concerto, Cello Concerto / Lipatti, Gendron, Ansermet
    Schumann: Symphonies 1 & 2, Piano Concerto, Cello Concerto / Lipatti, Gendron, Ansermet
    Label: Eloquence   Catalog: 4800078 Release Date: 11/17/2009   Number of Discs: 2
    Composer:  Robert Schumann
    Performer:  Edmond Leloir,  Maurice Gendron,  Dinu Lipatti
    Conductor:  Ernest Ansermet
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Suisse Romande Orchestra
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    Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante; Chopin: Piano Concerto No 1 / Ackermann, Primrose, Grumiaux, Lipatti, Et Al
    Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante; Chopin: Piano Concerto No 1 / Ackermann, Primrose, Grumiaux, Lipatti, Et Al
    Label: Archipel   Catalog: 418 Release Date: 05/26/2009   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart,  Frédéric Chopin
    Performer:  Arthur Grumiaux,  William Primrose,  Dinu Lipatti
    Conductor:  Otto Ackermann
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Cologne Symphony Orchestra,  Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra
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    Beethoven, Brahms, Bach, Grieg, Etc: Piano Concertos
    Beethoven, Brahms, Bach, Grieg, Etc: Piano Concertos
    Label: Profil   Catalog: 9007 Release Date: 04/28/2009   Number of Discs: 2
    Composer:  Sergei Prokofiev,  Ludwig van Beethoven,  Sergei Rachmaninov,  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart  ... 
    Performer:  Martha Argerich,  Sviatoslav Richter,  Hubert Salwarowski,  Walter Gieseking  ... 
    Conductor:  Kurt Sanderling,  Volker Hartung,  Herbert von Karajan,  Günter Wand  ... 
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  USSR Radio/TV Large Symphony Orchestra,  Philharmonia Orchestra,  Cologne West German Radio Symphony Orchestra  ... 
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    Bach, Scarlatti, Chopin, Liszt, Brahms, Ravel: Piano Sonatas, Etc / Dinu Lipatti
    Bach, Scarlatti, Chopin, Liszt, Brahms, Ravel: Piano Sonatas, Etc / Dinu Lipatti
    Label: Opus Kura   Catalog: 2081 Release Date: 03/10/2009   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Johann Sebastian Bach,  Domenico Scarlatti,  Frédéric Chopin,  Franz Liszt  ... 
    Performer:  Dinu Lipatti
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    Dinu Lipatti - The Master Pianist
    Dinu Lipatti - The Master Pianist
    Label: Emi Classics   Catalog: 07318 Release Date: 09/02/2008   Number of Discs: 7
    Composer:  Frédéric Chopin,  Franz Schubert,  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart,  Johann Sebastian Bach  ... 
    Performer:  Dinu Lipatti
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    Mozart, Chopin, Schumann, Grieg: Piano Concertos / Dino Lipatti
    Mozart, Chopin, Schumann, Grieg: Piano Concertos / Dino Lipatti
    Label: Urania   Catalog: 359 Release Date: 07/29/2008   Number of Discs: 2
    Composer:  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart,  Frédéric Chopin,  Robert Schumann,  Edvard Grieg
    Performer:  Dinu Lipatti
    Conductor:  Herbert von Karajan,  Alceo Galliera
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Lucerne Festival Orchestra,  Philharmonia Orchestra
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    Grieg: Piano Concerto; Schumann: Piano Concerto; Lipatti: Concertino
    Grieg: Piano Concerto; Schumann: Piano Concerto; Lipatti: Concertino
    Label: Opus Kura   Catalog: 2072 Release Date: 07/08/2008   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Dinu Lipatti,  Robert Schumann,  Edvard Grieg
    Performer:  Dinu Lipatti
    Conductor:  Hans von Benda,  Herbert von Karajan,  Alceo Galliera
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    Karajan - Complete Emi Recordings 1946-84 Vol 1 - Orchestral Works
    Karajan - Complete Emi Recordings 1946-84 Vol 1 - Orchestral Works
    Label: Emi Classics   Catalog: 12038 Release Date: 04/01/2008   Number of Discs: 88
    Composer:  Johann Strauss Jr.,  Josef Strauss,  E. Nikolaus von Reznicek,  Johannes Brahms  ... 
    Performer:  Karl Leister,  Elisabeth Schwarzkopf,  Ernst Haefliger,  Anne-Sophie Mutter  ... 
    Conductor:  Herbert von Karajan
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    Enescu: Violin Sonatas, Suites; Lipatti: Piano Works / Enescu, Lipatti
    Enescu: Violin Sonatas, Suites; Lipatti: Piano Works / Enescu, Lipatti
    Label: Philips   Catalog: 426100 Release Date: 02/06/2008   Number of Discs: 2
    Composer:  Dinu Lipatti,  George Enescu
    Performer:  Dinu Lipatti,  George Enescu
    Conductor:  George Enescu,  Hans von Benda
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Bucharest Philharmonic Orchestra,  Berlin Chamber Orchestra
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    Mozart/Schumann: Concertos For Piano And Orchestra
    Mozart/Schumann: Concertos For Piano And Orchestra
    Label: Emi Classics   Catalog: 567774 Release Date: 01/13/2008  
    Composer:  Robert Schumann,  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer:  Dinu Lipatti
    Conductor:  Herbert von Karajan
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Philharmonia Orchestra,  Lucerne Festival Orchestra
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    Schumann: Piano Concerto; Beethoven / Lipatti, Haskil
    Schumann: Piano Concerto; Beethoven / Lipatti, Haskil
    Label: London/Decca Historic Series   Catalog: 425968 Release Date: 11/27/2007   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Robert Schumann,  Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer:  Dinu Lipatti,  Clara Haskil
    Conductor:  Ernest Ansermet,  Carlo Zecchi
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Suisse Romande Orchestra,  London Philharmonic Orchestra
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    Les Grands Classiques D'edgar [box Set]
    Label: Octave, Les Productions   Catalog: 23326 Release Date: 03/22/2007   Number of Discs: 6
    Composer:  François Couperin,  Antonio Vivaldi,  Jean-Philippe Rameau,  Johann Sebastian Bach  ... 
    Performer:  Wolfgang Schneiderhan,  Marcelle Meyer,  Helmut Walcha,  Glenn Gould  ... 
    Conductor:  Rudolf Baumgartner,  Eduard Van Beinum,  Sir Adrian Boult,  Wilhelm Furtwängler  ... 
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    Brahms Lieder 1926-1950 Vol 6
    Brahms Lieder 1926-1950 Vol 6
    Label: Hafg   Catalog: 40006 Release Date: 04/27/2006   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Johannes Brahms
    Performer:  Elisabeth Schumann,  Karl Schmitt-Walter,  Elisabeth Schwarzkopf,  Hugues Cuénod  ... 
    Conductor:  Sir Malcolm Sargent
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    The Karajan Collection - Mozart: Piano Concertos 21 & 24 / Lipatti, Gieseking
    The Karajan Collection - Mozart: Piano Concertos 21 & 24 / Lipatti, Gieseking
    Label: Emi Classics   Catalog: 76884 Release Date: 10/25/2005   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer:  Dinu Lipatti,  Walter Gieseking
    Conductor:  Herbert von Karajan
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Lucerne Festival Orchestra,  Philharmonia Orchestra
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    Chopin - The Complete Recordings / Dinu Lipatti
    Chopin - The Complete Recordings / Dinu Lipatti
    Label: Emi Classics   Catalog: 86826 Release Date: 06/07/2005   Number of Discs: 2
    Composer:  Frédéric Chopin
    Performer:  Dinu Lipatti
    Conductor:  Otto Ackermann
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra
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