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Live Rarities From A Neglected American Pianistic Paragon

Jed Distler

Artistic Quality:

  • 8

Sound Quality:

  • 5
Although Leonard Shure (1910-1995) was highly regarded by his peers […]
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Recording Details:

Reference Recording: Brahms Op. 15: Freire/Chailly (Decca); Beethoven Concertos: Bronfman/Zinman (Arte Nova); Schubert D. 958: Brendel (Vanguard), Arrau (Philips)

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No. 30 in E major Op 109; Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor Op. 37; Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major Op. 73 (“Emperor”): Rondo (partial)
JOHANNES BRAHMS: Capriccio in D minor Op. 116 No. 1; Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor Op. 15
FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN: Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor Op. 35 (“Funeral March”); Preludes Op. 28: No. 22 in G minor; Rondo in C major Op. 73
FRANZ SCHUBERT: Piano Sonata in C minor D 958; Moment Musical No. 3 in F minor D. 780

    Soloists: Leonard Shure (piano); Karl Ulrich Schnabel (piano, in Chopin Rondo)

    Aspen Festival Orchestra, Izler Solomon; Boston Symphony Orchestra, Richard Burgin; New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein

  • Record Label: Doremi - 8017 9
  • Medium: CD

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