LITOLFF; HENRY

A “Bravo” for Joshua Pierce’s “Bravura”

Jed Distler

Compilations of short works for piano with orchestra don’t appear often enough. After all, doesn’t the “mini-concerto” genre deserve much more attention than it usually

Lovely Litolff From The Leonore Piano Trio

Jed Distler

Henry Charles Litolff (1818-1891) was celebrated as a first-rate pianist boasting a solid pedigree: he studied with Mendelssohn’s mentor Ignaz Moscheles, taught Hans von Bulow,

Litolff Hyperion C

David Hurwitz

Henry Litolff’s delightful works for piano and orchestra published under the label “Concerto Symphonique” have not deserved their current neglect, and Hyperion’s advocacy on their

Curzon Brahms 1

David Hurwitz

George Szell owned the Brahms concerto. He recorded it three times in stereo, with Leon Fleischer, Rudolph Serkin, and in this version with Clifford Curzon.