1928 Alexander BRAILOWSKY PIANO Scarlatti Tausig Pastorale Capriccio POLYDOR
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Description
A series of great Solo instrumentals - Piano Violin Cello Harp, Winds and Brass on 78 rpm records
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Great recordings by Russian-Ukrainian Pianist Alexander Brailowsky
in a great bravoura interpretation of
Weber Rondò - "Perpetuum Mobile"/ Scarlatti "Pastorale & Capriccio" Keyboard Sonata in D Minor, Kk. 9 "Pastorale" (Arr. C. Tausig for Piano)
Recorded 1928 Polydor 95141
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Alexander Brailowsky (16 February 1896 - 25 April 1976) was a Russian pianist who specialized in the works of FrTdTric Chopin. He achieved most of his fame between the two world wars.
Brailowsky was born in Kiev, (although some sources suggest he was Polish) and later became a French citizen in 1926.
He made his concert debut in Paris in 1919. His first recordings were done in Berlin from 1928 to 1934 (78 rpm discs). In 1938 he recorded in London for HMV. Brailowsky gave the first complete Chopin cycle in history in Paris in 1924, using the composerÆs own piano for part of the recital. He then went on to present a further thirty recitals of ChopinÆs music, including New York in 1938 and then in Paris, Brussels, Zurich, Mexico City, Buenos Aires and Montevideo. In 1960 he decided to repeat the cycles in Brussels and Paris, although his playing by now was past its best but nonetheless still delivered some superb nuances and an overall mastery.
Alexander Brailowsky died in New York aged 80, of complications brought on by pneumonia.
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