WESTMINSTER LP XWN-18380: MOZART - Art of Clara Haskil PCs Nos 19 & 20, 1957 USA
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Dec 3, 2019 Sold Date
Oct 24, 2018 Start Date
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Background -

Romanian pianist Clara Haskil began her career as a child prodigy at the Bucharest Conservatory under Richard Robert at age 7, making her debut at the age of 10. Haskil ultimately graduated from Alfred Cortot's class at the Paris Conservatoire at 15 with the Prémier Prix to her credit. By the age of 18, however, Haskil was forced to endure the first of many physical setbacks that would hold back her career, in this case an attack of meningitis that kept her in a body cast for four years. Haskil did recover, making her New York debut in 1924 and her London debut in 1926. Although it was late in her career that her name was inextricably linked with the Mozart piano concerti, at this stage Haskil was associated with Romantic literature. Her performances of the Schumann concerto in Philadelphia with Leopold Stokowski were widely praised.

With the outbreak of war, Haskil was trapped in occupied Paris, but was able to escape to Marseilles. There she survived a surreptitious surgical procedure to remove a tumor from her optic nerve, and was then smuggled to Vevey, Switzerland, where Haskil settled for the rest of her days. With war's end she resumed her career yet again, and thereafter enjoyed her greatest successes with a busy concert and recording schedule that took her around the world. Despite her amazing stamina, she proved unable to survive a fall she suffered in a Paris railway station in 1960, and died one month short of her 66th birthday.

With Haskil, musicianship came first and technical matters were irrelevant; she had enormous hands and could play a 12th in her left hand with a fingering of 2-5. Haskil reputedly had an amazing memory, and could accurately play back a piece of music she'd heard only once, even after the passage of several years, without ever having seen the score. The Clara Haskil Prize, awarded once every two years in Vevey, Switzerland, was established in 1962 as a memorial to the pianist. - Uncle Dave Lewis

  • LP made by WESTMINSTER Records, in the USA

  • LP released in 1957

  • LP recorded in MONO

  • Record Catalog Number: XWN 18380

  • Record Labels are primarily DARK BLUE with SILVER lettering, and has the "WESTMINSTER Hi-Fi" logo on the record labels.

This listing is for a rare, out of print LP - an OPENED and in Excellent Plus condition set PRESSED and ISSUED by WESTMINSTER Records of a highly collectible title from their catalog - a superb title featuring -

Mozart // Clara Haskil

Title and music on this rare item -

Mozart: The Art of Clara Haskil

Track Listing -

A1. Piano Concerto No. 19 In F Major, K. 459
B1. Piano Concerto No. 20 In D Minor, K. 466
Performers / Credits -
• Composed By – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• Piano – Clara Haskil
• Conductor – Henry Swoboda • Winterthur Symphony Orchestra
Other Information -
• Record Company – Westminster Records

 CONDITION Details:

The LP Jacket is in excellent plus condition! The jacket has NO seam splits or crushed corners. It does show some light shelf wear primarily at the seams and corners. The front of the jacket shows some color flaking, nothing serious.

The LP is in excellent plus condition! Westminster records, like Remington's, were never made from outstanding audiophile vinyl. They did however, have some of the finest recording artists in their catalog. In saying this, we found that the vinyl looked excellent on this vintage LP. There are no significant marks and the LP retains much of the original gloss and sheen! There are a couple of light spider marks, caused by sliding the LP in and out of the inner sleeve. There may be a bit of dust and perhaps a finger print or two on the vinyl so it should be cleaned before playing. There are NO serious spindle marks on the record labels either. Acquiring a vintage LP like this is for the performance and rarity of the LP, not necessarily for the sound quality.

A Short Note About LP GRADING -
  • Mint = Only used for sealed items.
  • Near Mint = Virtually flawless in every way.
  • Near Mint Minus = Item has some minor imperfections, some audible.
  • Excellent = Item obviously played and enjoyed with some noise.
  • Very Good Plus = Many more imperfections which are noticeable and obtrusive.

For best results, always properly clean your LPs before playing them.

The LP is an audiophile quality pressing (any collector of fine MFSL, half speeds, direct to discs, Japanese/UK pressings etc., can attest to the difference a quality pressing can make to an audio system).

Don't let this rarity slip by!!!


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