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Ignaz Friedman
12+ albums
pianoClassicalclassical pianoold moje standardspolish
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Born to an itinerant Jewish musician in Podgórze near Kraków, Ignaz Friedman was a child prodigy. He studied with Hugo Riemann in Leipzig and Theodor Leschetizky in Vienna, and participated in Ferruccio Busoni's masterclasses. Friedman lived in Berlin until 1914 and settled in Copenhagen in 1920 His official début in Vienna in 1904 featured a program of three piano concertos, rivaling the similar programs of established titans like Busoni and Godowsky, and he remained a titan throughout his career. His style was quiet and effortless, imbued with a sense of rhythm and color, grounded in a sovereign technique, and much has been written about his peerless interpretations of Chopin in particular. As with his compatriot and contemporary Moriz Rosenthal, Friedman's Chopin interpretations, particularly those of the mazurkas, are considered by many to be unsurpassed. Despite having given 2,800 concerts during his career, he sometimes received lukewarm reviews in America in later years, as younger critics were becoming accustomed to modernist playing which stripped romantic interpretation of its agogics and essence. (Rachmaninoff admired Friedman's playing but may have opined that he "played too much to the gallery.") At the outbreak of the Second World War, Friedman was in Europe, but managed to escape when a concert tour in Australia was offered at the last moment. He settled in Sydney and remained there until his death (which occurred on Australia Day, 1948). His last concert w
top songs
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Flute Sonata in E-Flat Major, BWV 1031: II. Siciliano (arr. I. Friedman for piano)
85,9292Orfeo ed Euridice, Act II: Dance of the Blessed Spirits, "Mélodie" (arr. I. Friedman for piano)
26,2063Orfeo ed Euridice: Ballet des Ombres Heureuses (arr. I. Friedman for piano)
5,9054Orfeo ed Euridice, Act II: Dance of the Blessed Spirits, "Melodie" (arr. I. Friedman for piano)
5,8735Suite in E Minor, RCT 2: Pièces de clavecin: Suite in E Minor: V. Le rappel des oiseaux (arr. I. Friedman for piano)
3,2366Don Juan: Gavotte (arr. I. Friedman for piano)
2,88074 Preludes for Piano, Op. 61: No. 1, Pensieroso
2,3808Les Indes galantes: Musette (arr. I. Friedman for piano)
2,1139Nocturne No. 5 in B-Flat Major, H. 37 (arr. I. Friedman for piano)
59410Organ Fugue in D minor
509albums
Friedman: Piano Transcriptions
Friedman: Original Piano Compositions
The Polish Virtuoso
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Remembrances. Piano Essentials from the Golden Age
Ignaz Friedman - Complete Recordings 1923-1941
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A Window into the Past. Great Classical Composers, Vol. 2. Piano Music from the Golden Age
Voyages. Piano Music from the Golden Age
Love and Longing
Frédéric Chopin: 12 Mazurkas, Berceuse, Preludes, Etudes, Valse, Polonaise and Ballade
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Christmas Piano Music
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Great Pianists of the 20th Century, Vol.30 CD1
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Great Pianists of the 20th century, Vol.30 CD2