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Rudolf Firkusny
12+ albums
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Rudolf Firkusny (Czech: Rudolf Firkušný, IPA: [ˈrʊdolf ˈfɪrkʊʃni:]) (11 February 1912-19 July 1994) was a Czech-American pianist with an elegant style. Born in Moravian Napajedla, Firkušný started his musical studies with the composers Leoš Janáček and Josef Suk, and the pianist Vilém Kurz. Later he studied with Alfred Cortot and Artur Schnabel. He began performing on the continent of Europe in the 1920s, and made his debuts in London in 1933 and New York in 1938. He escaped the Nazis in 1939, fled to Paris, later settled in New York and became a US citizen. Firkušný was one of the great concert pianists of the 20th century. He had a broad repertoire and performed with skill the works of Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin and Brahms as well as Debussy or Mussorgsky. However, he became known especially for his performances of the Czech composers Bedřich Smetana, Antonín Dvořák, Leoš Janáček, and Bohuslav Martinů who wrote a number of works for him. He recorded the complete piano works of Janáček and championed Dvořák's only piano concerto. Originally he performed revised version made by his teacher Kurz, and even arranged it further, yet in the end he came back to the original Dvorak's score. He was also a devoted chamber player and among his most prominent partners figure cellists Pierre Fournier and Janos Starker, violinists Nathan Milstein and Erika Morini, violist William Primrose or the Julliard String Quartet. He also gave many first performances of contemporary composers, not
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Suite Bergamasque, For Piano, L. 75: III. Clair De Lune
2592Humoresque No. 1 in E-flat minor for Piano in E-flat minor, Op. 101 (Instrumental)
1983Humoresque Poco lento e grazioso G flat major
1274In the mists: Andantino
1205Symphony No.9 in E minor, Op.95: I. Allegro agitato
1166Alborada del gracioso(Miroirs)
977Janácek: On an overgrown path (Po zarostlém chodnicku) - 1. Nase vecery (Our evenings)
968Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in G minor, Op.33: II. Andante sostenuto
969Humoresque No. 1 in E-flat minor for Piano in E-flat minor, Op. 101 - Instrumental
9310Dvorak: Humoresque #7 In G Flat, Op. 101/7, B 187/7
87albums
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Debussy By Firkusny
Janácek: Piano Works
Dvorák In Prague: A Celebration
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Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95
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Instant Classical Culture
Rudolf Firkusny Plays Dvorák, Smetana, Dussek, Benda, Tomášek,voríšek
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25 Piano Favorites
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Maurice Ravel - Passion For Piano
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Firkusny - Mussorgsky, Schubert, Martinu, Chopin, Smetana
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Mozart: 4 Hand Piano Works; Concerti
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Dvorak Vol. 4 - Piano Works
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Dvorak: Piano Concerto in G Minor, Op. 33 - Janacek: Concertino & Capriccio for Piano