Chopin: Piano Sonata No. 2, op. 35 in B flat minor - Abbey Simon скачать в хорошем качестве

Chopin: Piano Sonata No. 2, op. 35 in B flat minor - Abbey Simon

00:00 - Grave -- Doppio movimento 08:01 - Scherzo 14:45 - Marche funèbre: Lento 23:50 - Finale: Presto Abbey Simon, piano Abbey Simon was born in New York in 1922 and was improvising at the piano at the age of 3. He started taking lessons at 5 years old, from a teacher in his building. Then he went to David Saperton, the son-in-law of Leopold Godowsky, the celebrated pianist. Saperton heard the boy improvise, listened to him as he immediately transposed any piece into any key, and had him play for Josef Hofmann, the great pianist who was then the director of the Curtis Institute. Hofmann accepted him at Curtis, and that is where Simon was trained. Among his classmates were Jorge Bolet and Sidney Foster. Simon says that he learned as much from listening to them as he did from his lessons with Saperton and Hofmann. Upon graduation from Curtis, Simon went on to win numerous awards. He made his official debut in New York's Town Hall as winner of the prestigious Naumburg Award. Following this success he performed at Carnegie Hall a number of times before his debut tour to Europe. His success in Europe was so great that he did not return to the U.S. for some 12 years. Simon's recordings for Philips, EMI, HMV, and Vox make him one of the most recorded classical artists of all time. He has recorded all the concertos of Rachmaninoff, the complete works of Ravel, and Schumann's Carnaval and Fantasy. His Chopin collection encompasses some 20 disks. Abbey Simon has served on the faculties of such noted schools as Indiana University and the Juilliard School. Simon currently holds a Cullen Distinguished Professorship at the University of Houston's Moores School of Music, where he has been a member of the faculty since 1977.