Rudolph Ganz plays Debussy ~ L'Isle Joyeuse ~ Roll recording for Hupfeld C.1910 скачать в хорошем качестве

Rudolph Ganz plays Debussy ~ L'Isle Joyeuse ~ Roll recording for Hupfeld C.1910

This early masterpiece by Debussy was inspired by the painting by Watteau 'L'embarcation pour Cythere'. It can therefore be regarded as an 'impressionistic' piece and although he of course was not the first to compose by inspiration, his musical language is completely original and distinctive. Apologies for the non functioning pneumatic at the extreme bass. This roll was recorded for Hupfeld by Rudolph Ganz (24 February 1877 -- 2 August 1972) was a Swiss pianist, conductor and composer. Ganz was born in Zürich, Switzerland. A pupil of Ferruccio Busoni in Berlin, he became head of piano studies at the Chicago Musical College in 1901. From 1921 to 1927 he was the conductor of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra and did much to raise it to the top rank of orchestras. While in St. Louis, he was initiated as an honorary member of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia music fraternity in 1924 at the University of Missouri. From 1928 he returned to teach at the Chicago Musical College, serving as its president from 1934 to 1958. He died in Chicago. He led the Omaha Symphony Orchestra from 1936-1941. Ganz was active in the promotion of new music throughout his career. In 1923 he received the Légion d'honneur of France for his introduction of the works of Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel to American audiences, and in later years he performed and conducted pieces by Pierre Boulez, John Cage and Arthur Honegger. Ravel, in a letter to Ganz, thanked him for his performances of Ravel's work, and dedicated Scarbo the third part of his composition Gaspard de la Nuit to him in gratitude. Interestingly, the rolls which Ganz made in the 1900's includes Ravel's 'Pavane'. (Mainly Wikipedia)