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Dinu Lipatti: The EMI Studio Recordings

An exploration of the legendary EMI recordings of the great Romanian pianist Dinu Lipatti. Drawing upon research over a period of decades that includes documents from EMI's own archive, host Mark Ainley presents some fascinating background information into how Lipatti came to sign a contract with EMI's sublabel Columbia, details of his recordings made at the legendary Abbey Road Studios, and some missed opportunities that could have resulted in a very different perception of Lipatti's exquisite interpretative powers. Included are some of the pianist's famous recordings from these sessions, several in non-commercial transfers of the 78-rpm discs.

The photograph of Lipatti at the keyboard presented above was taken by Michel Meusy on the occasion of Lipatti's final recital, on September 16, 1950, and is presented with permission of his family.

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