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Morning Irsay April 12, 2019: Dinu Lipatti's Last Recital and Lost Recordings 320kbit/s

My guest appearance on James Irsay's program Morning Irsay on WBAI out of New York on April 12, 2019. In this episode, we focus on the playing of Dinu Lipatti from two very different stages of his career: his legendary 'Last Recital' at Besancon and some previously lost recordings from earlier in his career. The Last Recital has just been released in its most definitive issue to date on the Solstice label in France, while 15 minutes of previously lost private recordings were issued last year on the Marston Records label. We will sample both in this program.

I contributed the booklet notes and helped with obtaining unpublished photographs and audio from the recital for the Solstice edition of the Besancon recital, the first republication since the initial release in 1957 to use the original French radio tape and the first ever to include all of Lipatti's warm-ups, all applause, and the original radio announcements. In particular, the Schubert G-Flat Impromptu is heard complete for the first time in this release - you'll hear the details why in this broadcast, as well as that performance.

Note: the closing Mendelssohn Spinning Song is the regular theme song of the Morning Irsay program and is not played by Lipatti - this is a 1904 recording by Natalia Janotha.

The Solstice CD can be obtained from the label's website: solstice-music.com/en/album-re...HE-LAST-RECITAL

The Marston CD set that includes the Lipatti recordings (as well as rare discs of other pianists) can be ordered here: marstonrecords.com/products/landmarks1

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