Moszkowski En Automne Op.36 No 4 Gabrilowitsch Rec 1924

Published: 06 October 2008
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Ossip Gabrilowitsch was born in St. Petersburg (Russia) on January 26,1878. He was a pupil of Anton Rubinstein and won the Rubinstein prize at the age of 16. He later studied in Vienna with Leschetizky. It was during this period that he met a fellow Leschetizky student by the name of Clara Clemens,the daughter of Samuel Clemens(aka Mark Twain). They were married on October 6,1909 in Samuel Clemens home in Connecticut. (I once read an amusing article about Samuel Clemens'interaction with Leschetizky.Fortunately, Leschetizky had a good sense of humor).Gabrilowitsch made his first American tour in 1900. His repertoire included the Tchaikovsky First Piano Concerto and later Rachmaninov's Second Piano Concerto. However, it was the music of Schumann and Brahms (as it was with his good friend Harold Bauer)that he advocated. His performance of the Brahms and Schumann Piano Concertos were concidered to be definitive. In 1918, he became the musical director and principal conductor of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. He remained in that position until his death in 1936.Unfortunately,except for the Schumann Quintet Op. 44,his recorded legacy is devoted to miniatures that he regularly programmed. After his death Bruno Walter wrote,"Ossip Gabrilowitsch was a born musician. Music for him was the element of existence.In him reigned the spirit of song.He drew from the piano a truly lyric tone and perfect legato. The title of 'poet of the piano' surely belongs to Gabrilowitsch."

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