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Salient. Victoria University Student Newspaper. Volume 36, Number 18. 26th July 1973

Lipatti Plays Chopin: Dinu Lipatti, piano (WRC)

Lipatti Plays Chopin: Dinu Lipatti, piano (WRC)

This is a very special recording indeed. It is one of the few recordings available today of a virtuoso who died at the age of 33 in 1950 and is therefore a collector's item. Lipatti was a Rumanian, a musical prodigy who won second prize at the Vienna Piano Festival when he was 15-years-old — a rating which was contested by Alfred Cortot, a member of the jury, who claimed Lipatti deserved first prize and left the hall in protest. Guided by such eminent musicians as Charles Munch and Paul Dukas, Lipatti acquired rapidly the reputation of being one of the greatest interpreters of Chopin in his day. His sensitivity aided by a perception and insight into the music of the famous Pole are apparent in this recording of which the "Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor" was transcribed from a Swiss tape in 1948. The "Nocturne in F flat", "Mazurka in C sharp minor, op. 50. No. 3" and "Waltz in A flat, Op. 34, No. 1" were recorded during the years 1947 and 1950.