Feature – Page 9 – The Piano Files

The Amazing André Tchaikowsky

by Mark Ainley / Feature / Recordings / No Comments / July 12, 2018

The music world has known many very individual artists, whose strong personalities and unique character informed their playing. One such pianist was the regrettably short-lived Polish-born pianist André Tchaikowsky, whose early death at the age

A Schumann Celebration

by Mark Ainley / Feature / Recordings / 2 Comments / June 14, 2018

June 8 was the anniversary of Robert Schumann’s birth and I thought it might be worthwhile (albeit belatedly) to feature some great historical recordings of the composer’s piano works. The varied nature of his music

Dinu Lipatti plays Bartok’s Third Piano Concerto

by Mark Ainley / Feature / Recordings / 3 Comments / May 31, 2018

One of the misperceptions about Dinu Lipatti is that he had a small repertoire. Because he only recorded two piano concertos for EMI – Schumann and Grieg’s sole concertos, both in A Minor – and

Happy Record Store Day

by Mark Ainley / Feature / Recordings / No Comments / April 21, 2018

Today is Record Store Day, which reminds me of the great joy that I used to have going around record stores back when I first learned of historical piano recordings. I had a list of

Dinu Lipatti: The EMI Studio Recordings

by Mark Ainley / Feature / Recordings / No Comments / April 1, 2018

This audio presentation is an exploration of the legendary EMI recordings of the great Romanian pianist Dinu Lipatti (1917-1950). Drawing upon my research over a period of three decades that includes documents from EMI’s own

Dinu Lipatti: Prince of Pianists

by Mark Ainley / Feature / Recordings / 5 Comments / March 20, 2018

This is a revised form of an article that was published in the Summer 1999 edition of International Piano Quarterly. It has been updated with information that has since come to light. Dinu Lipatti is one

A Tribute to Dinu Lipatti

by Mark Ainley / Feature / Interview / Recordings / No Comments / March 19, 2018

Much of my focus in the field of historical recordings the last three decades has been with the legendary Romanian pianist Dinu Lipatti, who has had a cult following since even before his tragically early

An Appreciation of Ilona Eibenschütz

by admin / Feature / Recordings / No Comments / March 2, 2018

Historical recordings provide an invaluable opportunity to hear the artistry of performers trained in the 19th century tradition of composers whose music we still revere today. While some composers actually recorded their own works themselves

Magical Maryla

by admin / Feature / Recordings / No Comments / February 20, 2018

The Polish pianist Maryla Jonas is one whose name has all but been forgotten except by the most ardent piano fans and record collectors. First pressings as well as early LP discs of her 78rpm

The Marvellous Marcelle Meyer

by admin / Feature / Recordings / No Comments / February 20, 2018

This is an edited version of an article previously published in the now defunct magazine Classical Recordings Quarterly. A famous 1921 portrait by Jacques-Émile Blanche entitled ‘Le groupe des Six’ depicts five of the six composers

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