Legendary Pianist Mindru Katz [Import]

Prokofiev (Artist), Katz (Artist), London Phil Orch (Artist), Boult (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 15, 2000)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Cembal D'amour
• ASIN: B00004TSF6
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #573,415 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Legend, but not in his own time....., October 11, 2009

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Charles Yulish "CBY" (Washington, DC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Legendary Pianist Mindru Katz (Audio CD)

To me, Mindru Katz has been a legendary pianist since the late 1950s when I first heard his recording of the Prokofiev 1st and Khachaturian concerti on Vanguard Everyman records. I was in Cleveland, Ohio at the time and occasionally met with George Szell at rehearsals of the Cleveland Orchestra. I praised Katz's playing and gave him several of Katz's records to evaluate. I suggested that Dr. Szell might want to consider inviting Katz to perform with the orchestra. Some time later Szell remarked "Yes, he is very good, but there is no shortage of very good." I often think that performances by Katz, Szell and the Cleveland Orchestra would be have been truly legendary. Charles Yulish

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Definitive and FABULOUS, April 7, 2009

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Kenneth P. Turner "Ken" (Caldwell, NJ United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Legendary Pianist Mindru Katz (Audio CD)

There is no better recording of the Khachaturian Piano Concerto, this is as good as it gets and it is FABULOUS. No need for the overdone tempo changes and flighty dynamics of other renditions, such as that by Khachaturian's son. Mindru Katz's piano pounds like the ocean under Sir Adrian Boult's majestic interpretation, turning this bravura showpiece into a colossal work that is unequalled in piano repertory. The Prokofiev Concerto is also very well done. GET THIS CD WHILE YOU CAN, people are already forgetting Mindru Katz and who knows for how long it will be available.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Splendid piano music and interpretation., January 7, 2006

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Robert Manari (San Francisco, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Legendary Pianist Mindru Katz (Audio CD)

Fine piano music hardly gets any better than this release. The music on this CD makes it one of the favorites in my entire collection. Katz's superb rendition of the Khachaturian Piano Concerto makes it, without any doubt, one of the best around. The same can be said about his Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 1. I cannot recommend it high enough.