Felicja Blumental was a Brazilian pianist of Polish birth and training. Active from the 1950s until her death in 1991, she specialized, well in advance of the vogue, in works by Classical and Romantic composers who were popular in their own times but are now largely forgotten. A series of Blumental reissues on England's Brana label (run by her daughter Annette Celine) has thus unearthed quite a few works that are otherwise unavailable; those interested in the music of the Haydn and Beethoven eras are encouraged to seek ...
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Felicja Blumental was a Brazilian pianist of Polish birth and training. Active from the 1950s until her death in 1991, she specialized, well in advance of the vogue, in works by Classical and Romantic composers who were popular in their own times but are now largely forgotten. A series of Blumental reissues on England's Brana label (run by her daughter Annette Celine) has thus unearthed quite a few works that are otherwise unavailable; those interested in the music of the Haydn and Beethoven eras are encouraged to seek these recordings out. This disc features a Piano Concerto in G minor by Giovanni Battista Viotti, the great violin virtuoso of the years around 1800. This piano concerto is a transcription of Viotti's Violin Concerto No. 19 in G minor, made by Daniel Steibelt, a pianist whose chief claim to fame was that he was humiliated by Beethoven in a Vienna piano competition as each improvised on a theme that eventually became the opening melody of Beethoven's Symphony No. 3. One might wonder about...
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Giovanni Battista Viotti; Giovanni Benedetto Platti. New. New in new packaging. USA Orders only! Brand New product! please allow delivery times of 3-7 business days within the USA. US orders only please.
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