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Rudolf Serkin, A Life.(Book Review)
By Stephen Lehmann and Marion Faber. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2003. [xii, 332 p. ISBN 0-19-513046-4. $35.] Illustrations, discography, bibliography, index, compact disc.
The first piano recital that I ever attended was given by Rudolf Serkin at Hunter College in New York City in the 1960s. It was the first time that I heard the Brahms "Handel" Variations and even more impressive, the Beethoven "Appassionata" at the end of which Serkin seemed to emerge victorious from the music's furious struggle. It is the visual aspect of that recital that remains the strongest in my memory--Serkin's hard-won smile, the intelligence and energy of his face and bearing. In ...
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- Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe Richard Dyer, Globe Staff November 10, 1994 700+ words
...company would have liked more than for Rudolf Serkin to record all 32 Beethoven piano...most American music lovers thought Serkin was the greatest Beethoven pianist and he probably was. Although Serkin made many recordings he was leery...
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- Newspaper article from: The Washington Post Joseph McLellan April 16, 1987 700+ words
...or more musical substance-than Rudolf Serkin did last night at the Kennedy Center...challenges all seem specially suited to Serkin's personality. In his 85th year...54th of performing in this country, Serkin no longer eases into this music with...
- RUDOLF SERKIN CANCELS FALL TOUR
- Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe November 19, 1987 700+ words
Pianist Rudolf Serkin is canceling his fall tour on advice of physicians...Boston recital in Symphony Hall on Sunday, Dec. 6. Serkin will be 85 next March 28. Series subscribers will...tickets. MMILLE;11/18 NKELLY;11/19,08:24 SERKIN
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- Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England) December 1, 2005 700+ words
...Bohemia-born Russian-Jewish pianist Rudolf Serkin and the Boston Symphony Orchestra...the steely-fingered yet so poetic Serkin in his exploration of this cycle...would never be the same again, and Serkin succeeds in investing these great...
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- Magazine article from: National Review De Toledano, Ralph October 1, 1990 700+ words
...Symphony Op. 9, as they were respectfully played and recorded at the fortieth Marlboro Music Festival, of which Rudolf Serkin was director, adumbrate a paradox: that to get anything out of the music, you must listen so tensely that you are...
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- Picture from: Archive Photos January 1, 1996 700+ words
...Viennese piano prodigy as a child, Rudolf Serkin was considered to be a master...composers. conductors. Serkin, Rudolf. Serkin. Rudolph Serkin. seated portrait...composers. conductors. Serkin, Rudolf. Serkin. Rudolph Serkin. A Viennese...
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- Newspaper article from: Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI) July 3, 2003 700+ words
...have made a natural coupling. "Rudolf Serkin: A Life" by Stephen Lehmann...Grammophon release "The Incomparable Rudolf Serkin," a 2-CD sampler that includes...CAPTION(S): "The Incomparable Rudolf Serkin" is a 2-cd sampler including...
- Orchestra Hall awaits `historic' Serkin visit
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times Scott Duncan November 22, 1987 700+ words
BALTIMORE Rudolf Serkin has been called the patriarch of pianists, but...for generations of musicians of all instruments. Serkin transcends disciplines. One can truly say Rudolf Serkin is not a pianist; he's a musician. Perhaps the...
