Dinu Lipatti's Birthday

Here he plays Domenico Scarlatti's Piano Sonata in D Minor (K9 or L413 depending on your cataloguing preference).

Dinu Lipatti plays Chopin's Mazurka No. 32 in C Sharp Minor.

 

Dinu Lipatti plays the galloping final movement of Chopin's Piano Sonata in B Minor.

Dinu Lipatti's Birthday.

He was born on March 19 1917, but Romania used a different calendar to many other countries at the time...so it would be April 1 under today's system.

Here's his amazing recording of Ravel's "Alborada Del Gracioso".

A supremely beautiful reading of Busoni's piano transcription of Bach's "Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ":

The first movement of Schumann's Piano Concerto. Herbert von Karajan conducts the Philharmonia Orchestra with Lipatti as soloist. Lipatti's is my favourite performance of the cadenza.

Schubert's Impromptu in E Flat Major, as played by Dinu Lipatti at his final recital. One of the recordings that kick-started my Lipatti addiction.

"Lazy Me" by Moby Grape.

"The Natives Are Restless Tonight" by Horace Silver. A great, swinging track for a sunny day.

Monday

Chopin's Barcarolle as performed by Dinu Lipatti, my favourite classical pianist. I'm strongly convinced that 1:25 - 1:50 is some sort of pinnacle of musical beauty.