Mozart - Piano Sonatas, Works for Solo Piano | Warner 2564656137

Mozart - Piano Sonatas, Works for Solo Piano

Label: Warner

Cat No: 2564656137

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 6

Genre: Instrumental

Release Date: 28th January 2013

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About

Swiss pianist Karl Engel was a student of Paul Baumgartner at the Basel Conservatory from 1942 to 1945. After World War II he studied with Alfred Cortot at the École Normale de Musique in Paris in 1947-1948. He toured internationally as a soloist with orchestras, as a recitalist and as a chamber music performer.

He became particularly known for his complete cycles of Mozart piano sonatas and concertos, and Beethoven piano sonatas. He also distinguished himself as an accompanist, often appearing in Lieder recitals with Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Hermann Prey, Peter Schreier and Brigitte Fassbaender. Among his chamber music partners were Pablo Casals, Yehudi Menuhin as well as the Melos Quartet.

From 1958 to 1986 Karl Engel was Professor of piano at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Hannover, Germany. He gave famous master-classes in France, Canada and Portugal.

Recording made in the early 1980s.

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