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Artur Schnabel (17 April 1882 – 15 August 1951) was an Austrian-American classical pianist, composer and pedagogue. Schnabel was known for his intellectual seriousness as a musician, avoiding pure technical bravura.
Artur Schnabel was an Austrian pianist and teacher whose performances and recordings made him a legend in his own time and a model of scholarly musicianship to all later pianists. Schnabel was a child prodigy and studied in Vienna with the celebrated pianist and teacher Theodor Leschetizky.
A recording of a November 17th 1947 concert of Artur Schnabel playing Beethoven's Piano Concerto No.4 in G Major with Izler Solomon conducting the Columbus Philharmonic Orchestra. The...
Schnabel is best known for his dynamic interpretations and editions of Beethoven’s piano works, as well as for championing the performance of Mozart’s piano sonatas, and the (then virtually unknown) piano works of Schubert.
Mar 21, 2018 · Artur Schnabel was the first pianist to record all 32 of Beethoven's Piano Sonatas. The cycle, made in the 1930s, has just been entered into the Library of Congress.
Rob Cowan listens to Artur Schnabel's legendary recordings of Beethoven's piano sonatas and wonders if this is the closest we will get to hearing the way tha...
May 23, 2018 · Austrian-born pianist Artur Schnabel (1882–1951) was the first artist to record all of Beethoven's piano sonatas. Only modestly gifted technically, he was renowned for the depth of his interpretations. Ashort man with a large moustache, Schnabel had little charisma.
Aug 26, 2022 · The great Austrian pianist who revolutionised the recording industry by setting down the first-ever set of the complete Beethoven piano sonatas.
Jul 31, 2017 · You can count our music critic Lloyd Schwartz among the many music lovers who consider Artur Schnabel the most insightful classical pianist who ever recorded. Schnabel, who died in 1951, was...
A legend among pianists of the twentieth century, Artur Schnabel (1882–1951) is best known as the first performer to record the complete Beethoven’s sonatas. The exiled Austro-German musician and composer was a giant of his time, but today he is nearly forgotten.
