Label news: Leon Fleisher’s first in a decade
mainThe one-armed pianist is back with a solo recital disc for his 86th birthday.
The rep:
J.S. Bach: Chaconne (arranged for left hand by Johannes Brahms as Etude No. 5 for Piano) (1879)
Leon Kirchner: L.H. (1995) for Piano Left Hand
George Gershwin: The Man I Love (arranged for left hand by Earl Wild as Etude No. 3) (1954, rev. 1976)
George Perle: Musical Offerings (1997/98) (In Celebration of Leon Fleisher at 70)
Federico Mompou: Prelude No. 6 for Piano Left Hand
Dina Koston: Thoughts of Evelyn (2000) for Piano
Jerome Kern: All the Things You Are (arranged for Piano Left Hand by Stephen Prutsman)
BRIDGE 9429 | UPC: 090404942921
First recording since 2009, when Sony released Mozart Concertos.
http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/album.jsp?album_id=210890
So why call him “one armed”? Here is more evidence with two hands playing beautifully, in 2009 and 2010:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21-gZCaNtbg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9TDlYq95zk
We celebrated his birthday yesterday at the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival, in Lübeck, Germany, where he is giving some of the most amazing masterclasses.