A garden party with Karajan, Furtwängler, Lipatti and friends
Daily Comfort ZoneMark Ainley from the Piano Files has posted the only known video of Dinu Lipatti to YouTube. It’s a private, silent film from the 1947 Lucerne festival and it features luminaries of those times.
The film was shot by the Lucerne lawyer Walter Strebi and conserved by his daughter, Ursula Jones.
The silent film starts here at 48:40.
Incredible document… Karajan and Furtwangler at the same party?!
As opposed to ‘in the same party’?
Made I chuckle.
Both were supported by the same party during 12 years, but only one of them was a full member.
Good to see all these figures from the past.Thanks for finding.
For some of the guests, a festive de-Nazification party!
Wonderful to see the glorious Maria Stader whose lack of height (around 1’44m) meant her career was confined mostly to recordings, many with Fricsay.
I’ve seen this before- great footage. Apart from being one the greatest pianists in history- Lipatti looks like a warm & friendly human being. Making his early passing & quasi Schubertian fate- all the more tragic.
Enrico Mainardi at 49:21?
Oh to be a fly on the wall during some of those conversations would have been incredibly interesting.