IPAM Resources, Reviews, and Links
- Published in the USSR in 1964,
Lev
Oborin by Sofia Hentova. English translation by Margarita
Glebov describes the career of one of the most significant Soviet
pianists who was the teacher of Ashkenazy, Voskresensky and many others. The
book, written by a former pupil of Oborin, also provides much detail about
pianistic training at the Gnesin School in Moscow and about the interpretation
of Chopin's music by various Soviet pianists including Flier, Gilels, Ginzburg
and others. (PDF)
- The Joyce Hatto Scandal - The now-infamous series of some
100 Hatto CDs, produced by Ms. Hatto's husband William Barrington-Coupe on the
Concert Artist label, was discovered to consist almost entirely of other
pianists' recordings. Research in progress by pianophile Farhan Malik has
conclusively identified the actual pianists whose work was issued under Hatto's
name on over half of these CDs. Audio WAV-file evidence may be viewed at the
website
of independent researcher Farhan Malik.
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The
Vladimir Horowitz Website, now maintained by collector/enthusiast
Bernie Horowitz (no relation), contains detailed, up-to-date information about
Horowitz's commercial and non-commercial recordings as well as comprehensive
data on his concert programs and various aspects of his career.
- A detailed, penetrating article by Mark Arnest called
"Why
Couldn't They Play With Their Hands Together?" explores the
practice of pianists trained in the 19th century to play certain passages with
de-synchronization of the hands (usually the left before the right). (PDF)
- A remarkable, previously-unpublished
7000-word
letter from Leopold Godowsky to his wife, dated April 21, 1901.
This is one of the most extraordinary letters from a great pianist of the past
that has survived. It gives us rare glimpses of Godowsky in his personal and
professional life at the height of his fame. (PDF)
- The 2002 book by Mark Mitchell, Vladimir de Pachmann: A Piano
Virtuoso's Life and Art (Indiana University Press) was found to
contain extensive sections lifted without acknowledgment or permission from an
unpublished Pachmann biography by Edward Blickstein. Under the threat of legal
action, IU Press withdrew the book in 2006 and sent Blickstein a letter of
apology. Transcripts of the correspondence with Indiana University, plus
documented evidence against Mitchell, may be found at
www.intlpianoarchives.com.
- A
review
by IPAM Curator Donald Manildi of The Pianist's Craft: Mastering
the Works of Great Composers, edited by Richard Paul Anderson
(Scarecrow Press, 2012).
- A
review
by IPAM Curator Donald Manildi of Moriz Rosenthal in Word and
Music by Allan Evans and Mark Mitchell (Indiana University Press,
2006).
- A
review
by IPAM Curator Donald Manildi of Maurice Hinson's A
Pianist's Dictionary (Indiana University Press, 2004).
- A
review
by IPAM Curator Donald Manildi of David Dubal's
The Art of the Piano (Amadeus Press, third
edition, 2004).
