Word: graffman
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...that Franz did have talent. Last week in New York at Lincoln Center's Mostly Mozart Festival (Wolfgang Sr., that is), listeners got a rare chance to hear Franz's Piano Concerto No. 2 in E Flat, Op. 25. The soloist was the eminent Gary Graffman, that master of diverse styles for whom the score was reconstructed and edited from the original edition by the New York composer and musicologist Douglas Townsend...
...Flat (one of his father's favorite key signatures, by the way) makes up for a certain lack of profundity with its bouncy good spirits and melodic charm. Franz performed it frequently as a concert pianist, and if he was able to bring it off as brilliantly as Graffman did last week, he must have had a first-rate keyboard technique. He also played (and revered) his father's music and quite clearly was burdened by the comparison. Finally he had to get away from it all and, still in his 30s, exiled himself to a life...
Costs today prohibit most musicians from touring with their own personal pianos as did the great artists of the past. Veteran Performer Gary Graffman, however, has found his own drastic solution. Before Graffman goes on tour he consults his Truth Box, a card file indexed by city and state, with his own appraisal of the pianos available. If the card indicates the piano is a dud, and the sponsor fails to provide a substitute, Graffman cancels the concert...
...Lipatti, Anda, Seraphim; $2.98). Nine artists are represented in this Chopin collection assembled from monophonic recordings made between 1933 and 1959. The sound is not equal to contemporary standards, but it in no way obscures the distinctive style of each artist. Collectors will want this one. 25th Anniversary Season: Graffman Plays...
Chopin (Gary Graffman in a selected re cital including the Ballade No. 1 in G Minor, Scherzo No. 2 in B-Flat Minor, Andante Spianato and Grande Polo naise, Columbia; $5.98). Celebrating 25 years on the concert stage and still young at 44, Graffman gives a spirited performance infused with the authority of a master. Most revealing of all, perhaps, are the little pieces whose shift ing eminences of light and shade are as carefully traced and polished as the face of a fine jewel...