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...musical hero of Paris last week was a 27-year-old pianist from Long Branch, N.J. (pop. 23,000) named Julius Katchen. Two thousand filled the Theatre des Champs-Elysees to hear his program of Brahms, Schumann, Chopin and Liszt, cheered up four encores and, at the end, crowded around the stage shouting for more. Verdict of the serious-minded critic of Paris-Presse on the performance: "A miracle of faith and fervor...
Brahms: Sonata No. 3 (Julius Katchen, pianist; London FFRR, 2 sides, LP). Composed when Brahms was only 20, this is the romantic best of his three piano sonatas. Performance and recording: good...
...week so impatient for the Philadelphia Symphony to give him his cues that he beat time with clenched fists. When his cues came, he played with such sympathy and taste that the audience stormed applause, the gentle critics went home to praise unreservedly an outstanding young wonder, Julius ("Buddy") Katchen, II. Prodigy Katchen had been "discovered" by Conductor Eugene Ormandy (who himself made his debut at 7), had been given a preliminary hearing before the Philadelphia Orchestra Club, recently organized to stimulate youthful interest in the city's music...