Dinu Lipatti - His Last Recital: Besançon Festival - September 16, 1950 Album

Tracklist

1	Courante
2	No. 1 In E Flat Major, Op. 18 (Grande Valse Brillante)
3	No. 14 In E Minor (Posthumous)
4	Impromptu In G Flat Major, Op. 90 No. 3
5	No. 5 In A Flat Major, Op. 42 (Two-Four Waltz)
6	No. 9 In A Flat Major, Op. 69 No. 1 (L'Adieu)
7	First Movement: Allegro Maestoso
8	Bach Partita
9	No. 10 In B Minor, Op. 69 No. 2
10	Gigue
11	No. 8 In A Flat Major, Op. 64 No. 3
12	No. 1 In B Flat Major
13	Sarabande
14	Schubert Impromptus
15	No. 7 In C Sharp Minor, Op. 64 No. 2
16	No. 12 In F Minor, Op. 70 No. 2
17	No. 8 In A Minor, K. 310
18	Minuets 1 & 2
19	No. 4 In F Major, Op. 34 No. 3 (Valse Brillante)
20	No. 3 In A Minor, Op. 34 No. 2 (Valse Brillante)
21	Allemande
22	Second Movement: Andante Cantabile Con Espressione
23	Prelude
24	No. 11 In G Flat Major, Op. 70 No. 1
25	Mozart Sonata
26	Chopin Waltzes
27	No. 6 In D Flat Major, Op. 64 No. 1 (Minute Waltz)
28	No. 13 In D Flat Major, Op. 70 No. 3
29	Impromptu In E Flat Major, Op. 90 No. 2
30	Third Movement: Presto

Versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
FCX 698 et 699	Dinu Lipatti	Son Dernier Récital ‎(2xLP + Box)	Columbia	FCX 698 et 699	France	1957
3036, 3037	Dinu Lipatti	Last Piano Recital - Besançon Festival - September 16th, 1950 ‎(2xLP, Album, Mono, Club, RE)	World Record Club, World Record Club	3036, 3037	Australia	1974
3556 B, 35438-9	Dinu Lipatti	His Last Recital Besancon Festival - September 16, 1950) ‎(2xLP, Album, Mono, RE + Box, Mono, RE)	Angel Records, Angel Records	3556 B, 35438-9	US	Unknown
232582	Dinu Lipatti, Johann Sebastian Bach ∙ Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart / Franz Schubert ∙ Frédéric Chopin	Dinu Lipatti, Johann Sebastian Bach ∙ Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart / Franz Schubert ∙ Frédéric Chopin - The Last Concert ‎(CD, Mono)	Documents	232582	Germany	Unknown
FCX 698 et 699	Dinu Lipatti	Son Dernier Recital ‎(2xLP, Album, Mono, M/Print + Box)	Columbia	FCX 698 et 699	France	1957

Credits

• Composed By – Schubert (tracks: B4, B5), Chopin (tracks: C1.1 to D3.2), J. S. Bach (tracks: A1 to A6), Mozart (tracks: B1 to B3)
• Liner Notes – Alfred Cortot, George Enesco, Madeleine Lipatti, Nadia Boulanger, Walter Legge
• Photography By – Max Kettel, Roger Hauert
• Piano [Solo] – Dinu Lipatti

Notes

First US release
Angel Records red labels

On labels:
- "Manufactured in U.S.A."
- "Recorded in Europe"

Issued with:
- Angel Records printed inner sleeves with polyvinyl liners "Made in England";
- 8-page 12x12" illustrated booklet with liner notes, tributes, credits, and photographs.

"This recording has been issued by permission of, and through the courtesy of, The Besançon Festival, La Radiodiffusion Française, and Mme. Madeleine Lipatti."

The booklet "was designed by The S. N. Mercure Edition, Paris, on the presses of the Imprimerie L'Illustration."

Barcodes

• Other (Catalog # record 1): ANG. 35438
• Other (Catalog # record 2): ANG. 35439
• Matrix / Runout (Label side A): XLX.543
• Matrix / Runout (Label side B): XLX.544
• Matrix / Runout (Label side C): XLX.545
• Matrix / Runout (Label side D): XLX.546

Companies

• Pressed By – Electric & Musical Industries (U.S.) Ltd.

Album

Dinu Lipatti's final public concert appearance, at the third International Besançon Festival, on September 16, 1950. There is surviving unissued audio from the recital that includes Lipattis exquisitely beautiful preluding arpeggios to the Schubert and Chopin, which are not included. September 16, 1950. Recording Location. Submit Corrections. Dinu Lipatti. Last Recital at Besançon Sept. Dinu Lipatti was almost not of this world. His mentor, Walter Legge, the powerful, longtime head of AngelEMI adopted him and treasured him. Lipatti's life was to be cut short by leukemia, arthritis, and other debilitating conditions. When the Second World War broke out, Lipatti and his wife were scurried to safety from Roumania, and lived in exile. In the meantime, Legge found concert venues for him to help him continue his music. Swiss Broadcasting air his recitals. In September 1950 he died that December, Lipatti was given the news that his health was failing rapidly. Everything that could possibly be done had been. His Last Recital Besancon Festival -September 16, 1950 2xLP, Album, Mono, RE Box, Mono, RE. Dinu Lipatti, Johann Sebastian Bach -Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Franz Schubert - Frédéric Chopin - The Last Concert CD, Album, Mono. Son Dernier Recital 2xLP, Album, Mono, MPrint Box. Label Columbia. Category Country Year. Listen free to Dinu Lipatti The Last Recital - Besancon 1950 Prelude Partita N1 Sib Maj Bwv 825, Allemande Partita N1 Sib Maj Bwv 825 and more. 24 tracks 72:45. The Last Recital Live at Besançon International Festival, 1950. Released: Jan 1957. Andante cantabile con espressione Live, Besançon, . And other albums from Dinu Lipatti are available on sale at Recordsale. Artists D Dinu Lipatti Last Recital - Festival International Besançon - Lipatti 01-03-2011. Total duration:1 h 18 min. Applause and arpeggios. Dinu Lipatti - The Last Recital 16 September 1950. Allegro maestoso. Dinu Lipatti Plays Piano Concertos, Vol. 3: Grieg, Liszt, Bartók &, Lipatti. Dinu Lipatti, Audience, June 6th, 1947 - Geneva, Alceo Galliera, Ernest Ansermet, Paul Sacher, Philharmonia Orchestra. 2020 Live. The Last Recital. 1957 Live at Besançon International Festival, 1950. Gireg: Concerto pour piano, Op. 16 - Schumann: Concerto pour piano, Op. Dinu Lipatti, Alceo Galleria, Philharmonia Orchestra. The Essential Piano Album. Various artists