Classical Data
- Beethoven: Piano Concerto in Ef No5, Op73; Mozart: Sonatas for piano No11
- 147:42
- Concerto
- Romantic
- Guiomar Nova s
- Brazil
- Guiomar Nova s (Novahes) and Claudio Arrau were the most celebrated pianists born in South America immediately before and after 1900 -- she in Brazil in 1895 (not 1896, as some biographies continue to list), he in Chile, in 1903. They were first to win international acclaim since Venezuelan-born Teresa Carre o (1853-1917), who had studied with Gottschalk. In S o Paulo, where the family had moved from a provincial village soon after her birth, she revealed precocity at age four, and began studying at age seven with Luigi Chiafarelli, a Busoni pupil. He helped her developed the basics of tonal nuance, legato, and pedaling that won her a grant from the Brazilian government to study in Paris. At the Conservatoire in 1909 she placed first among 388 candidates for admission (some sources say 398). The jurors were Faur , Moritz Moszkowski, and Debussy, who wrote to his friend and amanuensis Andr Caplet that "the most artistic...was a young Brazilian girl of 13. She's not beautiful, but her eyes are 'drunk with music' and she has the ability to cut herself off from her surroundings, which is the rare but characteristic mark of the artist." She was assigned to the class of Isidor Philipp (1863-1958), formerly a pupil of Saint-Sa ns, and graduated two years later with a First Prize. Nova s made her formal debut that same year with the Ch telet Orchestra conducted by Gabriel Piern , then toured throughout Western Europe until the outbreak of WWI. Hardly had she returned to S o Paulo when an invitation came from the U.S. She made her North American debut in Aeolian Hall, New York City, on November 11, 1915, and returned often during the next 57 years. Nova s played her U.S. farewell at Hunter College in 1972. To the end, her tone remained mellifluous, her touch varied, her pedaling a wonder, and her legato special, even after sheer strength had ebbed. In 1922, she married the Brazilian architect and composer Octavio Pinto (1890-1950), who had also studied with Philipp. For their two children he composed Scenas Infantis, which Nova s played regularly as a recital encore. For the same Pinto children, Villa-Lobos wrote the suite Prole do beb . Nova s appeared with every major U.S. orchestra as well as abroad. In England, Queen Elizabeth invited her to play the opening recital in the new London hall bearing her name on April 30, 1967 -- a program that featured Nova s' beloved Mozart and Chopin, Beethoven, and Debussy. Her recorded repertoire was astonishing, starting with the Victor Company in 1919 through 1927, Duo-Art piano rolls in the 1920s, then Columbia (now Sony) until 1948. In Vienna and Bamberg after WWII, she recorded 11 concertos for Vox (two each of the Beethoven Fourth and the Schumann A minor, first with Klemperer, then with Hans Swarowsky). They ranged from Mozart to Falla's Nights in the Gardens of Spain, plus dozens of solo works including the complete waltzes, tudes, nocturnes, and pr ludes of Chopin, several of Schumann's major solo works, Book I of Debussy's Pr ludes, five Beethoven sonatas, and her husband's Scenas Infantis. She also recorded Liszt, Chopin and Debussy for London; Chopin and Beethoven (Op. 111 for the first time) on Vanguard, and several Brazilian composers on Fermata. International Piano Archives issued a live recording of Gottschalk's Grand Fantasy on the Brazilian National Anthem from a Hunter College concert in 1970, one year after Vox/Turnabout released the same music from a Pan-American Union concert marking the centennial of Gottschalk's death. Nova s died in her native Brazil at age 84, just seven years after her retirement. ~ Roger Dettmer, Rovi
Details
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Guiomar Novaes |
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Guiomar Novaes Plays Beethoven And Mozart |
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Classical & Opera |
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Classical Artists |
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31 January 2012 |
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Novaes (Pno) Swarowsky & Perlea/Various ~ Discs:2 |
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Vox ( VOXR ) |
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Compact Disc |
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5512 |
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047163551222 |
Track Listing
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I. Allegro |
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Ii. Adagio Un Poco Mosso |
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Iii. Rondo Allegro |
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I. Allegro |
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Ii. Andante |
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Iii. Presto |
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I. Andante Grazioso |
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Ii. Variations |
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Iii. Minuetto |
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Iv. Trio |
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V. Alla Turca |
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12 |
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Vi. Allegretto |
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I. Allegro |
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Ii. Romanze |
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Iii. Rondo |
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I. Allegro |
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Ii. Andantino |
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Iii. Rondo |
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I. Allegro |
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Iii. Rondo: Allegro |
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