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JOSEF FIDELMAN (TIFLIS, GEORGIA, FEBRUARY 3, 1905 – USA, 1983)

 

 

 

 

Josef Fidelman was born in Tiflis, Georgia, on February 3, 1905. At the age of five and a half, he made his debut in a piano recital at the Baku Opera House. This marked the beginning of the typical career of a child prodigy, along with studies at the Tiflis Conservatory of Music under Lucian Truskowsky, dean of the piano department.

During his conservatory years, Fidelman was strongly influenced musically and pianistically by a young teacher, Heinrich Neuhaus. In 1921, he toured Turkey for the second time and then went to Berlin, where he continued his studies at the Berlin Hochschule für Musik under Leonid Kreutzer. After graduating in 1929, he participated in the Blüthner International Piano Competition and won first prize. While living in Europe, he concertized extensively.

In 1933, Josef Fidelman settled in the United States of America, where he became a citizen and resumed his teaching career.

 

 

TRACKLIST

 

Josef Fidelman – Josef Fidelman Plays

Label: Parliament – PLPS 1300

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo

Country: US

Genre: Classical

A1 English Suite In A Minor

Composed By – J. S. Bach

B1 Sonata In D Major (K.576)

Composed By – W. A. Mozart

B2 Sonata In E Major (L.23)

Composed By – D. Scarlatti

B3 Sonata In A Major (L.345)

Composed By – D. Scarlatti

 

Beethoven, Chopin, Josef Fidelman – Josef Fidelman Plays Recital No. 2

Label: Urania Records – UR 8031, UR-8031

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono

Country: US

Genre: Classical

Style: Classical, Romantic

Sonata No. 23 In F Minor Op. 57 “Appassionata”

A1 Allegro Assai

A2 Andante Con Moto

A3 Allegro Ma Non Troppo

B1 Ballade In F Minor Op. 52

B2 Etude In C Sharp Minor Op. 25 No. 7

B3 Etude In C Sharp Minor Op. 10 No. 4

B4 Etude In C Major Op. 10 No. 1

B5 Etude In G Flat Major Op. 10 No. 5 “Black Keys”

B6 Etude In A Minor Op. 25 No. 4

Copyright © – Urania Record Corp.

Composed By – Frédéric Chopin (tracks: Side B), Ludwig van Beethoven (tracks: Side A)

Engineer – Ray Hagerty

Liner Notes – Edward Cole (2)

Photography By – Fabian Bachrach

Producer – Abner Levin, Lester Hebbard

 

Josef Fidelman – Josef Fidelman Plays

Label: Urania Records – US-58021

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo

Country: US

Genre: Classical

A1 Liszt: Mephisto Waltz

A2 Chopin: Nocturne In D Flat Op. 72 No. 2

A3 Liszt: La Campanella

B1 Ravel: Alborado Del Gracioso

B2 Ravel: Jeux D’eau

B3 Debussy: L’Isle Joyeuse

B4 Rachmaninoff: Prelude In G Sharp Minor Op. 32 No. 12

Copyright © – Urania Record Corp.

Cover – Ronald Clyne

Engineer – Paul Cady

Liner Notes – Edward Cole

Producer – Abner Levin