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ZADEL SKOLOVSKY (VANCOUVER, JULY 17, 1916 – BETHESDA, MARYLAND, SEPTEMBER 15, 2009)

 

 

 

 

Son of Max Skolovsky (real name Motke Pluskalovsky), who emigrated to the United States from Brest-Litovsk, and his wife Kate, née Jones. He grew up in Los Angeles, where his family moved shortly after his birth. He began studying music at the age of five, on a home harmonium. He studied at the Curtis Institute of Music with Isabella Vengerova, later working as her assistant; he also took lessons from Leopold Godowsky. In 1939, he won the Naumburg Competition for Young Performers.

A creative collaboration connected Skolowski with Darius Milhaud, who dedicated to Skolowski the Fourth Piano Concerto and Orchestra (first performed by Skolowski and the Boston Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Charles Munch, 1950; there is also a recording of Skolowski with the author as conductor) and the “Hymn of Praise” (French:  Hymne de glorification; 1954).

He left behind a number of recordings, including a disc with sonatas by Scriabin, Bartok, Berg and Hindemith.

Since 1975, professor, since 1987, emeritus professor at Indiana University.

 

 

TRACKLIST

 

 

Zadel Skolovsky plays Scriabin / Hindemith / Berg / Bartók – Four Sonatas For Piano

Label: Philips – NBL 4871

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono

Country: UK

Genre: Classical

Sonata No.4 In F-Sharp Major, Op. 30

Composed By – Scriabin

A1 First Movement: Andante

A2 Second Movement: Perstissimo Volando

Sonata No. 2 For Piano

Composed By – Hindemith

A3 First Movement: Moderately Fast

A4 Second Movement: Lively

A5 Third Movement: Very Slow

A6 Fourth Movement: Rondo

B1 Sonata For Piano Op. 1: Allegro Moderato

Composed By – Alban Berg

Sonata For Piano

Composed By – Bartok

B2 First Movement: Allegro Moderato

B3 Second Movement: Sostenuto E Pesante

B4 Third Movement: Allegro Molto

Record Company – Philips Electrical Ltd.

Piano – Zadel Skolovsky

Export No 02131 L

 

Darius Milhaud, Zadel Skolovsky – Saudades Do Brazil, Concerto No.4 For Piano & Orchestra

Label: Columbia Masterworks – ML 4523

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album

Country: US

Released: 1952

Genre: Classical, Folk, World, & Country

Style: Modern

Saudades Do Brazil

A1 Book 1: Sorocaba

A2 Book 1: Botafogo

A3 Book 1: Leme

A4 Book 1: Copacabana

A5 Book 1: Ipanema

A6 Book 1: Gavea

A7 Book 2: Corcovado

A8 Book 2: Tijuca

A9 Book 2: Sumare

A10 Book 2: Paineras

A11 Book 2: Laranjeiras

A12 Book 2: Paysandu

Concerto No.4 For Piano & Orchestra

B1 Anime

B2 Tres Lent (Lere Partie)

B3 Joyeux

Conductor, Composed By – Darius Milhaud

Cover – Monogram (2), Stone (70)

Orchestra – Orchestre National De La Radiodiffusion France

Piano – Zadel Skolovsky