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 JULIAN JULIUS VON KÁROLYI (HUNGARIAN: KÁROLYI GYULA; LUČENE, KINGDOM OF HUNGARY, 31 JANUARY, 1914 – MUNICH, 1 MARCH, 1993)

Julian of Károlyi comes from the Károlyi of Nagykároly family, one of the oldest Hungarian noble families.

As a child he had piano lessons with Louis Akom, a well-known Budapest organist, and made rapid artistic progress. In 1926 he made his debut in Budapest with great success, playing Mozart ‘s E-flat major concerto. This attracted the interest of Béla Bartók, who recommended him to the famous piano teacher Margit Varró (1881–1978), who supervised his further education.

He later studied with Joseph Pembaur in Munich, from 1927 to 1930 as a Gewandhaus scholarship holder with Max von Pauer at the Leipzig Conservatory, in 1931 with Alfred Cortot in Paris and finally from 1932 to 1934 with Ernst von Dohnányi at the Franz Liszt Music Academy in Budapest.

In 1929 he gave his first public piano recital in London, and in 1930 the bassist Fedor Chaliapin accompanied him on a major tour of England.

His international breakthrough was marked by an extremely successful piano recital at the Royal Albert Hall in London . From 1934 onwards he gave regular concerts and played under the most prominent conductors and orchestras, including in Berlin, Paris, London, Budapest, Prague, Warsaw, Stockholm , Helsinki, Riga, the USA (since 1951), in South America, the Near and Far East and in almost all major German cities.

At the beginning of the 1940s, Julian von Károlyi settled permanently in Munich, where he lived at Nibelungenstrasse 12. In 1956 he took German citizenship. From 1972 he held a professorship at the University of Music in Würzburg.

TRACKLIST

1. 2 Études de concert, S. 145 No. 1, Murmures de la forêt (Liszt)
2. 2 Études de concert, S. 145 No. 2, Ronde des lutins (Liszt)
3. 2 Konzertetüden, S. 145 No. 2 in A Major, Gnomenreigen. Presto scherzando (Liszt)
4. 4 Mazurkas, Op. 24 No. 4 in B-Flat Minor (Chopin)
5. 5 Morceaux de fantaisie, Op. 3 No. 2 in C-Sharp Minor, Prélude The Bells of Moscow (Rachmaninoff)
6. 10 Préludes, Op. 23 No. 5 in G Minor, Alla marcia (Rachmaninoff)
7. Ballade No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 23 (Chopin)
8. Ballade No. 2 in F Major, Op. 38 (Chopin)
9. Ballade No. 3 in A-Flat Major, Op. 47 (Chopin)
10. Ballade No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 52 (Chopin)
11. Barcarolle in F-Sharp Major, Op. 60 (Chopin)
12. Consolations, S. 172 No. 3 in D-Flat Major, Lento placido (Liszt)
13. Impromptu No. 1 in A-Flat Major, Op. 29 (Chopin)
14. Liebesträume, S. 541 No. 3 in A-Flat Major, Oh Lieb, so lang du lieben kannst (Liszt)
15. Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 54 I. Allegro affettuoso (Schumann)
16. Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 54 II. Intermezzo. Andantino grazioso (Schumann)
17. Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 54 III. Allegro vivace (Schumann)
18. Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 23, TH 55 I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso – Allegro con spirito (Tchaikovsky)
19. Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 23, TH 55 II. Andantino semplice – Prestissimo  (Tchaikovsky)
20. Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 23, TH 55 III. Allegro con fuoco  (Tchaikovsky)
21. Piano Concerto No. 2 (Chopin) I. Maestoso RIAS-Symphonie-Orchester & Leo Blech
22. Piano Concerto No. 2 (Chopin) II. Larghetto RIAS-Symphonie-Orchester & Leo Blech
23. Piano Concerto No. 2 (Chopin) III. Allegro vivace RIAS-Symphonie-Orchester & Leo Blech
24. Rêves d’amour, S. 541 No. 3 in A-Flat Major, O lieb, so lang du lieben kannst (Liszt)
25. Waltz No.14 In E Minor, Op.Posth. (Chopin)