Description

ALEXANDER KELBERINE (KIEV, RUSSIA, FEBRUARY 22, 1903 – VIENNA, AUSTRIA, AUGUST 10, 1940)

 

 

 

 

He studied at the Kiev Cons., then at the Univ. of Vienna. He took lessons from Busoni in Berlin, and in 1923 went to America and studied at the Juilliard Graduate School in N.Y. with Siloti (piano) and Gold-mark (composition); later also studied with Toch. A victim of acute depression, he programmed his last recital for pieces in minor keys and of funereal connotations, concluding with Liszt’s Todtentanz; he then went home and took an overdose of sleeping pills. He was married to Jeanne Behrend , but was estranged from her.

 

 

TRACKLIST

 

Harl McDonald – Concerto for 2 Pianos

Jeanne Behrend (1911-1988), piano

Alexander Kelberine (1903-1940), piano

Philadelphia Orchestra / Leopold Stokowski (1882-1972)

Molto Moderato

Theme and Variations

Juarezca – Allegro

Rec. 1937

 

Nun kommt der Heiden Heiland (Now comes the gentiles’ Saviour) BWV 659a (Bach)

Alexander Kelberine and Jeanne Behrend, duo-pianists

Recorded in 1936

 

Organ Chorale Prelude, BWV 727

Alexander Kelberine Herzlich Tut Mich Verlangen

Transcription By – Alexander Kelberine

Released in the UK in 1937