UNCOMMON ENCORES OF THE GREAT PIANISTS presented by Donald Manildi

Описание: The New York Chapter of the Association for Recorded Sound Collections presents its September 2016 program:

UNCOMMON ENCORES OF THE GREAT PIANISTS
Presented by Donald Manildi, Curator of the International Piano Archives at Maryland

Encores have been a major component of piano recitals for over a century. They provide the audience with eagerly-anticipated “extras” while giving performers a chance to show their gratitude to the listeners. There are numerous accounts of “golden age” virtuosos adding 10 or 15 additional pieces to their formal programs in response to the enthusiasm of the public. Encores may range from familiar favorites to esoteric mystery pieces—and from lyrical vignettes to brilliant pyrotechnical displays.

“Uncommon Encores of the Great Pianists” is a tantalizing, intriguing survey of infrequently-heard pieces that have served as encores for a variety of pianists from the “golden age” to the present. The selections draw upon the resources of the International Piano Archives at the University of Maryland (IPAM) and include unpublished live performances of actual encores played by such notables as Vladimir Horowitz, Wilhelm Backhaus, Sviatoslav Richter, Shura Cherkassky, Arthur Loesser, Van Cliburn, and others. In addition, IPAM Curator Donald Manildi plays several encore pieces selected from his private score collection of obscure gems from an earlier era. He also provides fascinating anecdotal commentary on the encore practices of many eminent virtuosos.

DONALD MANILDI has been Curator of the International Piano Archives at Maryland (IPAM) since 1993. He holds degrees in piano performance from the University of Washington (Seattle) and the Cleveland Institute of Music. He has made many appearances as a pianist in a broad repertoire of over 200 works. His CD, “Pianists as Composers” was issued on the Elan label in 1999 to critical acclaim. He has published nearly 700 reviews, articles, and discographies in International Piano, International Record Review, American Record Guide, ARSC Journal, Music Library Association NOTES, Musical America, and elsewhere. He edited for publication by IPAM the essays of the late pianist/musicologist Jan Holcman (“Pianists: On and Off the Record”), in addition to compiling the discographies of Arthur Rubinstein, Shura Cherkassky, and Earl Wild that appear in their published biographies. He is also the producer of over 30 CD reissues of historic piano recordings, on the APR, Marston, IPAM, and Pearl labels. At IPAM his responsibilities include the development and preservation of existing collections, obtaining significant new materials, attending to visits and inquiries of pianists and scholars from around the world, and serving as guest lecturer for various University of Maryland music classes.

THE ASSOCIATION FOR RECORDED SOUND COLLECTIONS (https://arsc-audio.org) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the preservation and study of sound recordings, in all genres of music and speech, in all formats, and from all periods. ARSC is unique in bringing together private individuals and institutional professionals—everyone with a serious interest in recorded sound.

Videographer: Joseph Patrych; www.patrych.com/index.html