Artur Schnabel, one of the game-changing pianists of the 20th century and one of the first piano stars of the phonograph, is being celebrated today by the Library of Congress. His recordings of ...

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“Mozart is a garden, Schubert is a forest in light and shade, but Beethoven is a mountain range.” Artur Schnabel was one the most influential pianists of the early 20th century. He’s best remembered ...

Here are a few quick details to keep in mind about the documentary flick. Artur Schnabel No Place of Exile starring Walter Arlen, Jeanne Bamberger, Rodolfo Augusto Faistauer, Leon Fleisher has a Not ...

During the 1930s, most of the long-eared musical world was playing a waiting game. Famed Austrian Pianist Artur Schnabel was slowly recording his way through the Beethoven sonatas—Schnabel would no ...

This is FRESH AIR. You can count our music critic Lloyd Schwartz among the many music lovers who consider Artur Schnabel the most insightful classical pianist who ever recorded. Schnabel, who died in ...

When Pianist Artur Schnabel announced that this year in Manhattan he would play the 32 Beethoven sonatas, skeptics shook their heads, wondered how even Schnabel would dare to challenge a public with a ...

I thoroughly enjoyed Stuart Isacoff's interview with pianist Leon Fleisher, but in one area I believe he did not explain enough ("A Cultural Conversation With Leon Fleisher: Music's Obi-Wan Kenobi," ...

Many historic recordings have been transferred to CD, but not always as accurately as desirable. But a small record company in France has been remastering these recordings in a revolutionary way. This ...