The Music Treasury: Dinu Lipatti tribute with Mark Ainley

A March 19, 2017 broadcast of the KZSU Stanford radio program The Music Treasury with host Dr. Gary Lemco, featuring guest Mark Ainley in a tribute to the pianist Dinu Lipatti to celebrate his centenary on the calendar date of his birth (Lipatti was born March 19, 1917 - however, the calendar used by Romania at the time would make his birthday today actually April 1).

Historical recordings specialist and Lipatti researcher Mark Ainley has been researching Lipatti since the late 1980s and has uncovered some 3 hours worth of unpublished recordings of the legendary pianist. In this program, he presents a selection of Lipatti's official studio recordings alongside published and unpublished concert and test recordings while discussing the qualities of Lipatti's playing that has made him such a beloved figure in the pantheon of great pianists. This video of the radio broadcast features images of Lipatti and the recordings being played, including rare photographs, concert programs, and EMI documents from Mark Ainley's private collection. Featured in this tribute is the only known recording of Lipatti playing Beethoven: an excerpt of his 1947 test recording with cellist Antonio Janigro of Beethoven's Cello Sonata No.3 Op.69.

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