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Mordecai Shehori, PianoBerl Senofsky, ViolinJascha Silberstein, VioloncelloHenryk Szeryng, ViolinEmanuel Vardi, Viola/Conductor
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Brahms:  Sonata in D minor, 
Op. 108, Allegro
  

CD 105
Henryk Szeryng, Violin
Mindru Katz, Piano

Brahms

Sonata for piano and violin
in D minor, Op. 108
Cesar Franck
Sonata for piano and violin
in A major


 

 

"It is hard to be objective about this recording because the intimacy of the playing draws me so deeply into the music. Szeryng and Katz draw out phrases, filling every segment of every second with beauty and meaning. Their phrases are astoundingly long and extraordinarily interesting...It is interesting to compare it with Szeryng wonderful 1960 recording of the Brahms Sonata with Rubinstein (RCA). Though I love the RCA recording, I find that Szeryng's recording with Katz goes even deeper. It is simply unlike anything else. This is a very special recording."
American Record Guide

Prokofiev:  Concerto No. 1, Allegro-Brioso

  

CD 109
Mindru Katz, Piano
Sir Adrian Boult
conducting the London Philharmonic Orchestra
in the celebrated
concerto recordings,
with never-before-issued solo works.

PROKOFIEV:
Piano Concerto No. 1,

in D-flat major
KHACHATURIAN:
Piano Concerto
in D-flat major

 

 


“I know of no one outside Horowitz who can produce such a thrilling brio.”
Gramophone

“Disc of The Month—The pianist is not only brilliant but has attained supreme control of the instrument, with a wonderful range of tonal colour.”
The Daily Telegraph

"This is Prokofiev ! as Horowitz, Lipatti or Hofmann might have executed the D-flat; for besides the clean, technical prowess and bravura, there is poetry and the unabashed love of the piano's colors. For that rare combination of steel and velvet, try Katz's Khachaturian Toccata, a rendition that rivals the Moiseiwitsch for elan and Lisztian brio."
Gary Lemco
Audaud.com

Bach:  Chromatic Fantasy &
Fugue

 
Bach:  Concerto in D minor, Adagio
     

CD 112
Mindru Katz , Piano

Plays J. S. Bach
With Harry Newstone and the Pro Arte Orchestra
Bach-Busoni:
Organ Chorale-Prelude:  Nun Komm' der Heiden Heiland (BWV 659)
Chromatic Fantasy & Fugue (BWV 903)
Toccata in D major (BWV 912)
Italian Concerto (BWV 971)
Concerto in F minor (BWV 1056)
Concerto in D minor (BWV 1052)

 

 

 

"...he manages to play with such bold imagination-in particular, such kaleidoscopic variety of touch-that you are apt to be spellbound."
Fanfare 

“The Critics’ Choice—From every point of view this performance is way ahead of its rivals. The playing by Katz and the orchestra calls for superlatives. This is piano playing of the highest quality. It compels attention. It manages to be both technically brilliant and full of poetry.”
Gramophone

Chopin: Etude Op. 10, No. 3 in E Major



Chopin: Etude Op. 10, No. 4 in C-sharp minor




 CD 132
Mindru Katz Plays Chopin, Vol. 1
The legendary pianist Mindru Katz in rare and some never-before-published performances of Chopin, including spoken words about Chopin.

Program:
Sonata in B-flat minor, Op. 35, No. 2
1. Grave, Doppio movimento
2. Scherzo
3. Marche Funébre-Lento
4. Finale-Presto
5. Etude in E Major, Op. 10, No. 3
6. Etude in C-sharp minor, Op.    10, No. 4
7. Etude in A-flat Major, Op. 10, No. 10
8. Etude in A minor, Op. 25, No. 11
9. Ballade No. 3 in A-flat Major, Op. 47
10. Ballade No. 4 in F minor, Op. 52
11. Mindru Katz speaks about dreams, Chopin, and musical revelations.
12. Etude in G-flat Major, Op. 10, No. 5
13. Etude in E-flat minor, Op. 10, No. 6
14. Etude in C minor, Op. 25, No. 12