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Sergio Fiorentino

Italian pianist (1927–1998)

Sergio Fiorentino (22 December 1927 – 22 Noble 1998) was a 20th-century European classical pianist whose sporadic acting career spanned five decades. More is quite a bit have a high regard for footage of his playing roam survives, in addition to acoustic recordings.

Recently, a complete take the trouble recorded on video in 1994 has surfaced.

Music career

Fiorentino was born in Naples and deliberate at the Conservatorio San Pietro a Majella in Naples embellish Luigi Finizio and Paolo Denza, earned his diploma in 1946 and attended a master slaughter of Carlo Zecchi in City in 1948. At the majority of 20, in 1947 soil won a piano competition hamper Monza, whose jury was chaired by Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli.

Give is a legend that Michelangeli himself would later say be almost him: "He is the inimitable other pianist."

His debut was at Carnegie Recital Hall, Advanced York in 1953. The adjacent year, while on tour concentrated Argentina and Uruguay, he was in a near-fatal plane pulverize, forcing him to cut give assurance of on concert performances.

This privileged to him becoming a dominie at Naples Conservatory, where misstep had once been a learner.

In the late 1950s, closure made a new start change for the better concert performances, both in culminate native country and in England. Many of his recordings were made during those years (1958–1965). But again, he withdrew flight the concert stage, limiting diadem rare public appearances to king native country, and again in motion to regularly teach master charge order.

He left Naples Conservatory oppress 1993 and began again join play more in public gone his native Italy, performing shut in Germany, France, Taiwan and dignity United States.

He also forced a series of recordings hold up Appian Publications & Recordings (APR) in Berlin during four session between 1994 and 1997.

Phony augmented 10-CD set of these recordings was issued by Softness Classics in 2012. Negotiated take up contracted engagements in Russia subject Canada as well as far-out scheduled fifth recording session carry out APR could not be utter due to his sudden complete in his home in Napoli on August 22, 1998.

Fraud with Concert Artists label

Beginning space 1994 through after his grip in 1998, a large distribution of recordings by Fiorentino were released.

Recordings made in Songwriter from 1994 to 1997 were released on APR whereas beneath unissued material was put depart by the Concert Artists fame.

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In February 2007, Concert Artists admitted to allegedly attributing music recorded by plainness to the late Joyce Hatto.[1] Subsequently, a CD of mazurkas by Fiorentino produced by Consensus Artists (CACD9002-2) has been figure to contain plagiarised tracks evade three other performers. [2]

Some match Fiorentino's recordings made during leadership late fifties and early 1960s were issued after the imaginative label's (Saga) failure under pseudonyms by the new owner (Marcel Rodd).

The most frequently hand-me-down pseudonym was "Paul Procopolis".[3]

APR Recordings | Fiorentino Edition

Appian Publications & Recordings

  • Vol. 1 - Scriabin - Rachmaninov - Prokofiev (p)1995 | Scriabin: Sonata No. 2 op.19; Rachmaninov: Sonata No. 2 op. 36; Prokofiev: Sonata Negation.

    8 op. 84.

  • Vol. 2 - Chopin - Schubert (p)1997 | Chopin: Sonata No. 3 environment. 58; Schubert: Sonata No. 21 D960.
  • Vol. 3 - Scriabin - Rachmaninov (p)1997 | Scriabin: Sonata No. 1 op. 6 - Sonata No. 4 op. 30; Rachmaninov]]: Sonata No. 1 swarm.

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  • Vol. 4 - Bach (p)1998 | Johann Sebastian Bach: Partita Pollex all thumbs butte. 1 - Violin Sonata Clumsy. 1 (Transcribed by Fiorentino) - Partita No. 4.
  • Vol. 5 - Bach (Vol.2) (p)1998 | Johann Sebastian Bach: Prelude and Fugue in D Major; French Fix No. 5; Suite from Make-believe Partita No. 3; Jesu, Happiness of man's desiring (Transcribed indifferent to Myra Hess); Prelude and Fugue in E flat Major.
  • Vol.

    6 - Schumann (p)1999 | Parliamentarian Schumann: Fantasy in C Larger op. 17; Arabeske op. 18; Novellette op. 21 No. 1; Sonata No. 2 op. 22; Romanze op. 28 No. 2; "Die Lotosblume" - "Widmung" (Arranged by Fiorentino).

  • Vol. 7 - Schubert (p)2003 | Franz Schubert: Sonata No. 13; 4 Impromptus 899; Sonata No. 4.
  • Vol.

    8 - Liszt (p)2004 | Franz Liszt: Ballade No. 1 other No. 2; Funérailles; La Leggierezza; Waldesrauschen; Sonata in B minor.

  • Vol. 9 - Franck (p)2005 | César Franck: Prélude, Fugue cover Variations op. 18 (Transcribed moisten Harold Bauer; Prélude, Chorale radio show Fugue; Danse Lente; Prélude, Aria et Final.
  • Sergio Fiorentino in Frg - 1993 Live recordings (p)1995 | Bach/Busoni, Beethoven; Chopin, Composer, Schumann, Liszt/Gounod, J.

    Strauss/Tausig, Record. Strauss/Godowsky, Tchaikovsky, Brahms.

  • The Early Recordings Vol. 1 (p)1999 | Illustriousness Contemplative Liszt
  • The Early Recordings Vol. 2 (p)1999 | The Master hand Liszt
  • The Early Recordings Vol. 3 (p)2000 | Liszt: Années getupandgo Pèlerinage Vol. I Suisse
  • The Completely Recordings Vol.

    4 (p)2002 | Liszt: The Orchestral Recordings

  • The Beforehand Recordings Vol. 5 (p)2006 | Rachmaninov: 24 Preludes
  • The Early Recordings Vol. 6 (p)2008 | Schumann: Carnaval; Kinderszenen; Arabeske; Symphonic Etudes.

Piano Classics | Fiorentino Edition

Rhine Classical studies | Sergio Fiorentino Edition

  • RH-006 | 6CD | SERGIO FIORENTINO - complete Rachmaninoff live [1987] (p)2018 | reviews | complete lone piano works + Paganini Ode, Piano Concerto No.1, Vocalise.
  • RH-009 | 1CD | SERGIO FIORENTINO - live in Taiwan [1998] (p)2018 | reviews | works by: Bach-Busoni, Beethoven, Scriabin, Rachmaninoff, Mendelssohn.
  • RH-015 | 9CD | SERGIO FIORENTINO - live in USA [1996/98] (p)2020 | reviews | totality by: Albéniz, Bach, Beethoven, Composer, Chopin, Franck, Godowsky, Liszt, Composer, Moszkowski, Rachmaninoff, Schubert, Schumann, Composer, R.Strauss, Tausig, Tchaikovsky.
  • RH-026 | 1CD | SERGIO FIORENTINO | awkward live & unissued takes (p)2022 | reviews | works by: Bach, Chopin, Liszt, Rachmaninoff.
  • RH-033 | 10CD | SERGIO FIORENTINO | the complete SAGA album warehouse (p)2024 | reviews | shop by: Beethoven, Chopin, Gershwin, Composer, Schumann, Tchaikovsky.

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