Roberto Szidon

[verismissimo]

Brazilian pianist, died in Germany at 69.

Always loved his DGG recording of Prokofiev Sonata 6 from the early 1970s.

[Nick Armstrong]

Sad news, RIP. I listened times without number in my teens to his recording of the Gershwin Piano Concerto.

[HighlandDougie]

And the Gershwin Piano Concerto/Macdowell Piano Concerto 2 (with Edward Downes - also much-underrated - and the LPO) - I almost wore out my LP

[Nick Armstrong]

And the Gershwin Piano Concerto/Macdowell Piano Concerto 2 (with Edward Downes - also much-underrated - and the LPO) - I almost wore out my LP

Snap! (though I didn't listen to the Macdowell much!)

[Barbirollians]

Sorry to hear that had a double LP of his liszt Hungarian Rhapsodies I enjoyed a lot.

[Roehre]

Sorry to hear that had a double LP of his liszt Hungarian Rhapsodies I enjoyed a lot.

Both his early 1970s DGG-recordings of the Liszt Rhapsodies (2LP set) and the Skryabin sonatas (2 2LP-sets) were the first time I came across music of these composers. And in the long run I actually did like the MacDowell 2nd concerto more than the Gershwin piece.

RIP Roberto Szidon

[gurnemanz]

Both his early 1970s DGG-recordings of the Liszt Rhapsodies (2LP set) and the Skryabin sonatas (2 2LP-sets) were the first time I came across music of these composers. And in the long run I actually did like the MacDowell 2nd concerto more than the Gershwin piece.

RIP Roberto Szidon

I didn't get to know any of his recordings until the Rhapsodies came on 2 CDs as part the recent DG Liszt anniversary box. Very enjoyable they are too. I am about to play some of them in his memory before retiring to bed.

[Thomas Roth]

I liked his Ives Concord Sonata and his Villa-Lobos a lot.

[mikealdren]

How sad. Coincidentally I bought his Liszt Rhapsodies a week ago and they're excellent.

Mike

[umslopogaas]

Ah, thanks Roehre (#6), I have long treasured Szidon's 2 LP set of Scriabin's sonatas 4-10, and always wondered if he had recorded the rest. Dont want to sell the first set, do you? (Only joking).

[Roehre]

Ah, thanks Roehre (#6), I have long treasured Szidon's 2 LP set of Scriabin's sonatas 4-10, (DGG 2707.053)and always wondered if he had recorded the rest. Dont want to sell the first set, do you? (Only joking).

Umslopogaas, IIRC a 3CD (still DGG) set was issued early 1990s, nearly at the same time as the Ashkenazy set was on Decca. I could sell you my 2LP-set (DGG 2707.058, with the same kind of psychedelic colours decorating the double-folded-sleeve) with sonatas 1-3 (+ 2 unnumbered sonatas and the fantasy in b op.23), but I'm afraid they show signs of heavily being used the past 35 or so years, definitely affecting heavily your joy of acquiring them, I'm afraid .

[Barbirollians]

Caught up with his Ives Concord Sonata on the Classikon disc I bought for its couplings - mightily impressive and coherent performance .