Lydiya Ginzburg

Melodiya presents an album of Grigory Ginsburg, a wonderful virtuoso pianist and one of the glorious representatives of the Russian piano school of the 20th century.

Ginsburg’s name is now overshadowed by some of his better known peers such as Emil Gilels, Sviatoslav Richter, Yakov Flier, Stanislav Neuhaus and others. Meanwhile, in his time in the 1930s-1950s, his concert performances entranced audiences and critics alike.

This album comprises compositions by Franz Liszt and Anton Rubenstein’s Piano Concerto No. 4. Ginsburg’s interpretation of the concerto became a model for musicians of many generations.

Le Fromage et les vers a révélé, en 1980, Carlo Ginzburg qui présentait ainsi son travail : " le livre raconte l'histoire d'un meunier du Frioul (Italie), Domenico Scandella dit Menocchio, qui mourut brûlé sur l'ordre du Saint-Office. Les dossiers des deux procès tenus contre lui à quinze ans de distance nous livrent un riche tableau de ses pensées et de ses sentiments, de ses rêveries et de ses aspirations. …