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	Wilhelm Backhaus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Wilhelm Backhaus (March 26, 1884–July 5, 1969) was a German pianist.
		Backhaus was particularly well known for his interpretations of Ludwig van Beethoven and romantic music such as that by Johannes Brahms.
		Backhaus was one of the first modern artists of the keyboard (see Alfred Cortot for his antithesis) and played with a clean, spare, and objective style.
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	Buy ( V ): Wilhelm Backhaus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Wilhelm Backhaus (1884-1969) was the first of the great pianists to have recordings from his entire career; his first record was in 1908, his last in the 1960s.
		Wilhelm Backhaus, who lived from 1884 to 1969, was one of the finest pianists of the 20th century.
		Backhaus was relatively unknown the US compared to the likes of Horowitz or Rubinstein, but he was every bit their equal as a pianist and I highly recommend these fine performances to anyone who cares about great music.
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	classical music - andante - wilhelm backhaus: piano
		Wilhelm Backhaus holds a place among pianists roughly comparable to that of Everest among mountains.
		Backhaus had it all — majesty and subtlety, intellectual probity and superhuman technique, presence and grace.
		Still, in Backhaus' hands, these never seemed to be embellishments or digressions; instead, it was as if the pianist had somehow divined the means of Platonically finishing and perfecting whatever he played.
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	Wilhelm Backhaus -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Wilhelm Backhaus (March 26, 1884–July 5, 1969) was a (A person of German nationality) German (A person who plays the piano) pianist.
		Backhaus was one of the first modern artists of the keyboard (see (Click link for more info and facts about Alfred Cortot) Alfred Cortot for his antithesis) and played with a clean, spare, and objective style.
		Generally associated with Beethoven and Brahms, he was also the first to record the (French composer (born in Poland) and pianist of the romantic school (1810-1849)) Chopin etudes, in 1927; this is still widely regarded as one of the best recordings (Pearl 9902 and others).
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/w/wi/wilhelm_backhaus.htm (413 words)

	Wilhelm BACKHAUS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Otherwise he is dependable, restricting his pianissimo and fortissimo and somewhat afflicted (though not to the extent of Wilhelm Kempff and Murray Perahia) by taking tempi in fast movements just slower than exciting, or in slow movements a shade faster than would permit profundity.
		Backhaus even played Rachmaninoff and Smetana in those days, before he either chose or was obliged by the industry to record 18th and 19th century composers beginning with 'B'.
		Rosenthal commented that Backhaus hadn't changed his actual interpretation, but had merely slowed everything down (as was Arrau's case, when comparing the first discs with his later work).
	www.arbiterrecords.com /musicresourcecenter/backhaus.html (289 words)

	Decca Music Group - Wilhelm Backhaus
		You could tell a violinist from Odessa apart from a violinist from Moscow, and pianists were equally distinguishable by the tone they cultivated and their repertoire choices.
		Such was the case with Wilhelm Backhaus, a true 'lion' of the piano.
		Backhaus studied with Eugen d'Albert, himself an early advocate of a more 'modern' attitude towards virtuosity for its own sake.
	www.deccaclassics.com /artists/backhaus/biog.html (197 words)

	National Review: Music: Backhaus for Your House
		But Backhaus was much broader than merely the Germanic pianist (as were the others), and he was capable of anything.
		Backhaus would devote his entire life to piano playing, appearing to some as a kind of musical priest, having little "life" outside of his instrument, but taking his craft and his calling with the utmost seriousness.
		We hear Backhaus in five Beethoven sonatas, performed in 1954, when he was, arguably, at his very best; we hear him -- almost incomparably -- in the Brahms Second Concerto; and we hear him in a group of small pieces he would use as encores.
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	International Piano Archives at Maryland, UM Libraries (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Wilhelm Backhaus was born in Leipzig, Germany on March 26, 1884.
		It was there that Backhaus made his debut at the age of eight.
		Beginning in 1900, Backhaus performed widely and earned praise for his near-infallible technique, tonal solidity, and thorough command of a wide repertoire.
	www.lib.umd.edu /PAL/IPAM/backhaus.html (127 words)

	Wilhelm BACKHAUS - Complete British Acoustic Recordings 1908-25 [JW]: Classical CD Reviews- Jun2002 MusicWeb(UK) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		But the D’Albert pupil was, in his youth, something of a discographic pioneer and far more the colourist and technician than he may have appeared from his stolid appearance toward the end of his performing life.
		Backhaus was born in 1884 and his training had pretty much finished by his mid-teens.
		It’s often forgotten that it was Backhaus — not Cortot — who made the first recording, in 1928, of the Chopin Etudes and the composer is liberally to be found in the first disc.
	www.musicweb-international.com /classrev/2002/Jun02/WilhelmBackhaus.htm (802 words)

	Encyclopedia: Wilhelm Backhaus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Born in Leipzig, Backhaus studied at the conservatoire in Leipzig with Reckendorf until 1899, later taking private lessons with Eugen d'Albert in Frankfurt am Main.
		Villach (Slovenian Beljak) is the second largest city in Carinthia in the south of Austria, on the river Drau (Slovenian Drave).
		Chamber music is a form of classical music, written for a small group of instruments which traditionally could be accommodated in a palace chamber.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Wilhelm-Backhaus (825 words)

	Classical CD Reissues Pt. 1, 6/04 AUDIOPHILE AUDITION
		While Backhaus admirers rarely cite Chopin as his strong suit, they are not loathe to mention his 1928 set of the complete Chopin etudes that appeared on EMI LP transfers.
		The master of a huge, splendid technique, Backhaus could certainly play Chopin with polish and finesse, if not the poetry of affect the natives of the style call "zal." There is something prosaic about the directness of the approach, although I find the lilt in the A-flat Waltz attractive and unaffected.
		Backhaus' span is spacious enough to encompass the left-hand stretches in the A-flat Op.
	www.audaud.com /audaud/JUN04/reissues/recds1.html (2613 words)

	Backhaus Brahms pc2 Schumann Fantasia [JQ]: Classical CD Reviews- December 2003 MusicWeb(UK) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		As is usual with this series there are no booklet notes but notes can be downloaded from Hänssler’s website (www.haensler-classic.de), which I always feel is a poor and inconvenient alternative.
		Don’t be put off by this fallible passage because generally Backhaus is well in command of the solo part.
		Backhaus plays the second movement with power where appropriate.
	www.musicweb-international.com /classrev/2003/Dec03/Backhaus_Brahms.htm (579 words)

	WILHELM KEMPFF DISCOGRAPHY, by Frank Forman (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		And Wilhelm Kempff and Wilhelm Backhaus are two German pianists whose differences very much complement each other.
		Backhaus' playing can be characterized as a masculine carving of solid granite.
		Wilhelm Kempff was born in a Jüterborg, a small town about thirty miles south of Berlin, on 1895 November 25.
	www.trovar.com /Kempff.html (3692 words)

	Classics Today.com - Your Online Guide to Classical Music
		The piano concertos are remarkable for the sheer energy and fingerpower that Wilhelm Backhaus could still summon in his mid-70s.
		Take, for example, the piano's hushed entrance in the Emperor Concerto's slow movement, where Backhaus' matter-of-fact phrasing pales next to the spacious arioso pianists such as Arrau, Gilels, and Schnabel make of this and similar passages.
		All things considered, Backhaus was a serious and seasoned artist, and his admirers will be pleased to have his stereo Beethoven concerto cycle in circulation again.
	www.classicstoday.com /review.asp?ReviewNum=5249 (516 words)

	andante boutique - wilhelm backhaus - chopin, brahms, beethoven and others (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		One of the early 20th century's most-revered musicians, Wilhelm Backhaus holds a place among historically minded pianists comparable to that of Everest among mountains.
		Born in 1884 in Leipzig, Backhaus had an unusually long career: as a young man at the dawn of recording, he set down the Rachmaninoff Prelude in C-sharp Minor Prelude for The Gramophone Co.; as an old titan, he would go on to make famous recordings in the stereo era for Decca.
		The rare copies of the vintage 78s were digitally remastered using the CAP 400 technique by Art and Sons Studios in Paris.
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	Amazon.com: Brahms, Mozart: Piano Concertos / Backhaus, Böhm: Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		But the remastered sound is really superb so that you will clearly hear the grandioso sound of the Bosendorfer he was playing, and you will note the subtle balance of his left hand part and when the pedel was on and the effects that he was painting etc.
		It is also noteworthy that Martha Argerich (Gulda's pupil), after she has become one of the world's top most pianist, remarked that she particularly found Backhaus amongst all recorded masters of the piano instructive (not Rubinstein, not Richter.) And Idel Biret (famous Naxos artist & Kempff's pupil) finds Backhaus' Brahms the golden yardstick.
		Wilhelm Backhaus demonstrate why he was one of the most acclaimed pianists of his generation, performing with much power, yet capable of ample tenderness when the score demanded it.
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		I have never been a fan of Wilhelm Backhaus.
		If you think of Backhaus as the stodgy old painist on those London recordings of the 60's, you're in for a surprise here, Except for the Haydn F minor variations, which clearly bores Backhaus, everything here is brilliantly performed and exciting.
		The biggest surprise is the Chopin, a composer one doesn't normally associate with Backhaus (though he made the first complete recording of the Etudes, I believe).
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	Wilhelm Kempff Discography
		WILHELM KEMPFF DISCOGRAPHY by Frank Forman WILHELM KEMPFF DISCOGRAPHY (born 1895 November 25 in Jterborg, near Berlin; died 1991 May 23 in Positano, Italy) by Frank Forman Version 2, 1995 May 27.
		Wilhelm Kempff was born in a Jterborg, a small town about thirty miles south of Berlin, on 1895 November 25.
		Gershon Schatzkamer furnished a tape of the Japanese performances of the Beethoven Concerti, and David Glass furnished a tape of Viennese performances of Sonatas 30-32.
	www.panix.com /~checker/kempff.htm (3740 words)

	Classical CD Reissues, Pt. 1 - 3/04 - AUDIOPHILE AUDITION
		Backhaus certainly knew the Brahms style, capturing its "rainy day" sentiments and thick-based uneasiness.
		Occasionally, Backhaus plays individual pieces too fast, in the manner of an etude, so the poetic impulse is minimal.
		The Waltzes are blistering performances, with Backhaus' detached chords glistening on top of the keys.
	www.audaud.com /audaud/MAR04/reissues/recds1.html (3769 words)

	Stereophile: 2002 Records To Die For
		Wilhelm Backhaus, piano; Henryk Szeryng, violin; Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt, Vienna Philharmonic
		In preparing to make the R2D4 recommendation, I found out that the recording of Symphony 9 is currently available on CD only as part of an eight-disc "budget box" Beethoven collection.
		The same thoughtful musicianship that characterizes Schmidt-Isserstedt's approach to the "Choral" is present throughout, with outstanding solo performances by Backhaus and Szeryng.
	www.stereophile.com /records2die4/754/index3.html (1258 words)

	Gramophone - Features - The world's best classical music magazine
		Cellist Pierre Fournier’s stylistic balance of external composure and inner fire was particularly suited to the realms of chamber music.
		Aside from distinctive versions of Fauré’s tempestuous Second Piano Quartet (with Marguerite Long) and Brahms’s cello sonatas (with Wilhelm Backhaus on Decca, or Rudolf Firkusny on DG), two sets of piano trio recordings with violinist Henryk Szeryng beg your urgent consideration.
		The first (recorded for DG between 1969-70, 6/87R) is with pianist Wilhelm Kempff, the second (for RCA in 1972-74, 4/89R) with pianist Artur Rubinstein.
	www.gramophone.co.uk /reputations_detail.asp?id=492&f=488 (313 words)

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		In Reply to: Re: Wilhelm Backhaus posted by Tom B. on May 03, 2002 at 19:28:45:
		I no longer have any Backhaus LP's as someone ripped them off in the '70s when I was sharing houses.
		In Reply to: Re: Wilhelm Backhaus posted by Timbo in OZ on May 07, 2002 at 07:24:59:
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	Robert Casadesus / Wilhelm Backhaus reissues
		The Backhaus Brahms set offers his solo recordings from 1929-1936.
		The venerable pianist was the first to record a piano concerto (in 1909, a truncated version of the Grieg), and although his name is usually associated with Beethoven and Brahms, he had a fiery assured technique obvious from his 1927 recording of all of the Chopin Etudes.
		This is a valuable, comprehensive set, with superb transfers by Maggie Payne (who also "reconstructed" the Casadesus recordings mentioned earlie)r.
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	Wilhelm Backhaus, German pianist (Rubinstein-1905), dies at 85 July 5 in History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Wilhelm Backhaus, German pianist (Rubinstein-1905), dies at 85 July 5 in History
		Wilhelm Backhaus, German pianist (Rubinstein-1905), dies at 85
		I am glad my ancestors arrived on the Mayflower, but I am gladder that there are nine generations between us.
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	February 2004 Classical New Releases from Music & Arts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		It may be true, as one critic put it, that Backhaus could pin a Chopin Mazurka back by the ears, and belabor it unmercifully, but in music that engaged his truest feelings, and particularly in the great masterpieces of the German Classical and Romantic repertoire, he could create a unique nimbus and fullness of expression.
		And this, backed by a monumental mastery that knew no technical limitations, has always ensured Backhaus's place among the keyboard immortals.
		All Ballades, Scherzos, Waltzes, Rhapsodies, Intermezzos and other works for solo piano recorded by Wilhelm Backhaus between 1929-1936.
	www.musicandarts.com /022004_New_Class.html (369 words)

	Links in English 89 (January 1 to February 28, 2003)
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		In 1949, Wilhelm Furtwängler and Herbert von Karajan became aware of Badura-Skoda's outstanding talent and invited him...
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	Amazon.ca: Music: V1 Wilhelm Backhaus: Beethoven (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Ludwig van Beethoven (Composer), Franz Schubert (Composer), Robert Schumann (Composer), Franz Liszt (Composer), Carl Schuricht (Conductor), Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra), Backhaus Wilhelm (Performer)
		Listen to Samples from V1 Wilhelm Backhaus: Beethoven
		Performed by Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra with Backhaus Wilhelm
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