Jascha Spivakovsky

Jascha Spivakovsky
Jascha Spivakovsky (18 August 1896 – 23 March 1970) was a Ukrainian-Australian piano virtuoso of the 20th century. He was hailed as a child prodigy in Odessa but almost murdered by Imperial Guards during the 1905 Pogrom. He fled to Berlin and was declared the heir of Anton Rubinstein and likened to Ignacy Paderewski and Teresa Carreño before being imprisoned as an Imperial Russian enemy alien during World War I. In the interwar period he became internationally recognized as one of the greatest pianists in the world and regarded in Europe as the finest living interpreter of Brahms. He also formed a trio which toured Europe with phenomenal success and was declared the finest in the world. Towards the beginning of 1933 he was warned by Richard Strauss in a musically-coded secret message that he had become a Nazi target due to his Jewish heritage. He fled to Australia a few days before the Nazi seizure of power and put his musical career on hold to help people escape the Third Reich. After World War II he returned to the stage and astounded the toughest of critics with the power, depth and maturity of his interpretations. Although his fame dimmed after he ceased touring because he had made no commercial (solo) studio recordings, his rediscovery was sparked in 2015 by the first releases of his live performances. These have caused considerable excitement among music lovers and prompted some experts to declare Spivakovsky one of the greatest pianists they have ever heard.
Close
Jascha Spivakovsky

Jascha Spivakovsky

Jascha Spivakovsky (18 August 1896 – 23 March 1970) was a Ukrainian-Australian piano virtuoso of the 20th century. He was hailed as a child prodigy in Odessa but almost murdered by Imperial Guards during the 1905 Pogrom. He fled to Berlin and was declared the heir of Anton Rubinstein and likened to Ignacy Paderewski and Teresa Carreño before being imprisoned as an Imperial Russian enemy alien during World War I. In the interwar period he becam...
Read More
12 albums
SPIVAKOVSKY Bach to Bloch Complete - The Full Series - PABX017
SPIVAKOVSKY Bach to Bloch Complete - The Full Series - PABX017
Download from €73.15 | Buy on CD from €104.50

Music by Bach, Beethoven, Bloch, Busoni, Chopin, Brahms, Debussy, Kabalevsky, Liszt, Mozart, Rachmaninov, Saeverud, Schumann et al

JASCHA SPIVAKOVSKY Bach to Bloch - Volume 1
JASCHA SPIVAKOVSKY Bach to Bloch - Volume 2
JASCHA SPIVAKOVSKY Bach to Bloch - Volume 3
JASCHA SPIVAKOVSKY Bach to Bloch - Volume 4
JASCHA SPIVAKOVSKY Bach to Bloch - Volume 5
JASCHA SPIVAKOVSKY Bach to Bloch - Volume 6
JASCHA SPIVAKOVSKY Bach to Bloch - Volume 7
JASCHA SPIVAKOVSKY Bach to Bloch - Volume 8
JASCHA SPIVAKOVSKY Bach to Bloch - Volume 9
JASCHA SPIVAKOVSKY Bach to Bloch - Volume 10
JASCHA SPIVAKOVSKY Bach to Bloch - Volume 11

Save 5% when you buy the full set

View Collection
SPIVAKOVSKY Bach to Bloch, Volume 1 (1955-67) - PAKM065
SPIVAKOVSKY Bach to Bloch, Volume 1 (1955-67) - PAKM065
Download from €7.00 | Buy on CD from €10.00
BACH-LISZT The Great Organ Fantasy & Fugue in G Minor BWV 542
BEETHOVEN Sonata No. 21 in C Major Op. 53 (Waldstein)
CHOPIN Ballade No. 1 in G Minor Op. 23
BRAHMS Romanze in F Major Op. 118 No. 5
DEBUSSY Prelude Bk. 1 No. 7, Ce qu'a vu le vent d'Ouest
DEBUSSY Prelude Bk. 1 No. 12, Minstrels
KABALEVSKY Sonata No. 3 in F Major Op. 46

Recorded 1955-1967
Duration 70:25

Jascha Spivakovsky, piano
View album
SPIVAKOVSKY Bach to Bloch, Volume 10 (1927-1956) - PASC579
SPIVAKOVSKY Bach to Bloch, Volume 10 (1927-1956) - PASC579
Download from €7.00 | Buy on CD from €10.00

MOZART Piano Concerto No. 23
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 4
CHOPIN Nocturne in F sharp
LISZT Liebestraum No. 3

Live and studio recordings, 1927-1956
Total duration: 57:59

Jascha Spivakovsky, piano
San Francisco Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Pierre Monteux
BBC Northern Orchestra
conducted by Stanford Robinson

View album
SPIVAKOVSKY Bach to Bloch, Volume 11 (1951/61) - PASC586
SPIVAKOVSKY Bach to Bloch, Volume 11 (1951/61) - PASC586
Download from €7.00 | Buy on CD from €10.00

BACH Concerto No. 1 in D minor, BWV 1052
BLOCH Concerto Symphonique

Live recordings, 1961 & 1951
Total duration: 61:04

Jascha Spivakovsky, piano
Astra String Orchestra
conducted by George Logie-Smith
Sydney Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Sir Eugene Goossens

View album
SPIVAKOVSKY Bach to Bloch, Volume 2 (1955-67) - PAKM067
SPIVAKOVSKY Bach to Bloch, Volume 2 (1955-67) - PAKM067
Download from €7.00 | Buy on CD from €10.00

    Bach-Busoni Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue
    Mozart     Piano Sonata No. 12 in F
    Beethoven     Ecossaises in E Flat
    Beethoven Rondo in G major
    Chopin Fantaisie Impromptu
    Chopin     Piano Sonata No. 2 in B flat Minor, “The Funeral March
    Recorded 1955-1967
    Duration 77:12

    Jascha Spivakovsky, piano
    View album
    SPIVAKOVSKY Bach to Bloch, Volume 3 (1955-67) - PAKM070
    SPIVAKOVSKY Bach to Bloch, Volume 3 (1955-67) - PAKM070
    Download from €7.00 | Buy on CD from €10.00

    BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata No. 8, "Pathétique"
    BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata No. 14, "Moonlight"
    BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata No. 26, "Les Adieux"
    BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata No. 32
    Recorded 1955-1967
    Duration 76:01

    Jascha Spivakovsky, piano

    View album