Robert Casadesus
Robert Casadesus (1899-1972) was a French pianist and composer, one of the great keyboard artists of the twentieth century. He was especially admired for Mozart, Ravel, Debussy and French repertory.
In the Pristine catalogue he appears in Beethoven with Eduard van Beinum and in Falla with Dimitri Mitropoulos, as well as in Mozart two-piano repertory with Gaby Casadesus.
Casadesus’s playing was elegant, lucid and finely proportio...
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 1
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 4
Recorded 1959 in stereo
Total duration: 61:48
Robert Casadesus, piano
Concertgebouw Orchestra
conducted by Eduard van Beinum
DE FALLA Nights in the Gardens of Spain
DE FALLA Three Dances from 'The Three Cornered Hat'
DE FALLA 'La Vida Breve' - Interlude and Dance
Recorded 1956 & 1957
Total duration: 42:23
Robert Casadesus, piano
Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra of New York
conducted by Dimitri Mitropoulos
SAINT-SAËNS: Symphony No. 3, “Organ”
D’INDY: Symphony on a French Mountain Air
MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 21
MOZART: Symphony No. 35, “Haffner”
LISZT: Piano Concerto No. 2
CHABRIER: Bourée Fantasque
Studio and Live recordings, 1947/48
Total duration: 2hr 12:55
Robert Casadesus, piano
Édouard Nies-Berger, organ
Walter Hendl and Arthur Schuller, piano
Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra of New York
