Lipatti

What Dominique Pagani says

Dominique Pagani speaks of Dinu Lipatti as a pianist, mainly in the "Musicosophie" sessions. He presents him as a pupil of Enescu1. In the session on interpretation, he links him with Clara Haskil: he is another Romanian recognised in Switzerland, who died of leukaemia2, and he stresses the deep friendship between them3. He comes back several times to his early death and to his last concert, given in Besançon, which he recommends listening to3. He cites his version of Bach's first Partita, played at those last concerts, which he calls unforgettable4, as well as his Alborada del gracioso, in his view the wildest there is5. In the session "Illness, misfortune, evil", what he takes from his playing is a way of effacing virtuosity so that everything seems to flow naturally6. Lipatti thus serves him as an example when he reflects on interpretation and on the relation between technique and naturalness.

1. 1Musicosophie 3. Qu'appelle-t-on une musique moderne?3 Dec 2020 · 1:28:39
2. 2Musicosophie 17. L'interprétation25 Mar 2021 · 54:54
3. 3Musicosophie 17. L'interprétation25 Mar 2021 · 1:03:16
4. 49 #23 "C'est réglé comme du papier à musique !" • Bach • Nerval • Lévi-Strauss9 Jun 2021 · 8:05
5. 5Musicosophie 11. Musiques modales et tonales24 Jan 2021 · 1:06:35
6. 6La maladie, le malheur, le mal20 Sept 2024 · 1:35:28

Summary produced automatically from 6 of the passages below, to be reviewed; the numbers link to the moment in the session.