Mark Ainley - Between The Keys, Episode 1: Dinu Lipatti

An episode of Jed Distler's program Between The Keys featuring as guest Piano Files host and Dinu Lipatti researcher Mark Ainley in a wide-ranging discussion of historical piano recordings, with a particular focus on Mark's work on uncovering previously unreleased Lipatti performances.

This program covers Ainley's introduction to old recordings and his research on the legendary Romanian pianist, including the complicated tale that led to the recent release of precious previously-unknown recordings of Lipatti in repertoire new to his discography. Two of those performances, from Marston Records' new 'Landmarks of Recorded Pianism Volume 1' release, are featured for the first time in a North American broadcast on this episode.

Distler's interview, held in New York in April 2018, was so lengthy and wide-ranging that this episode needed to be tightly edited, and there is another episode that was created stemming from this studio session, featuring Lipatti alongside Marcelle Meyer and Jorge Bolet.

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A note that the transfer of Lipatti's recording of Alborada del Gracioso played on this episode was transferred by Tom Jardine, to whom all thanks.

The Marston set with the one-of-a-kind Lipatti recordings can be ordered here:

https://www.marstonrecords.com/collections/frontpage/products/landmarks1

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