Youri Egorovpiano

The 1978 Ambassador Auditorium Recital Pasadena, California, USA

Bach • Chopin Debussy • Liszt Schumann

FHR47D YOURI EGOROV The 1980 Ambassador Auditorium Recital Youri Egorov was only thirty-three when he died in April 1988. $10,000 for him – the amount he would have been awarded He was at the peak of his career and, had tragedy not struck had he won the competition. his life, no doubt he would have continued to grow as musician and pianist. 1978 was the year in which Egorov’s career took flight. After his January début in New York the critics compared him to Egorov was born in May 1954 in , a town some five Horowitz, Richter and Rachmaninov, and in December he hundred miles east of . He received his first piano gave a recital in . At his London début in 1980 lessons at the Kazan Conservatory from Irina Dubinina when he played Brahms’ Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 15 and during he was six years old. At the comparatively late age of sixteen, his first tour of the United Kingdom that same month, he Egorov enrolled at the where he played eighteen concerts in thirteen cities whilst over the studied piano with Yakov Zak and in the same year of 1971 coming years he performed in many other European cities gained fourth prize at the Marguerite Long-Jacques Thibaud as well as in Japan and South Africa. His début in France was Competition in Paris. at the inaugural season of La Roque d’Antheron Festival.

Three years later Egorov achieved third prize at the Three months after his New York début, at the Alice Tully Hall, Tchaikovsky International Piano Competition in Moscow, on January 23, 1978, Egorov was asked by EMI but after his success at the Queen Elisabeth International to record a solo disc and he chose Schumann’s Kreisleriana, Competition in Brussels the following year, Egorov defected Op. 16 as the main work. However, it was not until two years from the USSR seeking political asylum in Italy, where he was later that EMI signed Egorov to a four-year contract under on tour, eventually deciding to settle in the Netherlands. He which he recorded more Schumann, plus works by Debussy was twenty-two years old and never saw his family again. and Chopin. He became a naturalised Dutch citizen in 1977. In May of © 2016 Jonathan Summers that year Egorov took part in the Van Cliburn Competition in Texas but, although an audience favourite, did not reach the finals. Indeed, so impressed was the audience with Egorov and disappointed at the judge’s decision, that they collected

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̶ 4 ̶ ̶ 5 ̶ (1685-1750) H No. 7. Coquette 1:15 Concerto in the Italian Style, BWV 971, I No. 8. Replique 1:04 ‘Italian Concerto’ 11:51 J No. 9. Papillons 0:37 1 I. (Allegro) 3:40 K No. 10. ASCH - SCHA (Lettres dansantes) 0:42 2 II. Andante 4:38 L No. 11. Chiarina 1:42 3 III. Presto 3:33 M No. 12. Chopin 1:12 N No. 13. Estrella 0:26 Frédéric CHOPIN (1810-1849) O No. 14. Reconnaissance 1:46 12 Etudes, Op. 10 13:39 P No. 15. Pantalon et Colombine 1:02 4 No. 1 in C major 1:59 Q No. 16. Valse allemande 1:01 5 No. 3 in E major 4:12 R No. 17. Intermezzo: Paganini 1:25 6 No. 4 in C sharp minor 2:04 S No. 18. Aveu 1:19 7 No. 5 in G flat major 1:38 T No. 19. Promenade 1:53 8 No. 6 in E flat minor 3:46 U No. 20. Pause 0:17

V No. 21. Marche des Davidsbundler 3 : 2 8 9 Scherzo No. 2 in F minor, Op. 31 9:43 contre les Philistin

Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791) (1862-1918) minor, K475 13:22 W Images, Book 1: No. 1. Reflets dans l'eau 6:00 A Adagio – Allegro – Andantino – Più allegro – Tempo I (1811-1886) Robert SCHUMANN (1810-1856) 12 Grandes études de Paganini, S141: , Op. 9 27:50 X No. 3 in G sharp Minor, ‘La Campanella’ 4:44 B No. 1 Preambule 2:27 C No. 2 Pierrot 1:13 Frédéric CHOPIN Y D No. 3 Arlequin 1:03 12 Etudes, Op. 10: No. 8 in F major * 2:34 E No. 4 Valse noble 1:24 F No. 5 Eusebius 1:38 Total Time: 89:43 G No. 6. Florestan 0:56 * Recorded without audience

̶ 6 ̶ Youri Egorov piano Despite exhaustive enquiries it has not been possible at present to trace the original copyright owner in this recording. First Hand Recorded at the Ambassador Auditorium, Pasadena, Records will be happy to acknowledge any such ownership in California, USA, 2 December, 1978 future editions should the relevant parties come forward.

First release apart from track X, which was published on FHR44 (March 2016)

Engineered by Tom Maydeck Remastered by Jonathan Mayer (FHR) The Young Pianist Foundation (YPF) was founded in 1999 24bit, 96kHz hi-resolution remastering by Marcel Baudet with the objective to support young piano-talent in the Netherlands with additional pedagogical Cover photo taken at the entrance to the Ambassador programmes. To this end the YPF arranges international Auditorium, Pasadena, California, masterclasses, courses, seminars etc. - and every two years USA, by Kenneth Alan Lewis, 18 June 2012 the YPF Piano Competition, the most prestigious competition Photo of Youri Egorov taken by Bert Nienhuis © 2016 for pianists up to 25 years in the Netherlands. Artwork by David Murphy (FHR) Since about ten years the YPF is also the formal guardian of Special thanks to Peter Bromley, the heritage of Youri Egorov. As such the first prize of the YPF Jonathan Manton & Wim de Haan Piano Competition is called the ‘Grand Prix Youri Egorov’, Thanks also to Marcel Baudet, Stanford University Sound and each competition is accompanied by an extraordinary Archives, USA & Jonathan Summers recital by the international jury, the ‘Tribute to Youri Egorov’. The YPF is also responsible for most releases of recordings ℗ & © 2016 The copyright in these remastered sound of concerts by the unforgettable Youri Egorov, especially of recordings is owned by First Hand Records Ltd. www. until recently unpublished material. firsthandrecords.com

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