Richard Goode prize Clara Haskil 1973 play Mozart | VDE-GALLO

MOZART : PIANO CONCERTO NO. 20 IN D MINOR, K. 466 – PIANO CONCERTO NO. 19 IN F MAJOR, K. 459 – RICHARD GOODE, PIANO – KAMMERORCHESTER DER WIENER SYMPHONIKER – RENÉ KLOPFENSTEIN

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Richard Goode, winner of the 1973 Clara Haskil Prize, performs Piano Concerto No. 20 in D Minor and Piano Concerto No. 19 in F Major of Mozart on this recording, made during the 1973 Clara Haskil Competition in Vevey, with the Kammerorchester der Wiener Symphoniker, conducted by René Klopfenstein.

Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART : Piano Concerto No. 20 in D Minor, K. 466: I. Allegro – II. Romanze – III. Rondo – Allegro assai – Piano Concerto No. 19 in F Major, K. 459: I. Allegro – II. Allegretto – III. Allegro assai.

Richard Goode, Piano – Kammerorchester der Wiener Symphoniker, René Klopfenstein, Conductor.


Born on June 1, 1943, Richard Goode is assuredly one of the most prominent figures among a generation of upcoming American pianists. With a solid musical background in piano, conducting, and composition, he studied under renowned masters such as Rudolf Serkin, Carl Bamberger, and Carl Schachter, who helped his profound sensibility find expression with perfect mastery.

Far from seeking to dazzle with brilliant yet superficial interpretations, Richard Goode dedicates himself to the works he performs, approaching them with intelligence, finesse, and musicality, bringing them back to life in their authenticity.

Wherever this talented interpreter has performed in concerts, he has been met with universal admiration and recognition. His tours have already taken him around the world, where he has played as a soloist with the most renowned orchestras.

Several international awards have already recognized this artist’s talents. The prestigious “Clara Haskil Prize,” awarded in September 1973 at the Montreux-Vevey Festival (Switzerland) — whose finalists included Mitsuko Uchida, with whom we produced an album alongside the competition, Brigitte Meyer, and Penelope Blackie — stands as both the crowning achievement of Richard Goode’s gifts and hard work. It attests to an evident kinship with the renowned Romanian-born pianist in the maturity, simplicity, and sensitivity of his musical expression, and is a promise of a bright future.

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Richard Goode co-directed the Marlboro Music School and Festival for fourteen years alongside Mitsuko Uchida. Today, Mitsuko Uchida continues to lead this institution with Jonathan Biss.

Born in Lausanne in 1927, René Klopfenstein is a conductor and the director of the Montreux-Vevey Festival of Music. He pursued studies in philosophy and the history of music at the University of Basel before winning first prize in conducting at the Mozarteum in Salzburg.

After brilliant first appearances at the age of twenty, René Klopfenstein decided to refine his art and explore all aspects of musical life. He was successively a music critic, the General Secretary of the Schola Cantorum in Paris, and for ten years, he held the post of Artistic Director at a large international record company. His return to Paris in 1967, as the head of the Lamoureux Orchestra, was hailed by critics as a major event.

Since then, René Klopfenstein has divided his time between his roles as a conductor and as director of the festival. He has conducted some of the most important orchestras in Europe, Latin America, Japan, and Oceania: R.S.O. Berlin, N.D.R. Hamburg, the Stockholm Philharmonic, the Leningrad Philharmonic, the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, the Monte-Carlo Opera Orchestra, the Yomiuri Symphony Orchestra, the Osaka Philharmonic Orchestra, the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, and more.

René Klopfenstein is a romantic conductor, praised by critics for the warmth of his interpretations. He is particularly devoted to the Viennese repertoire, including Mozart, Schubert, and Bruckner.

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