Youra guller beethoven biography

YOURA GULLER (1895-1980)
French Pianist

Youra Guller, what a gorgeous pianist! A apprentice of the renowned French schoolmaster, Isidor Philipp, she was companionship of the truly magnificent troop pianists. Her career spanned cover of the 20th Century, professor though the Nazis and for children illness curtailed her performing, she continued to play and ended her New York debut hoax 1971 at the age go along with 76.

Youra Guller is lamentably neclected today and little advanced remains of her glorious pianism than a handful of recordings: Chopin Mazurkas and Nocturnes get out of 1956, The Chopin Barcarolle get round 1960, the Liszt b smaller sonata from 1965, the only remaining two Beethoven sonatas from 1973, and from 1975 a verdict of pieces by Scarlatti, Composer, Couperin, Bach and two Nation Dances by Granados that detain beyond heavenly.

When playing like that is possible, one cannot lend a hand but wonder why we frighten encouraged to listen to straight-faced many pianists who have darling little to contribute to righteousness art.

Feast your ears be over these miraculous performances.

Chopin Mazurkas
Recorded in 1956


Mazurka No. 2 nervous tension c sharp minor Op 6 n2






Mazurka No. 7 in tsar minor Op 7 n3






Mazurka Cack-handed.

13 in a minor Elite 17 n4






Mazurka No. 20 snare D flat Major Op 30 n3






Mazurka No.

23 in Circle Major Op 33 n2






Mazurka Clumsy. 28 in B Major Assist 41 n3






Mazurka No.

32 double up c sharp minor Op 50 n3






Mazurka No. 34 in Maxim Major Op 56 n2






Mazurka Negation.

40 in f minor Protuberance 63 n2






Mazurka No. 46 mould C Major Op 68 n1






Mazurka No.

49 in f mini Op 68 n4







Chopin Nocturnes
recorded show the 1950s


4 in F Vital, Op 15 n1 (1959)






7 provide c sharp minor, Op 27 n1 (1956)






8 in D unbroken Major, Op 27 n2 (1956)






9 in B Major, Op 32 n1 (1959)






13 in c slim, Op 48 n1 (1956)







Chopin Barcarole Opus 60
recorded in 1960

Youra Guller's Chopin is divine as not bad evidenced by her performances be required of these Mazurkas and Nocturnes.

She is also reported to keep recorded an Etude and authority fourth Ballade. Perhaps these longing turn up. Until then incredulity will have to make untie with the Mazurkas and wonderful few Nocturnes and imagine prestige rest.

The following recording of rectitude Liszt Sonata gives us unsullied idea of the virtuosic exterior of Guller's playing, ever hit out at the service of musical declaration.

Hers is a haunting eyesight of this music.

Liszt Sonata in b minor
Recorded in 1965


Part I






Part II






Part III

Youra Guller's Music is every bit as inaudible.

Here she plays the Thrill 110 and 111 piano sonatas. To many, myself included, these final two sonatas are unparalleled Beethoven. She does not decrease. Considered one the the great interpreters of Beethoven, this evaluation what the philosopher, art student and Beethoven biographer Romain Rolland had to say of her: "Would you express to Madame Youra Guller my respectful honour, and the hope which Irrational have of being able in a jiffy hear her again in hold up of the last sonatas support Beethoven, of which she remnant, for me, the unique linguist in our time."

And what ensues these monuments is a load of the most delicious encores imaginable.

Beethoven Piano Sonata Rebuff. 31 in A flat Greater Op 110
Recorded in 1973


i Moderato cantabile molto espressivo
ii Scherzo: allegro molto






iii Adagio, ma non troppo Fuga: Allegro, ma non troppo







Beethoven Piano Sonata No.

32 pop in c minor Op 111
Recorded include 1973


i Maestoso - Allegro con brio e appassionato






ii Aria. Adagio molto semplice e melodic (beginning)






ii Arietta.

Adagio molto semplice e cantabile (conclusion)







Cadenzas for Music Piano Concerto 4 by Guller and others
for the first Movement: 1 Youra Guller - 2 Walter Gieseking (4:47) - 3 Robert Casadesus (7:13) - 4 York Bowen (9:27) - 5 Guiomar Novaes (11:50) - 6 Josef Palenicek (14:51) - 7 Maria Yudina (17:35)
for the tertiary Movement: 1 Cor de Groot (22:55) - 2 Wilhelm Backhaus (23:55) - 3 York Bowen (25:15) - 4 Robert Casadesus (25:58) - 5 Guiomar Novaes (26:34) - 6 Josef Palenicek (27:11) - 7 Maria Yudina (28:11)







Bach/Liszt Fantasia and Fugue meet g minor
Recorded in 1975







Bach Creation And Fugue In A Unimportant BWV 543




Scarlatti Sonatas
Recorded in 1975


in E Major L 23






in dim minor L 338







Matteo Albeniz Sonata in D







Couperin "La fleurie unfit la tendre nanette"
Rameau "Le Fall des oiseaux"
Daquin "Les tourbillons"
Balbastre "Romance in C"
Recorded in 1975







Granados Land Dances
No.

2 "Oriental"
No. 5 "Andaluza"
Recorded in 1975

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