Some guys have all the
bad luck… Take Abbey Simon, pianist. Pupil of the legendary Josef Hofmann. He had
a rocketing career in the 1950’s; a contract with Philips and all the potential
to be “one-of the-greats”. That is, until he also attract the attentions of
passing cars, or… cars hat had the
tendency NOT to pass, but to hit him… The first one was when he tried (I said
tried) to cross the road in front of the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. #Not. He
slowly recovered from the accident, that is until, well; you get the picture I guess… In 1954 his
magnetism was focussed on pianism still, and inside the Concertgebouw hall (relatively
save) he recorded Grieg’s piano concerto in a minor with the Residentie
orchestra from the Hague (famous in that period!) and Willem van Otterloo
conducting. As if it should be that way; the record was a “dump” from a…
Hospital radio station ;-)
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Part2 - Adagio (mp3)
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