Mindru Katz Archive
Mindru Katz plays BEETHOVEN, Vol. 2 – Sonata No. 11 in B-flat Major; Sonata No. 30 in E Major; Sonata No. 32 in c – Mindru Katz, p. – Cembal d’amour
Mindru Katz delivers epic and intimate Beethoven from Tel Aviv, 1971. Mindru Katz plays BEETHOVEN, Vol. 2 – Sonata No. 11 in B-flat Major, Op. 22; Sonata No. 30 in E Major, Op. 109; Sonata No. 32 in c minor, Op. 111 – Mindru Katz, p. – Cembal d’amour 185, 76:21 (11/19/16) [www.cembaldamour.com] ****: Taken from the live recital by Mindru Katz (1925-1978) in Tel Aviv, 7 July 1971, these Beethoven sonatas assembled by producer Mordecai Shehori reveal Mindru Katz as among the more cerebral of virtuoso performers of the Bonn master. The opening work, the 1800 Sonata in B-flat Major, Op. 22, received admiration from the composer himself as indicative of his farewell to the grand Viennese style. Beethoven seems content to explore musical kernels and motives for their own sake, without recourse to personal drama. Katz imposes a severe and sober sensibility on the work as a whole, whose heart lies in the second movement, Adagio con molta espessione. Here, a florid melody finds accompaniment in a bass lie that throbs and broods, while the sixteenth notes find their way into both hands and another melodic line attempts to offer consolation. The Menuetto begins in the pure spirit […]
BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No. 14, “Moonlight”; BRAHMS: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat Major – Mindru Katz, p./ Jerusalem Philharmonic Orch./ Mandi Rodan – Cembal d’amour
Masterful Beethoven and Brahms from Cembal d’mour’s keyboard giant, Mindru Katz.
BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata in C Major; BRAHMS: Piano Concerto No. 1 – Mindru Katz, piano/ Israel Philharmonic Orch./ Josef Krips – Cembal d’amour
Mindru Katz at his elegant and explosive best in the music of Beethoven and Brahms.
SCHUMANN: Piano Concerto in A Minor; GRIEG: Piano Concerto in A Minor – Mindru Katz, p./ The Israel Broadcast Authority Orch./ Mendi Rohan/ Sergiu Comissiona (Grieg) – Cembal d’amour
Two significant Romantic piano concertos performed by Romanian-Israeli virtuoso Mindru Katz (1925-1978) in live concerts given in Jerusalem.
Mindru Katz plays BEETHOVEN = Sonata No. 17 in D Minor, “Tempest”; Sonata No. 29 in B-flat Major, “Hammerklavier” – Mindru Katz, p. – Cembal d’amour
A Beethoven journey in the Horowitz style, except that master never dared these terrible beauties that Katz executes with masterly passion.
Mindru Katz Plays in Concert = CHOPIN: 24 Preludes; MARCELLO: Adagio from Oboe Concerto in D Minor; KABALEVSKY: 3 Preludes – Cembal d’amour
Mindru Katz again asserts himself as a Chopinist extraordinaire in these Preludes from Jerusalem, 1969.
MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 20; BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 3 – Mindru Katz, piano/ Jerusalem Sym. Orch./ Gary Bertini (Mozart)/ Mendi Rodan – Cembal d’amour
Israeli virtuoso Mindru Katz delivers two powerhouse renditions of Mozart and Beethoven concerto staples.
Mindru Katz plays SCHUMANN = Kinderszenen, Op. 15; Fantasie in C Major, Op. 17 – Mindru Katz, piano – Cembal d’amour
Piano virtuoso Mindru Katz reveals the poetic vigor and intimate candor of his Schumann in recital from 1974.
Mindru Katz: Live! = LISZT: Piano Concerto No. 2 in A Major; TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Concerto No 1 in B-flat Minor, Op. 23 – Mindru Katz, piano/Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra/Harold Byrns/Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra/Sergiu Comissiona – Cembal d’amour
More virile, impassioned collaborations from Israeli keyboard phenomenon Mindru Katz, whose Tchaikovsky Concerto may well surpass the Horowitz inscriptions.
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