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Extractions: sponsored by William Kappell Biography Notes by VIRGIL THOMPSON, Music Critic, New York Herald-Tribune When I first heard him at Ravinia in 1943, he was 20, catapulted to fame by the Khatchaturian Concerto he was playing. It was not much of a concerto, but no one else has played it like that, with beauty and sweep and fire. It served notice, that concerto, of what was to come. Perhaps it was only just that it came, in a flood of splendor, at that same Ravinia in the summer of 1947 when he played the Third Rachmaninoff Concerto. No one who heard it will forget that performance. With it Kapell moved into the company of Horowitz and Rachmaninoff himself, who alone had conquered the citadel of that strange concerto, which is cheap unless it is magnificent. He forged the full splendor of the score from his amazing equipment of poetry and fire, of impishness and blazing technique. He conjured its curious fragrance by coaxing from the piano its loveliest songs. From then on it was to me just a question of time when Kapell would be the foremost pianist. Season after season, that time came closer. He played crystalline Mozart, a Bach suite of unforgettable purity of tone. His Brahms rose from the deepest lyricism, yet knew the inimical and the brusque. It poured out in a torrent of fabulous performance last season in the most extraordinary performance I have known of the D Minor Concerto. I called that playing fabulous. The word stands.
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Extractions: Performing Arts Library International Piano Archives at Maryland The Collection William Kapell was a brilliant American pianist whose life and career were cut short by the crash of an airplane on which he was returning from an overseas tour in October 1953. He was barely 31, but was already acknowledged as the leading American pianist of his generation; some have said he would have been the greatest pianist of the 20th century. Born in 1922, Kapell studied piano with Dorothea Anderson LaFollette at the Yorkville Settlement School in New York and with Olga Samaroff at the Philadelphia Conservatory and, later, at the Juilliard School. In 1941, he won both a Naumburg Award and the Philadelphia Orchestra Youth Concert competition. This gave him opportunities for major debuts both as a recitalist and as a player of concerti. In 1942, he was given the Town Hall Endowment Series Award, providing him with yet another Town Hall recital during the 1942-43 season. He then signed a contract with RCA Victor and recorded a wide variety of repertoire for that company. (All of Kapell's RCA recordings have been reissued in compact disc format.) He toured North America annually thereafter, performing both with major orchestras and as a recitalist. He became an advocate of contemporary American piano music, and seems to have been especially prized by American composers. In 1945, he played a series of concerts in Australia, beginning to build an international reputation. He toured South America three times (1946, 1948, and 1951). He seemed to have a particular affection for music of South America that is reflected in his personal collection of piano music. He first played in Europe in 1947. In mid-1953 he performed in Tel Aviv, played at Casals's Prades Festival, and gave his final series of performances during the course of a three-month Australian tour. Returning from Australia, his plane crashed into a mountain moments before its scheduled landing in San Francisco.
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Extractions: Performing Arts Library International Piano Archives at Maryland Publications WILLIAM KAPELL: A Documentary Life History of the American Pianist By Tim Page (College Park: IPAM, 1992. Softcover. xiv + 200 pp.) $25.00 BUY IT HERE The brilliant American pianist William Kapell (1922-1953), who died tragically in a plane crash at the age of 31, has attained legendary status through the recordings he made for RCA Victor (now reissued on CD) and in the memories of those who heard him in person and who witnessed the fierce integrity of his personality and musicianship. This volume is a collection of documents drawn from the Kapell Collection at IPAM, including rare photographs, press clippings, selections from diaries and notebooks, and related material. Author Tim Page provides an extensive connecting narrative, offering a vivid portrait of Kapells life and career. return to top
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Extractions: showHide_TellMeAbout2('false'); Business Entertainment Games Health ... More... On this page: Wikipedia Mentioned In Or search: - The Web - Images - News - Blogs - Shopping William Kapell Wikipedia William Kapell William Kapell September 20 October 29 ) was a American pianist The critic Harold Schonberg once considered Kapell the most promising American pianist of the post- World War II generation. Unfortunately, Kapell's brilliant career was cut short when he died in a airplane crash at the age of thirty-one. His style was direct, clear, and energetic; his technique impeccable; and his repertoire eclectic and adventurous. A nine-disc survey on RCA contains Kapell's l Chopin mazurkas and sonatas , and Sergei Rachmaninoff and Aram Khatchaturian concertos . It also has many lesser-known items, some of them first releases, including Shostakovich Preludes Scarlatti sonatas, and the Copland Piano Sonata . The Chopin Sonata no. 2 is profound, moody, and complex; the mazurkas are brought to life with subtle accents. VAI 1027 contains broadcast recordings of the Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 3
William Kapell's Piano Benchmark By Tim Page william kapell s Piano Benchmark. By Tim Page Washington Post September 27, 1998.America s first great pianist has finally been accorded the tribute he http://www.williamkapell.com/articles/timpage.html
Extractions: September 27, 1998 America's first great pianist has finally been accorded the tribute he deserves. In a sumptuously produced, exhaustively documented, and altogether thrilling new set of nine compact discs, BMG Classics (formerly RCA Victor) has assembled virtually everything ever recorded for the company by William Kapell (1922-1953), who was a celebrated artist by the time he was in his twenties and who was killed in a freakish plane crash at the age of 31. It would not be entirely accurate to suggest that Kapell has been forgotten in the 45 years since his death: There have been a number of reissues (including some so-called "pirated" performances that are excluded from this set) and the University of Maryland named its biannual piano competition after him. Still, this release will come as a revelation for most listeners, for we are finally permitted a more or less complete access to Kapell's legacy, and it is nothing less than staggering. Here is Kapell in all of his manifestations in unfailingly patrician and meticulously thought-through performances of Chopin; in soulful, impassioned chamber music recordings with Jascha Heifetz, William Primrose and Edmund Kurtz; in dazzlingly virtuosic renditions of the finger-busting showpieces of Aram Khachaturian and Serge Prokofiev. Not to mention superb Bach, matchless Copland, a lithe, radiant performance of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat and many others 10 hours of glorious music-making, all in all.
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Extractions: E ach month we feature the personal experiences and insights of a noted artist/educator on various aspects of piano performance and education. You may not always agree with the opinions expressed, but we think you will find them interesting and informative. The opinions offered here are those of the interviewee and do not necessarily represent those of the West Mesa Music Teachers Association, its officers, or members. (We have attorneys, too!). At the end of the interview, you'll find hypertext links to the interviewee's e-mail and Web sites (where available), so you can learn more if you're interested. This Month's Interview Other Interviews Return to the Piano Education Home Page William Leland Don Giovanni , Rossini's Barber of Seville , and Sondheim's musical Sweeney Todd . Professor Leland is the Editor-in-Chief of the online music magazine
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Extractions: William Kapell (piano), NBC Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Golschmann (Beethoven, rec. 1946), Boston Symphony Orchestra, Serge Koussevitsky (Khatchaturian, rec. 1946), and Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Fritz Reiner (Rachmaninov, rec. 1951). Solo works recorded in 1949, 1952, and 1953, (Schubert), 1950 and 1951 (Debussy), 1945 (Shostakovich), 1953 (Chopin), 1946, (Khatchaturian), and 1953 (Rachmaninov). [ADD]
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Extractions: As a preface to Kapell's letters, we begin with Dr. Dehavenon's spontaneous comments, made during her first listening to these performances after remastering. They attest to her extensive musical background: she had studied piano with Sergei Tarnowsky (one of Vladimir Horowitz's teachers) and possesses a sharp, sensitive, analytical ear. Her observations indicate what Kapell considered important and reflect her understanding of his art through the last seven years of his life. From his initial performances, Kapell's innate musical gifts stirred listeners, attracting a devoted public and the admiration and support of the musical elite. Mieczyslaw Horszowski noted in his diary each Kapell concert he had attended, their few meetings, and his passing. The fervor which Kapell inspired throughout his career moved individuals to record many of his concert performances which otherwise would not have been preserved. When I have a few days to prepare a recital I feel fine on stage. When I play two days after a recital I cannot but feel shaky and nervous because even my conscientiousness doesn't help then because of the time element, which is darned important. The really outstanding concerts were the ones where I had a week between to rest and study. The Brahms Sonata, Op. 5 went like a dream, but the Schubert, which was new anyway, and came two days later, was like a bad dream.
