Artist
Tamás Vásáry
Personb. 1933 · Debrecen, Hungary, Hungary
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Bio
Tamás Vásáry is a Hungarian classical pianist and conductor born in 1933. He studied at the Franz Liszt Academy in Budapest and won the Liszt Prize in 1947. After leaving Hungary in 1956 he built an international career performing with major orchestras and recording extensively for Deutsche Grammophon. Vásáry later turned to conducting and served as music director of the Bournemouth Sinfonietta and the Northern Sinfonia. His repertoire centers on Romantic piano literature, especially Chopin and Liszt, and he has collaborated with conductors such as Sir Georg Solti and conductors of the Berlin Philharmonic.
Popular tracks
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Mazurka No. 49 in A Minor, Op. 68 No. 2: Lento - Pt. 1
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- 21:11
Mazurka No. 54 in D: Allegro non troppo
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- 32:36
Mazurka No. 47 in A Minor, Op. 68 No. 2. Lento
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- 42:52
Waltz No. 8 in A-Flat Major, Op. 64 No. 3: Moderato
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- 54:03
12 Etudes, Op. 10: No. 3 in E Major "Tristesse"
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- 61:17
Ballade No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 23 - Pt. 4
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- 70:38
Nocturne No. 1 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 9 No. 1 - Pt. 1
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- 80:44
Nocturne No. 1 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 9 No. 1 - Pt. 2
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- 90:40
Nocturne No. 1 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 9 No. 1 - Pt. 6
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- 101:14
Nocturne No. 1 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 9 No. 1 - Pt. 3
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- 110:33
Nocturne No. 1 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 9 No. 1 - Pt. 5
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- 121:28
Ballade No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 23 - Pt. 2
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Albums
Tune Your Brain
Album · 1997
Chopin: Piano Works
Album · 2000
Chopin: Valses et Mazurkas
Album · 2007
Respighi: Three Botticelli Pictures
Album · 1991
Rachmaninov: Complete Piano Concertos
Album · 1978
Beethoven: Moonlight Sonata / Chopin: Piano Music
Album · 2014
Beethoven: Piano Sonatas No.8 & 14 & 23 & 26
Album · 1991
Honegger: Symphony No. 4, Pastorale d'été, Concertino & Prelude, Arioso et Fughette sur le nom de Bach
Album · 1991
Schumann: Carnaval - Romanze - Fantasie - Kinderszenen
Album · 2014
Mozart: Piano Concertos No. 17 & No. 21
Album · 1991
Chopin: Piano Works
Album · 2018
Mozart: Concertos for Flute, Oboe & Bassoon
Album · 2011