Byron Janis : The Legendary Concerto Recordings [CD de audio] London Symphony Orchestra and Antal Dorati

After the early death of the legendary William Kapell, Byron Janis, born in 1928 in Pennsylvania as the son of Jewish immigrants of Russian-Polish origin, was the great pride of the United States. As one of the very few piano giants of the 20th century, he is represented in the Phillips series of 100 Great Pianists of the Century with 2 double albums. And even the Russians, who value little more than their own piano tradition, paid tribute to him, and his acclaimed performances in the Soviet Union in 1960 made history. In particular, Janis's performances of the great workhorses of Liszt, Rachmaninoff, Tchaikovsky and Prokofiev, demanding a high degree of virtuosity, brilliance of sound, physical strength and grandeur of expression, were his undisputed mastery, in which he still today He is one of the great models of pianists around the world. Had Janis not retired from the concert world in 1973, at the height of his fame, due to progressive arthritis, he would have been among the most popular living classical artists on the market. Therefore, this collection of romantic and late-romantic piano treasures is all the more important, rarely heard with such strength of character and wit as extroverted and radiant.