Jerome Lowenthal - Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 2 (live 1968, Paris)

I was thrilled to find this astonishing live broadcast recording by my beloved Juilliard teacher - Jerome Lowenthal, not published in any format.
Sergei Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 16
March 1968. Studio 104 de la Maison de Radio France
l'Orchestre philharmonique de l'ORTF, conducted by Henryk Czyz

[@CarldeFigueiredo-lf2gc]

I came to this astonishing performance from having watched and being bowled over by the brilliant video of the rehearsal of the Rachmaninov Pagannini Rhapsody under Stockowski. What a pianist!!! Thank you so much for sharing this treasure!

[@MichaelKaykov]

so glad this exists!

[@danielgloverpiano7693]

I studied with Mr. Lowenthal in the 1980s-90s, and had no idea he played this piece. I studied it with Abbey Simon, who never played it. I wish I had known. Lowenthal’s wife played it because there was a poster of the concert in their apartment. Thanks for sharing. I’m going to be playing it next season.

[@MichaelKaykov]

Good luck!!! Hope it gets recorded

[@danielgloverpiano7693]

@@MichaelKaykov thanks much!

[@eliotgoldmund]

This is gold unearthed from the core of the Earth itself! Thank you!

[@darkstudios001]

the sound quality is so clear, and an amazing performance as well!

[@suremate]

I’d love to raid their archives. It’s been a while since I’ve been in that studio, I didn’t realise they could fit a symphony orchestra on that stage.

[@ChristopherCiampoliMusic]

I had no idea this existed. Thank you for sharing

[@pacifist1360]

Speechless! Thank you so much for posting this treasure. Jerome Lowenthal is undoubtedly one of the greatest pianists of the twentieth and twenty first centuries.

[@edwardbak4459]

Blistering but so well structured

[@jicheolha376]

this is my teacher’s father!!

[@MichaelKaykov]

Yes!

[@pacifist1360]

And the conductor, the sound of the orchestra and the quality of the recording are second to none. Absolutely breathtaking.