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THURSDAY: International Performance. Pianists Claudio Arrau and Robert Casadesus and violinist Zino Fraocescatti perform two Beethoven sonatus from the early years of the composer's deafness. "Appassionata (No. 23 in F Minor)" and "Kreutzer." CH. 2.9 p.m. Color...
Died. Robert Casadesus, 73, French composer and pianist, best known for his pure, elegantly phrased interpretations of Mozart, Rameau, Debussy and Ravel; of cancer of the pancreas; in Paris. Born in Paris and trained at the piano from the age of four, Casadesus composed more than 60 works of his own including six symphonies. More widely recognized as a performer, he made 3,000 concert appearances during his 50-year career, as well as at least 30 recordings. Included in his concert repertory were several seldom performed compositions, three-piano concertos that Casadesus played with his wife Gaby and elder...
...Renaissance studies under Humanities Chairman Aldo Bernardo, who passed up an Ivy League Italian Chair from his alma mater, Brown University, to stay with S.U.N.Y. In just four years, Music Chairman Philip Nelson has added 24 teachers, given his department a national reputation. Such performing artists as Pianist Jean Casadesus, the Guarneri String Quartet (see Music) and the New York Woodwind Quintet all teach at Harpur...
BELL TELEPHONE HOUR (NBC, 6:30-7:30 p.m.). A peek into the on-and off-stage life of Concert Pianist Robert Casadesus, his wife Gaby and their eldest son Jean, in "Casadesus: First Family of the Piano...
BEETHOVEN: THE COMPLETE VIOLIN AND PIANO SONATAS (4 LPs; Columbia). Released separately over the past few years, these performances by Violinist Zino Francescatti and Pianist Robert Casadesus are now complete. The earlier sonatas are especially fine, for the French artists are marvelously attuned to the lyricism, elfin wit, and inventive refinements of the young Beethoven. Other violinists may play the works more romantically (David Oistrakh on Philips) or more brilliantly (Jascha Heifetz on RCA Victor), but their pianists do not always live up to them, and the understanding partnership of the two virtuosos in the new series is rewarding...