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Real Post- The tragic life of Mitja Nikisch, son of Arthur Nikisch

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Otterhouse Rolf

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Sep 6, 2007, 5:10:47 AM9/6/07
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Hi all,

I never heard of Mitja Nikish when I looked, well, rather heard this
youtube video:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=0FDOBdvs-UA

Mozart Piano Concerto No.20 in D minor, K.466
Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker
Director: Rudolf Schulz-Dornburg
Piano: Mitja Nikisch

Then, when I googled him, I read about his tragic life:

http://nfo.net/euro/en.html
(scroll down). There is also a link to his jazz recordings.
There could be a film made about his life...

Rolf

jeffli...@hotmail.com

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Sep 6, 2007, 3:27:51 PM9/6/07
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Rolf, thanks for posting this item. Unforunately, the Mozart PC 20 on
youtube (first mvt. excerpt only) sounds a bit water-logged. My only
previous awareness of this recording's existence was due to
"Conductors on Record" (1982) by John L. Holmes, where it is the sole
recorded example shown for the German conductor Rudolf Schulz-Dornburg
(1891-1949). From the link you provided I now know that poor Mitja
Nikisch (1899-1936), son of the famous Hungarian conductor, died a
suicide in Italy. As for Schulz-Dornburg, the only other recording I
know by him is a quite brilliant Beethoven 7th with the Berlin Radio,
probably from the late 1930s. The latter was part of a complete
Beethoven symphony set I used to own on the Historia LP label - it
featured a different conductor for each symphony. If memory serves,
the conductors were as follows: Pfitzner (1), Kleiber (2), Keilberth
(3), Mengelberg (4), R. Strauss (5), Toscanini/BBC (6), Schulz-
Dornburg (7), Walter/NYPO (8) and Furtwangler (wartime 9th). The 7th
and 8th have appeared on CDC 880445, which I bought at BRO a few years
ago. Schulz-Dornburg was apparently a major talent who died at the
rather early age of 58.

Cordially,

Jeff Lipscomb

Russ and/or Martha Oppenheim

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Sep 6, 2007, 4:39:21 PM9/6/07
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El Klauso

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Sep 6, 2007, 5:05:21 PM9/6/07
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A sad story, but an interesting account of the Mozart.

Otterhouse Rolf

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Sep 7, 2007, 4:09:19 AM9/7/07
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On 6 sep, 21:27, jefflipsc...@hotmail.com wrote:
> On Sep 6, 2:10 am, Otterhouse Rolf <composit...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > Hi all,
>
> > I never heard of Mitja Nikish when I looked, well, rather heard this
> > youtube video:
>
> >http://youtube.com/watch?v=0FDOBdvs-UA
>
> > Mozart Piano Concerto No.20 in D minor, K.466
> > Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker
> > Director: Rudolf Schulz-Dornburg
> > Piano: Mitja Nikisch
>
> > Then, when I googled him, I read about his tragic life:
>
> >http://nfo.net/euro/en.html
> > (scroll down). There is also a link to his jazz recordings.
> > There could be a film made about his life...
>
> > Rolf
>
> Rolf, thanks for posting this item. Unforunately, the Mozart PC 20 on
> youtube (first mvt. excerpt only) sounds a bit water-logged.

I agree... too much de-noising used.
But all the movements are there. If you look in the "more" discription
all links to the rest of the movements should be there. For me, the
webchannel of this "classical78rpm" is a nice background radio. And
just like playing 78's you have to change sides couple of
minutes... :)

Rolf


jeffli...@hotmail.com

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Sep 7, 2007, 10:53:17 AM9/7/07
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Thanks, Rolf. By the way, the entire performance was recently released
on a CD from Tahra, which I haven't heard.

Jeff Lipscomb

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