Thaddeus Kozuch - concert pianist, teacher, lecturer, scholar, composer ... a "Brilliant Piano Virtuoso"
Long Overdue thanks and credit is acknowledged for Joseph Stefanits' discovery and help obtaining the RTF broadcast recordings by Thaddeus Kozuch in Paris from 1960.
Debussy Preludes
Audiences enthusiastically looked forward with anticipation whenever
Thaddeus Kozuch scheduled a performance of Debussy's Preludes.
This performance is from the 1975 DePaul University Faculty Recital.
Debussy's Preludes are a fundamental staple of the classical piano repertoire.
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Debussy
Preludes
Book 1
Ginastera's Sonata 1 is a
Kozuch "tour de force" performance.
We anticipate adding another earlier Kozuch performance to our website, so please stay in touch !
Kozuch's earlier performances were sometimes taken at a faster clip. Here the sonata is given in a deliberate and expansive manner. Powerful music is presented in a quite powerful performance.
VIDEO: Ginastera Sonata 1 Opus 22 (1952)
The movements are:
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Allegro marcato ...................... at time 0:08
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Presto misterioso .................. at time 4:25
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Adagio molto appassionato ... at time 7:14
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Ruvido ed ostinato .................. at time 11:40
Thaddeus Kozuch was in his home studio on March 26, 1986 for this recording. He has publicly performed the Ginastera Sonata a number of times ever since its first publication.
Thaddeus Kozuch's music
Poem (1980's version) for flute with piano performed by his daughter Ann (Kozuch) Fairbanks with pianist Daryl Robinson.
Thaddeus Kozuch wrote compositions for for flute, violin, cello, voice, and of course, piano.
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Please stay in touch as we bring more of his music to our website.
Mr. Kozuch originally composed this Poem for Violin as a gift to his wife Jacquline in the 1930's. Later he reworked the music for flute and piano in the 1980's.
In this 2021 VIDEO made in the Houston Christ Church Cathedral, Ann provides a brief introduction.
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