Les introuvables de janos starker biography
Les Introuvables de Janos Starker by János Starker released in Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic....
Born on July 5, 1924, in Budapest, Hungary; son of Sandor and Margit Starker; married Eva Uranyi, 1944; divorced; married Rae Busch Goldsmith, 1960; two daughters; two grandchildren.
Education: Franz Liszt Academy of Music, Budapest, 1961. Memberships: American Federation of Musicians; honorary member, London Royal Academy; honorary president, World Cello Congress of Baltimore, MA. Addresses: Business--School of Music, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405-2200.
Throughout the twentieth century and into the twenty-first, cellist Janos Starker displayed a talent for musical interpretation that brought him recognition as one of the finest virtuosos of his time.
Not that Starker is upstaged (his superb 'middle' recording, originally made for Columbia, is currently available as part of EMI's admirable “Les introuvables.
In 1957 connoisseurs and critics concurred that his recording of the complete Bach cello suites established a new standard of performance for those pieces. Later, in March of 1995, a semi-retired Starker put to tape his fifth separate recording of the Bach suites, an unprecedented feat for any string player.
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