Sari Biro Legacy: Historic Performances

In celebration of her 100th birthday, Cambria releases The Sari Biro Legacy - a 4 CD boxed set (with 44 page booklet) authorized by the Biro Estate which chronicles the Hungarian-American pianist's remarkable recording career from 1944 to 1972. Shortly before WWII, Shari came to the US from Hungary with little money and a trunk of gowns and scores. Cut off from her homeland and family because of the war, she re-launched her career in the US, not to return to Europe for 30 years. Acclaimed as one of the foremost women exponents of the keyboard by the New York Times, Sari spent the next three decades giving hundreds of piano recitals and performing with numerous orchestras throughout the United States. With an uncanny way to adjust to change, she was regularly heard on the radio (both as a recitalist and lecturer), early television and was highly sought after as a master-teacher (both in New York and later in San Francisco).

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Bach, Johann Sebastian : Partita for Keyboard no 2 in C minor, BWV 826

Performer: Sari Biro (Piano)
Running Time: 20 min. 17 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Written: 1726-1731

Scarlatti, Domenico : Sonata for Harpsichord in D major, K 492/L 14

Performer: Sari Biro (Piano)
Running Time: 2 min. 1 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Written: 1756-1757

Rameau, Jean-Philippe : Suite no 4 in A minor :: Gavotte and Variations

Performer: Sari Biro (Piano)
Running Time: 6 min. 23 sec.
Period Time: Baroque

Zoltán Kodály (1882 - 1967) : Dances of Marosszék (Marosszéki táncok), for piano

Performer: Sari Biro (Piano)
Running Time: 10 min. 15 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Written: 1923-1927

Milhaud, Darius : Concerto, for piano & orchestra (or 2 pianos), no 2, Op. 225

Performer: Sari Biro (Piano)
Conductor: Emanuel Vardi
Notes: Composition written: 1941.
Running Time: 13 min. 57 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Form: Concerto
Written: 1941

Beethoven, Ludwig van : Sonata for Piano no 32 in C minor, Op. 111

Performer: Sari Biro (Piano)
Running Time: 23 min. 1 sec.
Period Time: Classical
Written: 1821-1822

Béla Bartók (1881 - 1945) : 15 Hungarian Peasant Dances, Sz. 71 :: Nine Old Dance Tunes

Performer: Sari Biro (Piano)
Running Time: 5 min. 14 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Written: 1914-1918

Leó Weiner (Composer) (1885 - 1960) : Concertino for piano & orchestra, Op 15

Performer: Sari Biro (Piano)
Conductor: Emanuel Vardi
Running Time: 10 min. 45 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Form: Concerto

Scarlatti, Domenico : Sonata for Harpsichord in E major, K 380/L 23

Performer: Sari Biro (Piano)
Running Time: 2 min. 50 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Written: 1756-1757

Scarlatti, Domenico : Sonata for Harpsichord in F minor, K 466/L 118

Performer: Sari Biro (Piano)
Running Time: 2 min. 27 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Written: 1756-1757

Scarlatti, Domenico : Sonata for Harpsichord in F major, K 366/L 119

Performer: Sari Biro (Piano)
Running Time: 2 min. 2 sec.
Period Time: Baroque

Isaac Albéniz (1860 - 1909) : España, seis hojas de álbum, Op. 165 :: 3. Malagueña

Performer: Sari Biro (Piano)
Running Time: 2 min. 53 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Written: 1890

Casella, Alfredo : Pezzi infantili (11), for piano, Op. 35

Performer: Sari Biro (Piano)
Running Time: 1 min. 34 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Written: 1920

Kabalevsky, Dmitri : Sonata for Piano no 3 in F major, Op. 46

Performer: Sari Biro (Piano)
Notes: Composition written: 1946.
Running Time: 14 min. 32 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Written: 1946

Mussorgsky, Modest : Pictures at an exhibition

Performer: Sari Biro (Piano)
Running Time: 26 min. 15 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1874

Menotti, Gian Carlo : Concerto for Piano in F major

Performer: Sari Biro (Piano)
Conductor: Emanuel Vardi
Running Time: 13 min. 44 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Form: Concerto
Written: 1945

Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849) : Concerto for Piano no 1 in E minor, B 53/Op. 11 :: Romance (Larghetto)

Performer: Sari Biro (Piano)
Conductor: Emanuel Vardi
Running Time: 8 min. 27 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Concerto
Written: 1830

Schumann, Robert : Moderato

Performer: Sari Biro (Piano)
Running Time: 9 min. 28 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1829-1831

Haydn, Franz Joseph : Sonata for Piano no 59 in E flat major

Performer: Sari Biro (Piano)
Notes: Composition written: 1789-90.
Running Time: 17 min. 33 sec.
Period Time: Classical
Written: 1789-1790

Sauer, Emil von : Die Spieluhr (The Musical Box)

Performer: Sari Biro (Piano)
Running Time: 2 min. 39 sec.
Period Time: Modern

Mendelssohn, Felix : Prelude & Fugue for piano in E minor/E major, Op. 35/1

Performer: Sari Biro (Piano)
Notes: Composition written: 06/16/1827-??/??/1836.
Running Time: 2 min. 56 sec.
Period Time: Romantic

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Concerto for Piano no 24 in C minor, K 491

Performer: Sari Biro (Piano)
Conductor: Wilhelm Loibner
Running Time: 31 min. 31 sec.
Period Time: Classical
Form: Concerto
Written: 1786

Prokofiev, Sergei : Prelude in C major for piano (or harp), Op. 12/7

Performer: Sari Biro (Piano)
Running Time: 2 min. 4 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Written: 1913

Gershwin, George : Preludes (3) for piano

Performer: Sari Biro (Piano)
Running Time: 5 min. 7 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Written: 1926

Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849) : Mazurka for piano no 2 in C sharp minor, Op. 6/2, CT. 52

Performer: Sari Biro (Piano)
Running Time: 1 min. 55 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1830-1832

Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849) : Mazurka for piano no 23 in D major, Op. 33/2, CT. 73

Performer: Sari Biro (Piano)
Running Time: 2 min. 16 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1837

Beethoven, Ludwig van : Concerto for Piano no 3 in C minor, Op. 37

Performer: Sari Biro (Piano)
Conductor: Emanuel Vardi
Running Time: 34 min. 27 sec.
Period Time: Classical
Form: Concerto
Written: 1800-1803

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