KELBERINE, ALEXANDER (1903 - 1940)

Russian-born Alexander Kelberine (1903-1940) studied with Busoni, Leo Sirota and Alexander Siloti. Kelberine was married to Jeanne Behrend (1911-1988) who was a student of Josef Hofmann, Rosario Scalero and Abram Chasins. They formed a duo-piano team and recorded together on the Victor label. Their 1936 set of Bach transcriptions (all by Kelberine) for solo and duo performance is a collector’s item today. According to Nicolas Slonimsky, “Kelberine was a victim of acute depression… He programmed his last recital for pieces in minor keys and of funeral connotations, concluding with Liszt’s Todtentanz, after which he went home and took an overdose of sleeping pills.” In Vol.1 [Naxos Historical 8.110658] we presented Kelberine playing solo.

Albums featuring this artist are available for download from ClassicsOnline.com
BACH, J.S.: Piano Transcriptions, Vol. 1 (Great Pianists) (1925-1947)	8.110658
BACH, J.S.: Piano Transcriptions, Vol. 2 (Great Pianists) (1925-1950)	8.111119