#ruth laredo

Scriabin: Ruth Laredo, piano – Eight Études, Opus 42; Sonata No. 5; 'White Mass,' Sonata No. 7; 'Black Mass,' Sonata No. 9 - Connoisseur Society - 1970

Ruth Laredo (November 20, 1937 – May 25, 2005) was an American classical pianist. She became known in the 1970s in particular for her premiere recordings of the 10 sonatas of Scriabin and the complete solo piano works of Rachmaninoff, for her Ravel recordings and, in the last sixteen and a half years before her death, for her series in the Metropolitan Museum of Art “Concerts with Commentary”. She was often referred to as “America's First Lady of the Piano”. Via Wikipedia

Happy birthday Ruth Laredo

Happy birthday Ruth Laredo

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alexander scriabin “the complete piano sonatas”