It is not surprising that Dinu Lipatti achieved cult status in the years following his death at the age of 33. He was an extremely sensitive musician and a man whose approach to the piano was one of utter fastidiousness, always striving for perfection in every aspect of his interpretation and performance.

Throughout this Besançon recital there is a clarity of sound, evenness of attack and scrupulous attention to gradation of dynamics - characteristic hallmarks of Lipatti’s playing.

The fourteen Chopin Waltzes are played in the order that Lipatti chose for performance but, according to his wife, he was too physically weak to play the last Waltz in A flat, Op.34 No.1, so it is included here from his commercial recording of a few months before.

Contents:
Johann Sebastian Bach:
- Partita No.1 in B flat minor, BWV 825

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart:
- Sonata No.8 in A minor, K.310

Franz Schubert:
- Impromptus, Op.90, D.899 (No.3 in G flat major; No.2 in E flat major)

Frederic Chopin:
- Waltz No.5 in A flat major, Op.42
- Waltz No.6 in D flat major, Op.64, No.1
- Waltz No.9 in A flat major, Op.69, No.1
- Waltz No.7 in C sharp minor, Op.64, No.2
- Waltz No.11 in G flat major, Op.70, No.1
- Waltz No.10 in B minor, Op.69, No.2
- Waltz No.14 in E minor, Op.posth.
- Waltz No.3 in A minor, Op.34, No.2
- Waltz No.4 in F major, Op.34, No.3’
- Waltz No.12 in F minor, Op.70, No.2
- Waltz No.13 in D flat major, Op.70, No.3
- Waltz No.8 in A flat major, Op.64, No.3
- Waltz No.1 in E flat major, Op.18
 
Recorded in the Salle du Parlement, Palais de Justice, Besançon, France, on 16th September 1950