Dinu Lipatti interview on Swiss Radio, July 27, 1950 + Chopin & Bach

A July 27, 1950 interview with Dinu Lipatti (in French) from Swiss radio in which he plays Chopin’s Waltz No.3 No.2 and the Bach-Busoni ’Ich ruf’ zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ’. Lipatti had finished making his famous series of Bach, Mozart, and Chopin recordings two weeks earlier, and speaks about the recording sessions. He additionally describes his process for preparing new works, which begins by reading the score without touching the piano. This is one of only three radio interviews of Lipatti in existence. Here is an English translation of the interview: