Dinu Lipatti’s Last Recital: Besançon, September 16, 1950

A transfer of the legendary 2-LP set of the great Romanian pianist Dinu Lipatti’s final public concert appearance, at the third International Besançon Festival, on September 16, 1950. The pianist was extremely ill with Hodgkin’s Disease at the time, and came very close to cancelling the concert but insisted on playing. He was receiving injections in a room off the side of the stage between works and managed to get through most of the recital, but he was unable to play the last of the 14 Chopin Waltzes he ha