Dvorak and Dohnanyi

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I didn’t realise Dohnanyi was such an all round good musician with a conscience. Not only did he write symphonies,  concerti, and deliciously romantic chamber music, he was a great piano soloist, conductor and teacher in Berlin, Budapest and America. He also did what he could to resist the Nazis and help Jewish musicians.

 

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