R.I.P. Zuzana Růžičková - 1927-2017

[pjme]

Sad news - mrs. Růžičková has died in Prague at the age of 90.

Read more about her extraordinary life : http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-38340648

https://www.youtube.com/v/_kpQIQYkJN0

https://www.youtube.com/v/-BT4sd38pWg

https://www.youtube.com/v/ewCYSxzkmfc

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[aligreto]

How extraordinarily coincidental, as I was listening this two LP set only recently and enjoying her playing....


      

[Karl Henning]

A heavy loss.

[André]

Hers was my first recording of the WTC on Erato. Widely recorded on both the Supraphon and Erato labels.

She was married to composer Viktor Kalabis. She can be heard in her husband's harpsichord concerto (composed for her of course):

[Pat B]

Read more about her extraordinary life : http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-38340648

An extraordinary life indeed.

[Spineur]

Hers was my first recording of the WTC on Erato. Widely recorded on both the Supraphon and Erato labels.

Her Erato WTC recordings from my dad LP collection were also my first acquaintance with JS Bach.  Her entire Bach recordings are still available on CD

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[Ken B]

The NYT obit https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/03/obituaries/zuzana-ruzickova-dead-leading-harpsichordist-and-war-survivor.html?smid=pl-share