was of course a shock. He could do everything without having practiced. But of course he practiced insanely. When he came back from the concert, he was still practicing at night. And then he had a massive stroke. It happened during the second movement of the first Brahms concerto. Afterwards he told me that the keyboard went higher and higher. Afterwards he was paralyzed on the right side and had to give up his great career. The man had won all international competitions. The Rubinstein competition for example. And when Arthur Rubinstein says how beautifully he played the piano, it must mean something. Sound documents Radio recordings Johannes Brahms: Klavierkonzert Nr. 1 d-Moll op. 15 (Radio-Symphonieorchester Berlin, Leitung: Max Fiedler). (on CD: Behind the notes: Brahms played by his colleagues and pupils. Arbiter Records 163). Johannes Brahms: Klavierkonzert Nr. 2 B-Dur op. 86 (Radioorchester Leipzig, conductor: Reinhold Merten, Aufnahme: 1940). (Auf CD übertragen: Cultural Death: Music under Tyranny. Arbiter Records 162.). Peter Tchaikowsky: Klavierkonzert Nr. 1 b-Moll op. 23 (Radio-Symphonieorchester Stuttgart, conductor: Wilhelm Buschkötter). Sergej Rachmaninoff: Klavierkonzert Nr. 2 c-Moll op. 18 (conductor: Hans Rosbaud). Max Reger: Klavierkonzert f-Moll op. 114 (Frankfurter Rundfunk-Symphonieorchester, conductor: Otto Frickhoeffer). The recordings are partly in the inventory of the Deutsches Rundfunkarchiv. Recordings on reels System Welte-Mignon(M. Welte & Söhne, Freiburg im Breisgau) Johann Sebastian Bach: Chromatische Fantasie und Fuge d-Moll BWV 903 (Rollennr. 3289, year 1922). Ludwig van Beethoven: Klaviersonate Nr. 4 Es-Dur op.7 (Rollennr. 3290/3291, 1920). Ludwig van Beethoven: Klaviersonate Nr. 29 B-Dur op. 106 (Rollennr. 3292/93/94, 1922). Ludwig van Beethoven: Variationen und Fuge Es-Dur op. 35, Teil 1 (Rollennr. 3296, 1920). Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Scherzo a capriccio fis-Moll (Rollennr. 3375, 1920). Johannes Brahms: Klaviersonate Nr. 3 f-Moll op.5 (Rollennr. 3297/98/99/3300, 1920). Johannes Brahms: Variationen und Fuge über ein Thema von Händel B-Dur op. 24. (R. 3301/02, 1920). Jean-Philippe Rameau: Gavotte mit Variationen a-Moll (Rollennr. 3303, 1920). Phonola(Ludwig-Hupfeld AG, Leipzig) Frédéric Chopin: Nocturne e-Moll op. 72/1 (88 Animatic, Rollennr. 50572). Frédéric Chopin: Variationen über das Thema des Rondos Je vends des scapulaires from the opera Ludovic by Hérold and Halévy in B flat major op. 12 (88 Animatic, Rollennr. 50476). Antonin Dvořák: Poetische Stimmungsbilder op. 85/12 "Am Heldengrabe" (88 Animatic, Rollennr. 50572). Recordings on discs Frédéric Chopin: Barcarolle Fis-Dur op. 60 (Parlophone E 10850, Odeon O 9108, American Decca 25177). Frédéric Chopin: 2 études (op. 10/12 c-Moll "Revolutionsetüde", op. 25/2 f-Moll) (Parlophone E