was as a juror for the Ninth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition held in Texas in May/June 1993. Death Dame Moura Lympany died in Gorbio near Menton, France, in 2005, aged 88. Her archive was deposited in the International Piano Archives at the University of Maryland, College Park. Legacy A succession of reissues of Lympany archive recordings has contributed to both maintaining her reputation and introducing her to post-LP generations including CDs issued by Dutton (Mozart K.414 and K.467), Ivory Classics (Mendelssohn, Litolff, Liszt), Olympia (Rachmaninoff and Prokofiev), Pristine Audio (Saint-Saëns Piano Concerto No. 2), Eloquence (Rachmaninov Preludes recorded 1951-2) and Documents (10 CD boxed set of all Lympany's recordings 1951-1961). Notable recordings Brahms, Intermezzi (EMI) Beethoven, Piano Concerto No 5 (Emperor), Stadium Concerts S.O. Cond. Thomas Scherman (1957) Chopin, The Complete Nocturnes (Angel) Chopin, 24 Preludes, Op. 28 (Erato) Khachaturian, Piano Concerto (Decca) Prokofiev, Piano Concerto No. 1 (Angel) Prokofiev, Piano Concerto No. 3 (Decca) Rachmaninoff, Piano Concerto No. 1 (Angel) Rachmaninoff, Piano Concerto No. 2 (HMV) Rachmaninoff, Piano Concerto No. 3 (Decca) Rachmaninoff, 24 Preludes (Erato) This (1994) was her third recording of the set. Her first and the first full set ever recorded was recorded from 1941 to 1945 for Decca. Her second recording of the full set was for Decca in 1951, later reissued on vinyl, then Ace of Clubs and by Everest Records. Alan Rawsthorne, Piano Concerto No. 1 (HMV) Saint-Saëns, Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, London Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Jean Martinon. (Decca 1951) (Pristine Audio) Schubert, Piano Quintet in A "The Trout" – with principals of the London Symphony Orchestra (EMI) Litolff, Concerto Symphonique No. 4 in D minor (Ivory Classics) References 1916 births 2005 deaths Alumni of the Royal Academy of Music Fellows of the Royal Academy of Music Dames Commander of the Order of the British Empire English autobiographers English classical pianists English women pianists English expatriates in France English expatriates in Monaco Musicians awarded knighthoods People from Saltash Prize-winners of the Queen Elisabeth Competition Women classical pianists Pupils of Tobias Matthay 20th-century classical pianists 20th-century English musicians 20th-century English women musicians Women autobiographers 20th-century women pianists