Carol Rosenberger (born 1933) is a classical pianist. In 1976, Rosenberger was chosen to represent America's women concert artists by the President's National Commission on the Observance of International Women's Year. She has given performance workshops for young musicians on campuses nationwide. Rosenberger recorded over 30 albums on the

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/ref> recording label.Carol Rosenberberger's Recordings on Delos
/ref> Rosenberger's memoir, ''To Play Again: A Memoir of Musical Survival'', was published in 2018 by She Writes Press.She Writes Press Website
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Life

Born in

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, Michigan, Rosenberger studied in the U.S. with Webster Aitken and Katja Andy; in Paris with the legendary

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; and in Vienna with the harpsichordist and Baroque scholar Eta Harich-Schneider and the Schenker theorist Franz Eibner. She has been the subject of articles in many of the nation's leading newspapers and magazines, and in 1976 was chosen to represent America's women concert artists by the President's National Commission on the Observance of International Women's Year. She has been on the faculties of the

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and

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. She has given performance workshops for young musicians on campuses nationwide. Rosenberger has given numerous

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s for

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programs, an effort motivated by her own experience. Her official debut was delayed ten years by an attack of paralytic polio at the outset of her career.The Post-Polio Resource group "Famous People Who Had Polio"
/ref> The disease damaged most severely the very muscles needed for piano playing. Rosenberger spent those ten years of seclusion and rehabilitation partly in

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, studying

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style and theory at the

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and absorbing German ''

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'',

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, instrumental music and literature. Between the late 1960s and the early 1980s, Rosenberger was a member of the

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faculties of the University of Southern California, Immaculate Heart College, and California State University, Northridge. At USC she taught a workshop for instrumentalists and

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s entitled "Preparation for Performance", which drew upon the techniques she had developed to rehabilitate her own playing from the after-effects of paralytic polio. On her concert tours throughout the U.S., she often included piano workshops while performing at universities. After making a number of recordings for Delos, Rosenberger became interested in classical recording production and began co-producing recordings with Delos founder Amelia Haygood. The Delos Recordings for Young People seriesDelos Music for Young People Series
was a result of this partnership. Since the death of Amelia Haygood in 2007, Rosenberger has taken on a larger responsibility for the label and is now its director.

Concert history

Rosenberger's debut tour in 1970 received enthusiastic reviews from cities like

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, Paris, Vienna,

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and other capitals. Rosenberger's recital programs and guest appearances with orchestras have carried her to most major European and American cities. She has been guest soloist with the

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (RPO) is a British symphony orchestra based in London, England. The RPO was established by Thomas Beecham in 1946. In its early days, the orchestra secured profitable recording contracts and important engagemen ...

London Symphony Orchestra The London Symphony Orchestra (LSO) is a British symphony orchestra based in London. Founded in 1904, the LSO is the oldest of London's orchestras, symphony orchestras. The LSO was created by a group of players who left Henry Wood's Queen's ...

English Chamber Orchestra The English Chamber Orchestra (ECO) is a British chamber orchestra based in London. The full orchestra regularly plays concerts at Cadogan Hall, and their ensemble performs at Wigmore Hall. With a limited performance size, the orchestra spe ...

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, Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte Carlo,

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, New York Chamber Symphony,

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, and

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; performing with conductors

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, Constantine Orbelian,

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, and

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, among others.

Recording history

Over 30 recordings on the Delos label encompassed a wide range of piano repertoire. Her recording of

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's ''Fantasy Variations on a Theme of Youth'', with Gerard Schwarz and the New York Chamber Symphony brought her a 1991

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nomination for Best Performance, Soloist with Orchestra. Rosenberger and Schwarz followed this recording with the rarely heard Hanson Piano Concerto with the Seattle Symphony. Together with Constantine Orbelian and the Moscow Chamber Orchestra, Rosenberger recorded the premiere of

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's Chamber Concerto for Piano and String Orchestra (arr. C. Orbelian), an arrangement of the Quintet (1912). Rosenberger's celebrated series of concept-recordings began with ''Water Music of the Impressionists'',Water Music of the Impressionists
which was selected by ''

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'' as one of the "25 Best Classical Compact Discs of all time", by ''

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'' as a Recording of the Year, and by ''

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'' as an All-time Great Recording. ''Night Moods'' was the successful sequel, and a second water-music disc, ''Singing on the Water'', included

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s written especially for the album by Sir Richard Rodney Bennett and David Diamond. Together with label founder and co-producer Amelia Haygood, Rosenberger led the way into another area of concept recordings with the 1989 release of her ''Perchance to Dream: A Lullaby Album for Children and Adults'', which was one of the first classical CDs designed primarily for young people. Together with Haygood, Rosenberger co-produced the ''Music for Young People Series''. As producer of special recording projects combining music and narration, Rosenberger has worked with such narrators as

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and

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. She also wrote the script for Makarova's narrated version of Stravinsky's ''

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'', a recording that won the

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's "Notable Recording" award.

Discography

Rosenberger's recordings (all on

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) Concerto solo with orchestra *

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: Burlesk;

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: Piano Concerto; Hanson: Variations on a Theme of Youth; others ("Carol's Concerto Collection") •

, conductor;

/ New York Chamber Symphony • ''Delos DE 3306'' *

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: Chamber Concerto arr. Orbelian • Constantine Orbelian, conductor;

• ''Delos DE 3263'' *

Hindemith Paul Hindemith ( ; ; 16 November 189528 December 1963) was a German and American composer, music theorist, teacher, violist and conductor. He founded the Amar Quartet in 1921, touring extensively in Europe. As a composer, he became a major ad ...

: Four Temperaments •

, conductor;

• ''Delos DE 1006'' * Falla: Nights in the Gardens of Spain • Gerard Schwarz, conductor;

• ''Delos DE 3060'' *

Shostakovich Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich, group=n (9 August 1975) was a Soviet-era Russian composer and pianist who became internationally known after the premiere of his Symphony No. 1 (Shostakovich), First Symphony in 1926 and thereafter was regarded ...

: Piano Concerto #1 • Gerard Schwarz, conductor;

• ''Delos DE 3021'' *

Beethoven Ludwig van Beethoven (baptised 17 December 177026 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist. He is one of the most revered figures in the history of Western music; his works rank among the most performed of the classical music repertoire ...

: Piano Concerto #4 • Gerard Schwarz, conductor; London Symphony Orchestra • ''Delos DE 3027'' *

Haydn Franz Joseph Haydn ( ; ; 31 March 173231 May 1809) was an Austrian composer of the Classical period (music), Classical period. He was instrumental in the development of chamber music such as the string quartet and piano trio. His contributions ...

: Piano Concerto #2 • Gerard Schwarz, conductor;

• ''Delos DE 3061'' * Haydn: Piano Concerto #5 • Gerard Schwarz, conductor; Scottish Chamber Orchestra • ''Delos DE 3064'' *

Ravel Joseph Maurice Ravel (7 March 1875 – 28 December 1937) was a French composer, pianist and conductor. He is often associated with Impressionism in music, Impressionism along with his elder contemporary Claude Debussy, although both composer ...

: Piano Concerto, Adagio ("A French Romance") James DePreist, conductor; Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo • ''Delos DE 3202'' *

Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 1756 – 5 December 1791) was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period (music), Classical period. Despite his short life, his rapid pace of composition and proficiency from an early age ...

Adagios (from Piano Concertos K. 595, K. 488, K. 491) • Constantine Orbelian, conductor; Moscow Chamber Orchestra • ''Delos DE 3243'' Piano solo * ''Water Music of the Impressionists'' (Debussy, Ravel,

Liszt Franz Liszt (22 October 1811 – 31 July 1886) was a Hungarian composer, virtuoso pianist, conductor and teacher of the Romantic period. With a diverse body of work spanning more than six decades, he is considered to be one of the most pro ...

) • ''Delos DE 3006'' * Beethoven: Piano Sonatas: Op. 57; Op. 111 • ''Delos DE 3009'' *

Schubert Franz Peter Schubert (; ; 31 January 179719 November 1828) was an Austrian composer of the late Classical period (music), Classical and early Romantic music, Romantic eras. Despite his short life, Schubert left behind a List of compositions ...

: Sonata in B-Flat; Impromptus • ''Delos DE 3018'' * Szymanowski: Masques; Etudes; Mazurkas • ''Delos DE 1002'' * ''Night Moods'' ( Chopin,

Debussy Achille Claude Debussy (; 22 August 1862 – 25 March 1918) was a French composer. He is sometimes seen as the first Impressionism in music, Impressionist composer, although he vigorously rejected the term. He was among the most influe ...

, Fauré, Griffes, Granados) • ''Delos DE 3030'' * ''Reverie'' (

Bach Johann Sebastian Bach (German: �joːhan zeˈbasti̯an baχ ( – 28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque period. He is known for his prolific output across a variety of instruments and forms, including the or ...

, Chopin, Debussy, Fauré, Griffes, Liszt, Ravel) • ''Delos DE 3113'' * ''Singing on the Water: Piano Barcarolles'' ( Bennett, Chopin, Debussy,

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, Fauré, Griffes,

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, Ravel) • ''Delos DE 3172'' Chamber music recordings * Chopin: Polonaise Brillante, Sonata Op. 65;

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: Sonata Op. 6, Songs;

Schumann Robert Schumann (; ; 8 June 181029 July 1856) was a German composer, pianist, and music critic of the early Romantic music, Romantic era. He composed in all the main musical genres of the time, writing for solo piano, voice and piano, chamber ...

: Adagio and Allegro Op. 70 ("Presenting Jian Wang")• with Jian Wang, cello • ''Delos DE 3097'' * Bennett: Suite for Skip and Sadie •

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: Duets for Children ("My Keyboard Friends") • with Richard Rodney Bennett, piano • ''Delos DE 6002'' * Mozart • Beethoven: Quintets for Piano and Winds • with

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, clarinet;

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, oboe; others • ''Delos DE 3024'' *

Brahms Johannes Brahms (; ; 7 May 1833 – 3 April 1897) was a German composer, virtuoso pianist, and conductor of the mid- Romantic period. His music is noted for its rhythmic vitality and freer treatment of dissonance, often set within studied ye ...

• Schumann: Sonatas for Clarinet & Piano • with David Shifrin, clarinet • ''Delos DE 3025'' Recordings for young people * ''Perchance to Dream: A Lullaby Album for Children and Adults'' (

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, Mozart, Schumann, Beethoven, Chopin, Bach, Haydn, Brahms) • ''Delos DE 3079'' * ''Such Stuff as Dreams: A Lullaby Album for Children and Adults'' (Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Kabalevsky, Schumann, Beethoven,

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, Ravel, Debussy, Satie,

Mendelssohn Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (3 February 18094 November 1847), widely known as Felix Mendelssohn, was a German composer, pianist, organist and conductor of the early Romantic period. Mendelssohn's compositions include symphonie ...

)• ''Delos DE 3230'' * ''Baby Needs Lullabys'' (Schumann, Schubert, Mendelssohn, Liszt, Debussy, Tchaikovsky, Haydn, Bach, Brahms) • ''Delos DE 1619'' *

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: Music for Children, Op. 65 ("Prince Ivan and the Frog Princess") • with

, narrator • ''Delos DE 6003'' * Tchaikovsky: Album for the Young, Op. 39 ("The Snow Queen") • with Natalia Makarova, narrator • ''Delos DE 6004'' * "Beauty and the Beast" in the style of Rachmaninoff; "With a Smile and a Song" in the style of Chopin ("Heigh-Ho! Mozart: Favorite Disney tunes in Classical Style") • Donald Fraser, conductor and arranger; English Chamber Orchestra • ''Delos DE 3186'' * "A Whole New World" in the style of Chopin; "So This is Love" in the style of Debussy ("Bibbidi Bobbidi Bach: Favorite Disney Tunes in Classical Style") • Donald Fraser, conductor and arranger; English Chamber Orchestra • ''Delos DE 3195'' * Fraser: "I'm Flying," "Nocturne," "Distant Melody" ("The Best of Peter Pan") •

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Orchestra;

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, conductor; arrangements by Donald Fraser • ''Delos DE 3201''

External links

Delos Productions

Carol Rosenberger's Recordings

Delos Music for Young People Series

''Water Music of the Impressionists''

Carol Rosenberger Official Biography

''To Play Again: A Memoir of Musical Survival''

References

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