André Tchaikowsky, who made his American debut with the New York Philharmonic last October, comes to this country as first medalist of the Paris Conservatoire (1950), a prizewinner in the 1956 Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels, and bearer of the seal of approval of Artur Rubinstein ("He is a wonderful musician"). Tchaikowsky is a Polish-born boy who escaped to Paris during the war, returned to Warsaw in 1945 [editor: this is not true - André never left Poland during the war], and has recently started his concert career. This recording was made in Paris. I am not too happy with it, and could name a good dozen pianists in America alone who could do better work. On the basis of this disc, Tchaikowsky impresses me as a thumper who has a good way to go before he can assume the responsibilities of real artistry.

His is a muscular, hard style of playing that lacks repose; and while he seems to have a respectable technique, it is not really on a big order. In the Ravel cycle of three pieces, he plays Ondine as though it were bard water and fissionable. It would be cruel to compare his performance with Gieseking's; and yet a record is a permanent document that invites comparison of this sort. Tchaikowsky does not begin to show an equivalent feeling for color and nuance. He captures little of the mood of Le Gibet, and in the concluding Scarbo he blithely ignores most of Ravel's carefully written dynamic indications. An especially glaring instance concerns the long trill on C in the bass, about three-quarters through the work, where Ravel has written a triple pianissimo, which Tchaikowsky simply bangs out. 

 ‎– Debut Recital Label:  ‎– LM 2145 Format: , LP, Album, Mono 
Country: Released:  1957 Genre: Style: Piano   CONDITION: Vinyl: NM. Jacket; excellent. No splits. TRACK LISTING: A1Ravel - Gaspard De La Nuit - OndineA2Ravel - Gaspard De La Nuit - Le GibetA3Ravel - Gaspard De La Nuit - ScarboB1Prokofieff, Visions Fugitives, Op. 22 Notes RCA Victor Red Seal maroon labels JPHBX27-2MM-ANDRETCHAIKOWSKI