Andor Foldes, pianist - and a great book by his wife!

[Lance]

Since I can remember from the LP days, I always admired the Hungarian pianist ANDOR FOLDES. He recorded for EMI, DGG, a 45-rpm for Mercury Records, and APR (Appian) has brought out some of his earliest recordings. Lately there have been releases on the Australian Eloquence label who issues older DGG and Decca recordings and prove to be quite a value.

However, I recently acquired a book entitled Two on a Continent by Lili Foldes, Andor's wife, published in 1947 by E. P. Dutton & Company, Inc., New York, NY in 1947. It is a well-written book about their time in the USA prior to- and during World War II. In reading the book and almost seeing her description of the streets and places they went, I could only wish that America could once again be like it was at that time. How times have changed!

Anyway, this was a very interesting read. The Foldes made Switzerland their home after due time where concerts were more plentiful throughout Europe in the early 1950s. But their love of America is quite obvious and appreciative throughout this book.