Brahms - Recaptured by Pupils and Colleagues

Label : Arbiter
Format : Flac track
Cover : Yes

Tracklist :

CD 1 :

1. Chopin: Polonaise in f#, Op. 44
2. Schubert: Moment musical in f
3. Brahms: Improvisation on Josef Strauss' Libellule: Polka-Mazur
4-6. Beethoven: Piano Sonata in F, Op. 10, no.1
7-8. Beethoven: Piano Sonata in e, Op. 90
9. Beethoven: Rondo a capriccio, Op. 129
10-12. Brahms: Piano Trio in B, Op. 8
13. Brahms: Rhapsody in b, Op.79/1 (incomplete)
14-16. Brahms: Piano Trio in c, Op. 101
17. Brahms: Ballade in g, Op. 118, no.3

Carl Friedberg - piano: tracks 1, 2, 4-9, 13, 17 (rec. 1948-51)
Johannes Brahms - piano: track 3 (rec. 2 Dec. 1889)
Trio of New York: Carl Friedberg - piano; Danil Karpilovsky - violin; Felix Salmond - cello: tracks 10-12, 14-16 (rec. 1939)

CD 2 :

1. Talk on Clara Schumann I
2. Schumann: Fantasiestücke, Op.12: Des Abends exc.
3. Clara Schumann on tempo
4. Schumann: Fantasiestücke, Op.12: Grillen exc.
5. Comments on Clara Schumann
6. On Schumann's Kinderszenen, Op. 15
7. Schumann: Kinderszenen: Hasche–Mann exc.
8. On Clara Schumann
9. Schumann: Faschingschwank aus Wien, Op.26: Intermezzo exc.
10. Clara Schumann as teacher
11. Beethoven: Sonata Op. 31, no.2 in d: III exc.
12. Clara Schumann as Bach interpreter
13. Bach: Well Tempered Clavier Bk.I: Fugue no.2 in c minor exc.
14. Clara Schumann on Bach
15. Bach: English Suite no. 3 in g: Gavotte
16. Heymann’s closing remarks
17. Friedberg recalls meeting Brahms
18. Brahms: Rhapsody Op. 79, no.2 in g exc.
19. Friedberg discusses Brahms
20. Beethoven: Sonata Op. 111: II exc. from lesson
21. Schumann: Pedal Etude in A flat, Op. 56, no.4
22. Schumann: Arabeske, Op. 18 (extracts) 1:45
23. Schumann: Kreisleriana: IV sehr langsam
24. Brahms: Ballade in g, Op. 118, no.3
25. Brahms: Variations on a theme by Schumann, Op. 9
26. Brahms: Rhapsody Op. 119/4 repeated with the Intermezzo Op. 76/3 in A-flat
27. Bartók: Elegy, Op. 8b/2 molto adagio
28-36. Bartók: For Children
37. Brahms: Piano Concerto no. 2, Op.83: lesson advice

Edith Heymann - piano and speaker; tracks 1-16 (rec. 1949)
Carl Friedberg - piano; tracks 17-20, 22, 37 (rec. c. 1951)
Marie Baumayer - piano; track 21 (rec. 1910)
Ilona Eibenschutz - piano; tracks 23-24 (rec. 1950s, 1903)
Etelka Freund - piano; tracks 25-36 (rec. 1959, 1951)