The Piano Masters - Box Set 40CDs

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Tracklist :

01. Alfred Cortot

CD 1 :

Chopin
Impromptu No. 2
Ballade No. 1
Waltz in A minor, Op. 34 No. 2
Waltz in A flat major, Op. 42
Waltz in D flat major, Op. 64 No. 1
Waltz in C sharp minor, Op. 64 No. 2
Waltz in A flat major, Op. 69 No. 1
Waltz in B minor, Op. 69 No. 2

Schumann
Carnaval

Alfred Cortot, piano

Rec. 1928.6.5 & 12.11 (Carnaval); 1925 (Impromptu); 1926 (Ballade); 1943.5.24 (Waltez)

CD 2 :

Franck
Prelude, Aira et Finale
Prelude, Chorale et Fugue

Debussy
Preludes, Book I
Danseuses de Delphes
Voiles
Le vent dans la plaine
Les sons et les parfums tournent dans l'air du soir
Les collines d'Anacapri
Des pas sur la neige
Ce qu' a vu le vent d'Ouest
La fille au cheveux de lin
La serenade Interrompue
La cathedrale engloutie
La danse de Puck
Minstrels

Alfred Cortot, piano

Rec. 1929 (Prelude, Aira et Finale); 1932 (Prelude, Chorale et Fugue); 1930.5 & 1931.7 (Debussy);

02. Arthur Rubinstein

CD 1 :

Chopin
Mazurka in C sharp minor, Op. 6 No. 2
Mazurka in B flat major, Op. 7 No. 1
Mazurka in A minor, Op. 17 No. 4
Mazurka in A flat major, Op. 24 No. 3
Mazurka in B minor, Op. 30 No. 2
Mazurka in B major, Op. 41 No. 2
Mazurka in B major, Op. 56 No. 1
Mazurka in F sharp minor, Op. 59 No. 3
Mazurka in C sharp minor, Op. 63 No. 3
Mazurka in C major, Op. 67 No. 3
Mazurka in F minor, Op. 68 No. 4
Nocturne in B flat minor, Op. 9 No. 1
Nocturne in E flat major, Op. 9 No. 2
Nocturne in C minor, Op. 48 No. 1
Berceuse
Polonaise in A major, Op. 40 No. 1
Polonaise Fantasy

Arthur Rubinstein, piano

Rec. 1938 (Mazurkas); 1937 (Nocturne in B flat minor); 1936 (Nocturne in E flat major); 1928 (Berceuse); 1934 (Polonaise, Polonaise Fantasy)

CD 2 :

Schumann
Romance in F sharp major, Op, 28 No. 2

Schumann-Liszt
Widmung

Schumann
Kinderszenen
Arabeske, Op. 18

Liszt
Liebestraum No. 3 in A flat major
Consolation No. 3
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 10

Brahms
Capriccio in B minor, Op. 76 No. 2
Rhapsody in G minor, Op. 79 No. 2
Wiegenlied, Op. 49 No. 4

Albeniz
Suite Espanola, Sevilla
Navarra

Ravel
Le tombeau de Couperin, Forlane

Debussy
Preludes, Book I, La cathedrale engloutie
Pour le piano, Prelude

Falla
El amor brujo
Danse rituelle du feu
Danse de la frayeur

Rachmaninoff
Prelude in C sharp minor, Op. 3 No. 2

Arthur Rubinstein, piano

Rec. 1937 (Romance, Consolation, Hungarian Rhapsody); 1947 (Schumann-Liszt, Traumerei, Arabeske, Wiegenlied); 1928 (Capriccio in B minor, Rhapsody in G minor, Rachmaninoff); 1929 (Albeniz, La cathedrale engloutie); 1934 (Ravel); 1931 (Pour le piano); 1930 (Falla)

03. Arthur Schnabel

CD 1 :

Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 21

Mozart
Piano Sonata in A minor, KV. 310

Schubert
Moments musicaux, D. 780

Arthur Schnabel, piano
Rec. 1933 (Mozart, Beethoven); 1937.12.9 (Schubert)

CD 2 :

Schubert
Piano Sonata in A major, D. 959
Piano Sonata in B flat major, D. 960

Arthur Schnabel, piano
Rec. 1937 (D. 959); 1939.1.25 & 26 (D. 960)

04. Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli

CD 1 :

Schumann
Piano Concerto in A Minor

Chopin
Mazurka No. 25 in B Minor
Mazurka No. 47 in A Minor
Waltz No. 9 in A-Flat Major
Scherzo No. 2 in B-Flat Minor
Fantasy in F Minor

Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, piano
Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI di Roma & Gianandrea Gavazzeni

CD 2 :

Debussy
Images, Book 1
Images, Book 2
Children's Corner, L. 113

Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, piano

05. Cherkassky, de Pachmann, Lhevinne, Gabrilowitsch

CD 1 :

Ramenau-Godowsky
1.Tambourin

Beethoven
2.Ecossaise in E flat major

Mendelssohn
3.Song without Words
4.Scherzo in E minor
5.Prelude in E minor
6.Hunting song

Chopin
7.Waltz in E minor, Op. posth.

Cherkassy
8.Prelude Pathetique

Rachmaninoff
9-12.Cello Sonata in G minor

Shura Cherkassky, piano
Marche Hubert, cello
Rec. 1923-1928 (Solo works); 1934-1935 (Rachmaninoff)

CD 2 :

Chopin
1.Mazurka in B minor, Op. 33 No. 4
2.Mazurka in F minor, Op. 67 No. 4
3.Nocturne in E flat major, Op. 9 No. 2

Liszt
4.Polonaise No. 2 in E major
5.Liebestraum

Vladimir de Pachmann, piano
Rec. 1915 & 1916

Beethoven
6.Ecossaise in D major

Schumann
7.Toccata
8.Fruhlingsnacht

Debussy
9.Fetes

Rachmaninoff
10.Prelude in G minor, Op. 23 No. 5

Josef Lhevinne, piano
Rosina Lhevinne, piano (Debussy)
Rec. 1928-1936

Arensky
11.Pre de la mer
12.Valse, from Suite for two pianos, Op. 15

Grainger
13.Shepherd's Hey

Glazunov
14.Gavotte

Moszkowski
15.In Autumn

Gabrilowitsch
16.Melody in E minor

Ossip Gabrilowitsch, piano
Rec. 1923-1929

06. Claudio Arrau

CD 1 :

Beethoven
Eroica Variations, Op. 35

Weber
Piano Sonata No. 1 in C Major

Chopin
Ballade No. 3 in A-Flat Major
Etudes No. 4 in C-Sharp Minor,
Etudes No. 16 in A Minor
Preludes, Op. 28, No. 18 in F Minor
Preludes, Op. 28, No. 23 in F Major
Tarantelle in A-Flat Major

CD 2 :

Schumann
Carnaval
Arabeske, Op. 18

Liszt
Piano Concerto No. 1

Claudio Arrau, piano
Radio Orchestra Berlin
Hans Rosbaud, conductor

Rec. 1939 (Carnaval); 1947.8.15 (Arabeske); 1942 (Liszt)

07. Dinu Lipatti

CD 1 :

Bach
Jesus bleibet meine Freude
Partita No. 1 in B-Flat Major
Siciliano
Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland,
Ich ruf' zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ

Scarlatti
Keyboard Sonata in E Major
Keyboard Sonata in D Minor
Keyboard Sonata in G Major

CD 2 :

Chopin
Piano Sonata No. 3
Nocturne No. 8 in D-Flat Major

Liszt
Sonetto 104 del Petrarca

Lipatti
Piano Concertino

Dinu Lipatti, piano

08. Eduard Erdmann & Robert Casadesus

CD 1 :

Haydn
1.Andante con variationi in F minor

Beethoven
2.Bagatelle in E flat major, Op. 126 No. 6

Schubert
3.12 German Dances, D. 790

Smetana
4.Wedding scenes, Wedding Procession
5.Wedding scenes, Bride and Bridegroom

Brahms
6-8.3 Intermezzi, Op. 117

Debussy
9."Minstrels", Preludes, Book I, No. 12
10."Ondine", Preludes, Book II, No. 8

Erdmann
11.Foxtrott in C major

Tiessen
12-13.3 Pieces for piano, Op. 11, Nos. 2 & 3

Krenek
14.Keleine Suite, Op. 13a

Eduard Erdmann, piano
Rec. 1928 (Smetana, Debussy, Erdmann & Tiessen, Krenek); 1935.9.7 (Beethoven & Brams); 1940 (Haydn & Schubert)

CD 2 :

Mozart
1-3.Piano Concerto No. 24

Weber
4-8.Concerto in F minor

Franck
9.Symphonic Variations

Robert Casadesus, piano
Rec. 1937.12.20 (Mozart); 1969.3.6 (Weber & Franck)

09. Edwin Fischer & Sergei Rachmaninov

CD 1 :

Rachmaninoff
1-3.Piano Concerto No. 2

Grieg
4-6.Violin Sonata No. 3

Sergej Rachmaninoff, piano
Philadelphia Orchestra, Leopold Stokowski
Fritz Kreisler, violin

CD 2 :

Mozart
1-3.Piano Sonata No. 10

Brahms
4-7.Piano Concerto No. 2

Edwin fischer, piano
Berliner Philharmoniker, Wilhelm Furtwangler, conductor

10. Emil Gilels

CD 1 :

Schumann
Piano Sonata No. 1

Schumann-Tausig
Der Kontrabandiste

Schumann
Toccata, Op. 7
Fantasiestucke, Op. 12, Traumes Wirren

Mendelssohn
Romance in A flat major, Op. 36 No. 6

Chopin
Ballade No. 1

Emil Gilels, piano

Rec. 1948 (Piano Sonata); 1947 (Schumann-Tausig, Toccata, Traumes Wirren, Mendelssohn); 1939 (Chopin)

CD 2 :

Liszt
Hungarian Rhapsodies Nos. 6 & 9
Paganini Etude No. 5, ‘La chasse’
Fantasy about Two Themes from ‘The Marriage of Figaro’

Brahms
Piano Quartet No. 1

Emil Gilels, piano
Dimitri Tziganoff, violin (Brahms)
Vadim Borisovski, viola (Brahms)
Sergei Shirinski, cello (Brahms)

Rec. 1938 (Liszt); 1948 (Brahms)

11. Friedmann, Moisewitsch, Barere, Levitzki, etc

CD 1 :

Chopin
1.Ballade No. 3

Mendelssohn
Songs without words
2.Book I, Op. 16 No. 2
3.Book II, Op. 30 No. 6
4.Book III, Op. 38 No. 2

Ignaz Friedman, piano
Rec. 1933 (Chopin); 1930 (Mendelssohn)

Mussorgsky
5-19.Pictures at an Exhibition

Benno Moiseiwitsch, piano
Rec. 1945.8

Chopin
20.Scherzo No. 3

Liszt
21.Rhapsodie espagnole
22.La Leggierezza

Simon Barere, piano
Rec. 1934-1935
Rec.1930, 1933

CD 2 :

Levitzki
1.Valse de Concert
2.Valse in A major, "Troika"

Liszt
3.La Campanella

Gluck-Brahms
4.Gavotte

Moszkowski
5.La Jongleuse

Mischa Levitzki, piano
Rec. 1924-1927

Chopin
6-8.Piano Sonata No. 2

Alexander Brailowsky, piano
Rec. 1932

Beethoven
9-11.Piano Concerto No. 11

Adrian Aeschbacher, piano
Wilhelm Furtwangler, conductor
Lucerne Festival Orchestra
Rec. 1947.8.27

12. Ignaz Paderewski & Harold Bauer

CD 1 :

Mendelssohn
Songs without words
1.Adagio in F major, Op. 53 No. 4
2.Jagerlied, Op. 19 No. 3
3.Spinnerlied, Op. 67 No. 4

Schumann
Fantasiestucke, Op. 12
4.Des Abends
5.Aufschwung
6.Warum?

7.Vogel als Prophet

Chopon
8.Nocturne in F major, Op. 15 No. 1
9.Waltz in C sharp minor, Op. 64 No. 2
10.Etude in A mino, Op. 25 No. 111
11.Etude in C minor, Op. 10 No. 12
12.Polonaise in A flat major, Op. 53

Anton Rubinstein
13.Valse caprice in E flat major

Brahms
14.Hungarian Dance No. 6
15.Hungarian Dance No. 7

Ignaz Paderewski, piano
Rec.1911-1937

CD 2 :

Schumann
1-8.Fantasiestucke, Op. 12

Liszt
9.Un Sospiro
10.Waldesrauschen

Grieg
11.Albumblatt
12.Papillon
13.Notturno
14.Valse Impromptu
15.Humoresque
16.Berceuse

Harold Bauer, piano
Rec.1933 (Schumann); 1942 (Liszt, Grieg)

13. Myra Hess & Clara Haskil

CD 1 :

J.S.Bach
1-2.Prelude and Fugue in C sharp major, from “The Well Tempered Clavier”, Book I
3.Toccata in G major
4.Jesu, joy of man’s desiring

Domenico Scarlatti
5.Sonata in C major, L. 104
6.Sonata in C minor, L. 352

Ludwig van Beethoven
7.Bagatelle in B flat major, Op. 119 No. 11

Frederic Chopin
8.Nocturne in F major, Op. 15 No. 2

Johannes Brahms
9.Intermezzo in A flat major, Op. 76 No. 3
10. Intermezzo in D minor, Op. 116 No. 7
11.Intermezzo in E flat major, Op. 117 No. 1
12.Intermezzo in C major, Op. 119 No. 3
13.Capriccio in B minor, Op. 76 No. 2

Howard ferguson
14-16.Piano Sonata in F minor

Myra Hess, piano

CD 2 :

Beethoven
1-3.Piano Concerto No. 4

Clara Haskil, piano
Mario Rossi, conductor
Orchestra Sinfonica di Torino della RAI

14. Rudolf Serkin

CD 1 :

Beethoven
Violin Sonata No. 5

Brahms
Violin Sonatas Nos. 1 & 2

Adolf Busch, violin
Rudolf Serkin, piano
Rec. 1933.5.17 (Beethoven); 1931.5.4 (Brahms No. 1); 1932.11.20 (Brahms No. 2)

CD 2 :

Beethoven
Piano Concerto Nos. 2 & 5

Rudolf Serkin, piano
Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma della RAI (No. 2)
Ferruccio Scaglia, conductor (No. 2)
Orchestra Sinfonica “Alessandro Scarlatti” di Napoli della RAI (No. 5)
Franco Caracciolo, conductor (No. 5)

Rec. 1958.6.7, live

15. Solomon & Clifford Curzon

CD 1 :

Tchaikovsky
1-3. Piano Concerto No. 1

Brahms
4-7. Piano Concerto No. 2

Solomon, piano
Hamilton Harty, conductor (1-3)
Issay Dobroven, conductor (4-7)

CD 2 :

Mozart
1-3.Piano Concerto No. 23

Schubert
4.Impromptu in G minor, D. 899 No. 1

Schubert-Liszt
5-9.Wanderer Fantasy

Liszt
10.Mephisto Waltz No. 1

Clifford Curzon, piano
Boyd Neel, conductor
National Symphony Orchestra

16. Vladimir Horowitz

CD 1 :

Bach-Busoni
Chorale Prelude, ’Nun freut euch, lieben Christen gmein’
Chorale Prelude, ’ Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland’

Scarlatti
Sonata in B minor, K. 87
Sonata in G major, K. 125

Mozart
Piano Sonata in A major, KV. 331, Mov. 3, ‘Rondo alla turca’

Schumann
Arabeske, Op. 18
Toccata, Op. 7
Fantasiestucke, Op. 12, Traumes Wirren

Chopin
Nocturne in E minor, Op. 72 No. 1
Impromptu No. 1
Scherzo No. 4
Mazurka in F minor, Op. 7 No. 3
Mazurka in E minor, Op. 41 No. 2
Mazurka in C sharp minor, Op. 50 No. 3

Liszt
Harmonies Poetiques et religieuses, Funerailles

Debussy
Etudes, Book II, No. 11, Pour les arpeges composes

Poulenc
L'Eventail de Jeanne, No. 8, Pastourelle
Trois pieces pour piano, No. 2, Toccata

Vladimir Horowitz, piano

Rec. 1934.5.6 (’Nun freut euch, lieben Christen gmein’, Debussy, Arabeske); 1947.9.6 (’Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland’); 1935.6.4 (K. 87); 1935.6.2 (K. 125); 1946.10.25 (Mozart); 1932.11.15 (Traumes Wirren); 1934.5.12 (Toccata); 1951.10.11 (Impromptu No. 1, Nocturne); 1936.3.9 (Scherzo No. 4); 1932.11.15 (Mazurka Op. 7 No. 3); 1933.5.29 (Mazurka Op. 41 No. 2); 1935.5.2 (Mazurka Op. 50 No. 3);1932.11.12 (Liszt); 1932.11.11 (Poulenc)

CD 2 :

Tchaikovsky
Piano Concerto No. 1

Rachmaninoff
Piano Concerto No. 3

Rimsky Korsakov-Rachmaninoff
The Flight of the Bumble Bees

Stravinsky
Petrushka, Danse Russe

Vladimir Horowitz, piano
NBC Symphony Orchestra (Tchaikovsky)
Arturo Toscanini, conductor (Tchaikovsky)
London Symphony Orchestra (Rachmaninoff)
Albert Coates, conductor (Rachmaninoff)

Rec. 1941.5.6 & 14 (Tchaikovsky); 1930.12.29 & 30 (Rachmaninoff); 1932.11.11 (Rimsky Korsakov-Rachmaninoff, Stravinsky)

17. Walter Gieseking

CD 1 :

Beethoven
1-3. Piano Sonata No. 17
4-6. Piano Sonata No. 21
7-9. Piano Sonata No. 23

CD 2 :

Brahms
1-5. Piano Sonata No. 3
6. Intermezzo in A flat major, Op. 76 No. 3
7. Intermezzo in B flat major, Op. 76 No. 4
8. Intermezzo in E major, Op. 116 No. 4
9. Intermezzo in E flat minor, Op. 118 No. 6
10. Intermezzo in E minor, Op. 119

Ravel
11. Jeaux d’eau

Walter Gieseking, piano

18. Wanda Landowska & Elly Ney

CD 1 :

Purcell
1.A Ground

Fischer
2.Passacaille in D minor

Telemann
3.Bourree

Bach.
4-6.Italian Concerto
7-10.Violin Sonata No. 3

Mozart
11-13.Piano Sonata No. 12

Wanda Landowska, harpischord (1-10), piano (11-13)
Yehudy Menuhin, violin (7-10)

CD 2 :

Beethoven
1-2.Piano Sonata No. 32

Rec. 1936

Schubert
3.Wanderer Fantasy

Rec. 1941

Elly Ney, piano

19. Wilhelm Backhaus

CD 1 :

Chopin
12 Etudes, Op. 10
12 Etudes, Op. 25
Fantasy Impromptu
Berceuse

Wilhelm Backhaus, piano
Rec. 1927 (Etudes, Berceuse); 1933 (Fantasy Impromptu)

CD 2 :

Brahms
Hungarian Dance for Piano Solo No. 6 in D flat major
Hungarian Dance for Piano Solo No. 6 in D flat major
Scherzo in E flat major, Op. 4
Ballade in D minor, Op. 10 No. 1
Ballade in D major, Op. 10 No. 2
Variations on An Own Theme, Op. 21 No. 1
Waltz in B major, Op. 39 No. 1
Waltz in E major, Op. 39 No. 2
Waltz in A flat major, Op. 39 No. 15
Intermezzo in A minor, Op. 76 No. 7
Capriccio in C major, Op. 76 No. 8
Rhapsody in B minor, Op. 79 No. 1
Rhapsody in C minor, Op. 79 No. 2
Intermezzo in E flat major, Op. 117 No. 1
Intermezzo in B flat minor, O p. 117 No. 2
Intermezzo in A minor, Op. 118 No. 1
Intermezzo in A major, Op. 118 No. 2
Ballade in G minor, Op. 118 No. 3
Intermezzo in F minor, Op. 118 No. 4
Romance in F major, Op. 118 No. 5
Intermezzo in E flat minor, Op. 118 No. 6

Wilhelm Backhaus, piano
Rec. 1934 (Hungarian Dances); 1935 (Variations, Op. 117 Nos. 1 & 2); 1933 (Scherzo, Balldes, Waltzes, Rhapsodies, Capriccio, Op. 76 No. 7, Op. 118 Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6)

20. Wilhelm Kempff

CD 1 :

Beethoven
Piano Sonatas Nos. 4, 23 & 26

Wilhelm Kempff, piano
Rec. 1940 (No. 4); 1932 (No. 23); 1927 (No. 26)

CD 2 :

Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 20

Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 3
Piano Sonata No. 24

Wilhelm Kempff, piano
Dresdner Philharmonie
Paul van Kempen, conductor
Rec. 1941 (Mozart); 1942 (Concerto No. 3); 1932 (Sonata No. 24)