Wilhelm Backhaus - Complete Decca Recordings - Box Set 38CDs

 

Label : Decca

Format : Flac track

Cover : Yes

• Marking 50 years since the passing of Wilhelm Backhaus (5 July 1969), Decca brings together, for the first time, the artist’s complete recordings for the label

• New remasterings showcasing the incredible integrity of Backhaus’s pianism

• Landmark recordings of Beethoven – including two Sonata cycles (mono and stereo – the stereo only omits Op.106, not recorded at Backhaus’ time of death); Brahms’ Concertos, Cello Sonatas (with Fournier); and Backhaus’s celebrated 1954 Carnegie Hall recital

• Recordings with the Wiener Philharmoniker and Clemens Krauss (Beethoven); Karl Böhm (Brahms, Mozart); Carl Schuricht (Brahms); Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt(Beethoven); Günter Wand (Schumann)

• Includes the first international release of Backhaus’ last public performance – two weeks before he died; and the mono Beethoven Sonata cycle

CD 1-8 Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 1-32 (mono)

CD 9 Beethoven: Diabelli-Variationen op. 120

CD 10./11 Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 2-5 (mono)

CD 12/13 Brahms: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2

CD 14 Brahms: Cello Sonatas Nos. 1 & 2

CD 15 Chopin: Ballade No. 1; Piano Sonata No. 2; Etüden No. 2, 3, 5, 8, 10, 13-15, 18-20, 23; Mazurken No. 17, 20, 24; Walzer No. 2

CD 16 Schubert: Moments musicaux D. 780

CD 17 Schumann; Waldszenen op. 82 ; Warum op. 12 No. 3

CD 18 Bach: Englische Suite BWV 811; Französische Suite BWV 816

CD 19.-26 Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 1-32 (stereo)

CD 27-29 Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 1-5 (stereo)

CD 30 Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2; Balladen op. 10 No. 1 & 2; Walzer op. 39 No. 1-16; Ungarische Tänze No. 6 & 7

CD 31 Haydn: Piano Sonatas H16 No. 34, 48, 52; Fantasie H17 No. 4; Andante & Variationen H17 No. 6

CD 32 Mendelssohn: Rondo capriccioso op. 14; Lieder ohne Worte op. 62 (Excerpts)

CD 33 Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 27; Piano Sonatas Nos. 4, 5, 10-12; Rondo in A minor

CD 34 Schumann: Piano Concerto op. 54

CD 35 Schubert: Impromptu D. 935 No. 3; Valses nobles; Liszt: Soirees de Vienne No. 6 in A minor

CD 36/37 “Carnegie Hall Recital 1954” – Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 8, 17, 25, 26, 32; Haydn: Piano Sonatas H16 No. 34, 48, 52; Fantasie in C major H17 No. 4; Schumann: Warum op. 12 No. 3; Vogel als Prophet op. 82 No. 7; Brahms: Intermezzo op. 119 No. 3; Chopin: Etude No. 14: Liszt / Busoni: Valse-caprice in A minor; Schubert: Impromptus D. 935 No. 2 & 3; Mozart: Alla turca from Piano Sonata No. 11

CD 38 “Last Recital” – Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 18 “Die Jagd” & No. 21 “Waldstein”; Schubert: Moments musicaux D. 780; Impromptu D. 935 No. 2; Mozart: Alla turca from Piano Sonata No. 11; Schumann: Fantasiestücke op. 12 No. 1 & 3

Complete Tracklist :Backhaus Complete Decca