Piano Masters
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli Arthur Rubinstein Artur Schnabel Wilhelm Backhaus Emil Gilels Walter Gieseking Wilhelm Kempff Claudio Arrau Vladimir Horowitz Dinu Lipatti
CD 1
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli:
Edvard Grieg - Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in A minor, op.16
I. Allegro molto moderato
II. Adagio
III. Allegro moderato molto e marcato
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Alceo Galliera (conductor
Johann Sebastian Bach
Italian Concerto in F major, BWV 971
I. Allegro
II. Andante
III. Presto
Domenico Scarlatti
Sonata in D minor, K 9
Sonata in C minor, K 11
Sonata in B minor, K 27
Sonata in D major, K 96
CD 2 Artur Schnabel
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major, KV 467
I. Allegro maestoso
II. Andante
III. Allegro vivace assai
London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent (conductor)
Franz Schubert
Impromptus, D 899
No. 1 in C minor
No. 2 in E flat major
No. 3 in G flat major
No. 4 in A flat major
Artur Schnabel (piano)
CD 3 Arthur Rubinstein
Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, op. 58
I. Allegro moderato
II. Andante con moto
III. Rondo: Vivace
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham (conductor)
Frédéric Chopin
Scherzo No. 1 in B minor, op. 20
Scherzo No. 2 in B flat minor, op. 31
Scherzo No. 3 in C sharp minor, op. 39
Scherzo No. 4 in E major, op. 54
Berceuse in D flat major, op. 57
CD 4 Wilhelm Backhaus
Frédéric Chopin
Etudes, op. 10
No. 1 in C major
No. 2 in A minor
No. 3 in E major
No. 4 in C sharp minor
No. 5 in G flat major
No. 6 in E flat major
No. 7 in C major
No. 8 in F major
No. 9 in F minor
No. 10 in A flat major
No. 11 in E flat major
No. 12 in C minor
Etudes, op. 25
No. 1 in A flat major
No. 2 in F minor
No. 3 in F major
No. 4 in A minor
No. 5 in E minor
No. 6 in G sharp minor
No. 7 C sharp minor
No. 8 in D flat major
No. 9 in G flat major
No. 10 in B minor
No. 11 in A minor
No. 12 in C minor
CD 5 Emil Gilels
Robert Schumann
Piano Sonata No. 1 in F sharp minor, op. 11
I. Introduzione: Un poco adagio. Allegro vivace
II. Aria
III. Scherzo e Intermezzo: Allegrissimo
IV. Finale
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
Romance in A flat major, op. 36 No. 6
Emil Gilels (piano)
Frédéric Chopin
Ballade No. 1 in G minor, op. 23
Johannes Brahms
Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, op. 25
I. Allegro
II. Allegro ma non troppo
III. Andante conmoto
IV. Rondo alla zingarese: Presto
Dimitri Tziganoff violin, Vadim Borisovski alto, Sergei Shirinski cello
CD 6 Walter Gieseking
Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 21 in C major, op. 53 Waldstein"
I. Allegro con brio
II. Introduzione. Adagio molto
III. Rondo: Allegretto moderato. Prestissimo
Johannes Brahms
Piano Sonata No. 3 in F minor, op. 5
I. Allegro maestoso
II. Andante espressivo
III. Scherzo: Allegro energico
IV. Intermezzo: Andante molto
V. Allegro molto ma rubato
CD 7 Wilhelm Kempff
Wolfgang A. Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, KV 466
I. Allegro
II. Romanze
III. Rondo: Allegro assai
Dresdner Philharmonie, Paul van Kempen (conductor)
Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, op. 37
I. Allegro con brio
II. Largo
III. Rondo: Allegro
Dresdner Philharmonie, Paul van Kempen (conductor)
Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 24 in F sharp major, op. 78
I. Adagio cantabile. Allegro ma non troppo
II. Allegro vivace
CD 8 Claudio Arrau
Franz Liszt
Piano Concerto No. 1 in E flat major
I. Allegro maestoso
II. Quasi adagio. Allegretto vivace. Allegro animato
III. Allegro marziale. Presto
Radio Orchestra Berlin, Hans Rosbaum (conductor)
Robert Schumann
Arabesque, op. 18
Robert Schumann
Carnaval, op. 9
Préambule
Pierrot
Arlequin
Valse noble
Eusebius
Florestan
Coquette
Réplique
Papillons
A.S.C.H.-S.C.A.H.
Chiarina
Chopin
Estrella
Reconnaissance
Pantalon et Colombine
Valse allemande
Paganini
Aveu
Promenade
Pause
Marche des « Davidsbündler » contre les Philistines
CD 9 Dinu Lipatti
Domenico Scarlatti
Sonata in E major
Sonata in D minor
Johann Sebastian Bach
Partita No. 1 in B flat major, BWV 825
Prelude. Allemande. Courande. Sarabande. Menuett I. Menuett II
Frédéric Chopin
Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor, op. 58
I. Allegro maestoso
II. Scherzo: Molto vivace
III. Largo
IV. Finale: Presto ma non tanto
CD 10 Vladimir Horowitz
Sergey Rachmaninov
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No.3 in D minor, op.30
I. Allegro ma non tanto
II. Intermezzo: Adagio
III. Finale: Alla breve
London Symphony Orchestra, Albert Coates (conductor),
Joseph Haydn
Sonata for Piano in E major, Hob XVI
