.:
August 24 - The Last Wanderer
Schubert:
Sonata in B-flat Major, D. 960
(performed by four different pianists on four different instruments)
I. Molto
moderato
Leon Fleisher, piano (rec. New York, June 2004; issued by
Vanguard Classics)
II. Andante
sostenuto
Richard Ratliff, fortepiano (R.J. Regier after Conrad Graf)
(rec. live at the Christel DeHaan Fine Arts Center, University
of Indianapolis, October 1998)
III. Scherzo:
Allegro vivace e con delicatezza
Artur Schnabel, piano (rec. London, January 1939; reissued
on Arabesque)
IV. Allegro
ma non troppo
Malcolm Bilson, fortepiano (Gottlieb Hafner, Vienna, ca. 1830)
(rec. Toronto, December 1997; issued by Hungaroton)
.:
August 17 - "With the mystery . . . the solution"
Mozart:
Concerto No. 17 in G Major, K. 453 (Movt. II)
Rudolf Serkin, piano; Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Alexander
Schneider, conductor
(rec. October 1962; reissued on Sony Classical)
Mozart:
Andante and Allegro in F minor, K. 594
András Schiff and George Malcolm, fortepiano (Anton
Walter, ca. 1780)
(rec. Mozart Museum, Salzburg, 1993; issued on London)
Mozart:
Sonata in F Major, K. 533/494
Murray Perahia, piano (rec. Vienna, 1991; issued on Sony Classical)
Mozart:
Concerto in D minor, K. 466 (Movt. III)
Malcolm Bilson, fortepiano (Philip Belt after Anton Walter);
English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
(rec. April 1986; issued on Deutsche Grammophon Archiv)
.:
August 10 - Capturing the Essence
Mozart:
Sonata in A minor, K. 310
Dinu Lipatti, piano (rec. March 1947; reissued on Philips)
Schubert:
Piano Trio in B-flat, D. 898
Alfred Cortot, piano; Jacques Thibaud, violin; Pablo Casals,
cello
(rec. London, July 1926; reissued on EMI Classics)
Brahms:
Six Piano Pieces, Op. 118
Wilhelm Kempff, piano (rec. November 1953; reissued on Philips)
Paderewski:
Minuet in G Major, Op. 14, No. 1
Sergei Rachmaninoff, piano (Ampico piano roll from February
1927 realized on the Bösendorfer SE reproducing system;
issued on Telarc)
Schubert/Liszt:
“Das Wandern”
Sergei Rachmaninoff, piano (Ampico piano roll from January
1925 realized on the Bösendorfer SE reproducing system;
issued by Telarc)
.:
August 3 - Impressive Reissues
Brahms:
Ballade No. 2 in D Major, Op. 10, No. 2
Artur Rubinstein, piano (rec. RCA Italiana Studios, Rome,
June 1970; reissued on RCA Red Seal)
Brahms:
Variations on a Theme by Paganini, Op. 35 (selections from
Books I and II)
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, piano
(rec. October 1948; reissued by The Piano Library, also on
Philips)
Mozart:
Rondo for Piano and Orchestra in D Major, K. 382
Rudolf Serkin, piano; Columbia Symphony Orchestra conducted
by Alexander Schneider
(rec. November 1955; reissued on Sony Classical)
Chopin:
Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58
William Kapell, piano (rec. March 1951 and June 1952; reissued
on RCA and Philips)
.: July 27 - Dramatic Destiny
Beethoven:
Sonata in A Major, Op. 2, No. 2
Claude Frank, piano (rec. late 1960s; reissued on the Music
and Arts label)
Wagner/Liszt:
“Isolde’s Liebestod”
Vladimir Horowitz, piano
(rec. 1989; issued on Sony Classical, “Horowitz: The
Last Recording”)
Liszt:
“Il Pensieroso” (from Années de pèlerinage,
Book II)
Richard Ratliff, piano (rec. live at the Christel DeHaan Fine
Arts Center, University of Indianapolis, March 2005)
Bartók:
Dirge No. 1, Op. 9a
Richard Ratliff, piano (live recording from March 2005)
.: July 20 - Live and Spontaneous
Haydn:
Variations in F minor, Hob. XVII:6
Alfred Brendel, piano (rec. live at the Salzburg Festival,
August 1985; issued on Philips)
Chopin:
Scherzo No. 4 in E Major, Op. 54
Sviatoslav Richter, piano (rec. live at Carnegie Hall, New
York, December 1960; issued on RCA Red Seal, “Richter
Rediscovered”)
Ginastera:
Danzas Argentinas, Op. 2
Martha Argerich, piano (rec. live at the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam,
1978; issued on EMI Classics)
Mozart:
Fantasy in C minor, K. 396
Richard Ratliff, fortepiano (rec. live at the Christel DeHaan
Fine Arts Center, Indianapolis, November 1996; Dulcken fortepiano
by Thomas and Barbara Wolf)
Bartók:
Sonata (1926)
Martha Argerich, piano (rec. live at the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam,
1978; issued on EMI Classics)
.: July 13 - Invitation to the Dance
Carl Maria
von Weber: Invitation to the Dance, Op. 65
Artur Schnabel, piano (rec. 1947; LP reissue on Angel Seraphim)
Chopin:
Four Mazurkas, Op. 24
Andrzej Wasowski, piano (rec. London, 1980; issued on Concord
Concerto)
William
Albright: "Masquerade" and "Hoedown" from
Five Chromatic Dances
Thomas Warberton, piano (rec. 1980; reissued on CRI)
Brahms:
Hungarian Dance No. 6 in D-flat
Ignace Jan Paderewski, piano (rec. 1939; reissued by The Piano
Library)
Bartók:
Dance Suite, Sz. 77 (transcribed for solo piano by the composer)
András Schiff, piano (rec. 1980; issued on Denon)
.: July 6 - American Celebration
Richard
Rodgers: March of the Siamese Children (from “The King
and I”)
Transcribed by Stephen Hough
Stephen Hough, piano
(rec. Manchester, England, March 1991; issued on Virgin Classics,
“The Piano Album”)
Charles
Ives: Five Songs: “The Things Our Fathers Loved,”
“Walking,” “Ann Street-Broadway,”
“The See’r,” “In the Mornin’”
Richard Stoltzman, clarinet; Richard Goode, piano
(rec. August 1989; issued on RCA Red Seal)
Edward
MacDowell: Concerto No. 2 in D minor (II)
André Watts, piano; Dallas Symphony Orchestra conducted
by Andrew Litton
(rec. Dallas, July 1995; issued on Telarc)
George
Gershwin: “A Foggy Day”
André Previn, piano; David Fink, double bass
(rec. Tanglewood, August 1997; issued on Deutsche Grammophon,
“We Got Rhythm”)
Elliott
Carter in conversation with Charles Rosen
(rec. December 1996; issued on Bridge)
Elliott
Carter: Piano Sonata (1945-46)
Richard Ratliff, piano
(live concert performance at ASU Music Theatre, Arizona State
University, October 1986)
.: June 29 - Rubinstein and Chopin
Chopin:
Polonaise in A-flat, Op. 53
Artur Rubinstein, piano (rec. 1964; reissued on RCA Gold Seal)
Chopin:
Nocturnes, Op. 27: No. 1 in C-sharp minor and No. 2 in D-flat
Artur Rubinstein, piano (rec. 1965; reissued on RCA Gold Seal)
Chopin:
Ballade No. 3 in A-flat, Op. 47
Artur Rubinstein, piano (rec. 1959; reissued on RCA Gold Seal)
Chopin:
Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 35
Artur Rubinstein, piano (rec. March 1946; reissued on RCA
Gold Seal)
Chopin:
Prelude in F-sharp Major, Op. 28, No. 13
Artur Rubinstein, piano (rec. June 1946; reissued on RCA Gold
Seal)
.:
June 22 - Composers at the Piano
Rachmaninoff:
Fantasy Pieces, Op. 3: Prelude in C-sharp minor;
Polichinelle; Élégie in E-flat minor
Sergei Rachmaninoff, piano (original Ampico rolls made in
1919 and 1928;
recording of modern transfers made in 1996; issued on Telarc)
Bartók:
"Evening in Transylvania" and "Bear Dance"
from Ten Easy Pieces
Béla Bartók, piano (rec. Budapest, Nov. 1929;
reissued on Hungaroton)
Bartók:
Contrasts (Movt. I)
Benny Goodman, clarinet; Joseph Szigeti, violin; Béla
Bartók, piano
(rec. New York, May 1940; reissued on CBS Masterworks)
Prokofiev:
Piano Concerto No. 3, Op. 26 (Movt. III)
Sergei Prokofiev, piano; London Symphony Orchestra, Piero
Coppola, conductor
(rec. London, June 1932; reissued on Magic Talent)
Gershwin:
Sweet and Lowdown
George Gershwin, piano (Duo-Art roll from 1926; issued on
Elektra Nonesuch)
Oscar
Peterson: Nighttime
Oscar Peterson, piano; Itzhak Perlman, violin; Herb Ellis,
guitar;
Ray Brown, bass; Grady Tate, drums (rec. 1994; issued on Telarc)
Mozart:
Sonata for four hands in C Major, K. 521 (III. Allegretto)
András Schiff and George Malcolm, fortepiano (Anton
Walter, ca. 1780)
(rec. Mozart Museum, Salzburg, 1993; issued on London)
.: June 15 - The Virtuoso Beethoven
Mozart:
Concerto in B-flat, K. 450 (last movt.)
Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano; Chamber Orchestra of Europe
(rec. live at Graz, Austria, July 2005; issued on Warner Classics)
Clementi:
Sonata in B-flat, Op. 24, No. 2
Jos van Immerseel, fortepiano (Michael Rosenberger, 1795)
(rec. Kent, England, October 1979; issued on Accent)
Beethoven:
Sonata in C Major, Op. 2, No. 3
Murray Perahia, piano (rec. September 1990; issued on Sony
Classical)
.: June 8 - Remembering Horowitz
Rachmaninoff:
Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30 (III. Finale)
Vladimir Horowitz, piano; London Symphony Orchestra; Albert
Coates, conductor
(rec. December 1930, reissued on EMI)
Scarlatti:
Sonata in A minor, K. 188; Sonata in A Major, K. 322
Vladimir Horowitz, piano (rec. October 1951, reissued on EMI)
Kabalevsky:
Preludes, from Op. 38 (Nos. 10,3,16,8)
Vladimir Horowitz, piano (recorded in concert at Carnegie
Hall, New York, April 1947; issued on RCA Red Seal, "The
Private Collection")
Scriabin:
Sonata No. 9, Op. 68
Vladimir Horowitz, piano (recorded in concert at Carnegie
Hall, May 1965; reissued on CBS Masterworks)
Chopin:
Mazurka in C-sharp minor, Op. 30, No. 4
Etude in F Major, Op. 10, No. 8
Vladimir Horowitz, piano (recorded in concert at Carnegie
Hall, May 1965; reissued on CBS Masterworks)
Liszt
(after Schubert): Soirées de Vienne: Valse-Caprice
No. 6
Vladimir Horowitz, piano (recorded in concert at the Moscow
Conservatory, April 1986; issued on Deutsche Grammophon, "Horowitz
in Moscow")
Schumann:
Träumerei, from Kinderszenen
Vladimir Horowitz, piano (recorded in concert at the Moscow
Conservatory, April 1986; issued on Deutsche Grammophon, "Horowitz
in Moscow")
.: June 1 - Principles of Order
J.S. Bach:
Brandenburg Concerto No. 5, BWV 1050 (last movt.)
Alexander Schneider, violin; Ornulf Gulbransen, flute; Rudolf
Serkin, piano;
Marlboro Festival Orchestra conducted by Pablo Casals
(rec. July 1964; reissued on Sony Classical)
J.S. Bach:
Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue, BWV 903
Richard Ratliff, piano (live performance at the Christel DeHaan
Fine Arts Center, University of Indianapolis, October 2005)
Mozart:
Concerto No. 14 in E-flat, K. 449 (III. Allegretto)
Malcolm Bilson, fortepiano (Philip Belt after Anton Walter);
English Baroque Soloists conducted by John Eliot Gardiner
(rec. London, 1983; released on Deutsche Grammophon Archiv)
C.P.E.
Bach: Rondo in D minor (from Sonatas, Rondos, and Free Fantasies
for Connoisseurs and Amateurs, Vol. VI)
Richard Ratliff, fortepiano (Thomas and Barbara Wolf after
J.L. Dulcken)
(rec. live at the Christel DeHaan Fine Arts Center, November
2002)
Beethoven:
Sonata No. 6 in F Major, Op. 10, No. 2
Rudolf Serkin, piano (rec. October 1970; released on Sony
Classical)
J.S. Bach:
Concerto in F minor, BWV 1056 (II. Largo)
Edwin Fischer, piano; Edwin Fischer Chamber Orchestra
(rec. London 1938; reissued on Philips).:
May 25 - The Young Lions
Schumann:
Fantasy in C Major, Op. 17 (II)
Leif Ove Andsnes, piano (rec. 1995; issued on EMI Classics)
Haydn:
Sonata in E Major, H. XVI:31
Lang Lang, piano (live recording at Tanglewood, August 2000;
issued on Telarc)
Chopin:
Scherzo No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 31
Evgeny Kissin, piano
(live recording at Carnegie Hall, New York, February 1993;
issued on RCA Red Seal)
Rachmaninoff:
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43
Leon Fleisher, piano; Cleveland Orchestra conducted by George
Szell
(rec. March 1957; reissued on Philips)
.:
May 18 - Efficiency or Inspiration
Mozart:
Concerto No. 27 in B-flat, K. 595 (II. Larghetto)
Artur Schnabel, piano; London Symphony Orchestra, Sir John
Barbirolli, conductor
(rec. 1934; reissued on Classica d’Oro)
Rachmaninoff:
Etude-Tableaux in E-flat minor, Op. 39, No. 5
Vladimir Horowitz, piano (rec. live at Carnegie Hall, November
16, 1975; issued on RCA Red Seal “Horowitz Rediscovered”)
Scriabin:
Sonata No. 4, Op. 30
John Ogdon, piano (rec. June 1971, reissued on Philips Classics)
Beethoven:
Sonata in E-flat, Op. 31, No. 3
Stephen Kovacevich, piano (rec. London, December 1971, reissued
on Philips Classics)
Schumann/Liszt:
Widmung
Arthur Rubinstein, piano (rec. London, October 1947; reissued
on RCA Red Seal)
.: May 11 - Cadenzas
Mozart:
Concerto in E-flat, K. 449 (I)
Malcolm Bilson, fortepiano (Philip Belt after Anton Walter);
English Baroque Soloists conducted by John Eliot Gardiner
(rec. London, May 1983; issued on Archiv)
Mozart:
Concerto in C minor, K. 491 (I)
Clifford Curzon, piano; London Symphony Orchestra conducted
by István Kertész
(rec. London, December 1967; reissued on Decca)
Cadenzas
for Mozart’s Concerto, K. 491, by Mitsuko Uchida (rec.
London 1988; reissued on Philips) and Artur Schnabel (rec.
1948; reissued on Classica d’Oro)
Beethoven:
Concerto No. 1 in C Major, Op. 15 (I)
Maurizio Pollini, piano; Berlin Philharmonic conducted by
Claudio Abbado
(rec. Berlin, December 1992; issued on Deutsche Grammophon)
.: May 4 - Distinguished Americans
Chopin:
Scherzo No. 4 in E Major, Op. 54
Garrick Ohlsson, piano (rec. 1992, issued on Arabesque)
Beethoven:
Quintet for Piano and Winds, Op. 16 (2nd movt.)
Murray Perahia, piano; Neil Black, oboe; Thea King, clarinet;
Tony Halstead, horn; Graham Sheen, bassoon (rec. 1986, issued
on CBS Masterworks)
Brahms:
Piano Pieces, Op. 76: Capriccio in C-sharp minor; Intermezzo
in A minor; Capriccio in C Major
Richard Goode, piano (rec. January 1986, issued on Elektra/Nonesuch)
Liszt:
Piano Concerto No. 2 in A Major
André Watts, piano; Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Andrew
Litton, conductor
(rec. Dallas, 1995; issued on Telarc)
.: April 27 - Neglected Masterworks
Leon Kirchner:
Piano Sonata (1948)
Leon Fleisher, piano (rec. New York, December 1962; reissued
on Music and Arts)
Beethoven:
Piano Trio in G Major, Op. 1, No. 2
Beaux Arts Trio: Menahem Pressler, piano; Isidore Cohen, violin;
Bernard Greenhouse, cello (rec. Switzerland, June 1980; reissued
on Philips)
.: April 20 - Worse Than One Piano?
Copland:
Danzón Cubano
Marilyn Tzelepi and Gregory Zambaras, two pianos
(rec. live at the Christel DeHaan Fine Arts Center, November
1999)
Reger:
Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Beethoven, Op. 86
András Schiff and Peter Serkin, two pianos
(rec. November 1997; issued on ECM)
Stravinsky:
Les Noces (“The Wedding”)
Martha Argerich, Krystian Zimerman, Cyprien Katsaris, Homero
Francesch, pianos
English Bach Festival Chorus and Percussion Ensemble, Leonard
Bernstein, conductor
(rec. March 1977; reissued on Deutsche Grammophon)
Mozart:
Concerto No. 7 in F Major, K. 242
Malcolm Bilson, Robert Levin, Melvyn Tan, fortepianos (Philip
Belt and Derek Adlam after Anton Walter)
(rec. October 1987; issued on Deutsche Grammophon Archiv)
.: April 13 - The Gift of Conviction
Chopin:
Scherzo No. 3 in C-sharp minor, Op. 39
Claudio Arrau, piano (rec. New York, 1953)
Chopin:
Nocturne in C minor, Op. 48, No. 1
Martha Argerich, piano (rec. live at the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam,
1978)
Beethoven:
Sonata in E-flat, Op. 7 (II. Largo con gran espressione)
Artur Schnabel, piano (rec. London, November 1935)
Beethoven:
Sonata Pathétique, Op. 13 (III. Rondo: Allegro)
Richard Ratliff, piano
(live performance from the Christel DeHaan Fine Arts Center,
Indianapolis, September 2003)
Schumann:
Concerto in A minor, Op. 54 (I. Allegro affettuoso)
Rudolf Serkin, piano; Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by
Eugene Ormandy
(rec. Philadelphia, 1964)
Tchaikovsky:
Concerto No. 1, Op. 23 (III. Allegro con fuoco)
Vladimir Horowitz, piano; NBC Symphony Orchestra conducted
by Arturo Toscanini
(rec. 1941)
.: April 6 - Tempo and Character
Beethoven:
Sonata in C Major, Op. 53 “Waldstein” (Rondo finale)
Daniel Barenboim, piano (rec. London, 1968; reissued on EMI
Classics)
Beethoven:
Sonata in E-flat, Op. 81a “Les Adieux” (III)
Artur Schnabel, piano (rec. London, April 1933; reissued on
Naxos)
also excerpts from Wilhelm Backhaus (1954) and Claudio Arrau
(1966)
Beethoven:
Sonata in A Major, Op. 47 “Kreutzer” (II excerpts)
Itzhak Perlman, violin; Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
(rec. London, October 1973; reissued on London Jubilee)
Joseph Szigeti, violin; Béla Bartók, piano (rec.
live at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., April 1940;
reissued on Vanguard Classics)
Mozart:
Concerto in D minor, K. 466 (I)
Rudolf Serkin, piano; Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by
Eugene Ormandy
(rec. February 1951; reissued on Sony Classics) |
