Friedrich Wührer
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Friedrich Wührer was an Austrian
-German
pianist
and piano pedagogue. He was a close associate and advocate of composer Franz Schmidt
, whose music he edited and, in the case of the works for left hand alone, revised for performance with two hands; he was also a champion of the Second Viennese School
and other composers of the early 20th century. His recorded legacy, however, centers around German romantic literature, particularly the music of Franz Schubert
.
, along with taking courses in conducting under Ferdinand Löwe
and music theory under Joseph Marx
. His performing career began in the early 1920s, and he toured Europe and the United States in 1923.
Wührer was a founder of the International Society for Contemporary Music in Vienna. He formed friendships with composers Hans Pfitzner
and Max Reger
, and became associated with Arnold Schönberg and his circle, participating in performances of Schönberg's setting of 15 poems from Das Buch der hängenden Gärten
, op. 15; his Pierrot Lunaire
as part of a touring company presenting the work in Spain; and Webern
's Pieces for Cello and Piano, op. 11. Wührer also performed music by Béla Bartók
, Igor Stravinsky
, Sergei Prokofiev
, and Paul Hindemith
. On July 3, 1930, he performed Schönberg student Paul Pisk
's Suite for Piano in the first broadcast of that composer's music by the British Broadcasting Corporation. Wührer made his Salzburg Festival
debut in 1938. In 1939, as Paul Wittgenstein
, who commissioned the work, had fled Austria, Wührer performed in the premiere of Schmidt's Quintet for piano, violin, clarinet, viola, and cello in A major, albeit in his own arrangement for two hands rather than, as originally written for piano, left hand alone. Thereafter, Wührer performed all the Schmidt left hand compositions in his own two-hand arrangements. He and Wittgenstein viewed each other with animosity; Wittgenstein accused Wührer of being an enthusiastic Nazi who later tried to cover it up, and Wührer disparaged Wittgenstein's personality and pianism. Whether for this or some other reason, the recital programmes did not, as Wührer had promised Wittgenstein, make any note of the latter's exclusive rights to the works, and as a descendent of Jews, Wittgenstein had no recourse in Nazi-governed countries.
Wührer continued his advocacy for modern works at least into middle age. For instance, he gave the premiere of Pfitzner's Sechs Studien für das Pianoforte, op. 51, of which he was the dedicatee, shortly after its composition in 1943 and in the 1950s, he performed the Piano Concerto, op. 21, which was written in 1939 by Kurt Hessenberg
. Nonetheless, notwithstanding his pioneering work for music of the Second Viennese School
and other moderns of his day, Wührer's principal focus as a performer, his posthumous reputation, and his recorded legacy came to rest on performances of music from the romantic era, particularly works in the German and Austrian traditions.
Later in life, Wührer was a juror at the Second Van Cliburn International Piano Competition
from September 26 to October 9, 1966, which awarded first prize to Radu Lupu
. Wührer was also a member of the piano jury at the 1968 Queen Elisabeth International Music Competition
. Wührer's son, also named Friedrich, was a violinist and conductor who made classical records.
in 1936, the Salzburg Mozarteum in 1948, and finally at the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik
in Munich
. He also regularly taught master classes at the Salzburg
Mozarteum. He was denied an academy teaching position in East Germany in 1952, however, on grounds that he had been a leading Nazi in Austria during World War II.
Wührer's students included composers Sorrel Hays
, Helmut Bieler
, and Richard Wilson; pianists Geoffrey Parsons
, Frieda Valenzi, and Felicitas Karrer (who described him as having an unusually well-balanced left hand); and harpsichordist Hedwig Bilgram.
Etudes, polonaises by Wilhelm Friedemann Bach
, and the piano music of Franz Schmidt
. Claiming to be respecting the composer's own wishes, he created two-hand redistributions of the left-hand works that Schmidt had written for Paul Wittgenstein, although Wittgenstein evidently voiced strong objections. Besides editing the Etudes, Wührer wrote 18 Studies on Chopin Etudes in Contrary Motion (1958) as a pedagogical work for equalising the facility of both hands. Wührer also composed and published cadenzas for Mozart
's piano concerti in C Major
, K. 467; C Minor
, K. 491; and D Major
, K. 537.
film Wenn die Musik nicht wär, which is also known in Germany as Liszt Rhapsody and in English-speaking countries as If It Were Not for Music.
Wührer made numerous commercial phonograph records. While his discography includes 78 rpm released, such releases are outnumbered by his output during the early LP
era, which was mostly for the American Vox
label. Among his LP recordings was the first nominally complete cycle of Schubert
's piano sonata
s. It omitted a few fragmentary works, but it offered Ernst Krenek
's completion of the C Major sonata D. 840 (Reliquie), possibly otherwise represented on records only by Ray Lev
's Concert Hall Society account of similar vintage. Very few of Wührer's released have emerged on compact disc
, and Vox bypassed his Schubert sonata cycle in favor of one recorded a few years later in stereo by Walter Klien
, as Wührer's commercial recordings were predominantly in mono. A third party entity, Neal's Historical Records, however, appears to have issued compact disc editions of the set copied from LPs.
The following lists contain the bulk of Wührer's recordings. Unless specified otherwise, all 78 RPM discs were 10" discs, and all LPs were monaural 12" discs. The Vox Boxes were all three-record sets. CD issues mostly derive from radio broadcasts; CD releases of material originally appearing on analogue discs are noted in the sections for their original formats, with the CD section listing only recordings not released in other formats.
Austrians
Austrians are a nation and ethnic group, consisting of the population of the Republic of Austria and its historical predecessor states who share a common Austrian culture and Austrian descent....
-German
Germans
The Germans are a Germanic ethnic group native to Central Europe. The English term Germans has referred to the German-speaking population of the Holy Roman Empire since the Late Middle Ages....
pianist
Pianist
A pianist is a musician who plays the piano. A professional pianist can perform solo pieces, play with an ensemble or orchestra, or accompany one or more singers, solo instrumentalists, or other performers.-Choice of genres:...
and piano pedagogue. He was a close associate and advocate of composer Franz Schmidt
Franz Schmidt
Franz Schmidt was an Austrian composer, cellist and pianist of Hungarian descent and origin.- Life :Schmidt was born in Pozsony , in the Hungarian part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire . His father was half Hungarian and his mother entirely Hungarian...
, whose music he edited and, in the case of the works for left hand alone, revised for performance with two hands; he was also a champion of the Second Viennese School
Second Viennese School
The Second Viennese School is the group of composers that comprised Arnold Schoenberg and his pupils and close associates in early 20th century Vienna, where he lived and taught, sporadically, between 1903 and 1925...
and other composers of the early 20th century. His recorded legacy, however, centers around German romantic literature, particularly the music of Franz Schubert
Franz Schubert
Franz Peter Schubert was an Austrian composer.Although he died at an early age, Schubert was tremendously prolific. He wrote some 600 Lieder, nine symphonies , liturgical music, operas, some incidental music, and a large body of chamber and solo piano music...
.
Biography
Wührer began piano study at age six with an Austrian teacher named Marius Szudelsky; after entering the Vienna Academy in 1915, Wührer continued studying piano with Franz SchmidtFranz Schmidt
Franz Schmidt was an Austrian composer, cellist and pianist of Hungarian descent and origin.- Life :Schmidt was born in Pozsony , in the Hungarian part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire . His father was half Hungarian and his mother entirely Hungarian...
, along with taking courses in conducting under Ferdinand Löwe
Ferdinand Löwe
Ferdinand Löwe was an Austrian conductor.- Biography :Löwe was born in Vienna, Austria where along with Munich, Germany his career was primarily centered. From 1896 Löwe conducted the Kaim Orchestra, today's Munich Philharmonic, where he returned from 1908 to 1914...
and music theory under Joseph Marx
Joseph Marx
Joseph Rupert Rudolf Marx was an Austrian composer, teacher and critic.-Life and career:Marx pursued studies in philosophy, art history, German studies, and music at Graz University, earning several degrees including a doctorate in 1909. He began composing seriously in 1908 and over the next four...
. His performing career began in the early 1920s, and he toured Europe and the United States in 1923.
Wührer was a founder of the International Society for Contemporary Music in Vienna. He formed friendships with composers Hans Pfitzner
Hans Pfitzner
Hans Erich Pfitzner was a German composer and self-described anti-modernist. His best known work is the post-Romantic opera Palestrina, loosely based on the life of the great sixteenth-century composer Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina.-Biography:Pfitzner was born in Moscow, Russia, where his...
and Max Reger
Max Reger
Johann Baptist Joseph Maximilian Reger was a German composer, conductor, pianist, organist, and academic teacher.-Life:...
, and became associated with Arnold Schönberg and his circle, participating in performances of Schönberg's setting of 15 poems from Das Buch der hängenden Gärten
The Book of the Hanging Gardens
Das Buch der Hängenden Gärten is a fifteen-part song cycle composed by Arnold Schoenberg between 1908 and 1909, setting poems of Stefan George. George’s poems, also under the same title, track the failed love affair of two adolescent youths in a garden, ending with the woman’s departure and the...
, op. 15; his Pierrot Lunaire
Pierrot Lunaire
Dreimal sieben Gedichte aus Albert Girauds 'Pierrot lunaire' , commonly known simply as Pierrot Lunaire, Op. 21 , is a melodrama by Arnold Schoenberg...
as part of a touring company presenting the work in Spain; and Webern
Anton Webern
Anton Webern was an Austrian composer and conductor. He was a member of the Second Viennese School. As a student and significant follower of Arnold Schoenberg, he became one of the best-known exponents of the twelve-tone technique; in addition, his innovations regarding schematic organization of...
's Pieces for Cello and Piano, op. 11. Wührer also performed music by Béla Bartók
Béla Bartók
Béla Viktor János Bartók was a Hungarian composer and pianist. He is considered one of the most important composers of the 20th century and is regarded, along with Liszt, as Hungary's greatest composer...
, Igor Stravinsky
Igor Stravinsky
Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky ; 6 April 1971) was a Russian, later naturalized French, and then naturalized American composer, pianist, and conductor....
, Sergei Prokofiev
Sergei Prokofiev
Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev was a Russian composer, pianist and conductor who mastered numerous musical genres and is regarded as one of the major composers of the 20th century...
, and Paul Hindemith
Paul Hindemith
Paul Hindemith was a German composer, violist, violinist, teacher, music theorist and conductor.- Biography :Born in Hanau, near Frankfurt, Hindemith was taught the violin as a child...
. On July 3, 1930, he performed Schönberg student Paul Pisk
Paul Pisk
Paul Amadeus Pisk was an Austria-born composer and musicologist. A prize named in his honor is the highest award for a graduate student paper at the annual meeting of the American Musicological Society....
's Suite for Piano in the first broadcast of that composer's music by the British Broadcasting Corporation. Wührer made his Salzburg Festival
Salzburg Festival
The Salzburg Festival is a prominent festival of music and drama established in 1920. It is held each summer within the Austrian town of Salzburg, the birthplace of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart...
debut in 1938. In 1939, as Paul Wittgenstein
Paul Wittgenstein
Paul Wittgenstein was an Austrian-born concert pianist, who became known for his ability to play with just his left hand, after he lost his right arm during the First World War. He devised novel techniques, including pedal and hand-movement combinations, that allowed him to play chords previously...
, who commissioned the work, had fled Austria, Wührer performed in the premiere of Schmidt's Quintet for piano, violin, clarinet, viola, and cello in A major, albeit in his own arrangement for two hands rather than, as originally written for piano, left hand alone. Thereafter, Wührer performed all the Schmidt left hand compositions in his own two-hand arrangements. He and Wittgenstein viewed each other with animosity; Wittgenstein accused Wührer of being an enthusiastic Nazi who later tried to cover it up, and Wührer disparaged Wittgenstein's personality and pianism. Whether for this or some other reason, the recital programmes did not, as Wührer had promised Wittgenstein, make any note of the latter's exclusive rights to the works, and as a descendent of Jews, Wittgenstein had no recourse in Nazi-governed countries.
Wührer continued his advocacy for modern works at least into middle age. For instance, he gave the premiere of Pfitzner's Sechs Studien für das Pianoforte, op. 51, of which he was the dedicatee, shortly after its composition in 1943 and in the 1950s, he performed the Piano Concerto, op. 21, which was written in 1939 by Kurt Hessenberg
Kurt Hessenberg
Kurt Hessenberg was a German composer and professor at the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst in Frankfurt am Main.- Life :...
. Nonetheless, notwithstanding his pioneering work for music of the Second Viennese School
Second Viennese School
The Second Viennese School is the group of composers that comprised Arnold Schoenberg and his pupils and close associates in early 20th century Vienna, where he lived and taught, sporadically, between 1903 and 1925...
and other moderns of his day, Wührer's principal focus as a performer, his posthumous reputation, and his recorded legacy came to rest on performances of music from the romantic era, particularly works in the German and Austrian traditions.
Later in life, Wührer was a juror at the Second Van Cliburn International Piano Competition
Van Cliburn International Piano Competition
The Van Cliburn International Piano Competition was first held in 1962 in Fort Worth, Texas and is hosted by Van Cliburn Foundation. It was created by Fort Worth area teachers in honor of Van Cliburn, who had won the first International Tchaikovsky Competition four years prior with Tchaikovsky's...
from September 26 to October 9, 1966, which awarded first prize to Radu Lupu
Radu Lupu
Radu Lupu is a Romanian concert pianist. He has won a number of the most prestigious awards in classical piano, including first prizes in the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition and the Leeds International Pianoforte Competition....
. Wührer was also a member of the piano jury at the 1968 Queen Elisabeth International Music Competition
Queen Elisabeth Music Competition
The Queen Elisabeth Music Competition, a founding member of the World Federation of International Music Competitions has been, since its foundation, considered the world over to be one of the most prestigious and most difficult. It is devoted to violin , piano , to composition and to singing...
. Wührer's son, also named Friedrich, was a violinist and conductor who made classical records.
Pedagogy
Outside the concert hall, Wührer was a teacher in Vienna, the Hochschule fuer Musik und Darstellende Kunst Mannheim in 1934, KielKiel
Kiel is the capital and most populous city in the northern German state of Schleswig-Holstein, with a population of 238,049 .Kiel is approximately north of Hamburg. Due to its geographic location in the north of Germany, the southeast of the Jutland peninsula, and the southwestern shore of the...
in 1936, the Salzburg Mozarteum in 1948, and finally at the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik
Hochschule für Musik und Theater München
The Hochschule für Musik und Theater München is one of the most respected traditional vocational universities in Germany specialising in music and the performing arts. The seat of the Hochschule is the former Führerbau of the NSDAP, located at Arcisstraße 12, on the eastern side of the Königsplatz...
in Munich
Munich
Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...
. He also regularly taught master classes at the Salzburg
Salzburg
-Population development:In 1935, the population significantly increased when Salzburg absorbed adjacent municipalities. After World War II, numerous refugees found a new home in the city. New residential space was created for American soldiers of the postwar Occupation, and could be used for...
Mozarteum. He was denied an academy teaching position in East Germany in 1952, however, on grounds that he had been a leading Nazi in Austria during World War II.
Wührer's students included composers Sorrel Hays
Sorrel Hays
-Life:Doris Ernestine Hays was born in Memphis, Tennessee, and in 1985 adopted her grandmother's family name of Sorrel. She studied music with Harold Cadek at the University of Tennessee in Chattanooga, graduating in 1963. She continued her education for three years studying with Friedrich Wührer...
, Helmut Bieler
Helmut Bieler
Helmut Bieler is a German composer and pianist.He studied composition with Franz Xaver Lehner and Fritz Schieri, piano with Friedrich Wührer and Aldo Schoen and learned music at the University for Music and Performing Arts, Munich. From 1967 to 1979 he taught at the...
, and Richard Wilson; pianists Geoffrey Parsons
Geoffrey Parsons (pianist)
Geoffrey Penwill Parsons AO OBE was an Australian pianist, most particularly notable as an accompanist to singers and instrumentalists...
, Frieda Valenzi, and Felicitas Karrer (who described him as having an unusually well-balanced left hand); and harpsichordist Hedwig Bilgram.
Publications
Among Wührer's editorial activities, he wrote Masterpieces of Piano Music (Wilhelmshaven, 1966); compiled a collection of works by old masters; and prepared editions of the ChopinFrédéric Chopin
Frédéric François Chopin was a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist. He is considered one of the great masters of Romantic music and has been called "the poet of the piano"....
Etudes, polonaises by Wilhelm Friedemann Bach
Wilhelm Friedemann Bach
Wilhelm Friedemann Bach , the second child and eldest son of Johann Sebastian Bach and Maria Barbara Bach, was a German composer and performer...
, and the piano music of Franz Schmidt
Franz Schmidt
Franz Schmidt was an Austrian composer, cellist and pianist of Hungarian descent and origin.- Life :Schmidt was born in Pozsony , in the Hungarian part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire . His father was half Hungarian and his mother entirely Hungarian...
. Claiming to be respecting the composer's own wishes, he created two-hand redistributions of the left-hand works that Schmidt had written for Paul Wittgenstein, although Wittgenstein evidently voiced strong objections. Besides editing the Etudes, Wührer wrote 18 Studies on Chopin Etudes in Contrary Motion (1958) as a pedagogical work for equalising the facility of both hands. Wührer also composed and published cadenzas for Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , baptismal name Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart , was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical era. He composed over 600 works, many acknowledged as pinnacles of symphonic, concertante, chamber, piano, operatic, and choral music...
's piano concerti in C Major
Piano Concerto No. 21 (Mozart)
The Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major, K. 467, was completed on March 9, 1785 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, four weeks after the completion of the previous D minor concerto.- Structure :There are three movements....
, K. 467; C Minor
Piano Concerto No. 24 (Mozart)
The Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor, K. 491 is a concertante work for piano, or pianoforte, and orchestra by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Mozart composed the concerto in the winter of 1785–1786 and completed the work on 24 March 1786...
, K. 491; and D Major
Piano Concerto No. 26 (Mozart)
The Piano Concerto No. 26 in D major, K. 537, was written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and completed on February 24, 1788. It is generally known as the "Coronation" Concerto.-Source of the nickname "Coronation":...
, K. 537.
Discography
In 1935, Wührer performed piano solos for the Carmine GalloneCarmine Gallone
Carmine Gallone was an early acclaimed Italian film director, screenwriter, and film producer. Considered one of Italian cinema's top early directors, he directed over 120 films in his fifty year career between 1913 and 1963.-Filmography:*Il bacio di Cirano *La donna nuda *Senza colpa! *Fior di...
film Wenn die Musik nicht wär, which is also known in Germany as Liszt Rhapsody and in English-speaking countries as If It Were Not for Music.
Wührer made numerous commercial phonograph records. While his discography includes 78 rpm released, such releases are outnumbered by his output during the early LP
LP album
The LP, or long-playing microgroove record, is a format for phonograph records, an analog sound storage medium. Introduced by Columbia Records in 1948, it was soon adopted as a new standard by the entire record industry...
era, which was mostly for the American Vox
Vox Records
VOX Records is a budget classical record label. The name is Latin for "voice."-History:Vox was founded in 1945, starting out with 78-rpm discs, specializing in licensed pressings of classical recordings made in Europe. It was one of the last major recording companies to adopt stereo recording,...
label. Among his LP recordings was the first nominally complete cycle of Schubert
Franz Schubert
Franz Peter Schubert was an Austrian composer.Although he died at an early age, Schubert was tremendously prolific. He wrote some 600 Lieder, nine symphonies , liturgical music, operas, some incidental music, and a large body of chamber and solo piano music...
's piano sonata
Piano sonata
A piano sonata is a sonata written for a solo piano. Piano sonatas are usually written in three or four movements, although some piano sonatas have been written with a single movement , two movements , five or even more movements...
s. It omitted a few fragmentary works, but it offered Ernst Krenek
Ernst Krenek
Ernst Krenek was an Austrian of Czech origin and, from 1945, American composer. He explored atonality and other modern styles and wrote a number of books, including Music Here and Now , a study of Johannes Ockeghem , and Horizons Circled: Reflections on my Music...
's completion of the C Major sonata D. 840 (Reliquie), possibly otherwise represented on records only by Ray Lev
Ray Lev
Ray Lev was an American classical pianist. One year after her birth in Rostov na Donau, Russia, her father, a synagogue cantor, and mother, a concert singer, brought her to the United States.-Life:...
's Concert Hall Society account of similar vintage. Very few of Wührer's released have emerged on compact disc
Compact Disc
The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,...
, and Vox bypassed his Schubert sonata cycle in favor of one recorded a few years later in stereo by Walter Klien
Walter Klien
Walter Klien was an Austrian pianist.-Career:Klien was born in Graz. His mother was the artist Erika Giovanna Klien . She emigrated to the United States in 1929, and their only further contact was by correspondence.Klien studied piano with Josef Dichler at the Music Academy in Vienna and with...
, as Wührer's commercial recordings were predominantly in mono. A third party entity, Neal's Historical Records, however, appears to have issued compact disc editions of the set copied from LPs.
The following lists contain the bulk of Wührer's recordings. Unless specified otherwise, all 78 RPM discs were 10" discs, and all LPs were monaural 12" discs. The Vox Boxes were all three-record sets. CD issues mostly derive from radio broadcasts; CD releases of material originally appearing on analogue discs are noted in the sections for their original formats, with the CD section listing only recordings not released in other formats.
78 rpm
- BeethovenLudwig van BeethovenLudwig van Beethoven was a German composer and pianist. A crucial figure in the transition between the Classical and Romantic eras in Western art music, he remains one of the most famous and influential composers of all time.Born in Bonn, then the capital of the Electorate of Cologne and part of...
: Rondo a Capriccio in G, op. 129Rage Over a Lost PennyThe Rondo alla ingharese quasi un capriccio in G major, Op. 129, is a piano rondo by Ludwig van Beethoven. It is better known by the title Rage Over a Lost Penny, Vented in a Caprice . This title appears on the autograph manuscript, but not in Beethoven's hand, and has been attributed to his friend...
(Rage over a lost penny). HMV E.G.6905, 10" - BrahmsJohannes BrahmsJohannes Brahms was a German composer and pianist, and one of the leading musicians of the Romantic period. Born in Hamburg, Brahms spent much of his professional life in Vienna, Austria, where he was a leader of the musical scene...
: Liebeslieder Waltzes, op. 52. With Hermann von Nordberg, piano, and Irmgard SeefriedIrmgard SeefriedIrmgard Seefried was a distinguished German soprano who sang opera and lieder.Maria Theresia Irmgard Seefried was born in Köngetried, near Mindelheim, Bavaria, Germany, the daughter of educated Austrian-born parents. She studied at Augsburg University before making her debut in Aachen as the...
, Elisabeth HöngenElisabeth HöngenElisabeth Höngen was a German operatic mezzo-soprano, particularly associated with Richard Wagner and Richard Strauss roles, and with Verdi's Lady Macbeth....
, Hugo Meyer-Welfing, and Hans HotterHans HotterHans Hotter was a German operatic bass-baritone, admired internationally after World War II for the power, beauty, and intelligence of his singing, especially in Wagner operas. He was extremely tall and his appearance was striking because of his high, narrow face, wide mouth, and big, aquiline nose...
. English Columbia L.X. 8628-8631, 4 12". This recording has seen several reissues on CD, including Preiser 90356 - Reger: Gavotte in E Major, op. 82 no. 5. HMV E.G.6122
- Reger: Humoreske in C Major, op. 20 no. 4. HMV E.G.6122
- ScriabinAlexander ScriabinAlexander Nikolayevich Scriabin was a Russian composer and pianist who initially developed a lyrical and idiosyncratic tonal language inspired by the music of Frédéric Chopin. Quite independent of the innovations of Arnold Schoenberg, Scriabin developed an increasingly atonal musical system,...
: Etudes, op. 8 — no. 12 in D-Sharp MinorEtude Op. 8 No. 12 (Scriabin)Étude Op. 8 No. 12 is a technical étude for piano in D-sharp minor composed by Alexander Scriabin in 1894. It features many technical challenges including treacherous stretches with intervals up to an eleventh, numerous jumps in the left hand, repetitive chord strikes, and abundant octaves. It is a...
. HMV E.G. 6224 - Scriabin: Nocturnes, op. 5 — nos. 1 in F-Sharp Minor and 2 in A Major. HMV E.G.6297
- Scriabin: Waltz in F Minor, op. 1. HMV E.G.6224
LP
- Beethoven: Bagatelles, op. 33 — nos. 3 in F Major, 4 in A Major. MelodiyaMelodiyaMelodiya is a Russian record label. It was the state-owned major record company/label of the Soviet Union.-History:It was established in 1964 as the "All-Union Gramophone Record Firm of the USSR Ministry of Culture Melodiya"...
10 46829 006 - Beethoven: Bagatelles, op. 119Bagatelles, Opus 119 (Beethoven)The Eleven Bagatelles, Op. 119 were written at various times by Ludwig van Beethoven between the 1790s and the early 1820s. By the end of 1803, he had already sketched nos. 1–5 . In 1820, he composed nos. 7–11 and published them as a set of five...
— no. 5 in C Minor. Melodiya 10 46829 006 - Beethoven: Cello Sonatas (op. 5Cello Sonatas No. 1 and No. 2, Opus 5 (Beethoven)Cello Sonatas No. 1 and No. 2 were written by Ludwig van Beethoven in 1796, while he was in Berlin. While there, Beethoven met the King of Prussia Friedrich Wilhelm II, an ardent music-lover and keen cellist...
, op. 69Cello Sonata No. 3 (Beethoven)Ludwig van Beethoven's Cello Sonata No. 3 in A major, Op. 69 was writtenin 1808. It consists of three movements:# Allegro, ma non tanto# Scherzo# Adagio cantabile – Allegro vivacein contrast to the normal sonata form fast–slow–fast....
, and op. 102Cello Sonatas No. 4 and No. 5, Opus 102 (Beethoven)The Sonatas for cello and piano No. 4 in C major, Op. 102, No. 1, and No. 5 in D major, Op. 102, No. 2, by Ludwig van Beethoven were composed simultaneously in 1815 and published in 1817 with a dedication to the Countess Maria von Erdödy, a close friend and confidante of Beethoven's.- History...
complete). With Joseph Schuster, cello. Vox VoxBox SVBX 58, 3 stereo 12" LPs - Beethoven: Fantasy in C Minor for Piano, Orchestra, and Chorus, op. 80 (Choral Fantasy)Choral Fantasy (Beethoven)The Fantasy in C minor for Piano, Chorus, and Orchestra, Op. 80, was composed in 1808 by Ludwig van Beethoven.-Background, composition, and premiere:...
. With Akademie Kammerchor and Vienna Symphony Orchestra under Clemens KraussClemens KraussClemens Heinrich Krauss was an Austrian conductor and opera impresario, particularly associated with the music of Richard Strauss.-Biography:...
. Vox PL 6480 and 10,640. This recording has seen CD reissues on Tuxedo Music 1038 and Preiser 90553 - Beethoven: Piano Concerto no. 1 in C Major, op. 15Piano Concerto No. 1 (Beethoven)Ludwig van Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, op. 15, was written during 1796 and 1797. The first performance was in Prague in 1798, with Beethoven himself playing the piano, dedicated to his student Babette Countess Keglevics....
. With Vienna Pro Musica Orchestra under Hans SwarowskyHans SwarowskyHans Swarowsky was an Austrian conductor of Hungarian birth and Jewish descent.Swarowsky was born in Budapest, Hungary. He studied the art of conducting under Felix Weingartner and Richard Strauss...
. Originally mono; reissued as Vox STPL 513.070, fake stereo - Beethoven: Piano Concerto no. 2 in B-Flat Major, op. 19Piano Concerto No. 2 (Beethoven)The Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 19, by Ludwig van Beethoven was composed primarily between 1787 and 1789, although it did not attain the form it was published as until 1795. Beethoven did write another finale for it in 1798 for performance in Prague, but that is not the finale...
. With Stuttgart Pro Musica Orchestra under Walther DavissonWalther DavissonWalther Davisson was a German violinist and conductor,Davisson was born in Frankfurt am Main. He studied in Frankfurt at the Hoch Conservatory from 1900 to 1906 with Johann Naret-Koning and Adolf Rebner, in whose string quartet he played second violin from 1906 to 1913. He also taught violin in...
. Vox PL 9570; reissued as Vox STPL 513.060, fake stereo - Beethoven: Piano Concerto no. 3 in C Minor, op. 37Piano Concerto No. 3 (Beethoven)The Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37, was composed by Ludwig van Beethoven in 1800 and was first performed on 5 April 1803, with the composer as soloist. During that same performance, the Second Symphony and the oratorio Christ on the Mount of Olives were also debuted. The composition...
. With Stuttgart Pro Musica Orchestra under Walther Davisson. Vox PL 9570; reissued as Vox STPL 513.060, fake stereo. Also Orbis CX 20320, 10" - Beethoven: Piano Concerto no. 4 in G Major, op. 58Piano Concerto No. 4 (Beethoven)Ludwig van Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58, was composed in 1805–1806, although no autograph copy survives.-Musical forces and movements:...
. (1) With Bamberg Symphony OrchestraBamberg Symphony OrchestraThe Bamberg Symphony is a German orchestra based in Bamberg and well known for its artistic excellence and frequent international touring...
under Jonel PerleaJonel PerleaJonel Perlea was a Romanian conductor particularly associated with the Italian and German opera repertories.Born Ionel Perlea in Ograda, Romania, he studied in Munich, then in Leipzig. He made his debut at a concert in Bucharest in 1919, then worked as répétiteur in Leipzig and Rostock...
. Vox PL 10,640. Reissued by Pristine Classical in downloadable MP3MP3MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 Audio Layer III, more commonly referred to as MP3, is a patented digital audio encoding format using a form of lossy data compression...
and FLAC format as PASC139, dubbed from an LP copy; Pristine gives the recording dates as September 12–13, 1957 and the release date as 1958. (2) With Austrian Symphony Orchestra under Karl Randolf. RemingtonRemington RecordsRemington Records was a low budget record label. It existed from 1950 until 1957 and specialized in classical music. Unfortunately, the discs suffered from considerable surface noise.-History:...
R-199-72 (3) With Vienna Symphony Orchestra under Hans Swarowsky. Club National du Disque 1801 - Beethoven: Piano Concerto no. 5 in E-Flat Major, op. 73Piano Concerto No. 5 (Beethoven)The Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 73, by Ludwig van Beethoven, popularly known as the Emperor Concerto, was his last piano concerto. It was written between 1809 and 1811 in Vienna, and was dedicated to Archduke Rudolf, Beethoven's patron and pupil...
(Emperor). With Vienna Pro Musica Orchestra under Heinrich HollreiserHeinrich HollreiserHeinrich Hollreiser was a German conductor.Born in Munich, he attended the State Academy of Music there, and went on to serve as the conductor at the opera houses in Wiesbaden, Darmstadt, Mannheim, and Duisburg. From 1942-1945 he served as the principal conductor of the Bavarian State Opera, while...
. Vox GBY 11740 - Beethoven: Piano Sonatas nos. 30Piano Sonata No. 30 (Beethoven)Ludwig van Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 30 in E major, Op. 109, composed in 1820, is the antepenultimate of his piano sonatas. In it, after the huge Hammerklavier sonata, Op. 106, Beethoven returns to a smaller scale and a more intimate character...
in E Major, op. 109; 31Piano Sonata No. 31 (Beethoven)The Piano Sonata No. 31 in A flat major, Op. 110, by Ludwig van Beethoven was composed in 1821. It is the central piano sonata in the group of three opp. 109–111 which he wrote between 1820 and 1822, and the thirty-first of his published piano sonatas....
in A-Flat Major, op 110; 32Piano Sonata No. 32 (Beethoven)The Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111, is the last of Ludwig van Beethoven's piano sonatas. Along with Beethoven's 33 Variations on a waltz by Anton Diabelli, op. 120 and his two collections of bagatelles—Opus 119 and Opus 126 —this was one of Beethoven's last compositions for piano. The...
in C Minor, op. 111. Vox PL 9900 - Beethoven: Rondo in B-Flat Major, op. posth. With Vienna Pro Musica Orchestra under Hans Swarowsky. Originally mono; reissued as Vox STPL 513.070, fake stereo
- Beethoven: Triple Concerto in C Major for Piano, Violin, Cello and Orchestra, op. 56Triple Concerto (Beethoven)Ludwig van Beethoven's Concerto for Violin, Cello, and Piano in C Major, Op. 56, more commonly known as the Triple Concerto, was composed in 1803 and later published in 1804 under Breitkopf & Hartel. The choice of the three solo instruments effectively makes this a concerto for piano trio and the...
. With Bronislav GimpelBronislav GimpelBronislav Gimpel was a Polish-American violinist, and teacher. He was born in Lvov, Austria-Hungary, part of Polish Galicia , to a family of Jewish origin...
, violin; Joseph Schuster, cello; and Wurttembergisches Staatsorchester under Walther Davisson. Vox PL 11.660 - Beethoven: Variations in D Major, op. 76 (Turkish March). Vox GBY 11740
- Beethoven: Variations on "Bei Mannern welche Liebe fuhlen" from Mozart's Die Zauberflöte. With Joseph Schuster, cello. In Vox VoxBox SVBX 58, 3 12" stereo
- Beethoven: Variations on "Ein Madchen oder Weibehen" from Mozart's Die Zauberflöte. With Joseph Schuster, cello. In Vox VoxBox SVBX 58, 3 12" stereo
- Beethoven: Variations on "See the Conquering Hero Comes" from HandelHANDELHANDEL was the code-name for the UK's National Attack Warning System in the Cold War. It consisted of a small console consisting of two microphones, lights and gauges. The reason behind this was to provide a back-up if anything failed....
's Judas Maccabeus. With Joseph Schuster, cello. In Vox VoxBox SVBX 58, 3 12" stereo - Brahms: Cello Sonata no. 1 in E Minor, op. 38Cello Sonata No. 1 (Brahms)The Cello Sonata No. 1 in E minor, Op. 38, actually entitled "Sonate für Klavier und Violoncello", was written by Johannes Brahms in 1862–5.-Background:...
. With Joseph Schuster, cello. Vox PL 9910. According to the album notes, this LP was Schuster's first for Vox. - Brahms: Piano Concerto no. 1 in D Minor, op. 15Piano Concerto No. 1 (Brahms)The Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15, is a work for piano and orchestra composed by Johannes Brahms in 1858. The composer gave the work's public debut in Hanover, Germany, the following year.-Form:...
. With Vienna State Philharmonia under Hans Swarowsky. Vox PL 8000; also Vox GBY 12 180. An excerpt from this recording's first movement saw CD release on a Vox disc entitled The Best of Brahms. - Brahms: Piano Concerto no. 2 in B-Flat Major, op. 83Piano Concerto No. 2 (Brahms)The Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 83 by Johannes Brahms is a composition for solo piano with orchestral accompaniment. It is separated by a gap of 22 years from the composer's first piano concerto. Brahms began work on the piece in 1878 and completed it in 1881 while in Pressbaum near...
. With Pro Musica Orchestra, Stuttgart under Walther Davisson. Vox PL 9790 - Brahms: VariationsPaganini Variations (Brahms)The Variations on a Theme of Paganini are a set of theme and variations for solo piano, written by Johannes Brahms .The theme that is the basis for the work is that of the Caprice No. 24 in A minor by Niccolò Paganini....
on a Theme of Paganini, op. 35. Vox PL 8850 - Brahms: Violin Sonatas nos. 1 in G Major, op. 78; 2 in A Major, op. 100; and 3 in D Minor, op. 108Violin Sonata No. 3 (Brahms)Johannes Brahms' Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor, op. 108 is the last of his violin sonatas composed between 1878 and 1887. Unlike the two previous violin sonatas it is in four movements...
. With Wolfgang Schneiderhan, violin. Deutsche GrammophonDeutsche GrammophonDeutsche Grammophon is a German classical record label which was the foundation of the future corporation to be known as PolyGram. It is now part of Universal Music Group since its acquisition and absorption of PolyGram in 1999, and it is also UMG's oldest active label...
18295 (1 and 2) and 18144 (3). At least one of the first two sonatas also appeared on late DG 78 RPM discs. - Chopin: Etudes, op. 25Études (Chopin)The Études by Frédéric Chopin are three sets of solo studies for the piano, There are twenty-seven overall, comprising two separate collections of twelve, numbered Opus 10 and 25, and a set of three without opus number.-Composition:...
. Melodiya 10 46829 006 - DvořákAntonín DvorákAntonín Leopold Dvořák was a Czech composer of late Romantic music, who employed the idioms of the folk music of Moravia and his native Bohemia. Dvořák’s own style is sometimes called "romantic-classicist synthesis". His works include symphonic, choral and chamber music, concerti, operas and many...
: Piano Concerto in G Minor, op. 33Piano Concerto (Dvorák)The Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in G minor, Op.33 was the first of three concertos that Antonín Dvořák completed—it was followed by a violin concerto and then a cello concerto—and the piano concerto is probably the least known and least performed....
. With Vienna Symphony Orchestra under Rudolf MoraltRudolf MoraltRudolf Moralt was a German conductor, particularly associated with Mozart and the German repertory....
. Vox PL 7630 - GriegEdvard GriegEdvard Hagerup Grieg was a Norwegian composer and pianist. He is best known for his Piano Concerto in A minor, for his incidental music to Henrik Ibsen's play Peer Gynt , and for his collection of piano miniatures Lyric Pieces.-Biography:Edvard Hagerup Grieg was born in...
: Piano Concerto in A Minor, op. 16Piano Concerto (Grieg)The Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16, composed by Edvard Grieg in 1868, was the only concerto Grieg completed. It is one of his most popular works and among the most popular of all piano concerti.-Structure :The concerto is in three movements:...
. (1) 1944 radio broadcast with Vienna Philharmonic under Karl BöhmKarl BöhmKarl August Leopold Böhm was an Austrian conductor. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest symphonic and operatic conductors of the 20th century.- Education :...
. Urania UR-RS 7-15 Also released pseudonymously as by Gerhard Stein with Berlin Symphony Orchestra under Karl List on Royale 1264 (2) With Pro Musica Symphony, Vienna under Heinrich Hollreiser. Vox PL 9000; also in Vox Box VBX 1 - HaydnJoseph HaydnFranz Joseph Haydn , known as Joseph Haydn , was an Austrian composer, one of the most prolific and prominent composers of the Classical period. He is often called the "Father of the Symphony" and "Father of the String Quartet" because of his important contributions to these forms...
: Andante and Variations in F Minor, Hob. XVII no. 6. Melodiya 10 46829 006 - LisztFranz LisztFranz Liszt ; ), was a 19th-century Hungarian composer, pianist, conductor, and teacher.Liszt became renowned in Europe during the nineteenth century for his virtuosic skill as a pianist. He was said by his contemporaries to have been the most technically advanced pianist of his age...
: Grandes Etudes de PaganiniGrandes Etudes de PaganiniThe Grandes études de Paganini are a series of six études for the piano by Franz Liszt, revised in 1851 from an earlier version...
— no. 6 in A Minor (after Caprice no. 24). Vox PL 8850 - MendelssohnFelix MendelssohnJakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Barthóldy , use the form 'Mendelssohn' and not 'Mendelssohn Bartholdy'. The Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians gives ' Felix Mendelssohn' as the entry, with 'Mendelssohn' used in the body text...
: Piano Concerto no. 2 in D Minor, op. 40Piano Concerto No. 2 (Mendelssohn)The Piano Concerto No. 2 in D minor, Op. 40, was written in 1837 by Felix Mendelssohn and premiered at the Birmingham Festival of 1837, an event that also saw the premier of Mendelssohn's St. Paul Oratorio. He had already written a piano concerto in A minor with string accompaniment , two concertos...
. Vox PL 6570 - Prokofiev: Piano Concerto no. 2 in G Minor, op. 16Piano Concerto No. 2 (Prokofiev)Sergei Prokofiev set to work on his Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 16 in 1912 and completed it in 1913. Performing as solo pianist, he premiered the work on August 23 the same year at Pavlovsk. Most of the audience reacted intensely...
. Vox - Prokofiev: Piano Concerto no. 3 in C Major, op. 26Piano Concerto No. 3 (Prokofiev)Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major, Op. 26 is the best-known concerto by Sergei Prokofiev. It was completed in 1921 using sketches first started in 1913.-Composition and performances:...
. With Southwest German Radio Orchestra, Baden-BadenSüdwestrundfunkThe Südwestrundfunk is a public broadcasting company for the southwest of Germany, specifically the states of Baden-Württemberg and Rhineland-Palatinate. The company has main offices in three cities: Stuttgart, Baden-Baden and Mainz, with the director's office being in Stuttgart. It is an...
under Michael GielenMichael Gielen-Professional career:Gielen was born in Dresden, Germany, to opera director Josef Gielen. Through his mother, Rose, he is the nephew of Eduard Steuermann and Salka Steuermann Viertel. He began his career as a pianist in Buenos Aires, where he studied with Erwin Leuchter and gave an early...
. Vox PL 12.190; reissued as Vox (also Yorkshire) STPL 513.130, fake stereo - RubinsteinAnton RubinsteinAnton Grigorevich Rubinstein was a Russian-Jewish pianist, composer and conductor. As a pianist he was regarded as a rival of Franz Liszt, and he ranks amongst the great keyboard virtuosos...
: Piano Concerto no. 4 in D Minor, op. 70. With Vienna State Philharmonia under Rudolf Moralt. Vox PL 7780 - Schubert: Nocturne in E-Flat Major, op. 148Notturno (Schubert)The Notturno in E-flat major, Op. 148 , also called Adagio, is a nocturne for piano trio by Franz Schubert.-Description:This substantial but relatively neglected piece has affinities with the slow movements of both the String Quintet in C major D. 956, and the Piano Trio No. 1 in B-flat, D 898...
. With Barchet Quartet. Vox PL 8970; also DoverDover PublicationsDover Publications is an American book publisher founded in 1941 by Hayward Cirker and his wife, Blanche. It publishes primarily reissues, books no longer published by their original publishers. These are often, but not always, books in the public domain. The original published editions may be...
HCR-5206, Parnass 70068 - Schubert: Piano Quintet in A Major, op. 114Trout QuintetThe Trout Quintet is the popular name for the Piano Quintet in A major by Franz Schubert. In Otto Erich Deutsch's catalogue of Schubert's works, it is D. 667...
(Trout). With Rinhold Barchet, violinViolinThe violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello....
; Hermann Hirschfelder, violaViolaThe viola is a bowed string instrument. It is the middle voice of the violin family, between the violin and the cello.- Form :The viola is similar in material and construction to the violin. A full-size viola's body is between and longer than the body of a full-size violin , with an average...
; Helmut Reimann, violoncello; and Karl Heinz Krüger, double bassDouble bassThe double bass, also called the string bass, upright bass, standup bass or contrabass, is the largest and lowest-pitched bowed string instrument in the modern symphony orchestra, with strings usually tuned to E1, A1, D2 and G2...
. Vox PL 8970; also Dover HCR-5206, Parnass 70068 - Schubert: Piano Sonatas. These recordings have received a private issue on CD by Bearac Reissues.
- D. 157 in E Major.Piano Sonata in E major, D. 157 (Schubert)The Piano Sonata No. 1 in E major, D. 157 is a piano sonata written in March 1815 by Franz Schubert.Although all three movements of the sonata are complete, it is very likely that in fact the sonata is unfinished, even though some sources may list it as a complete work...
In Vox Box VBX-11 - D. 279 in C Major (1815). Vox PL 9620; also in Vox Box VBX-9
- D. 459 in E MajorPiano Sonata in E major, D. 459 (Schubert)The Piano Sonata No. 3 in E major D. 459 is a work for solo piano, composed by Franz Schubert in 1816. It was first published in 1843, after the composer's death, by Carl August Klemm in Leipzig. Unusual for piano sonatas of this time period, the sonata is in five movements...
. Vox PL 9800; also in Vox Box VBX-11 - D. 537 in A Minor (op. 164)Piano Sonata in A minor, D. 537 (Schubert)The Piano Sonata No. 4 in A minor, D. 537 of Franz Schubert is a sonata for solo piano, composed in 1817. The work has three movements:# Allegro ma non troppo # Allegretto quasi andantino...
. Vox PL 9130; also in Vox Box VBX-10 - D. 557 in A-Flat MajorPiano Sonata in A-flat major, D. 557 (Schubert)Franz Schubert's Piano Sonata No. 5 in A flat major, D. 557 was written in 1817 and has three movements:# Allegro moderato# Andante# AllegroThe work is relatively short and a typical performance lasts just over 10 minutes....
. In Vox Box VBX-11 - D. 566 in E MinorPiano Sonata in E minor, D. 566 (Schubert)The Piano Sonata No. 6 in E minor, D. 566 by Franz Schubert is a sonata for solo piano written in 1817. It has three movements but is sometimes played with the Rondo D...
. In Vox Box VBX-11 - D. 568 in E-Flat Major (op. 122)Piano Sonata in E-flat major, D. 568 (Schubert)The Piano Sonata No.7 in E-flat major by Franz Schubert is a sonata for solo piano composed in 1817, and originally published after Schubert's death in 1829 as Op. posth. 122. The sonata is in four movements:*I. Allegro moderato : E flat major...
. Vox PL 8820; also in Vox Box VBX-10 - D. 575 in B Major (op. 147)Piano Sonata in B major, D. 575 (Schubert)The Piano Sonata No. 9 in B major, D. 575 by Franz Schubert is a sonata for solo piano, posthumously published as Op. 147. Schubert composed the sonata in 1817, in four movements:# Allegro ma non troppo# Andante in E major...
. Vox PL 8420; also Dover HCR-5207 and in Vox Box VBX-9 - D. 625 in F Minor. Vox PL 9800; also in Vox Box VBX-11
- D. 664 in A Major (op. 120)Piano Sonata in A major, D. 664 (Schubert)The Piano Sonata No. 13 in A major, D.664 is a sonata for solo piano composed by Franz Schubert in the summer of 1819. The work is in three movements:* I. Allegro moderato* II. Andante in D major* III. Allegro...
. Vox PL 8590; also in Vox Box VBX-10 - D. 784 in A Minor (op. 143)Piano Sonata in A minor, D. 784 (Schubert)The Piano Sonata No. 14 in A minor, D. 784 by Franz Schubert is a sonata for solo piano, posthumously published as Op. 143. Schubert composed the work in 1823, the first sonata written after his illness the year before. It is extremely demanding technically and emotionally, requiring a virtuoso...
. Vox PL 8210; also in Vox Box VBX-9 - D. 840 in C Major (Reliquie; compl. Krenek)Piano Sonata in C major, D. 840 (Schubert)Franz Schubert's Piano Sonata No. 15 in C major, D. 840, nicknamed Reliquie upon its first publication in 1861 in the mistaken belief that it had been Schubert's last work, was written in April 1825, whilst the composer was also working on the A minor sonata, D. 845 in tandem...
. In Vox Box VBX-11 - D. 845 in A Minor (op. 42)Piano Sonata in A minor, D. 845 (Schubert)The Piano Sonata No. 16 in A minor, D. 845 by Franz Schubert is a sonata for solo piano, composed in May 1825. The sonata is in four movements:*I. Moderato*II. Andante, poco mosso in C major...
. Vox PL 9620; also in Vox Box VBX-9 - D. 850 in D Major (op. 53)Piano Sonata in D major, D. 850 (Schubert)Franz Schubert's Piano Sonata No. 17 in D major, D. 850 , known as the Gasteiner, was written during August 1825 whilst the composer was staying in the spa town of Bad Gastein. A year later, it became only the second of his piano sonatas to be published...
. Vox PL 8820; also in Vox Box VBX-10 - D. 894 in G Major (op. 78)Piano Sonata in G major, D. 894 (Schubert)The Piano Sonata No. 18 in G major, D. 894 by Franz Schubert is a sonata for solo piano, completed in October 1826. The work is sometimes called the "Fantaisie", a title which the publisher Tobias Haslinger gave to the first movement of the work, and not Schubert himself...
. Vox PL 8590; also in Vox Box VBX-10 - D. 958 in C Minor (op. posth.)Schubert's last sonatasFranz Schubert's last three piano sonatas, numbered 958, 959 and 960 in Deutsch's catalogue of Schubert's complete works, are the composer's last major compositions for the piano. They were written during the last months of Schubert's life, between the spring and autumn of 1828, but were not...
. Vox PL 8420; also Dover HCR-5207 and in Vox Box VBX-9 - D. 959 in A Major (op. posth.)Schubert's last sonatasFranz Schubert's last three piano sonatas, numbered 958, 959 and 960 in Deutsch's catalogue of Schubert's complete works, are the composer's last major compositions for the piano. They were written during the last months of Schubert's life, between the spring and autumn of 1828, but were not...
. Vox PL 9130; also in Vox Box VBX-10 - D. 960 in B-Flat Major (op. posth.)Schubert's last sonatasFranz Schubert's last three piano sonatas, numbered 958, 959 and 960 in Deutsch's catalogue of Schubert's complete works, are the composer's last major compositions for the piano. They were written during the last months of Schubert's life, between the spring and autumn of 1828, but were not...
. Vox PL 8210; also in Vox VBX-9
- D. 157 in E Major.
- SchumannRobert SchumannRobert Schumann, sometimes known as Robert Alexander Schumann, was a German composer, aesthete and influential music critic. He is regarded as one of the greatest and most representative composers of the Romantic era....
: DavidsbündlertänzeDavidsbündlertänzeDavidsbündlertänze , Op. 6, is a group of eighteen pieces for solo piano composed by Robert Schumann in 1837. Schumann named them after the imaginary Davidsbündler. The pieces are not true dances, but are characteristic pieces, musical dialogues about contemporary music between Schumann's...
, op. 6. Vox PL 8860 - Schumann: Piano Sonata no. 3 in F Minor, op. 14 (Concerto Without Orchestra). Vox PL 8860
- Schumann: Studies after Caprices by Paganini, op. 3. Vox PL 8850
- Scriabin: Piano Concerto in F-Sharp Minor, op. 20. With Pro Musica Orchestra of Vienna under Hans Swarowsky. Vox PL 9200
- Richard StraussRichard StraussRichard Georg Strauss was a leading German composer of the late Romantic and early modern eras. He is known for his operas, which include Der Rosenkavalier and Salome; his Lieder, especially his Four Last Songs; and his tone poems and orchestral works, such as Death and Transfiguration, Till...
: Cello Sonata in F Minor, op. 6. With Joseph Schuster, cello. Vox PL 9910. According to the album notes, this LP was Schuster's first for Vox. - TchaikowskyPyotr Ilyich TchaikovskyPyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Russian: Пётр Ильи́ч Чайко́вский ; often "Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky" in English. His names are also transliterated "Piotr" or "Petr"; "Ilitsch", "Il'ich" or "Illyich"; and "Tschaikowski", "Tschaikowsky", "Chajkovskij"...
: Piano Concerto no. 1 in B-Flat Minor, op. 23Piano Concerto No. 1 (Tchaikovsky)The Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23 was composed by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky between November 1874 and February 1875. It was revised in the summer of 1879 and again in December 1888. The first version received heavy criticism from Nikolai Rubinstein, Tchaikovsky's desired pianist....
. With Pro Musica Symphony of Vienna under Heinrich Hollreiser. Vox PL 9000 - Tchaikowsky: Piano Concerto no. 2 in G Minor, op. 44.Piano Concerto No. 2 (Tchaikovsky)Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 2 in G major, Op. 44, was written in 1879-1880. It was dedicated to Nikolai Rubinstein, who had insisted he be allowed to perform it at the premiere as a way of making up for his harsh criticism of Tchaikovsky's First Piano Concerto. Rubinstein was...
With Pro Musica Symphony of Vienna under Heinrich Hollreiser. Vox PL 9200 - WeberCarl Maria von WeberCarl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber was a German composer, conductor, pianist, guitarist and critic, one of the first significant composers of the Romantic school....
: Piano Concerti nos. 1 in C Major, op. 11 and 2 in E-Flat Major, op. 32. With Pro Musica Symphony of Vienna under Hans Swarowsky. Vox PL 8140
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- Brahms: Intermezzi, op. 117. Vogue 672001
- Brahms: Variations and Fugue on a Theme by HandelVariations and Fugue on a Theme by HandelThe Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel, Op. 24, is a work for solo piano written by Johannes Brahms in 1861. It consists of a set of twenty-five variations and a concluding fugue, all based on a theme from George Frideric Handel's Harpsichord Suite No...
, op. 24. Vogue 672001 - Chopin: Etudes Op. 25. Dante HPC 094
- Haydn: Varns. Hob. XVII #6. Dante HPC 094
- Schmidt: Variations on a Theme of Beethoven for Piano, Left Hand and Orchestra. With Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra under Eugen JochumEugen JochumEugen Jochum was an eminent German conductor.Born in Babenhausen, near Augsburg, Germany, Jochum studied the piano and organ in Augsburg until 1922. He then studied conducting in Munich...
. Tahra 382-385 - Schubert: Piano Sonata D. 784 in A Minor (op. 143)Piano Sonata in A minor, D. 784 (Schubert)The Piano Sonata No. 14 in A minor, D. 784 by Franz Schubert is a sonata for solo piano, posthumously published as Op. 143. Schubert composed the work in 1823, the first sonata written after his illness the year before. It is extremely demanding technically and emotionally, requiring a virtuoso...
. Vogue 672001 (from a French radio broadcast, not part of the complete cycle, supra) - Schumann: Piano Concerto in A Minor, op. 54Piano Concerto (Schumann)The Piano Concerto in A minor, Op.54, is a famous Romantic concerto by Robert Schumann, completed in 1845.Schumann had begun several piano concerti before this one: In 1828, he had begun one in E-flat major; from 1829-31 he worked on one in F major, and in 1839, he wrote one movement of a concerto...
. With Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra under Hermann AbendrothHermann AbendrothHermann Paul Maximilian Abendroth was a German conductor.-Early life:Abendroth was born on 19 January 1883, at Frankfurt, Germany, belonging to a family which had already produced other artistic figures of divers disciplines...
. Arlecchino 164; also Berlin Classics 0120.052