L’art de Benno Moiseiwitsch (1890-1963)

CD1

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

Piano Sonata No.21, Op.53 "Waldstein" (v.1958)

Violin Sonata No.9, Op.47 "Kreutzer"

Jascha Heifetz, violin

Dmitry Kabalevsky (1904-1987)

Piano Sonata No.3, Op.46

CD 2

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

Piano Sonatas: No.8 "Pathétique",

No.14 "Moonlight", No.21 "Waldstein" (v.1942)         Nikolai Medtner (1880-1951)

Piano Sonata in G minor, Op.22        

CD 3   

Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)

24 Preludes, Op.28     

Robert Schumann (1810-1856)

Kinderszenen, Op.15 

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)

25 Variations and Fugue

on a theme by Handel, Op.24 (1930)

CD 4   

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)

25 Variations and Fugue

on a theme by Handel, Op.24 (v.1953)           

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)

Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op.43 (v.1946)

Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881)

Pictures at an Exibition (v.1945)

CD 5   

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)

Piano Concerto No.2 in C minor, Op.18 (v.1937)

London Philharmonic Orchestra, dir. Walter Goher

Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op.43 (v.1938)

Preludes: No.1, Op.3 No.2; No.6, Op.23 No.5

No.21, Op.32 No.10; No.16, Op.32 No.5

CD 6   

Robert Schumann (1810-1856)

Fantasie, Op.17; Fantasiestücke, Op.12        

Frederick Delius (1862-1934)

Concerto for Piano and Orchestra    

Philharmonia Orchestra, dir. Constant Lambert

CD 7   

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)     

Andante favori in F major, WoO 57 (v.1958)

Piano Concerto No.5, Op.73 "Emperor" (1961 live)

Stadium Symphony Orchestra of N.Y.,

 dir. Josef Krips

Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881)

Pictures at an Exibition (v.1961)

CD 8

Robert Schumann (1810-1856)

Kreisleriana, Op.16

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

Piano Concerto No.5, Op.73 "Emperor" (1963 live)

BBC Symphony Orchestra, dir. Sir Malcolm Sargent

CD 9

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)

Piano Concerto No.1 in B flat minor, Op.23  

Philharmonia Orchestra, dir. George Weldon   

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)

Piano Concerto No.2 in C minor, Op.18 (1956 live)

BBC Symphony Orchestra, dir. Sir Malcolm Sargent

CD 10 

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)

Piano Concerto No.2 in G minor, Op.44        

Roy Robertson, violin; Anthony Pini, cello

Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra,

dir. George Weldon     

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)

Piano Concerto No.1 in F sharp minor, Op.1

Philharmonia Orchestra, dir. Sir Malcolm Sargent

Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)

Piano Concerto No.2 in G minor, Op.22        

CD 11 

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

Piano Concerto No.5, Op.73 "Emperor" (v.1938)

London Philharmonic Orchestra, dir. George Szell

Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)

Piano Concerto in A minor, Op.16 (v.1941)   

Hallé Orchestra, dir. Leslie Heward     

CD 12 

Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)

Piano Concerto in A minor, Op.16 (v.1953)

Philharmonia Orchestra, dir. Otto Ackermann

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

Piano Concerto No.3 in C minor, Op.37        

Philharmonia Orchestra, dir. Sir Malcolm Sargent

Andante favori in F major, WoO 57 (v.1950)

CD 13 

Robert Schumann (1810-1856)

Piano Concerto in A minor, Op.54    

Philharmonia Orchestra, dir. Otto Ackermann  

Scherzo No.3, Op.39; Scherzo No.4, Op.54

Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826)    

Perpetuum Mobile

John Vallier (1920-1991)        

Toccatina

Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953) 

Suggestion diabolique, Op.4 No.4     

Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)  

Nocturne No.19 in E minor, Op.72 No.1

Fantaisie-Impromptu, Op.66

Scherzo No.1 in B minor, Op.20

CD 14 

Louis-Claude Daquin (1694-1772)       

Le coucou

Claude Debussy (1862-1918)  

Jardins sus la pluie from Estampes  

Minstrels from Preludés Book I

Clair de lune from Suite Bergamasque

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)     

Jeux d'eau

Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)  

Berceuse in D flat major, Op.57

Prelude No.20 in C minor, Op.28

Waltz No.6, Op.64 No.1 "Minute Waltz"

Waltz No.11, Op.70 No.1 (2 versions 1921)

Impromptu No.2, Op.36 (2 versions 1921)

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)

Capriccio in B minor, Op.76 No.2

Franz Liszt (1811-1886)          

Moja pieszczotka (Meine Freuden), S.480 No.5,

from Chopin Op.74 No.12      

Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915)         

Nocturne for the left hand, Op.9 No.2

Selim Palmgren (1878-1951)   

Linnunlaulua (Birdsong), Op.17 No.19

Meri (The sea), Op.17 No.12

Finnish dance, Op.31 No.5 (1921)

Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764)      

Gavotte et Variations

Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757) (arr.Tausig)  

Pastorale e Capriccio

Franz Schubert (1797-1828) (arr. Liszt)

Horch! Horch! die Lerch im Ätherblau, S.558 No.9

Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826)    

Perpeetuum Mobile

Theodor Leschetizky (1830-1915)       

Arabesque en forme d'Etude, Op.45 No.1

Léo Delibes (1836-1891)         

Passepied from Le Roi s'amuse,

air de danse No.6

Moritz Moszkowski (1854-1925)         

Die Jongleurin, Op.52 No.4

Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881)       

Gopak from Sorochinsky Fair

Robert Schumann (1810-1856)

Traumes virren

CD 15 

Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)  

Nocturne No.19 in E minor, Op.72 No.1

Impromptu No.1 in A flat major, Op.29

Waltz No.14 in E minor, Op. posth. B.56

Ballade No.3 in A flat major, Op.47 (v.1927)

Etude No.11, Op.10 No.11

Etude No.4, Op.10 No.4

Etude No.15, Op.25 No.3

Etude No.10, Op.10 No.10

Mazurka No.51 in A minor "Émile Gaillard"

Scherzo No.2 in B flat minor, Op.31

Arthur Rubinstein (1887-1982)

Barcarolle in F minor, Op.30 No.1     

Robert Schumann (1810-1856) (arr. Liszt)

Frühlingsnacht, S.568

Enrique Granados (1867-1916)           

Danza Española, Op.37 No.5 "Andaluza"

Danza Española, Op.37 No.6

                                             "Rondalla aragonesa"

Georg Martin von Henselt (1814-1889)

Si oiseau j'etais,

Douze Études caractéristiques, Op.2 No.6

Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)

Piano concerto No.1 in G minor, Op.25        

Royal Albert Hall Orchestra; dir. Landon Ronald

CD 16 

Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757)

Pastorale e Capriccio (arr.Tausig)

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)

Intermezzo in C major, Op.119 No.3

Rhapsody in E flat major, Op.119 No.4

Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)  

Polonaise No.9 in B flat, Op.71 No.2

Selim Palmgren (1878-1951)   

Rococo, Op.47 No.5

Abram Chasins (1903-1987)     

Flirtation in a Chinese Garden, Op.5

Rush hour in Hong Kong, Op.6

Robert Schumann (1810-1856)

Grillen (Fantasiestücke, Op.12 No.4)

Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)          

Song without words, Op.19b No.3 "Hunting song"

Song without words, Op.53 No.4      

Jacques Ibert (1890-1962)      

Le petit âne blanc, Histoires No.2

Nikolai Medtner (1880-1951)  

Fairy Tale in E minor, Op.34 No.2

Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953) 

Suggestion diabolique, Op.4 No.4     

Leopold Godowsky (1870-1938)         

Concert paraphrase on Die Fledermaus

Richard Wagner (1813-1883) (arr. Liszt)

Isoldens Liebestod (Schlußszene), S.447

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)     

Jeux d'eau

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)     

Andante favori in F major, WoO 57 (v.1930)

Johann Nepomuk Hummel (1778-1837) 

Rondo favori in E flat major, Op.11

CD 17 

Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)  

Ballade No.3 in A flat major, Op.47 (v.1938 v.1939)

Barcarolle in F sharp, Op.60

Nocturne No.2 in E flat, Op.9 No.2    

Claude Debussy (1862-1918)  

Jardins sus la pluie from Estampes  

Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)  

Mouvements perpétuel No.1 in C major

Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)   

Etude in F sharp, Op.7 No.4

Richard Wagner (1813-1883) (arr. Liszt)

Ouvertüre zu Tannhäuser, S.442

Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826)    

Rondo Brillant in D flat major, J.260 (arr. Tausig)

Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)

(arr. Rachmaninoff)   

Scherzo from A Midsummer Night's Dream 

Franz Liszt (1811-1886)          

Fantasia on Hungarian Folk Melodies

(arr. of Hungarian Rhapsody No.14)

London Philharmonic Orchestra, dir. C.Lambert

CD 18 

Franz Liszt (1811-1886)          

Liebesträume, No.3 in A flat major, S.541

Hungarian Rhapsody No.2

Étude de concert No.2 "La Leggierezza"

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)       

Prelude No.21 in B minor, Op.32 No.10

Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)  

Barcarolle in F sharp, Op.60

Robert Schumann (1810-1856)

Vogel als prophet (Waldszenen, Op.82 No.7)

Romance, Op.28 No.2 (2 versions 1941)        

Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)          

Scherzo in E minor, Op.16 No.2

Selim Palmgren (1878-1951)   

West Finnish Dance, Op.31 No.5 (v.1941)

Tuutulaulu (Refrain de berceau) (v.1941)

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)     

Rondo in C major, Op.51 No.1

Aram Khachaturian (1903-1978)          

Toccata          

CD 19 

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)       

Prelude No.23 in G sharp minor, Op.32 No.12

Moments Musicaux Op.16 No.4 Presto in E minor

Lilacs, Op.21 No.5

Nikolai Medtner (1880-1951)  

Fairy Tale in E minor, Op.42 No.1

Round dance, Op.58 No.1

Nikolai Medtner, piano

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) 

Chanson triste, Op.40 No.2

Claude Debussy (1862-1918)  

Clair de lune from Suite Bergamasque

Toccata pour le piano

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)     

Toccata from Le tombeau de Couperin

Khachaturian (arr. O. Levant)

Sabre Dance from Gayaneh

Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)  

Polonaise No.9 in B flat, Op.71 No.2

Ballade No.1, Op.23; Ballade No.2, Op.38

Ballade No.4, Op.52; Ballade No.3, Op.47