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Claudio Arrau / Van Cliburn
CHOPIN
Ballade No.3 op.47 in A flat major
Scherzo No.3 in C sharp minor
Fantasy in F minor
Van Cliburn
BBC TELEVISION STUDIOS, 9 JUNE 1959
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BEETHOVEN
Sonata No.23 in F minor op.57 ‘Appassionata’
Claudio Arrau
BBC TELEVISION STUDIOS, 13 OCTOBER 1959
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Claudio Arrau
MP3 Album:
CHOPIN
Piano Concerto No.1
Claudio Arrau/Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-
Orchester/Otto Klemperer
SAAL 1, FUNKHAUS, COLOGNE, 25 OCTOBER 1954
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BEETHOVEN
Piano Concerto No.4
Claudio Arrau/Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-
Orchester/Christoph von Dohnanyi
SAAL 1, FUNKHAUS, COLOGNE, 6 APRIL 1959
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Shura Cherkassky
MP3 Album:
CHOPIN
Piano Concerto No.1
Piano Concerto No.2
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Christopher Adey
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Richard Hickox
Recorded: Studio 1, Broadcasting House, Glasgow, 3 December 1981 (No.1)
Royal Albert Hall, London, 30 August 1983 (No.2)
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Shura Cherkassky: Saint-Saëns & Liszt
Shura Cherkassky was born in Odessa, Ukraine in 1909 and died in London in 1995. He was initially taught by his mother who had played for Tchaikovsky, but when the family moved to the US in 1923, he studied with his long-time teacher and mentor, the legendary Josef Hofmann, before auditioning for Rachmaninov. Prior to World War II, he had made his name in the US but from 1945 he extensively toured Europe and settled in London in 1961. The last of the great Romantic tradition of pianists, Cherkassky was described by Bryce Morrison as a 'mercurial genius', a unique personality, blessed with an incredible technique, who delighted in defying convention as no performance was identical. For a musician reluctant to visit the studio, live performances were the showcase for his stunning virtuosity and creativity caught on the wing.
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Shura Cherkassky
MP3 Album:
Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
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Prokofiev: Piano Sonata No.7
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Stravinsky: Three Scenes from Petrushka
Kolner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester / Zdeněk Mácal
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Emil Gilels
MP3 Album:
SCHUMANN
Four Klavierstücke op.32
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BRAHMS
Four Ballades op.10
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CHOPIN
Polonaise No.2 · Piano Sonata No.3
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Encore
MOZART
Fantasy in D minor K397
Emil Gilels PIANO
ABBOTSHOLME ARTS SOCIETY, STAFFORDSHIRE,
22 MARCH 1979
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A Tribute to Rudolf Barshai
MP3 Album:
A 20 CD set in tribute to Russian-born Rudolf Barshai (1924-2010), possibly the most famous viola player of all time. He performed as a soloist and in chamber groups with Shostakovich, Richter, Oistrakh and Rostropovich and later with Kogan and Gilels. He won numerous Soviet and international competitions.
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Georges Cziffra
MP3 Album:
GRIEG
Piano Concerto
Orchestre National de l’ORTF/Georges Tzipine
PARIS, 17 APRIL 1959
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LISZT
Piano Concerto No.1
Fantasy on Hungarian Folk Themes
Orchestre National de l’ORTF/André Cluytens
PARIS, 12 MARCH 1959
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LULLY
Gavotte en rondeau in D minor
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SCARLATTI
Sonata in D K.96
LUXEMBOURG, 20 JANUARY 1959
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Emil Gilels
MP3 Album:
BEETHOVEN
Piano Concerto No.4
Emil Gilels/Hallé Orchestra/
Sir John Barbirolli
EDINBURGH FESTIVAL, USHER HALL, EDINBURGH
13 SEPTEMBER 1966
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TCHAIKOVSKY
Piano Concerto No.2 (Siloti version)
Emil Gilels/London Philharmonic
Orchestra/Kirill Kondrashin
BBC MAIDA VALE STUDIOS, LONDON
23 FEBRUARY 1959
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Great Pianists
MP3 Album:
EMIL GILELS
BEETHOVEN Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 3 – 1967
ICAC 5000
CLAUDIO ARRAU
CHOPIN Piano Concerto No.1 • BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No.4 – 1954 & 1959
1954 (Chopin), 1959 (Beethoven) Westdeutscher Rundfunk Köln.
ICAC 5045
JULIUS KATCHEN
BRAHMS Piano Concerto No.1* • CHOPIN Ballade No.3 • LISZT Mephisto Waltz No.1
SCHUMANN Vogel als Prophet (Waldszenen) • ALBÉNIZ Triana (Ibéria – Book 2) – 1958, 1965 & 1967*
ICAC 5048
GEORGES CZIFFRA
GRIEG Piano Concerto • LISZT Piano Concerto No.1 • Fantasy on Hungarian Folk Themes
LULLY Gavotte en rondeau • D. SCARLATTI Sonata K96 ‘La Chasse’ – 1959
ICAC 5079
SHURA CHERKASSKY
CHOPIN Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 – 1981 & 1983
ICAC 5085
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Julius Katchen
MP3 Album:
BRAHMS Piano Concerto No.1, Op.15
Julius Katchen/BBC Symphony Orchestra/
Rudolf Kempe
BBC MAIDA VALE STUDIOS, LONDON, 11 OCTOBER 1967
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CHOPIN Ballade No.3, Op.47
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LISZT Mephisto Waltz No.1 S.514
BBC CONCERT HALL, BROADCASTING HOUSE, LONDON, 4
OCTOBER 1965
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SCHUMANN Prophet Bird Op.82, No.7
(from Waldszenen)
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ALBENIZ Triana (from Iberia Book 2)
BBC MAIDA VALE STUDIOS, LONDON, 29 SEPTEMBER 1958
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Julius Katchen discusses Mozart's Concerto K.466
and Brahms’ Concerto No.1 with John Amis
BBC STUDIOS, LONDON, 15 DECEMBER 1967
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Georges Cziffra
MP3 Album:
C.P.E. Bach: Andantino in B minor
Scarlatti: Piano Sonatas K.159, K.446, K.259, K.533, K.284
Couperin: Les Moissonneurs (Pièces de clavecin Vol.2)
Liszt: Rhapsodie Espagnole
Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No.2
(Prague 1955)
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Bach arr. Liszt: Fantasy and Fugue on Bach
Liszt: Funerailles
(Turin, 22 January 1959)
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BBC Legends Vol.1
MP3 Album:
This 20 CD box set brings together some of the greatest performances taken from the BBC archives which were featured in the best-selling series BBC Legends, launched in 1998. The collection features classic recordings by stellar artists including Mstislav Rostropovich, Arturo Toscanini, Emil Gilels, Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Sir Thomas Beecham, Dennis Brain, Evgeny Mravinsky, David Oistrakh and Sviatoslav Richter.
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Claudio Arrau
MP3 Album:
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.31
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.32
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.23
(Swedish Radio Studios, Stockholm, 5 April 1960)
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Emil Gilels
MP3 Album:
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.1
New Philharmonia Orchestra / Sir Adrian Boult (Royal Festival Hall, 10 July 1967)
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Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.3
New Philharmonia Orchestra / Sir Adrian Boult (Royal Festival Hall, 13 July 1967)
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Emil Gilels
MP3 Album:
BRAHMS
Piano Concerto No.2
Kolner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester
Mario Rossi
SAAL 1, FUNKHAUS, COLOGNE, 19 MARCH 1971
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DEBUSSY
Images – Book 1
Reflets dans l’eau
Hommage à Rameau
Mouvement
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PROKOFIEV
Sonata No.3 op.28
Visions fugitives Nos. 3, 5, 10, 11, 17
SAAL 2, FUNKHAUS, COLOGNE, 11 DECEMBER 1974
