.:
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)
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