Virtuosi.

Format:

Sound recording

Contributor:

Casals, Pablo, 1876-1973, performer.

Landowska, Wanda, performer.

Szigeti, Joseph, 1892-1973, performer.

Cortot, Alfred, 1877-1962, performer.

Goossens, Leon, 1897-1988, performer.

Schnabel, Artur, 1882-1951, performer.

Rubinstein, Artur, 1887-1982, performer.

Menuhin, Yehudi, 1916-1999, performer.

Enesco, Georges, 1881-1955, performer.

Lipatti, Dinu, 1917-1950, performer.

Feuermann, Emanuel, 1902-1942, performer.

Piatigorsky, Gregor, 1903-1976, performer.

Solomon, Izler, 1910-1987, performer.

Primrose, William, 1904-1982, performer.

Kapell, William, 1922-1953, performer.

Gieseking, Walter, 1895-1956, performer.

Brain, Dennis, 1921-1957, performer.

Serkin, Rudolf, 1903-1991, performer.

Milstein, Nathan, 1903-1992, performer.

Horowitz, Vladimir, 1903-1989, performer.

Kell, Reginald, 1906-1981, performer.

Kreisler, Fritz, 1875-1962, performer.

Rachmaninoff, Sergei, 1873-1943, performer.

Heifetz, Jascha, 1901-1987, performer.

Smithsonian Institution

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Instrumental music.

Genre:

Sound recordings.

Physical Description:

7 audio discs : analog, 33 1/3 rpm ; 12 in.

12 in.

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : Smithsonian Collection of Recordings, [1985]

System Details:

analog

33 1/3 rpm

microgroove

mono

Contents:

Cello suite no. 3 in C major, BWV 1009 / Bach (Pablo Casals, cello)

Italian concerto : in F major, BWV 971 / Bach (Wanda Landowska, harpsichord)

Violin concerto no. 1 in D major, op. 19 / Prokofiev (Joseph Szigeti, violin ; London Philharmonic Orchestra ; Sir Thomas Beecham, cond.)

Kinderszenen, op. 15 / Schumann (Alfred Cortot, piano)

Oboe quartet in F major, K. 370 / Mozart (Léon Goossens, oboe ; members of the Léner Quartet)

Piano concerto no. 21 in C major, K. 467 / Mozart (Arthur Schnabel, piano ; London Symphony Orchestra ; Sir Malcolm Sargent, cond.)

Nocturne in A-flat major, op. 33, no. 3 / Faure. Mouvements perpetuels / Poulenc. Three nocturnes, op. 9 / Chopin. Ritual fire dance, from El amor brujo / Falla (Arthur Rubinstein, piano)

Concerto in D minor for two violins, BWV 1043 / Bach (Yehudi Menuhin, George Enescu, violins ; Paris Symphony Orchestra ; Pierre Monteux, cond.)

Waltz in C-sharp minor, op. 64, no. 2 ; Waltz in A-flat major, op. 64, no. 3 ; Waltz in F minor, op. 70, no. 2 ; Waltz in D-flat major, op. 70, no. 3 ; Grande valse brillante : in E-flat major, op. 18 / Chopin (Dinu Lipatti, piano)

Schelomo / Bloch (Emanuel Feuermann, cello ; Philadelphia Orchestra ; Leopold Stokowski, cond.)

Sonata for cello and piano, op. 102, no. 1 / Beethoven (Gregor Piatigorsky, cello ; Solomon, piano)

Viola sonata, op. 120, no. 1 / Brahms (William Primrose, viola ; William Kapell, piano)

Intermezzo in B minor op. 119, no. 1 ; Intermezzo in A major, op. 118, no. 2 / Brahms. Suite bergamasque / Debussy (Walter Gieseking, piano)

Horn concerto no. 3 in E-flat major, K. 447 / Mozart (Dennis Brain, horn ; Philharmonia Orchestra ; Herbert von Karajan, cond.)

Piano quintet in E-flat major, op. 44 / Schumann (Rudolf Serkin, piano ; Busch Quartet)

Violin sonata no. 3 in D minor, op. 108 / Brahms (Nathan Milstein, violin ; Vladimir Horowitz, piano)

Clarinet concertino in E-flat major, op. 26 / Weber (Reginald Kell, clarinet ; unidentified orchestra ; Walter Goehr, cond.)

Violin concerto in E minor, op. 64 / Mendelssohn (Fritz Kreisler, violin ; Berlin State Opera Orchestra ; Leo Blech, cond.)

Liebesleid / Kreisler (Fritz Kreisler, violin ; Carl Lamson, piano)

Carnaval, op. 9 / Schumann (Sergei Rachmaninoff, piano)

Violin concerto in D minor, op. 47 / Sibelius (Jascha Heifetz, violin ; London Philharmonic Orchestra ; Sir Thomas Beecham, cond.)

Participant:

Various performers.

Notes:

Recorded in various locations at various times between Apr. 14, 1926 and Oct. 8, 1954.

Previously released on various labels.

"Produced in association with Capitol Records..." -- Container.

Program notes by Peter Eliot Stone and Richard Freed (159 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.) laid in container.

OCLC:

19630224

Publisher Number:

R 032 Smithsonian Collection of Recordings

LGR-9265 Smithsonian Collection of Recordings