Wilhelm Backhaus, piano.

Format:

Sound recording

Author/Creator:

Backhaus, Wilhelm, 1884-1969, performer.

Contributor:

Ronald, Landon, 1873-1938, conductor.

Boult, Adrian, 1889-1983, conductor.

Barbirolli, John, 1899-1970, conductor.

International String Quartet, performer.

Royal Albert Hall Orchestra, performer.

London Symphony Orchestra, performer.

BBC Symphony Orchestra, performer.

New Symphony Orchestra of London, performer.

Series:

Great interpreters (Andante (Firm))

Great interpreters

Language:

English

French

German

Subjects (All):

Piano music.

Quintets (Piano, violin, viola, cello, double bass).

Concertos (Piano).

Genre:

Piano music.

Sound recordings.

Physical Description:

4 audio discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in.

4 3/4 in.

Place of Publication:

[France] : Andante, [2001]

System Details:

digital

optical

1.4 m/s

mono

digital recording

Contents:

CD 1: Etudes, op. 10 ; Berceuse in D-flat major, op. 57 / Frédéric Chopin

Marche militaire in D major, D733, op. 51, no. 1 / Franz Schubert ; (arr. Backhaus)

Czech dances, vol. 1. Polka in F major / Bedřich Smetana

Caprice espagnole in A minor, op. 37 / Moriz Moszkowski

Hungarian rhapsody no. 2 in C-sharp minor, S244, no. 2 / Franz Liszt

Naila. Valse "Pas de fleurs" / Léo Delibes ; arr. Dohnányi

Soirée de Vienne no. 6 from 9 valses caprices d'après "Wiener-Damen Ländler" de Schubert, S427 / Franz Liszt

Prelude in C-sharp minor, op. 3, no. 2 / Sergei Rachmaninoff

Liebestraum no. 3 in A-flat major, S541 / Franz Liszt

Piano sonata no. 1 in C major, op. 24. Rondo, Presto : Moto perpetuo / Carl Maria von Weber

Fantaisie-impromptu in C-sharp minor, op. 66 / Frédéric Chopin

CD 2: Fantasie in C major, op. 17 / Robert Schumann

Quintet for piano and strings in A major, D667 / Franz Schubert (with members of the International String Quartet)

Moment musical in F minor, D780, op. 94, no. 3 ; Impromptu in B-flat major, D935, op. posth. 142, no. 3 ; Impromptu in E-flat major, D899, op. 90, no. 2 / Franz Schubert

CD 3: Piano concerto no. 5 in E-flat major : Emperor : op. 73 / Ludwig van Beethoven (Royal Albert Hall Orchestra ; Sir Landon Ronald, conductor)

Piano concerto no. 4 in G major, op. 58 / Ludwig van Beethoven (London Symphony Orchestra ; Sir Landon Ronald, conductor)

CD 4: Piano concerto no. 1 in D minor, op. 15 / Johannes Brahms (BBC Symphony Orchestra ; Adrian Boult, conductor)

Piano concerto in A minor, op. 16 / Edvard Grieg (New Symphony Orchestra ; John Barbirolli, conductor).

Participant:

Wilhelm Backhaus, piano, in part with various musicians, orchestras, and conductors.

Notes:

Andante: 2996--2999.

Recorded Jan. 4-5, 1928 (CD 1, tracks 1-17, CD 2, tracks 9-10), Nov. 2, 1925 (CD 1, Track 18), Jan. 27, 1936 (CD 1, track 19), Sept. 29, 1908 (CD 1, tracks 20-21), Oct. 19, 1908 (CD 1, tracks 22-23), May 13-14, 1937 (CD 2, tracks 1-3), Mar. 5-7, June 18, 1928 (CD 2, tracks 4-8), Mar. 15-16, 1948 (CD 2, track 11), Jan. 27, 1927 (CD 3, tracks 1-3), Mar. 12, 1930 (CD 3, tracks 4, 6), Sept. 25, 1929 (CD 3, track 5), Nov. 28-29, 1932 (CD 4, tracks 1-3), and Oct. 23, 1933 (CD 4, tracks 4-6)

Compact discs; analog recordings.

Program notes by Tim Page and Jed Distler and excerpts from New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, all in English with French and German translations (77 p. : ill.) bound in container.

Contains:

Chopin, Frédéric, 1810-1849. Etudes, piano, op. 10

Chopin, Frédéric, 1810-1849. Berceuse, piano, op. 57, D♭ major

Schubert, Franz, 1797-1828. Marches militaires. No 1; arranged

Smetana, Bedřich, 1824-1884. České tance, Díl 1. No. 3.

Moszkowski, Moritz, 1854-1925. Caprice espagnol.

Liszt, Franz, 1811-1886. Rhapsodies hongroises. No 2

Delibes, Léo, 1836-1891. Naila; arranged.

Liszt, Franz, 1811-1886. Soirées de Vienne. No 6

Rachmaninoff, Sergei, 1873-1943. Morceaux de fantaisie, op. 3. Prélude

Liszt, Franz, 1811-1886. Liebesträume, piano. Nr. 3

Weber, Carl Maria von, 1786-1826. Sonatas, piano, no. 1, op. 24, C major. Rondo

Chopin, Frédéric, 1810-1849. Impromptus, piano, no. 4, op. 66, C♯ minor

Schumann, Robert, 1810-1856. Fantasien, piano, op. 17, C major

Schubert, Franz, 1797-1828. Quintets, piano, violin, viola, cello, double bass, D. 667, A major

Schubert, Franz, 1797-1828. Moments musicaux. No 3

Schubert, Franz, 1797-1828. Impromptus, piano, D. 935. No. 3

Schubert, Franz, 1797-1828. Impromptus, piano, D. 899. No. 2

Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827. Concertos, piano, orchestra, no. 5, op. 73, E♭ major

Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827. Concertos, piano, orchestra, no. 4, op. 58, G major

Brahms, Johannes, 1833-1897. Concertos, piano, orchestra, no. 1, op. 15, D minor

Grieg, Edvard, 1843-1907. Concertos, piano, orchestra, op. 16, A minor

ISBN:

0971276420

OCLC:

49354575

Publisher Number:

2996 Andante

2997 Andante

2998 Andante

2999 Andante