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Rudolf Serkin plays Beethoven
Uniform Title
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Title
Rudolf Serkin plays Beethoven [sound recording].
Published
[England?] : Sony Classical, p2012.
Physical Description
11 sound discs : digital, stereo/mono ; 4 3/4 in.
Notes
Title from container.
Compact discs.
Originally issued chiefly on Columbia analog discs, except sonatas 1, 6, 12, 13, 16, 21, 30-32, first issued in 1994 & the live performances of Op. 80 & Op. 58, first issued in 2000.
Recorded chiefly at 30th St. Studio, New York City; the concertos with Ormandy & Bernstein recorded in Town Hall, Philadelphia & Manhattan Center, New York City; all the Marlboro Festival performances were recorded at Marlboro Vt, and several of the solo works in a studio there. Recording dates range from 1957 to 1981; details of recording venue & time and track durations printed on each inner sleeve. Op. 120 recorded in mono, all the remaining performances in stereo.
Variant and related titles
Diabelli variations.
Format
Audio
Added to Catalog
March 27, 2013
Series
Masters
Performers
Rudolf Serkin, piano ; Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy, conductor (Op. 15, Op. 19, Op. 37, Op. 58, 1964 rec.) ; Westminster Choir, New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein, conductor (Op. 37, Op. 73, Op. 80, 1962 rec. ) ; with other performers as noted.
Contents
[cd. 1-3] Concertos (1962-1965 recordings). No 1 in C, op. 15 ; No 2 in Bb, op. 19 ; No 3 in C minor, op. 37 ; No 4 in G, op. 58 ; No 5 in Eb, op. 73 : "Emperor"
Fantasy for piano, chorus and orchestra, in C minor, op. 80 [2 performances] : Westminster Choir, New York Philharmonic, Bernstein, conductor (studio rec., May 1, 1962) ; soloists, Marlboro Festival Chorus & Orchestra, Peter Serkin, conductor (Marlboro Festival live performance, Aug. 9, 1981)
[cd. 4] Sonatas. No 1 in F minor, op. 2, no. 1
No 6 in F major, op. 10, no 2
No 8 in C minor, op. 13 : "Pathétique"
No 11 in Bb, op. 22
[cd. 5] Sonatas. No 12 in A♭ major, op. 26
No 13 in E♭ major, op. 27, no 1 : Sonata quasi una fantasia
No 14 in C# minor, op. 27, no 2 : Sonata quasi una fantasia ; "Moonlight"
No 16 in G major, op. 31, no 1
[cd. 6] Sonatas. No 21 in C major, op. 53 : "Waldstein"
No 23 in F minor, op. 57 : "Appassionata"
No 24 in F# major, op. 78
No 26 in Eb major, op. 81a : "Les adieux"
[cd. 7] Sonatas. No 28 in A, op. 101
No 29 in Bb major, op. 106 : "Hammerklavier"
[cd. 8] Sonatas. No 30 in E major, op. 109
No 31 in A♭ major, op. 110 (Marlboro Vt. studio rec., Aug. 28, 1960)
[cd. 9] Sonatas. No 31 in Ab major, op. 110 (New York City, rec. Jan. 12, 1971)
No 32 in C minor, op. 111 (26:51).
[cd. 10] 33 Variations in C major on a waltz by Anton Diabelli, op. 120 (Marlboro Vt. studio rec., Sept. 3-5, 1957)
11 Bagatelles, op. 119
Fantasy in G minor-B major, op. 77
[cd. 11] Concerto for piano, violin, cello and orchestra in C major, op. 56 : "Triple concerto" (with Jaime Laredo, violin, Leslie Parnas, cello, Marlboro Festival Orchestra, Alexander Schneider, conductor ; Marlboro Festival live performance, May 23, 1960)
Piano concerto no 4 in G major, op. 58 (Marlboro Festival Orchestra, Alexander Schneider, conductor ; Marlboro Festival live performance, Pablo Casals memorial, July 7, 1974).
Issue number
886919883022 Sony Classical
Subjects
Also listed under
Philadelphia Orchestra.
New York Philharmonic.
Westminster Choir.
Marlboro Festival Orchestra.
Marlboro Festival Chorus.
Marlboro Music School and Festival.
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