- Decca’s first FFRR concerto recording available for the first time: Eileen Joyce / Tchaikovsky 2nd Piano Concerto – never released on 78rpm and long thought lost, the test pressings were recently found at the International Piano Archives in Maryland.
- Includes the only Decca recordings by piano luminaries Argerich, Rubinstein, Lipatti, Michelangeli, Bernstein and Haskil.
- Select recordings played on composers’ own pianos – Thibaudet playing Chopin’s piano, Schiff and Malcolm on Mozart’s fortepiano.
- Award-winning recordings include: Larrocha Ravel Concertos [Grammy Award], Mustonen Shostakovich 24 Preludes [Edison and Gramophone Awards].
- Previously unpublished recordings included – Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No.2 with Joyce; Argerich/Schumann with Chailly [first time on CD – her first Decca recording].
- First International CD releases include: Rogé: Bartok Concertos 1-3 · Kathleen Long: Mozart Concerto No. 24 (Van Beinum) · Friedrich Gulda’s first Decca recordings · Eden & Tamir: Two-Piano Encores · Kempff’s early Decca recordings of sonatas by Schubert and shorter pieces by Bach, Handel, Rameau.
NOTES ON REPERTOIRE
- All five Beethoven Concertos: Gulda (Nos.1&2), Lupu (Nos.3&5), Haskil (No.4), Mustonen (Violin Concerto, transcription for piano).
- Both Brahms Concertos: Rubinstein (No.1), Ashkenazy (No.2); the Ravel Concertos with Larrocha (Grammy-Award winning recordings).
- Chopin’s complete works for piano and orchestra (Kun-Woo Paik).
- Mozart Concertos on fortepiano (Levin) and pianoforte (Curzon, Long Bernstein).
- Encores/Transcriptions from Kempff (his own transcriptions of Bach, Beethoven and Handel); Cherkassky’s first Decca recording “Kaleidoscope” (complete on CD internationally for the first time); Grainger’s arrangements of Fauré and Gerswin on “The American Virtuoso” – one of the most captivating Argo recordings from the 90s with the ‘rebirth’ of the label; and Godowsky’s notoriously difficult arrangements of Chopin’s Études and Waltzes.
- Music-making with friends: Piano Four-Hands and Two Pianos – Schiff & Malcolm, Ashkenazy & Previn, Katchen & Marty, Curzon & Britten; Rogé & Ortiz; Eden & Tamir.
CD 1 Argerich: Schumann Concerto * / Katchen: Liszt 1 & 2
CD 2 Ashkenazy: Brahms 2 – Prokofiev 3
CD 3 Ashkenazy: Chopin Études
CD 4 Ashkenazy: Rachmaninov For 2 Pianos (+ Previn)
CDs 5-6 Backhaus: Carnegie Hall Recital * – Haydn Sonatas
CD 7 Bolet: Godowsky Chopin Arrangements
CD 8 Bolet: Liszt Schubert Song Transcriptions
CD 9 Cherkassky: Rachmaninov 3 – Rubinstein 4
CD 10 Cherkassky: Kaleidoscope
CD 11 Curzon: Beethoven Eroica Variations – Schubert Moments Musicaux – Britten Op.23 For 2 Pianos (+ Britten)
CD 12 Curzon: Mozart K466 & 595
CD 13 Curzon: Mozart K488 & 491
CD 14 Davis: Gottschalk Piano Works / Rogé – Ortiz: Saint-Saëns Carnival Of The Animals
CD 15 Eden & Tamir: Works For 2 Pianos *
CD 16 Feinberg: The American Virtuoso
CD 17 Freire: Villa-Lobos & Friends
CD 18 Grosvenor: Chopin – Liszt – Ravel
CD 19 Gulda: Beethoven 1 & 2
CD 20 Gulda: The Early Recordings *
CD 21 Jablonski: Tchaikovsky 1 – Grieg Concerto – Lutosławski Paganini Variations
CD 22 Kars: Debussy Préludes
CD 23 Katchen: Brahms Hungarian Dances (+ Marty)
CD 24 Katchen: Rachmaninov Paganini Rhapsody – Dohnányi Nursery Variations
CD 25 Katin: Mendelssohn
CD 26 Kempff: J.S. Bach *
CD 27 Kempff: Schubert Sonatas 16 & 21 *
CD 28 Larrocha: Albéniz Iberia
CD 29 Larrocha: Liszt Sonata – Schumann Fantasie In C
CD 30 Larrocha: Ravel Concertos – Fauré Fantasie
CD 31 Levin: Mozart K271, 413 & 414
CD 32 Lipatti: Schumann Concerto / Joyce: Tchaikovsky 2
CD 33 Lisitsa: List
CD 34 Long: Mozart K491 / Haskil: Beethoven 4 – Schumann Waldszenen
CD 35 Lupu: Beethoven 3 & 5
CD 36 Lupu: Beethoven 8, 14 & 21
CD 37 Lupu: Brahms Solo Piano Works
CD 38 Lympany: Khachaturian Concerto – Saint-Saëns 2
CD 39 Michelangeli: Beethoven, Galuppi & Scarlatti Sonatas / Bernstein: Mozart K450
CD 40 Mustonen: Beethoven & Bach Concertos – Shostakovich Preludes
CDs 41-42 Ogdon: Messiaen Vingt Regards / Richter: Britten Concerto
CDs 43-44 Paik: Chopin For Piano And Orchestra
CD 45 Prats: Granados Goyescas – Villa-Lobos
CD 46 Rogé: Bartók 1-3 *
CD 47 Rogé: Fauré Piano Works
CD 48 Rogé: Satie Piano Works
CD 49 Rubinstein: Brahms 1 / Rogé: Bartók Rhapsody
CD 50 Schiff: bach Goldberg Variations
CD 51 Schiff: Mozart For 4 Hands (+ Malcolm)
CD 52 Schiff: Scarlatti Sonatas
CD 53 Thibaudet: Chopin Solo Piano
CD 54 Thibaudet: Conversations With Bill Evans
CD 55 Thibaudet: Gershwin Rhapsody In Blue – Concerto In F
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