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Special! 5 CDs for the price of 4.
CD 1 (65:10): Impromptus, Op. 90, D.899 (1950); Impromptus, Op. posth. 142, D.935(1950); Allegretto in C minor, D.915 (1939), March in E, D.606 (1939). CD 2 (62:19): Moments musicaux, Op. 94, D.780 (1937); Piano Sonata No. 18 in D, Op. 53, D.850 (1939). CD 3 (71:42): Piano Sonata No. 21 in A, D.959 (1937); Piano Sonata No. 22 in B flat, D.960 (1939). CD 4 (71:30): Piano Quintet in A, Op. posth. 114, D.667 (‘Trout’) (1935) (with Pro Arte Qt. Members, C. Hobday, double bass) Lieder (with Theresa Behr-Schnabel, contralto) (1932); Marches Militaires, Op. 51, D.733 (1937) (with Karl Ulrich Schnabel, piano). CD 5 (74:29): Divertissement à la Hongroise in G minor, Op. 54, D.818 (1937); March in G minor, Op. 40, D.819 No. 2 (1937); March in B minor, Op. 40, D.819 No. 3 (1937); Andantino varié in B minor, Op. 84, D.823 (1937); Allegro in A minor (“Lebensstürme”), Op. posth. 144, D.947 (1937); Rondo in A, Op. 107, D.951 (1937)(with Karl Ulrich Schnabel, piano). Restoration engineer: Mark Obert-Thorn. Extensive notes by Harris Goldsmith. UPC # 17685-11752.
Buzz: During his last years in America, Artur Schnabel’s fame as a Beethoven interpreter – the Beethoven interpreter on the piano – was so pervasive that many almost forgot his earlier love affair with the music of Schubert, perhaps even more rapturous. Not until 1927 did he perform the entire cycle of thirty-two Beethoven sonatas. Well before the turn of the century, however, he had plunged into the music of Schubert, performing the great lieder (including the “male” cycles, Winterreise and Schöne Müllerin) with Therese Behr, an alto he would marry in 1905. When the first of several Schnabel trios came into being (with the violinist Alfred Wittenberg and the cellist Anton Hekking) it played both Schubert trios (c. 1902). In 1909, Schnabel performed the Trout Quintet with members of the legendary Bohemian Quartet. It is to the credit of Theodor Leschetizky, Schnabel’s mentor, that, although primarily interested in glittery virtuoso fare beloved of nineteenth-century pianists, he perceptively advised young Schnabel to investigate the Schubert sonatas, virtually unheard – and unheard of – at the time. Contrast this to the (possibly apocryphal) story about Rachmaninoff: When one if his admirers suggested that he perform some Schubert sonatas for the centenary of the composer’s death (1928), he reportedly answered, “Schubert wrote sonatas?” Schnabel, of course, gave a Schubert cycle that year. –Unfortunately, Schnabel left far less of his masterful Schubert than of his Beethoven. The five compact discs in this set are, for all intents and purposes, his complete legacy devoted to his first love, newly restored from the best sources by transfer wizard Mark Obert-Thorn.
Disc 5 Sound Clips (MP3):
1. Divertissement a la hongroise, Op- 54, D- 818 I- Andante – Artur Schnabel
2. Divertissement a la hongroise, Op- 54, D- 818 II- Marcia Andante con moto – Artur Schnabel
3. Divertissement a la hongroise, Op- 54, D- 818 III- Allegro – Artur Schnabel
4. 6 Grandes Marches, Op- 40, D- 819 No- 2 in G minor – Artur Schnabel
5. 6 Grandes Marches, Op- 40, D- 819 No- 3 in B minor – Artur Schnabel
7. Allegro in A minor, Op- 144, D- 947, Lebenssturme – Artur Schnabel
8. Rondo in A major, Op- 107, D- 951, Grand Rondeau – Artur Schnabel
Disc 2 Sound Clips (MP3):
1. Bach- Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565 (arr- L- Stokowski) – Leopold Stokowski
3. Bach- St- John Passion, BWV 245 Aria Es ist vollbracht! (arr- L- Stokowski) – Leopold Stokowski
5. Bach- Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582 (arr- L- Stokowski) – Leopold Stokowski
8. Beethoven- Symphony No- 5 in C minor, Op- 67 I- Allegro con brio – Leopold Stokowski
9. Beethoven- Symphony No- 5 in C minor, Op- 67 II- Andante con moto – Leopold Stokowski
10. Beethoven- Symphony No- 5 in C minor, Op- 67 III- Allegro – Leopold Stokowski
11. Beethoven- Symphony No- 5 in C minor, Op- 67 IV- Allegro – Leopold Stokowski
Disc 3 Sound Clips (MP3):
1. Outline of Themes for the Franck Symphony – Leopold Stokowski
2. Franck- Symphony in D minor, M- 48 I- Lento – Leopold Stokowski
3. Franck- Symphony in D minor, M- 48 II- Allegretto – Leopold Stokowski
4. Franck- Symphony in D minor, M- 48 III- Allegro non troppo – Leopold Stokowski
5. Debussy- Nocturnes No- 1- Nuages – Leopold Stokowski
6. Debussy- Nocturnes No- 2- Fetes – Leopold Stokowski
7. Debussy- Suite bergamasque III- Clair de lune (arr- L- Stokowski) – Leopold Stokowski
8. Debussy- Prelude a l’apres-midi d’un faune – Leopold Stokowski
Disc 4 Sound Clips (MP3):
2. Brahms- Symphony No- 4 in E minor, Op- 98 I- Allegro non troppo – Leopold Stokowski
3. Brahms- Symphony No- 4 in E minor, Op- 98 II- Andante moderato – Leopold Stokowski
4. . Brahms- Symphony No- 4 in E minor, Op- 98 III- Allegro giocoso – Leopold Stokowski
5. . Brahms- Symphony No- 4 in E minor, Op- 98 IV- Allegro energico e passionate – Leopold Stokowski
6. 10 Hungarian Dances, WoO 1 No- 1 in G minor (arr- L- Stokowski) – Leopold Stokowski
7. J. Strauss- An der schonen, blauen Donau (The Beautiful Blue Danube), Op- 314 – Leopold Stokowski
9. R. Strauss- Salome, Op- 54, TrV 215 Dance of the Seven Veils – Leopold Stokowski
10. Sousa- El Capitan March – Leopold Stokowski
11. Sousa- The Stars and Stripes Forever Stars and Stripes Forever March – Leopold Stokowski
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