3CDs
COMPACT DISC 1 (75’26) acoustic recordings 1908–1913 (London)
1. RACHMANINOV Prelude in C sharp minor Op 3/2
2. LISZT Liebesträume No 3 S541/3
3. GRIEG Norwegian Bridal Procession Op 19/2
4. PAGANINI/LISZT La campanella S141/3
5. CHOPIN Prélude in C major Op 28/1
6. Étude in C major Op 10/1
7. HANDEL Variations 'The Harmonious Blacksmith'
8. WEBER ‘Perpetuum mobile’ from Op 24
9. CHOPIN Fantasy Impromptu Op 66
10. BACH Prelude & Fugue No 3 in C sharp major WTC1
12. CHOPIN Étude in G sharp minor Op 25/6
13. Étude in A flat major Op 25/1
14. Étude in D flat major Op 25/8
15. Étude in G flat major Op 25/9
16. Étude in G flat major Op 10/5
17. SEELING Concert Étude in E flat minor Op 10/12
18. GRIEG Piano Concerto in A minor Op 16 (heavily abridged)
LANDON RONALD / ROYAL ALBERT HALL ORCHESTRA
20. SCHUMANN Novellette in E major Op 21/7
21. CHOPIN Waltz in A flat major Op 42
22. Waltz in G flat major Op 70/1
23. Waltz in E minor Op posth.
24. SMETANA Polka in F major
25. SCARLATTI Sonata in F major K 525
26. Sonata in G major K 523
27. LISZT Hungarian Rhapsody No 2
COMPACT DISC 2 (71’23) Acoustic recordings 1913 (London), 1916 (Berlin) & 1923 (London)
1. SCHUBERT Moment musical in F minor D780/3
2. SCHUBERT/LISZT ‘Hark, Hark the Lark’ S558/9
3. CHOPIN Étude in C major Op 10/7
4. Waltz in D flat major Op 64/1
5. Waltz in D flat major Op 64/1 (alternate recording)
6. Étude in A minor Op 10/2
7. Étude in F major Op 25/3
8. Étude in F minor Op 25/2
9. RUBINSTEIN Polka in G major Op 82/7
10. RUBINSTEIN Romance in E flat major Op 44
11. LISZT Hungarian Rhapsody No 12
12. BRAHMS Variations on a theme by Paganini Op 35 (abridged)
13. CHOPIN Étude in A minor Op 25/11
14. CHOPIN Polonaise in A major Op 40/1
15. MOZART/BACKHAUS Sérénade de Don Juan
16. SCHUMANN/LISZT Widmung S566
17. DELIBES/DOHNÁNYI Naila Waltz
18. LISZT Liebesträume No 3 S541/3
19. CHOPIN Polonaise in A flat Op 53 (abridged)
20. CHOPIN Waltz in A flat major Op 42
21. SMETANA Polka in F major
22. MOSZKOWSKI Caprice espagnole Op 37
COMPACT DISC 3 (76’24) Acoustic recording 1924 (Track 1) & Electrical recordings 1925–1936 (London)
1. BRAHMS Variations on a theme by Paganini Op 35
2. CHOPIN Prélude in C major Op 28/1
3. Étude in C major Op 10/1
4. Étude in A minor Op 10/2
5. Étude in C minor Op 10/12
6. Étude in F major Op 25/3
7. Étude in C major Op 10/7
8. Étude in C major Op 10/1
9. Berceuse in D flat major Op 57
10. SCHUBERT Moment musical in F minor D780/3
11. Moment musical D780/3 in F minor (alternate recording)
12. Impromptu in B flat major D935/3
13. Menuetto from Sonata in G major D894
14. Moment musical in A flat major D780/6
15. GRIEG Piano Concerto in A minor Op 16
JOHN BARBIROLLI / NEW SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
As one of the great pianists of the 20th century, WILHELM BACKHAUS (1884–1969) needs no introduction. He recorded almost continuously from 1908 until his death, but this set, focusing on his earliest recordings, completes APR’s coverage (see also APR 6026, APR 6027 and APR 5637) of all his solo and concerto output for The Gramophone Company/HMV, except the electrically recorded Brahms titles, which are available elsewhere. These early discs reveal Backhaus as an exciting young virtuoso, rather than the sober purveyor of German classics he was to become.
APR7317 Available on Compact Disc, as a Digital Download and to Stream