Catalogue No: 4784389
Discs: 23
Release date: 6th Aug 2012
Barcode: 0028947843894
Medium: CDClifford Curzon: The Complete Decca Recordings 23CD + DVD Beethoven :
Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major, Op. 73 'Emperor'
1949
London Philharmonic Orchestra , George Szell
Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58
Wiener Philharmoniker , Hans Knappertsbusch
Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major, Op. 73 'Emperor'
Wiener Philharmoniker , Hans Knappertsbusch
Eroica Variations, Op. 35
1971
Rondo a capriccio in G major, Op. 129 ‘Rage over a lost penny'
Unpublished recording. 1942
Brahms :
Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15
1946
National Symphony Orchestra, Enrique Jorda
Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 83
1957
Wiener Philharmoniker , Hans Knappertsbusch
Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15
1953
Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam , Eduard van Beinum
Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15
1962
London Symphony Orchestra , George Szell
Liebeslieder-Walzer, Op. 52
1952
Zum Schluß, Op. 65 No. 15
1952
Piano Sonata No. 3 in F minor, Op. 5
1962
Intermezzo in E flat major, Op. 117 No. 1
1962
Intermezzo in C major, Op. 119 No. 3
1962
Capriccio in B minor, Op. 76 No. 2
Unpublished recording, 1943
Intermezzo in C major, Op. 119 No. 3
1943
Intermezzo in E flat minor, Op. 118 No. 6
1943
Rhapsody in G minor, Op. 79 No. 2
Unpublished recording. 1943
Intermezzo in E flat major, Op. 117 No. 1
Unpublished recording
Britten :
Introduction and Rondo alla burlesca, op.23 No.1
1944
with Benjamin Britten (piano)
Mazurka Elegiaca op.23 no.2
1944
with Benjamin Britten (piano)
Chopin :
Nocturne No. 20 in C sharp minor, Op. post.
1949
Dvorak :
Piano Quintet in A major, Op. 81
Vienna Philharmonic Quartet
Falla :
Noches en los jardines de Espana
1951
New Symphony Orchestra, Enrique Jorda
Noches en los jardines de Espana
National Symphony Orchestra, Enrique Jorda
Franck, C :
Symphonic Variations for piano & orchestra, M46
1958
London Philharmonic Orchestra , Adrian Boult
Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 14
Vienna Philharmonic Quartet
Grieg :
Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16
1959
London Symphony Orchestra , Oivin Fjeldstad
Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16
1951
London Symphony Orchestra , Anatole Fistoulari
Liszt :
Piano Sonata in B minor, S178
1963
Liebestraum, S541 No. 3 (Nocturne in A flat major)
1963
Valse oubliée No. 1, S.215/1
1963
Gnomenreigen, S145 No. 2
1963
Berceuse S174 (first version)
1963
Sonetto 104 del Petrarca (Années de pèlerinage II, S. 161 No. 5)
1942
Mephisto Waltz No. 1
1947
Liebestraum, S541 No. 3 (Nocturne in A flat major)
1947
Litolff :
From Concerto symphonique, No. 4 Op. 102: Scherzo
1958
London Philharmonic Orchestra , Adrian Boult
Medtner :
Skazka (Fairy Tale), Op. 26 No. 3 in F minor
Unpublished recording. 1942
Mozart :
Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major, K488
1964
Wiener Philharmoniker , George Szell
Piano Concerto No. 27 in B flat major, K595
1964
Wiener Philharmoniker , George Szell
Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, K478
1952
Members of the Amadeus Quartet
Piano Quartet No. 2 in E flat major, K493
1952
Members of the Amadeus Quartet
Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major, K488
1945
National Symphony Orchestra, Boyd Neel
Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major, K488
1953
London Symphony Orchestra , Josef Krips
Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor, K491
1953
London Symphony Orchestra , Josef Krips
Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major, K488
1967
London Symphony Orchestra , István Kertész
Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor, K491
1967
London Symphony Orchestra , István Kertész
Piano Concerto No. 26 in D major, K537 'Coronation'
1967
London Symphony Orchestra , István Kertész
Piano Concerto No. 27 in B flat major, K595
1967
London Symphony Orchestra , István Kertész
Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K466
1970
English Chamber Orchestra , Benjamin Britten
Piano Concerto No. 27 in B flat major, K595
1970
English Chamber Orchestra , Benjamin Britten
Pijper :
Symphony No. 3
1953
Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam , Eduard van Beinum
Rachmaninov :
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18
1955
London Philharmonic Orchestra , Adrian Boult
Rawsthorne :
Piano Concerto No. 2
1951
London Symphony Orchestra , Malcolm Sargent
Schubert :
4 Impromptus, D935
1952
Piano Sonata No. 17 in D major, D850
1964
Fantasie in C major, D760 'Wanderer'
arr. Liszt for Piano & Orchestra. 1937
Queens Hall Orchestra, Henry Wood
4 Impromptus, D899
1941
Fantasie in C major, D760 'Wanderer'
1949
Piano Quintet in A major, D667 'The Trout'
1957
Members Of The Wiener Oktett
Impromptu in G flat major, D899 No. 3
1964
Impromptu in A flat major, D899 No. 4
1964
Impromptu in A flat major, D935 No. 2
1964
Moments Musicaux (6), D780, Op. 94
1971
Piano Sonata No. 21 in B flat major, D960
1970
Schumann :
Fantasie in C major, Op. 17
Kinderszenen, Op. 15
1954
Tchaikovsky :
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23
1950
New Symphony Orchestra, George Szell
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23
1958
Wiener Philharmoniker , Georg Solti
DVD
The BBC Recitals
Produced by Walter Todds
Schumann: Kinderszenen
Brahms: Capriccio, op.116 no.1
(1959 [black & white])
Schubert: Moment musical, D780 no.3
Impromptu, D899 no.4
Piano Sonata No.21, D960 (1968 [colour])
CD 23
BBC Interviews
Desert Island Discs (1978)
Curzon remembers his teachers, including Artur Schnabel (1973)
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About It is 30 years since legendary British pianist Clifford Curzon died (1 September 1982). Over the course of his career, during a long and almost exclusive association with Decca, Clifford Curzon established a pre-eminence unrivalled by any other British pianist of his generation.
For the first time this collection brings together absolutely every recording he ever made for Decca which has survived [in the days of fragile 78rpm shellac discs one or two items were given to the artist as unique-copy test-pressings and these have not survived], including several which have never been published on CD ( or even LP) by Decca [Falla: Noches en los jardines de España (recorded in September 1945); Liszt: Mephisto Waltz No.1 and Liebestraum No.3 – recorded in September 1947, Liszt: Sonetto 104 del Petrarca recorded in1942].
Published for the first-time ever in any format are 8 pieces including a Medtner Fairy Tale, Chopin C sharp minor nocturne, Beethoven’s “Rage over a lost penny”, and 5 pieces by Brahms. These recordings survived as 78rpm test-pressings in Clifford Curzon’s private collection and have been made available for publication through his family.
Also herewith alongside 23 CDs is a famous DVD programme made by the BBC. It includes Curzon performing solo works by Schumann and Brahms [filmed in 1959, black & white] and Schubert – including a complete performance of the Piano Sonata in B flat, D960, filmed in 1968 [colour].
