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Wilhelm Backhaus: The Virtuoso (1908-1940)

Wilhelm Backhaus (piano, piano-roll)

Berlin Municipal Orchestra, Berlin Stadtischen Opera Orchestra, Fritz Zaun

revelatory: instead of the stern Beethovenian we are used to, the young pianist who emerges courtesy of piano-roll recordings from the 1920s is full of fire and flamboyance. — BBC Music Magazine, February 2013, 5 out of 5 stars
  • Release Date: 25th Feb 2013
  • Catalogue No: PH12052
  • Label: Profil Medien
  • Length: 2 hours 35 minutes

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Contents

Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 26 in D major, K537 'Coronation'

Work length30:34
$7.00
$9.00
  • Wilhelm Backhaus (piano)
  • Berlin Municipal Orchestra, Berlin Stadtischen Opera Orchestra
  • Fritz Zaun
  • Recorded: 1940

I. Allegro

Track length13:44
$3.00
$3.85

II. Larghetto

Track length6:28
$1.00
$1.30

III. Allegretto

Track length10:22
$3.00
$3.85

Excerpt, Mozart: Don Giovanni, K527

Work length2:26
$1.00
$1.30
  • Wilhelm Backhaus (piano)
  • Recorded: 1923

Don Giovanni, K. 527: Serenade (arr. W. Backhaus)

Track length2:26
$1.00
$1.30

Strauss, R: 6 Lieder, Op. 17, TrV 149 (arr. W. Bachhaus)

Work length2:31
$1.00
$1.30
  • Wilhelm Backhaus (piano)
  • Recorded: 1924

6 Lieder, Op. 17, TrV 149: No. 2. Standchen (arr. W. Bachhaus)

Track length2:31
$1.00
$1.30

Excerpt, Pick-Mangiagalli: Lunaires (2), Op. 33

Work length3:05
$1.00
$1.30
  • Wilhelm Backhaus (piano)
  • Recorded: 1923

2 Lunaires, Op. 33: No. 2. La danza di Olaf

Track length3:05
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$1.30

Excerpt, Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11

Work length7:54
$2.00
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  • Wilhelm Backhaus (piano)
  • Recorded: 1925

Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11: II. Romance (arr. W. Backhaus)

Track length7:54
$2.00
$2.60

Kreisler: Liebesleid

Work length4:06
$1.00
$1.30
  • Wilhelm Backhaus (piano)
  • Recorded: 1926

Delibes: La source, ou Naila: Waltz (arr. E. Dohnanyi)

Work length6:34
$1.00
$1.30
  • Wilhelm Backhaus (piano)
  • Recorded: 1923

Excerpt, Liszt: Three Concert Studies, S144 / R5: Un lamento; La leggierezza; Un sospiro

Work length3:55
$1.00
$1.30
  • Wilhelm Backhaus (piano)
  • Recorded: 1928

3 Etudes de concert, S144 / R5: No. 2 in F minor, "La Leggierezza"

Track length3:55
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Liszt: A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Wedding March & Dance of the Fairies (after Mendelssohn), S410

Work length7:25
$2.00
$2.60
  • Wilhelm Backhaus (piano)
  • Recorded: 1926

Brahms: Variations on a theme by Paganini in A minor, Op. 35

Work length8:00
$2.00
$2.60
  • Wilhelm Backhaus (piano)
  • Recorded: 1924

28 Variations on a Theme by Paganini, Op. 35: Book 1: Variations 1, 3, 7, 12-13 - Book 2: Variations 3-8, 10-11, 14

Track length8:00
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Excerpt, Rachmaninoff: Morceaux de Fantaisie, Op. 3

Work length3:36
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  • Wilhelm Backhaus (piano)
  • Recorded: 1908
  • Recording Venue: Hayes Room 1

Morceaux de fantaisie, Op. 3: No. 2. Prelude in C sharp minor

Track length3:36
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Liszt: Liebestraum, S541 No. 3 (Nocturne in A flat major)

Work length3:45
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  • Wilhelm Backhaus (piano)
  • Recorded: 1908
  • Recording Venue: Hayes Room 1

Excerpt, Weber: Piano Sonata No. 1 in C major, Op. 24

Work length3:36
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  • Wilhelm Backhaus (piano)
  • Recorded: 1908
  • Recording Venue: Hayes Room 1

Piano Sonata No. 1 in C major, Op. 24, J. 138: IV. Rondo: Presto, "Molto perpetuo"

Track length3:36
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Chopin: Impromptu No. 4 in C sharp minor, Op. 66 'Fantaisie-Impromptu'

Work length3:57
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  • Wilhelm Backhaus (piano)
  • Recorded: 1908
  • Recording Venue: Hayes Room 1

Excerpt, Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsodies, S244 Nos. 1-19

Work length7:51
$2.00
$2.60
  • Wilhelm Backhaus (piano)
  • Recorded: 1928
  • Recording Venue: Small Queen's Hall, London

19 Hungarian Rhapsodies, S244 / R106: No. 2 in C sharp minor

Track length7:51
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La source, ou Naila: Waltz (arr. E. Dohnanyi)

Work length4:08
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  • Recorded: 1925
  • Recording Venue: Hayes, Studio A

Excerpt, Schubert: Marches Militaires (3), D733

Work length4:29
$1.00
$1.30
  • Wilhelm Backhaus (piano)
  • Recorded: 1928
  • Recording Venue: Small Queen's Hall, London

3 Marches militaires, Op. 51, D. 733: No. 1 in D major (arr. W. Backhaus)

Track length4:29
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Chopin: Berceuse in D flat major, Op. 57

Work length3:51
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  • Wilhelm Backhaus (piano)

Moszkowski: Caprice espagnole, Op. 37

Work length4:18
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  • Wilhelm Backhaus (piano)

Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 61, MWV M13 (arr. E. Hutcheson)

Work length4:25
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  • Wilhelm Backhaus (piano)

A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 61, MWV M13, Act II: Scherzo (arr. E. Hutcheson)

Track length4:25
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Albéniz: Iberia, book 2

Work length4:19
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  • Wilhelm Backhaus (piano)

Iberia, Book 2: III. Triana

Track length4:19
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Excerpt, Liszt: Two Concert Studies, S145 / R6: Gnomenreigen; Waldesrauschen

Work length3:23
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  • Wilhelm Backhaus (piano)

2 Concert Etudes, S145 / R6: No. 1. Waldesrauschen (Forest Murmurs)

Track length3:23
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Chopin: Waltz No. 6 in D flat major, Op. 64 No. 1 'Minute Waltz'

Work length1:50
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  • Wilhelm Backhaus (piano)

Brahms: Variations on an Original Theme in D major, Op. 21, No. 1

Work length9:05
$2.00
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  • Wilhelm Backhaus (piano)

11 Variations on an Original Theme in D major, Op. 21, No. 1: Theme

Track length9:05
$2.00
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28 Variations on a Theme by Paganini, Op. 35

Work length16:12
$4.00
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