Wilhelm Backhaus Edition: Beethoven Chopin, Mozart, Liszt, Brahms, Haydn | Haenssler Profil PH21003

Wilhelm Backhaus Edition: Beethoven Chopin, Mozart, Liszt, Brahms, Haydn

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Format: CD

Number of Discs: 10

Release Date: 28th May 2021

Contents

Works

Albeniz, Isaac

Iberia, Book 2
» no.3 Triana

Beethoven, Ludwig van

Piano Concerto no.4 in G major, op.58
Piano Concerto no.5 in E flat major, op.73 'Emperor'
Piano Sonata no.5 in C minor, op.10 no.1
Piano Sonata no.8 in C minor, op.13 'Pathetique'
Piano Sonata no.14 in C sharp minor, op.27 no.2 'Moonlight'
Piano Sonata no.17 in D minor, op.31 no.2 'Tempest'
Piano Sonata no.25 in G major, op.79
Piano Sonata no.26 in E flat major, op.81a 'Les Adieux'
Piano Sonata no.29 in B flat major, op.106 'Hammerklavier'
Piano Sonata no.32 in C minor, op.111

Brahms, Johannes

Klavierstucke (4), op.119
» no.3 Intermezzo in C major
Piano Concerto no.1 in D minor, op.15
Piano Concerto no.2 in B flat major, op.83
Variations (11) on an Original Theme in D major, op.21 no.1
Variations (28) on a theme of Paganini, op.35 (excerpt)
Variations (28) on a theme of Paganini, op.35

Chopin, Frederic

Berceuse in D flat major, op.57
Etudes (12), op.10
Etudes (12), op.25
Impromptu no.4 in C sharp minor, op.66 'Fantaisie-Impromptu'
Piano Concerto no.1 in E minor, op.11
» II Romance (arr. Wilhelm Backhaus)
Waltzes (19)
» no.6 in D flat, op.64 no.1 'Minute'

Delibes, Leo

La Source (composed with Minkus)
» Waltz 'Naila' (arr. for piano)

Haydn, Franz Joseph

Fantasia in C major, Hob.XVII:4
Piano Sonata no.62 in E flat major, Hob.XVI:52
Variations in F minor, HobXVII:6

Kreisler, Fritz

Old Viennese Melodies (3)
» II Liebesleid. Tempo di Landler (arr. Wilhelm Backhaus)

Liszt, Franz

A Midsummer Night's Dream: Wedding March / Dance of the Fairies (after Mendelssohn), S410
Concert Etudes (2), S145
» no.1 Waldesrauschen (Forest Murmurs)
Concert Etudes (3), S144
» no.2 La leggierezza
Liebestraume (3), S541
» no.1 in A flat major
Soirees de Vienne: Valses caprices (9) d'apres Schubert S427
» no.6 in A minor
Ungarische Werbungstanze (2), S241
» no.2 in D minor

Mendelssohn, Felix

A Midsummer Night's Dream
» Scherzo (arr. Hutcheson)

Moszkowski, Moritz

Caprice espagnol, op.37

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus

Don Giovanni, K527
» Deh vieni alla finestra (arr. Wilhelm Backhaus)
Piano Concerto no.26 in D major, K537 'Coronation'
Piano Sonata no.11 in A major, K331
» III Rondo alla turca

Pick-Mangiagalli, Ricardo

Lunaires (2), op.33
» no.2 Danse d'Olaf

Rachmaninov, Sergei

Morceaux de fantaisie, op.3
» no.2 Prelude in C sharp minor

Schubert, Franz

Impromptus (4), op.142 D935
» no.2 in A flat major
» no.3 in B flat major
Marches militaires (3), op.51 D733
» no.1 in D major

Schumann, Robert

Fantasiestucke (8), op.12
» no.3 Warum?
Waldszenen, op.82
» no.7 Vogel als Prophet

Strauss, Richard

Lieder (6), op.17
» no.2 Standchen (arr. Wilhelm Backhaus)

Weber, Carl Maria von

Piano Sonata no.1 in C major, op.24 J138
» Rondo (Perpetuum mobile)

Artists

Wilhelm Backhaus (piano)
Wiener Philharmoniker
New York Philharmonic Orchestra
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
Tokyo Symphony Orchestra

Conductors

Masashi Ueda
Ferenc Fricsay
Carl Schuricht
Guido Cantelli
Karl Bohm

Works

Albeniz, Isaac

Iberia, Book 2
» no.3 Triana

Beethoven, Ludwig van

Piano Concerto no.4 in G major, op.58
Piano Concerto no.5 in E flat major, op.73 'Emperor'
Piano Sonata no.5 in C minor, op.10 no.1
Piano Sonata no.8 in C minor, op.13 'Pathetique'
Piano Sonata no.14 in C sharp minor, op.27 no.2 'Moonlight'
Piano Sonata no.17 in D minor, op.31 no.2 'Tempest'
Piano Sonata no.25 in G major, op.79
Piano Sonata no.26 in E flat major, op.81a 'Les Adieux'
Piano Sonata no.29 in B flat major, op.106 'Hammerklavier'
Piano Sonata no.32 in C minor, op.111

Brahms, Johannes

Klavierstucke (4), op.119
» no.3 Intermezzo in C major
Piano Concerto no.1 in D minor, op.15
Piano Concerto no.2 in B flat major, op.83
Variations (11) on an Original Theme in D major, op.21 no.1
Variations (28) on a theme of Paganini, op.35 (excerpt)
Variations (28) on a theme of Paganini, op.35

Chopin, Frederic

Berceuse in D flat major, op.57
Etudes (12), op.10
Etudes (12), op.25
Impromptu no.4 in C sharp minor, op.66 'Fantaisie-Impromptu'
Piano Concerto no.1 in E minor, op.11
» II Romance (arr. Wilhelm Backhaus)
Waltzes (19)
» no.6 in D flat, op.64 no.1 'Minute'

Delibes, Leo

La Source (composed with Minkus)
» Waltz 'Naila' (arr. for piano)

Haydn, Franz Joseph

Fantasia in C major, Hob.XVII:4
Piano Sonata no.62 in E flat major, Hob.XVI:52
Variations in F minor, HobXVII:6

Kreisler, Fritz

Old Viennese Melodies (3)
» II Liebesleid. Tempo di Landler (arr. Wilhelm Backhaus)

Liszt, Franz

A Midsummer Night's Dream: Wedding March / Dance of the Fairies (after Mendelssohn), S410
Concert Etudes (2), S145
» no.1 Waldesrauschen (Forest Murmurs)
Concert Etudes (3), S144
» no.2 La leggierezza
Liebestraume (3), S541
» no.1 in A flat major
Soirees de Vienne: Valses caprices (9) d'apres Schubert S427
» no.6 in A minor
Ungarische Werbungstanze (2), S241
» no.2 in D minor

Mendelssohn, Felix

A Midsummer Night's Dream
» Scherzo (arr. Hutcheson)

Moszkowski, Moritz

Caprice espagnol, op.37

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus

Don Giovanni, K527
» Deh vieni alla finestra (arr. Wilhelm Backhaus)
Piano Concerto no.26 in D major, K537 'Coronation'
Piano Sonata no.11 in A major, K331
» III Rondo alla turca

Pick-Mangiagalli, Ricardo

Lunaires (2), op.33
» no.2 Danse d'Olaf

Rachmaninov, Sergei

Morceaux de fantaisie, op.3
» no.2 Prelude in C sharp minor

Schubert, Franz

Impromptus (4), op.142 D935
» no.2 in A flat major
» no.3 in B flat major
Marches militaires (3), op.51 D733
» no.1 in D major

Schumann, Robert

Fantasiestucke (8), op.12
» no.3 Warum?
Waldszenen, op.82
» no.7 Vogel als Prophet

Strauss, Richard

Lieder (6), op.17
» no.2 Standchen (arr. Wilhelm Backhaus)

Weber, Carl Maria von

Piano Sonata no.1 in C major, op.24 J138
» Rondo (Perpetuum mobile)

Artists

Wilhelm Backhaus (piano)
Wiener Philharmoniker
New York Philharmonic Orchestra
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
Tokyo Symphony Orchestra

Conductors

Masashi Ueda
Ferenc Fricsay
Carl Schuricht
Guido Cantelli
Karl Bohm

About

Wilhelm Backhaus was born the son of a businessman in Leipzig on 26 March 1884. His mother played the piano and all seven of his siblings as well. “When I began receiving piano tuition at the age of six-and-a-half, I was already past the elementary stage. I sight-read without trouble and took special delight in transposing, from C sharp major to C major and the like.” Backhaus was officially accepted as a student of the Leipzig Conservatory at the age of ten. Reckendorf remained his piano teacher, while Salomon Jadassohn taught him composition.

Backhaus quickly realized the significance of the gramophone record, making his first solo recording in 1908.

Before the outbreak of the Second World War, the pianist summed up: “I have toured almost all the countries in Europe, have toured the United States seven times, South America and Australia twice and Egypt once. It is therefore impossible to count all the concerts. It may perhaps interest people to know that I always travel with my own piano stool, because it absolutely guarantees that I sit correctly, which is so extremely important when playing.”

At his last concert in Ossiach, Austria, on 28 June 1969, he broke off and shortened the programme. Backhaus died a week later in Villach.

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