Badura-Skoda – A Man & His Music (7 CD FLAC)

Conductor: Paul Badura-Skoda
Audio CD
SPARS Code: A-D
Number of Discs: 7 CD box set
Format: FLAC (image+cue)
Label: Kleos Classics
Size: 1.58 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes

CD 1 – Young & Curious
J.S. Bach Prelude and Fugue in C sharp minor WTC I (1943)
01. Prelude
02. Fugue
03. L. van Beethoven Sonata for Piano in C major op. 53 (1943)

1st movement – Allegro con brio
04. Frederic Chopin Barcarolle in F sharp major op. 60 (1944)
05. Frederic Chopin Fantasia in F minor op. 49 (1942)
06. Hans-Ulrich Staeps Pan Pan (1942)

Louis Gruenberg 6 Jazz Epigrams op. 30b (1941)
07. No. 1
08. No. 2
09. No. 3
10. No. 4
11. No. 5
12. No. 6
13. Billy Golwyn Verbena (Foxtrot) (1946)

Leopold Mittmann Jazz Babies (1946)
14. No. 1 0:36
15. No. 2 1:57
16. No. 3 1:22
17. G. Rossini Overture to the Opera “La Gazza Ladra” (1942)
18. Frossini Tango “Serenade Italienne” (1942)
19. H. Schittenhelm Der Eislaufer (The Ice Skater) (1942)
20. Josef Schneider Tarantella (1943)
21. with Paul Badura-Skoda, part 1

CD 2 – Great Concerts I
PRAGUE RECITAL (BOSENDORFER IMPERIAL)
J.S. Bach Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue BWV 903 in D minor (1962)
01. Fantasia 7:26
02. Fugue 5:20

W.A. Mozart Sonata in F major No. 15 KV 533 + 494 (1962)
03. Allegro
04. Andante
05. Rondo – Allegretto (KV 494)

F. Chopin 12 Etudes op.25 (1962)
06. op. 25 No. 1 in A flat major “Aeolian Harp”
07. op. 25 No. 2 in F minor
08. op. 25 No. 3 in F major
09. op. 25 No. 4 in A minor
10. op. 25 No. 5 in E minor
11. op. 25 No. 6 in G sharp minor “DoubleThirds”
12. op. 25 No. 7 in C sharp minor
13. op. 25 No. 8 in D flat major
14. op. 25 No. 9 in G flat major “Butterfly”
15. op. 25 No. 10 in B minor
16. op. 25 No. 11 in A minor “Winter Wind”
17. op. 25 No. 12 in C minor

CARNEGIE HALL ENCORES (Steinway & Sons D)
F. Chopin 3 Etudes from op. 10 (1965)
18. op. 10 No. 4 in C sharp minor
19. op. 10 No. 8 in F major
20. op. 10 No. 1 in C major
21. F. Chopin Mazurka op. 63 No. 3 in C sharp minor (1965)
22. Interview with Paul Badura-Skoda, part 2

CD 3 – On Period Instuments
RECORDED IN MOZART’S BIRTHPLACE ON MOZART’S OWN FORTEPIANO,
BUILT BY ANTON WALTER (1781)
01. W.A. Mozart Fantasia in C minor KV 475 (1965)

W.A. Mozart Sonata in B flat major KV 333
02. Allegro
03. Andante cantabile
04. Allegretto grazioso

PERFORMED ON A FORTEPIANO OF ANTON WALTER (ca. 1785) AT THE COLLECTION OF HISTORIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, KUNSTHISTORISCHES MUSEUM, NEUE HOFBURG, VIENNA
05. W.A. Mozart 10 Variations on “Unser dummer Pobel meint” KV 455 (1974)
06. W.A. Mozart March in C major KV 408

STEINWAY & SONS D
J. Haydn Sonata in C major Hob. XVI: 50
07. Allegro
08. Adagio
09. Allegro molto
10. J. Haydn Variations on the Imperial Anthem Hob. III: 77 II (1991)
11. D. Scarlatti Sonata in E major Longo 23
12. Interview with Paul Badura-Skoda, part 3

CD 4 – Great Concerts II
LIVE RECORDING OF A CONCERT IN THE SALA VERDI, CONSERVATORIO
G. VERDI, MILAN WITH JORG DEMUS, PIANO
01. F. Schubert Rondo in D major op. post.138 D 608 (1978)
02. F. Schubert Variations on an Original Theme in A flat major op.35 D 813 (1978)
03. . Schubert – J. Brahms Landler from D 366 (1978)
04. F. Schubert Divertissement a la hongroise op.54 D 818
3rd movement (shortened) (1978)

(WE WISH TO THANK DR. RENATO CACCAMO IN MILAN FOR PERMISSION TO PUBLISH THIS RECORDING.)

LIVE RECORDING OF A CONCERT IN RIO DE JANEIRO, PERFORMED ON A COMPUTER-CONTROLLED BOSENDORFER GRAND PIANO.
L. van Beethoven Sonata in F minor op.57 “Apassionata” (1992)
05. Allegro assai
06. Andante con moto
07. Allegro ma non troppo
08. H. Villa-Lobos Impresioes Seresteiras from “Ciclo Brasiliero” (1992)
09. F. Chopin Polonaise in A flat major op. 53 (1992)
10. Interview with Paul Badura-Skoda, part 4

CD 5 – With Piano & Baton
VIENNA CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
CONDUCTOR AND PIANIST: PAUL BADURA-SKODA
W.A. Mozart Piano Concerto in D major KV 175 (1956)
01. Allegro
02. Andante ma un poco adagio
03. Allegro

BRISBANE PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
CONDUCTOR: PAUL BADURA-SKODA
L. van Beethoven Symphony No. 2 in D major op.36 (2000)
04. Adago-molto-Allegro con brio
05. Larghetto
06. Scherzo. Allegro – Trio
07. Allegro molto
08. Interview with Paul Badura-Skoda, part 5

CD 6 – Miscellaneous
PLAYED ON STEINWAY
J.S. Bach 4 Counterpoints from “Kunst der Fuge” BWV 1080 (1964)
01. No. 1
02. No. 4
03. No. 15
04. No. 11
05. F. Chopin Ballade No. 4 in F minor op. 52
06. A. Berg Sonata op. 1
Frank Martin “Fantaisie sur des Rythmes Flamenco” (1983)
07. [Live introduction from Paul Badura-Skoda]
08. Rumba lente – Rumba rapide
09. Soleares
10. Petenera
11. F. Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2
12. Interview with Paul Badura-Skoda, part 6

CD 7 – 75th Birthday Concert
LIVE RECORDING OF THE BIRTHDAY CONCERT IN THE BRAHMS-SAAL AT THE MUSIKVEREIN IN VIENNA, NOVEMBER 6TH, 2002. PLAYED ON HIS OWN BOSENDORFER IMPERIAL
F. Schubert Sonata in A minor op. 42 D 845
01. Moderato
02. Andante, poco mosso
03. Allegro vivace – Trio. Un poco piu lento
04. Rondo, Allegro vivace
J. Brahms 6 Pieces for Piano op. 118
05. Intermezzo in A minor
06. Intermezzo in A major
07. Ballade in G minor
08. Intermezzo in F Minor
09. Romanze in F major
10. Intermezzo in E flat minor
M. Ravel Gaspard de la Nuit (3 Poemes pour piano d’apres A. Bertrand)
11. Ondine. Lent
12. Le Gibet. Tres lent
13. Scarbo. Modere

Master of masters!

It’s extremely hard and complex to undertake the titanic task in order to compile an impressive discography of one of the most important pianists of the XX Century, due as the relevancy of his art, he would deserve at least sixty records at least (you should not forget that, until 1957, when he was 31,had already recorded 250 albums).

In this sense, this admirable effort must be regarded just as the peak of the iceberg of this relevant musical personality. His contribution went further, being author of several books of undeniable interest and importance.

I had the coveted privilege to meet and watch him, four times in Caracas, (1968, 1986, 1989 and 1998 playing Mozart’s Concerto 22, Beethoven’s Fourth, the three last Beethoven’s sonatas and an unforgettable Schubert’s D. 960), and besides I was lucky to get a good part of his enormous discography along the seventies and eighties before the arrival of the digital technology.

That’s why I can give faith about my conviction this is a very transcendental album that includes a selected register of his countless performances.

You should not miss it. There` s no pretext at all.