Horowitz Complete Recordings (24 CD series, APE)

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Part I-01 – Chopin, Vol. 1
Frederic Chopin
1. Polonaise-Fantaisie, Op.61
2. Ballade No.1 in G minor, Op.23
3. Barcarolle in F-sharp major, Op.60
4. Etude in C-sharp minor, Op.25 No.7
5. Etude in G-flat major, Op.10 No.5
6. Ballade No.4 in F minor, Op.52
7. Waltz in A-flat major, Op.69 No.1
8-9. Andante spinato & Grande Polonaise brillante, Op.22
Rec. 1982.5.22, live (Polonaise Fantasy, Ballade No. 1); 1980.4.13 & 5.4, live (Barcarolle, Etudes); 1981.11.1, live (Ballade No. 4, Waltz); 1945.10.6 (Andante spianato and Grande Polonaise)

Part I-02 – Chopin, Vol. 2
Frederic Chopin
1-4. Sonata No.2 in B-flat minor, Op.35
5. Nocturne, Op.9 No.2
6. Nocturne, Op.55 No.1
7. Impromptu No.1 in A-flat major, Op.29
8. Etude in E major, Op.10 No.3
9. Etude in C-sharp minor, Op.10 No.4
10. Ballade No.1 in G minor, Op.23
11. Mazurka in C-sharp minor, Op.30 No.4
12. Scherzo No.1 in B minor, Op.20
Rec. 1950.5.13 (Sonata No. 2); 1957.5.14 (Op. 9 No. 2); 1951.4.28 (Op. 55 No. 1); 1951.10.11 (Impromptu); 1951.4.29 (Etude in E major, Scherzo); 1952.1.5 (Etude in C sharp minor); 1947.5.19 (Ballade); 1949.12.28 (Mazurka)

Part I-03 – Chopin, Vol. 3
Frederic Chopin
1. Scherzo No.1 in B minor, Op.20
2. Mazurka, Op.59 No.3
3. Mazurka, Op.41 No.1
4. Mazurka, Op.50 No.3
5. Nocturne, Op.9 No.3
6. Nocturne, Op.15 No.1
7. Ballade No.4 in F minor, Op.52
8. Mazurka, Op.63 No.3
9. Mazurka, Op.63 No.3
10. Waltz in A minor, Op.34 No.2
11. Nocturne in E minor, Op.72 No.1
12. Mazurka in F minor, Op.7 No.3
13. Polonaise-Fantaisie, Op.61
14. Scherzo No.2 in B-flat minor, Op.31
Rec. 1953.2.25, live (Scherzo No. 1, Nocturne in E minor); 1950.5.10 (Op. 59 No. 3); 1949.5.11 (Op. 41 No. 1); 1949.12.30 (Op. 50 No. 3, Op. 63 Nos. 2 & 3); 1957.2.23 (Nocturne in B major, Nocturne in F major, Scherzo No. 2); 1952.5.8 (Ballade No. 4); 1945.9.23 (Waltz); 1947.12.22 (Op. 7 No. 3); 1951.4.23 (Polonaise Fantasy)

Part I-04 – Horowitz Encores
Vladimir Horowitz
1. Variations on a theme from Bizet’s Opera Carmen
Camille Saint-Saëns/Franz Liszt/Vladimir Horowitz
2. Danse Macabre, Op.40
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
3. Rondo alla turca
Vladimir Horowitz
4. Variations on Mendelssohn’s Wedding March (after F. Liszt)
Felix Mendelssohn
5. Song Without Words: Elegie
6. Song Without Words: Spring Song
7. Song Wihout Words: Shepherd’s Complaint
Claude Debussy
8. Serenade for the Doll
Moritz Moszkowski
9. Etude in A-flat major, Op.72 No.11
10. Etude in F major, Op.72 No.6
11. Etincelles, Op.36 No.6
Frederic Chopin
12. Polonaise in A-flat major, Op.53
Robert Schumann
13. Träumerei, Op.15 No.7 (from Kinderszenen)
Felix Mendelssohn
14. Scherzo a capriccio
Vladimir Horowitz
15. Rakóczy March (after Liszt’s 15th Hungarian Rhapsody)
Franz Liszt
16. Valse Oubliée No.1
Sergei Rachmaninoff
17. Prelude in G minor, Op.23 No.5
John Philip Sousa/Vladimir Horowitz
18. The Stars & Stripes Forever
Rec. 1947.12.22 (Carmen Variations); 1942.9.10 (Danse macabre); 1946.10.25 (Mozart); 1946.11.22 (Wedding March and Variations); 1946.10.29 (Elegie, Spring Song, The Shepherd’s Complaint); 1947.5.16 (Debussy); 1950.10.10 (Moszkowski Etudes); 1951.4.23, live (Etincelles); 1945.10.6 (Chopin); 1950.5.17 (Schumann); 1980.5, live (Scherzo a capriccio); 1950.5.17 (Rakoczy March); 1951.4.28 (Valse oubliee); 1981.11.1, live (Rachmaninoff); 1951.4.23, live

Part I-05 – Beethoven Piano Sonatas
Ludwig van Beethoven
1-3. Sonata in F minor, Op.57 (Appassionata)
4-6. Sonata in C-sharp minor, Op.27 No.2 (Moonlight)
7-9. Sonata in C major, Op.53 (Waldstein)
Rec. 1959.5.14 & 18 &25 (Sonata No. 23); 1956.6.5 (Sonata No. 14); 1956.5.10, 11 & 6.5 (Sonata No. 21)

Part I-06 – Prokofiev, Barber, Kabalevsky, Faure & Poulenc
Sergei Prokofiev
1-3. Sonata No.7 in B-flat major, Op.83
Samuel Barber
4-7. Sonata in E-flat minor, Op.26
Dmitri Kabalevsky
8-10. Sonata No.3, Op.46
Sergei Prokofiev
11. Toccata in D minor, Op.11
Gabriel Fauré
12. Nocturne No.13 in B minor, Op.119
Francis Poulenc
13. Presto in B-flat major
Rec. 1945.9.22 & 10.6 (Prokofiev Sonata); 1950.5.15 (Barber); 1947.12.22 (Kabalevsky); 1947.11.21 (Toccata); 1976.6.22 (Faure); 1947.5.16 (Poulenc)

Part I-07 – Beethoven, Piano Sonata No. 7 & Scarlatti Sonatas
Domenico Scarlatti
1. Sonata, K.531 (L.43)
2. Sonata, K.87 (L.33)
3. Sonata, K.380 (L.23)
4. Sonata, K.455 (L.209)
5. Sonata, K.322 (L.483)
6. Sonata, K.46 (L.25)
Domenico Scarlatti/Carl Tausig
7. Sonata, K.20 (Capriccio)
Ludwig van Beethoven
8-11. Sonata in D major, Op.10 No.3
Frederic Chopin
12. Mazurka, Op.30 No.3
13. Nocturne, Op.27 No.1
14. Nocturne in E minor, Op.72 No.1
15. Waltz in A minor, Op.34 No.2
16. Waltz in C-sharp minor, Op.64 No.2
17. Ballade No.3 in A-flat major, Op.47
Ernst von Dohnanyi
18. Etude de Concert, Op.28 No.6 (Capriccio)
Rec. 1947.11.7 (K. 531); 1947.11.21 (K. 87); 1946.10.24 (K. 380 & K. 455); 1946.11.27 (K. 322 & K. 46); 1928.4.2 (Scarlatti-Tausig); 1959.5.29 & 6.10 (Beethoven); 1949.12.28 (Mazurka); 1957.2.23 (Nocturne in C sharp minor); 1952.1.5 (Nocturne in E minor); 1953.2.25 (Waltz in A minor); 1946.11.29 (Waltz in C sharp minor); 1949.5.9 (Ballade No. 3); 1928.12.4 (Dohnanyi)

Part I-08 – Schumann Kinderszenen
Robert Schumann
1-13. Kinderszenen, Op.15
Franz Liszt
14. Valse Oubliée No.1
15. Hungarian Rhapsody No.6
Claude Debussy
16. Serenade for the Doll
Gabriel Fauré
17. Impromptu No.5 in F-sharp minor, Op.102
Felix Mendelssohn
18. Song Without Words: May Breezes, Op.62 No.1
Robert Schumann
19-23. Variations on a theme by Clara Wieck, Op.14
Johannes Brahms
24. Waltz in A-flat major, Op.39 No.15
Frederic Chopin
25. Barcarolle in F-sharp major, Op.60
Franz Liszt/Ferruccio Busoni
26. Paganini Etude No.2 in E-flat major
Frederic Chopin
27. Nocturne, Op.15 No.2
28. Mazurka, Op.24 No.4
29. Mazurka, Op.30 No.4
30. Scherzo No.3 in C-sharp minor, Op.39
Rec. 1959.5.10 & 17 (Kinderszenen); 1930.2.25 (Vlase oubliee); 1947.5.16 & 19 (Hungarian Rhapsody No. 6); 1953.2.25, live (Debussy); 1977.9.9 (Faure); 1946.10.29 (Mendelssohn); 1951.3.5, live (Wieck Variations, Mazurka in B flat minor); 1650.10.10 (Brahms); 1957.2.23 (Barcarolle); 1930.3.4 (Liszt-Busoni); 1947.5.19 (Nocturne); 1928.3.26 (Mazurka in C sharp minor); 1957.1.15 (Scherzo No. 3)

Part I-09 – Tchaikovsky and Beethoven Piano Concertos
Peter Tchaikovsky
1-3. Piano Concerto No.1 in B-flat minor, Op.23
Arturo Toscanini/NBC Symphony Orchestra
Ludwig van Beethoven
4-6. Piano Concerto No.5 in E-flat major, Op.73 (Emperor)
Fritz Reiner/RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra
Rec. 1943.4.25, live (Tchaikovsky); 1952.4.26 (Beethoven)

Part I-10 – Russian Favorites
Modest Mussorgsky/Vladimir Horowitz
1-15. Pictures at an Exhibition
Alexander Scriabin
16. Etude, Op.2 No.1
17. Prelude, Op.11 No.5
18. Prelude, Op.22 No.1
Vladimir Horowitz
19. Danse Excentrique (Moment Exotique)
Alexander Scriabin
20. Sonata No.9, Op.68 (Black Mass)
Peter Tchaikovsky
21. Dumka, Op.59
Vladimir Horowitz
22. Variations on a theme from Bizet’s Opera Carmen
Sergei Prokofiev
23. Third movement from Sonata No.7 in B-flat major, Op.83
Sergei Rachmaninoff
24. Humoresque in G major, Op.10 No.5
25. Barcarolle in G minor, Op.10 No.3
Claude Debussy
26. Serenade for the Doll
John Philip Sousa/Vladimir Horowitz
27. The Stars & Stripes Forever
Rec. 1947.11.7 & 12.22 (Mussorgsky); 1950.5.17 (Scriabin Etude); 1956.5.14 (Scriabin Preludes); 1930.3.4 (Danse excentrique); 1953.2.25, live (Scriabin Sonata); 1942.9.29 & 8.27 (Tchaikovsky); 1928.4.2 (Carmen Variations); 1953.2.25 (Prokofiev); 1979.4, live (Rachmaninoff); 1928.3.26 (Debussy); 1950.12.29 (Sousa-Horowitz)

Part I-11 – Schubert’s B-flat major Sonata, etc
Carl Czerny
1-6. Variations on Rode’s La Ricordanza, Op.33
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
7-9. Sonata in F major, K.332
Felix Mendelssohn
10-28. Variations sérieuses, Op.54
Franz Schubert
29-32. Sonata in B-flat major, D.960

Part I-12 – Brahms’ 3rd Violin Sonata, etc
Domenico Scarlatti
1. Sonata in E major, K.380 (L.23)
Johann Sebastian Bach/Ferrucio Busoni
2. Chorale Prelude: Nun komm’ der Heiden Heiland
Joseph Haydn
3-5. Sonata in E-flat major, Hob. XVI:52
Ludwig van Beethoven
6-8. Sonata in C-sharp minor, Op.27 No.2 (Moonlight Sonata)
Johannes Brahms
9-12. Violin Sonata No.3 in D minor, Op.108
Nathan Milstein, violin
Robert Schumann
13. Träumerei

Part I-13 – Brahms, Piano Concerto No. 2
Johannes Brahms
1-4. Piano Concerto No.2 in B-flat major, Op.83
Arturo Toscanini/NBC Symphony Orchestra
Johannes Brahms
5. Intermezzo in B-flat minor, Op.117 No.2
Franz Schubert
6. Impromptu in G-flat major, Op.90 No.3 (Played in G major)
Franz Liszt
7. Au bord d’une source
8. Sonetto 104 del Petrarca
9. Hungarian Rhapsody No.2 (Arr. Horowitz)
Rec. 1940.5.9 (Concerto No. 2); 1951.4.23, live (Intermezzo); 1953.1.4 (Schubert); 1947.5.19 (Au Bord d’une source); 1951.4.28 (Sonetto 104 del Petrarca); 1953.2.25, live (Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2)

Part I-14 – Mussorgsky and Tchaikovsky
Modest Mussorgsky/Vladimir Horowitz
1-15. Pictures at an Exhibition
16. By the Water
Peter Tchaikovsky
17-19. Piano Concerto No.1 in B-flat minor, Op.23
Arturo Toscanini/NBC Symphony Orchestra
Rec. 1951.4.23, live (Pictures at an Exhibition); 1947.11.21 (By the Water); 1941.5.6 & 14 (Tchaikovsky)

Part I-15 – Horowitz at the Met
Domenico Scarlatti
1. Sonata in A-flat major, K.127 (L.186)
2. Sonata in F minor, K.466 (L.118)
3. Sonata in F minor, K.184 (L.189)
4. Sonata in A major, K.101 (L.494)
5. Sonata in B minor, K.87 (L.33)
6. Sonata in E major, K.135 (L.224)
Frederic Chopin
7. Ballade No.4 in F minor, Op.52
Franz Liszt
8. Ballade No.2 in B minor
Frederic Chopin
9. Waltz in A-flat major, Op.69 No.1
Sergei Rachmaninoff
10. Prelude in G minor, Op.23 No.5
Rec. 1981.11.1, live

Part I-16 – Horowitz in London
Anonymous
1. God Save the Queen
Frederic Chopin
2. Polonaise-Fantaisie, Op.61
3. Ballade No.1 in G minor, Op.23
Robert Schumann
4-16. Kinderszenen, Op.15
Alexander Scriabin
17. Etude in D-sharp minor, Op.8 No.12
Rec. 1982.5.22, live

Part I-17 – Schumann
1-4. Grand Sonata No.3 – Concerto Without Orchestra, Op.14
5-15. Humoreske, Op.20
16-18. Fantasiestücke, Op.111
19-20. Nachtstücke, Op.23 Nos. 3 & 4
Rec. 1976.2 & 5, live (Sonata No. 3); 1979.4, live (Humoreske); 1980.4 & 5, live (Fantasiestucke, Nachtstucke)

Part I-18 – Scriabin
Alexander Scriabin
1. Sonata No.5, Op.53
2. Prelude, Op.11 No.1
3. Prelude, Op.11 No.10
4. Prelude, Op.11 No.9
5. Preude, Op.11 No.3
6. Prelude, Op.11 No.16
7. Prelude, Op.11 No.13
8. Prelude, Op.11 No.14
9. Prelude, Op.15 No.2
10. Prelude, Op.16 No.1
11. Prelude, Op.13 No.6
12. Prelude, Op.16 No.4
13. Prelude, Op.27 No.1
14. Prelude, Op.51 No.2
15. Prelude, Op.48 No.3
16. Prelude, Op.67 No.1
17. Prelude, Op.59 No.2
18-21. Sonata No.3, Op.23
22. Etude, Op.8 No.11 [mislabeled as Op.8 No.7]
23. Etude, Op.42 No.5
24. Etude, Op.8 No.12
Rec. 1976.2, live (Sonata No. 5); 1956.5 (Preludes, Sonata No. 3); 1953.2.25, live (Etude in B flat minor, Etude in C sharp minor); 1982.5.22, live (Etude in D sharp minor)

Part I-19 – Clementi
Muzio Clementi
1-3. Sonata quasi Concerto in C major, Op.33 No.3
4-6. Sonata in G minor, Op.34 No.2
7-9. Sonata in F minor, Op.14 No.3
10-12. Sonata in F-sharp minor, Op.26 No.2
13. Rondo from the Sonata in B-flat major, Op.47 No.2
Rec. 1979.4 live (Op. 33 No. 3); 1954.10.16 & 21 (Op. 34 No. 2, Op. 26 No. 2); 1954.10.21 (Op. 14 No. 3); 1950.5.17 (Op. 24 No. 2)

Part I-20 – Rachmaninoff
Sergei Rachmaninoff
1-3. Sonata No.2 in B-flat minor, Op.36 (Edited by Horowitz)
4. Moment Musicale in E-flat minor, Op.16 No.3
5. Prelude in G major, Op.32 No.5
6. Polka de W.R.
7-9. Piano Concerto No.3 in D minor, Op.30
Fritz Reiner/RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra
Rec. 1980.4 & 5, live (Sonata); 1977.6.24 (Moment musicale, Prelude, Polka V.R.); 1951.5.8 & 10 (Concerto)

Part I-21 – Liszt
Franz Liszt
1. Sonata in B minor
2. Ballade No.2 in B minor
3. Consolation No.3 in D-flat major
4. Funérailles
Franz Liszt/Ferruccio Busoni/Vladimir Horowitz
5. Mephisto Waltz No.1
Rec. 1977 (Sonata); 1981 (Balade); 1979 (Consolation); 1950.12.19 (Funerailles); 1979, live (Mephisto Waltz)

Part I-22 – Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 3
Sergei Rachmaninoff
1-3. Piano Concerto No.3 in D minor, Op.30
Eugene Ormandy/New York Philharmonic Orchestra
Rec. 1978,1,8, live

Part II-1 – Horowitz, The Private Collection, Vol. 1
Johann Sebastian Bach
1-2. Toccata & Fugue in C minor, BWV 911
Muzio Clementi
3-4. Sonata in A major (attributed as “Op.36 No.1”)
5. First movement from the Sonata, Op.24 No.2 (a.k.a Op.47 No.2)
6. Second movement from the Sonata, Op.34 No.1
Felix Mendelssohn
7. Song Without Words, Op.67 No.3
Frederic Chopin
8. Fantasy in F minor, Op.49
9. Polonaise in C-sharp minor, Op.26 No.1
10. Mazurka, Op.30 No.2
Franz Liszt
11. Consolation No.4
12. Consolation No.5
Sergei Rachmaninoff
13. Etude-Tableau, Op.39 No.7
Rec. 1949.3.21, live (Bach); 1949.1.17, live (Clementi Sonata Op. 36 No. 1); 1950.3.20, live (Clementi Sonata Op. 47 No. 2 & Op. 34 No. 1); 1949.1.21, live (Mendelssohn); 1948.1.2, live (Chopin Fantasy); 1950.4.24, live (Chopin Polonaise, Liszt); 1945.3.28, live (Chopin Mazurka, Rachmaninoff)

Part II-2 – Horowitz, The Private Collection, Vol. 2
Claude Debussy
1. Etude No.4: Pour les sixtes
2. Etude No.1: Pour les cinq doigts (d’après Monsieur Czerny)
3. Etude No.6: Pour les huit doigts
Sergei Prokofiev
4-5. Intermezzo & Valse lente from Cinderella, Op.95
Francis Poulenc
6. Intermezzo No.2 in D-flat major
7. Novellette No.1 in C major
Dmitri Kabalevsky
8-15. Preludes, Op.38 Nos. 1, 10, 17, 3, 16, 8, 22 & 24
16-18. Sonata No.2, Op.45
Samuel Barber
19-21. Excursions, Op.20 Nos. 1, 2 & 4
Rec. 1949.1.17, live (Etudes Nos. 4 & 11, Prokofiev); 1948.4.2, live (Etude No. 6); 1949.3.21, live (Novellette No. 1); 1947.3.28, live (Intermezzo No. 2); 1947.4.28, live (Preludes); 1947.2.3, live (Sonata No. 2); 1945.3.28, live (Barber)