Milestones of a Piano Legend: Julius Katchen (FLAC)

Composer: Mily Balakirev, Béla Bartók, Ludwig van Beethoven, Johannes Brahms, Benjamin Britten, Frédéric François Chopin, Ernö Dohnányi, Ferencz Liszt, Felix Mendelssohn, Sergey Prokofiev, Sergey Rachmaninov, Franz Peter Schubert, Robert Schumann, Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky
Performer: Julius Katchen
Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, L’Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
Conductor: Sir Adrian Boult, Pierre Monteux, Ernest Ansermet, Ataulfo Argenta, Piero Gamba, Sir Georg Solti
Number of Discs: 10
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Documents
Catalogue: 600440
Release: 2017
Size: 2.19 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover

CD 01
Beethoven: Diabelli-Variationen Op. 120
01. Tema: Vivace
02. Variation 1 – Alla marcia maestoso
03. Variation 2 – Poco allegro
04. Variation 3. L’istesso tempo
05. Variation 4 – Un poco più vivace
06. Variation 5 – Allegro vivace
07. Variation 6 – Allegro ma non troppo e serioso
08. Variation 7 – Un poco più allegro
09. Variation 8 – Poco vivace
10. Variation 9 – Allegro pesante e risoluto
11. Variation 10 – Presto
12. Variation 11 – Allegretto
13. Variation 12 – Un poco più moto
14. Variation 13 – Vivace
15. Variation 14 – Grave e maestoso
16. Variation 15 – Presto scherzando
17. Variation 16 – Allegro
18. Variation 17 – Allegro
19. Variation 18 – Poco moderato
20. Variation 19 – Presto
21. Variation 20 – Andante
22. Variation 21 – Allegro con brio. Meno allegro
23. Variation 22 – Allegro molto (alla „Notte e giorno faticar“ di Mozart)
24. Variation 23 – Allegro assai
25. Variation 24 – Fughetta – Andante
26. Variation 25 – Allegro
27. Variation 26 – Piacevole
28. Variation 27 – Vivace
29. Variation 28 – Allegro
30. Variation 29 – Adagio ma non troppo
31. Variation 30 – Andante, sempre cantabile
32. Variation 31 – Largo, molto espressivo
33. Variation 32 – Fuga – Allegro
34. Variation 33 – Tempo di minuetto moderato

CD 02
Beethoven: Sonate Nr. 32 c-Moll Op. 111
01. I. Maestoso. Allegro con brio ed appassionato
02. II. Arietta: Adagio molto semplice e cantabile

Beethoven: Sonate Nr. 23 f-Moll Op. 57 „Appassionata“
03. I. Allegro assai
04. II. Andante con moto – attacca
05. III. Allegro, ma non troppo. Presto

CD 03
Beethoven: Klavierkonzert Nr. 3 c-Moll Op. 37
01. I. Allegro con brio
02. II. Largo
03. III. Rondo: Allegro

04. Mendelssohn: Präludium und Fuge e-Moll Op. 35, 2
05. Mendelssohn: Auf Flügeln des Gesanges Op. 34, 2
06. Mendelssohn: Scherzo e-Moll Op. 16, 2
07. Mendelssohn: Rondo capriccioso E-Dur Op. 14

CD 04
Brahms: Klavierkonzert Nr. 1 d-Moll Op. 15
01. I.Maestoso. Poco più moderato
02. II. Adagio
03. III. Rondo: Allegro non troppo

CD 05
Brahms: Klaviersonate Nr. 3 f-Moll Op. 5
01. I. Allegro maestoso
02. II. Andante espressivo
03. III. Scherzo: Allegro energico
04. IV. Intermezzo: Andante molto
05. V. Finale: Allegro moderato ma rubato

Brahms: Sonate Nr. 2 A-Dur für Violine und Klavier Op. 100
06. I. Allegro amabile
07. II. Andante tranquillo
08. III. Allegretto grazioso

Brahms: Sonate Nr. 3 d-Moll für Violine und Klavier Op. 108
09. I. Allegro
10. II. Adagio
11. III. Un poco presto e con sentimento
12. IV. Presto agitato

CD 06
Schubert: Fantasie C-Dur für Klavier D760 „Wanderer“
01. I. Allegro con fuoco ma non troppo
02. II. Adagio
03. III. Presto
04. IV. Allegro

Schumann: Carnaval Op. 9
05. I. Préambule
06. II. Pierrot
07. III. Arlequin
08. IV. Valse noble
09. V. Eusebius
10. VI. Florestan
11. VII. Coquette
12. VIII. Réplique
13. VIIIb. Sphinxes
14. IX. Papillons
15. X. A.S.C.H. – S.C.H.A.
16. XI. Chiarina
17. XII. Chopin
18. XIII. Estrella
19. XIV. Reconnaissance
20. XV: Pantalon et Colombine
21. XVIa: Valse allemande
22. XVIb. Paganini
23. XVII. Aveu
24. XVIII. Promenade
25. XIX. Pause
26. XX. Marche des « Davidsbündler » contre les Philistins

CD 07
Prokofiev: Klavierkonzert Nr. 3 C-Dur Op. 26
01. I. Andante. Allegro
02. II. Tema con variazioni
03. III. Allegro ma non troppo

Bartók: Klavierkonzert Nr. 3 SZ 119
04. I. Allegretto
05. II. Adagio religioso
06. III. Allegro vivace

CD 08
Liszt: Klavierkonzert Nr. 1 Es-Dur
01. I. Allegro maestoso
02. II. Quasi adagio
03. III. Allegretto vivace. Allegro animato
04. IV. Allegro marziale animato

Liszt: Klavierkonzert Nr. 2 A-Dur
05. I. Adagio sostenuto assai. Allegro agitato assai
06. II. Allegro moderato
07. III. Allegro deciso. Marziale un poco meno allegro
08. IV. Allegro animato

Tchaikovsky: Klavierkonzert Nr. 1 b-Moll Op. 23
09. I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso
10. II. Andantino semplice
11. III. Allegro con fuoco

CD 09
Rachmaninov: Klavierkonzert Nr. 2 c-Moll Op. 18
01. I. Moderato
02. II. Adagio sostenuto
03. III. Allegro scherzando

04. Balakirev: Islamey – Orientalische Fantasie

Britten: Diversions for piano (left hand) and orchestra Op. 21
05. Theme
06. Variation Nr. 1 (Recitative)
07. Variation Nr. 2 (Romance)
08. Variation Nr. 3 (March)
09. Variation Nr. 4 (Arabesque)
10. Variation Nr. 5 (Chant)
11. Variation Nr. 6 (Nocturne)
12. Variation Nr. 7. (Badinerie)
13. Variation Nr. 8 (Burlesque)
14. Variation Nr. 9a (Toccata)
15. Variation Nr. 9b (Toccata II)
16. Variation Nr. 10 (Adagio)
17. Variation Nr. 11 (Tarantella)

CD 10
Rachmaninov: Rhapsodie über ein Thema von Paganini Op. 43
01. I. Introduktion, Variation I & Thema
02. Variation II
03. Variation III
04. Variation IV
05. Variation V
06. Variation VI
07. Variation VII
08. Variation VIII
09. Variation IX
10. Variation X
11. Variation XI
12. Variation XII
13. Variation XIII
14. Variation XIV
15. Variation XV
16. Variation XVI
17. Variation XVII
18. Variation XVIII
19. Variation XIX
20. Variation XX
21. Variation XXI
22. Variation XXII
23. Variation XXIII
24. Variation XXIV

Dohnányi: Variationen über ein Kinderlied Op. 25
25. Introduktion
26. Thema
27. Variation I
28. Variation II
29. Variation III
30. Variation IV
31. Variation V
32. Variation VI
33. Variation VII
34. Variation VIII
35. Variation VIX
36. Variation X
37. Variation XI
38. Finale fugato

39. Chopin: Ballade Nr. 3 As-Dur Op.. 47
40. Chopin: Scherzo Nr. 3 cis-Moll Op.39
41. Chopin: Fantaisie f-Moll Op. 49

American pianist Julius Katchen (1926-1969) enjoyed an unprecedented world career, and almost half a century after his death he is still regarded as an unsurpassed Brahms interpreter.

As an eleven-year-old, Katchen sat on the podium as a soloist in Mozart’s D minor concerto at the invitation of Eugene Ormandy in New York. Soon he was highly praised as a performer around the world, due to his technical brilliance, coupled with boldness, a seemingly endless range of timbres, and a superior musical understanding. Besides some vital Brahms performances, many of his other recordings presented here from 12 original albums from the years 1950 to 1961 are also among the highlights of record history. These include Beethoven’s Diabelli Variations and solo works by Chopin, Schumann, Schubert and Balakirev to concertos by Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky, Liszt, Rachmaninov, Bartok, and Britten.