Robert Casadesus – The Complete Columbia Album Collection (FLAC)

Number of Discs: 65
Format: FLAC (image+cue)
Label: Sony
Catalogue: 19075853652
Release: 2019
Size: 11.2 GB
Recovery: +3%
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CD 01/02: The Early Recordings
CD 03 [1-3]: Concerto No. 4 In G Major For Piano And Orchestra Op. 58
CD 03 [4]: La Damoiselle Elue; Piano Concerto For The Left Hand
CD 04: Sonata In A Major; Sonata No. 3
CD 05: Concerto No.4 In C Minor; Trois Morceaux En Forme De Poire
CD 06: Symphony On A French Mountain Air for Orchestra And Piano, Op. 25; Symphonic Variations
CD 07 [1-6]: Danses Mediterranéennes, Op. 36; Trois Valses Romantiques
CD 07 [7-15]: Piano Music Of Gabriel Fauré
CD 08 [1-3]: Sonata No.9 In A Major For Violin And Piano Op.47 (“Kreutzer”)
CD 08 [4-7]: Robert Casadesus – A Tribute To A Great Artist
CD 09: Etudes Symphoniques, Op. 13; Sonata No. 31 In A Flat Major, Op. 110
CD 10 [1-11]: Bach: Concerto In D Minor For Three Pianos And Strings
CD 10 [12-27]: Dichterliebe, Op. 48
CD 11: Sonatas, No. 3 In E Flat Major, Op. 12; No. 4 In A Minor, Op. 23
CD 12: The Complete Piano Music Of Ravel Volume I
CD 13: The Complete Piano Music Of Ravel, Volume II
CD 14: The Complete Piano Music Of Ravel Volume III
CD 15: Concerto No. 2 In A Major; Concerstück In F Minor, Op. 79
CD 16: Appassionata
CD 17: Scarlatti Sonatas; Rameau
CD 18: Concerto No.21/Concerto No.27
CD 19: Sonata No. 2 In B Flat Minor, Op. 35 – Ballades Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4
CD 20: Sonata No. 7 In C Minor; Sonata No. 8 In G Major, Opus 30 No. 2 & 3
CD 21: Concerto No. 24 In C Minor For Piano And Orchestra (K. 491); Concerto No. 26 In D Major For Piano And Orchestra (K. 537) (“Coronation”)
CD 22: Piano Music (Preludes Book I; Six Epigraphes Antiques; En Blanc Et Noir)
CD 23: Piano Music Préludes II; Deux Arabesques; Childrens’s Corner
CD 24: Piano Music (Images; Estampes; Masques; L’Isle Joyeuse)
CD 25: Concert En Ré Majeur Pour Piano, Violin Et Quatuor À Cordes, Op. 21
CD 26: Duo-Pianists
CD 27: Sonatas For Violin And Piano
CD 28 [1-3]: Emperor Concerto: Concerto No. 5 In E-Flat Major, Op. 73
CD 28 [4-6]: Nights In The Gardens Of Spain
CD 29: Carnaval Op. 9, Fantasie In C Major Op. 17
CD 30: Sonatas No. 12 In F; No. 13 In B Flat; No. 14 In C Minor; No. 17 In D
CD 31: Concerto In E-Flat Major For Two Pianos And Orchestra, K.365; Concerto No. 12 In A Major For Piano And Orchestra, K.414
CD 32: Moonlight Sonata; Op. 81A “Les Adieux”; Op. 78 “A Therese”; Op. 57 “Appassionata”
CD 33: Une Semaine Du Petit Elfe Ferme-L’Oeil, Op. 58 (Piano-Four Hands) – Trios Rapsodies, Op. 53 (Two Pianos)
CD 34: Concerto No. 20 For Piano And Orchestra In D Minor, K. 466; Concerto No. 18 For Piano And Orchestra In B Flat Major, K. 456
CD 35: Symphonic Variations • Symphony On A French Mountain Air
CD 36: Piano Concertos No. 4 & 1
CD 37: Italian Concerto – Partita No. 2 in C Minor – Toccata and Fugue in E Minor
CD 38: Nonetto, Op. 45 In E-flat Major; Sextuor, Op. 58 In E Major
CD 39: Sonata No. 9 (“Kreutzer”); Sonata No. 1
CD 40: Concertos No. 22 In E Flat, K. 482; No. 23 In A Major, K. 488
CD 41: Piano Music Of Schumann
CD 42: Concerto For The Left Hand – Concerto In E-Flat Major K. 365
CD 43: French Music For Piano – Four Hands
CD 44: Concerto No. 4 For Piano And Orchestra; Ballade For Piano And Orchestra
CD 45: Piano Concerto No. 26 In D Major “Coronation”; Piano Concerto No. 27 In B-flat Major
CD 46: Sonatas For Violin And Piano No. 3 In E Flat ‧ No. 4 In A Minor ‧ No. 5 In F Major (“Spring”)
CD 47 [1-6]: Concerto For Three Pianos In D Minor; Concerto For Three Pianos In F Major, K. 242; Italian Concerto
CD 47 [7-9]: Robert Casadesus – A Tribute To A Great Artist
CD 48: Sonata For Two Pianos And Percussion; En Blanc Et Noir; Six Epigraphes Antiques
CD 49: Piano Concerto No. 21 In C Major K.467; Piano Concerto No. 24 In C Minor K.491
CD 50: Sonatas For Violin And Piano No. 2 In A Major ‧ No. 6 In A Major ‧ No. 8 In G Major
CD 51: Sonatas for Violin and Piano No. 7 In C Minor, No. 10 In G Major
CD 52: Robert Casadesus Plays Sonatas by Chopin, Mozart & Haydn
CD 53 [1-6]: Bach: Triple Piano Concerto in C Major; Casadesus: Triple Piano Concerto
CD 53 [7-9]: Concerto For Piano; Concerto For Three Pianos
CD 54: Piano Concertos (No. 15 In B-Flat Major; No. 17 In G Major)
CD 55: Two Concertos For Two Pianos
CD 56 [1-8]: Hommage A Chausson, Op. 51 For Violin And Piano; Three Preludes For Piano; Sonata No. 2 In A Major For Violin And Piano
CD 56 [9-12]: Jean Casadesus 1927 – 1972
CD 57/58: Association Robert Casadesus Vol. 3 – Chopin – Schumann – Casadesus
CD 59/60: Association Robert Casadesus Vol. 4
CD 61: The Complete Sonatas For Piano And Violin
CD 62: Preludes: Book 1
CD 63: Piano Music Of Chabrier
CD 64: Songs Of Debussy
CD 65: Piano Sonata No. 4, Op. 56; Eight Etudes, Op. 28

Ravel: Sonatine

Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin: Menuet

Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 12 in F major, K332

Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 18 in D major, K576 ‘Hunt’

Debussy: Petite Suite

Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales

Mozart: Violin Sonata No. 33 in E flat major K481

Mozart: Minuet in D major, K355

Mozart: Gigue in G Major, K574

Milhaud: Le Bal Martiniquais, Op. 249

Ravel: Berceuse sur le nom de Fauré

Chopin: Mazurka No. 13 in A minor, Op. 17 No. 4

Schumann: Waldszenen, Op. 82

Schumann: Romance in F sharp major, Op. 28 No. 2

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58

Ravel: Piano Concerto in D major (for the left hand)

Franck: Violin Sonata in A major

Debussy: Violin Sonata in G minor

Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 4 in C minor, Op. 44

Satie: Trois Morceaux En Forme De Poire

Indy: Symphonie sur un chant montagnard, Op. 25

Franck: Symphonic Variations for piano & orchestra, M46

Casadesus: Mediterranean Dances Op.36

Chabrier: Trois Valses Romantiques

Fauré: Dolly Suite, Op. 56

Fauré: Nocturne No. 5 in B flat major, Op. 37

Fauré: Barcarolle No. 5 in F sharp minor Op. 66

Fauré: Impromptu No. 5 in F sharp minor Op. 102

Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 9 in A major, Op. 47 ‘Kreutzer’

Casadesus: Violin Sonata No. 2 in A

Schumann: Études symphoniques, Op. 13

Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 31 in A flat major, Op. 110

Bach: Concerto for Three Keyboards in D minor, BWV1063

Bach: French Suite No. 6 in E major, BWV817

Schumann: Dichterliebe, Op. 48

Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 12 No. 3

Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 4 in A minor, Op. 23

Ravel: Pavane pour une infante défunte

Ravel: A la manière de Chabrier

Ravel: A la manière de Borodine

Ravel: Sonatine

Ravel: Miroirs, 5 pieces for piano

Ravel: Ma Mère l’Oye

Ravel: Habanera

Ravel: Jeux d’eau

Ravel: Gaspard de la Nuit

Ravel: Menuet antique

Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin

Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales

Ravel: Prélude, for piano Version 1: Assez lent et très expressif

Ravel: Menuet sur le nom de Haydn

Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 2 in A major, S125

Weber: Konzertstück in F minor, Op. 79 for piano & orchestra

Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 2 in A major, Op. 2 No. 2

Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 ‘Appassionata’

Scarlatti: Keyboard Sonata K380 in E major

Scarlatti: Keyboard Sonata K533 in A major

Scarlatti: Keyboard Sonata K23 in D major

Scarlatti: Keyboard Sonata K14 in G major

Scarlatti: Keyboard Sonata K27 in B minor

Scarlatti: Keyboard Sonata K430 in D major

Rameau: Gavotte et doubles

Rameau: Le rappel des oiseaux

Rameau: Les Sauvages

Rameau: Les Niais de Solonge

Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major, K467 ‘Elvira Madigan’

Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 27 in B flat major, K595

Chopin: Piano Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 35 ‘Marche funèbre’

Chopin: Ballades Nos. 1-4

Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 7 in C minor, Op. 30 No. 2

Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 8 in G major, Op. 30 No. 3

Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor, K491

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

Debussy: Préludes – Book 1

Debussy: Epigraphes antiques

Debussy: En blanc et noir

Debussy: Préludes – Book 2

Debussy: Deux arabesques, L. 66

Debussy: Children’s Corner

Debussy: Images pour piano – Books 1 & 2

Debussy: Estampes

Debussy: Masques

Debussy: L’isle joyeuse

Chausson: Concert in D major for piano, violin and string quartet, Op. 21

Mozart: Sonata for 2 pianos in D major, K448

Mozart: Andante and Variations in G for Piano Duet, K501

Schubert: Fantasie in F minor for piano duet, D940

Schubert: Andantino varié Op. 84, No. 1

Fauré: Violin Sonata No. 1 in A major, Op. 13

Fauré: Violin Sonata No. 2 in E minor, Op. 108

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major, Op. 73 ‘Emperor’

Falla: Noches en los jardines de España

Schumann: Carnaval, Op. 9

Schumann: Fantasie in C major, Op. 17

Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 12 in F major, K332

Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 13 in B flat major, K333

Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 14 in C minor, K457

Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 18 in D major, K576 ‘Hunt’

Mozart: Concerto for 2 Pianos and Orchestra No. 10 in E flat, K365

Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 12 in A major, K414

Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 2 ‘Moonlight’

Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 26 in E flat major, Op. 81a ‘Les Adieux’

Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 24 in F sharp major, Op. 78

Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 ‘Appassionata’

Schmitt: Une semaine du petit elfe Ferme, Op. 58

Schmitt: Trois rapsodies, Op. 53

Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K466

Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 18 in B flat major, K456

Franck: Symphonic Variations for piano & orchestra, M46

Indy: Symphonie sur un chant montagnard, Op. 25

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op. 15

Bach: Italian Concerto, BWV971

Bach: Toccata in E minor, BWV914

Bach: Partita No. 2 in C minor, BWV826

Casadesus: Nonet, Op. 45

Casadesus: Sextet, Op. 58

Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 9 in A major, Op. 47 ‘Kreutzer’

Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 1 in D major, Op. 12 No. 1

Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 22 in E flat major, K482

Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major, K488

Schumann: Papillons, Op. 2

Schumann: Waldszenen, Op. 82

Schumann: Études symphoniques, Op. 13

Ravel: Piano Concerto in D major (for the left hand)

Mozart: Concerto for 2 Pianos and Orchestra No. 10 in E flat, K365

Debussy: Petite Suite

Satie: Trois Morceaux En Forme De Poire

Chabrier: Trois Valses Romantiques

Fauré: Dolly Suite, Op. 56

Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 4 in C minor, Op. 44

Fauré: Ballade in F sharp major for solo piano or piano & orchestra, Op. 19

Fauré: Prélude, Op. 103 No. 1 in D flat major

Fauré: Prélude, Op. 103 No. 3 in G minor

Fauré: Prélude, Op. 103 No. 5 in D minor

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

Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 27 in B flat major, K595

Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 12 No. 3

Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 4 in A minor, Op. 23

Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 5 in F major, Op. 24 ‘Spring’

Mozart: Concerto for Three Pianos & Orchestra, K242

Bach: Concerto for Three Keyboards in D minor, BWV1063

Mozart: Quintet for Piano and Winds in E flat, K452

Bartók: Sonata for Two Pianos & Percussion, BB 115, Sz. 110

Debussy: En blanc et noir

Debussy: Epigraphes antiques

Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major, K467 ‘Elvira Madigan’

Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor, K491

Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 7 in C minor, Op. 30 No. 2

Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 10 in G major, Op. 96

Chopin: Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58

Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 12 in F major, K332

Haydn: Piano Sonata No. 31 in A flat major, Hob.XVI:46

Bach: Concerto for Three Keyboards in C major, BWV1064

Casadesus: Piano Concerto No. 2 Op.37 ‘For Mitropoulos’

Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 15 in B flat major, K450

Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 17 in G major, K453

Bach: Concerto for Two Keyboards in C minor, BWV1060

Bach: Concerto for Two Keyboards in C major, BWV1061

Casadesus: Homage a Chausson op. 51

Francescatti: Preludes for Piano

Bach: Sonata for Violin & Harpsichord No. 2 in A major, BWV1015

Chopin: Ballades Nos. 1-4

Schumann: Papillons, Op. 2

Schumann: Fantasie in C major, Op. 17

Chopin: Berceuse in D flat major, Op. 57

Chopin: Tarantella in A flat major, Op. 43

Schumann: Vogel als Prophet (No. 7 from Waldszenen, Op. 82)

Mozart: Fantasia in D minor, K397

Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 28 in A major, Op. 101

Schumann: Études symphoniques, Op. 13

Ravel: Sonatine

Ravel: Alborada del gracioso (Miroirs No. 4)

Debussy: La fille aux cheveux de lin (from Préludes – Book 1: No. 8)

Debussy: La serenade interrompue (from Préludes – Book 1)

Debussy: La cathédrale engloutie (from Préludes – Book 1)

Debussy: Préludes, Book II, L. 123: VI. Général Lavine

Debussy: Ondine (from Préludes – Book 2)

Debussy: Feux d’artifice (from Préludes – Book 2)

Debussy: Arabesque No. 2

Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition: Bydlo

Brahms: Violin Sonatas Nos. 1-3

Debussy: Préludes – Book 1

Chabrier: Bourrée Fantasque

Chabrier: Pièces pittoresques

Chabrier: Morceaux

Chabrier: Impromptu

Debussy: Cinq poèmes de Baudelaire

Debussy: Fête galante

Debussy: Voici que le printemps (Romance)

Debussy: L’ame evaporee

Debussy: Mandoline, L. 29

Debussy: Trois chansons de Bilitis

Casadesus: Piano Sonata No. 4 Op. 56

Casadesus: Etudes, Op. 28

Sony Classical is pleased to release the first ever collection of the great French pianist-composer Robert Casadesus’ recordings for Columbia Masterworks. This must have box set features x62 recordings that have been new-ly transferred, mixed and mastered from the original analogue discs and tapes using 24 bit/ 192 kHz technology. Included in the collection are stunning collaborations with some of the world’s best musicians, and composers. This includes: x16 time Grammy winner, Leonard Bernstein; internationally renowned French virtuoso violinist, Zino Francescatti and British cellist and conductor Sir John Barbirolli. Featured on the box set are x61 CDs of Casadesus’ recordings and 4 xCDs with recordings from the exceptional pianist and wife to Robert, Gaby Casadesus and their son Jean Casadesus.

You have to be a composer yourself to understand the music of others so well, said Maurice Ravel of Robert Casadesus, the great French pianist-composer. This prolific recording artist is the subject of a major new release: Robert Casadesus The Complete Columbia Album Collection. 65 albums honor Casadesuss substantial legacy, with numerous albums including recordings from as early as 1940 reissued by Sony on modern technology for the very first time. Casadesuss close association with Ravel began in 1922, when the composer invited him to record piano rolls of his music and collaborate in performance. His recording of the complete solo piano works dates from 1952, and is complemented by additional Ravel recordings made both earlier and later, including two recordings of the Concerto for Left Hand with Eugene Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra. Casadesus also recorded most of Debussys solo piano works with great success, as well as works by compatriots including Franck, Saint-Saëns, Satie, dIndy, Chabrier and Fauré. His Mozart was especially renowned. Solo recordings complement numerous concerto readings, many made with Ormandy, George Szell and Charles Munch, and a 1951 recording of the B-flat major Piano Concerto No. 27 with the New York Philharmonic and John Barbirolli is here given its first Sony release. Beethoven is also well represented, with sonatas including the Moonlight, Appassionata and op. 110 as well as the First and Fourth Concertos with Eduard van Beinum and the Concertgebouw Orchestra. But Casadesuss repertoire was much broader. His many Schumann recordings include Waldszenen, the Symphonic Etudes, Carnaval and the Fantasia in C most of these recorded several times and Dichterliebe with Pierre Bernac; and his Chopin Ballades are also reissued here, alongside the Sonatas Nos. 2 and 3. One of Casadesuss most important musical partnerships was with violinist Zino Francescatti, with whom he recorded the newly remastered Beethoven sonatas. The pair also recorded Ravel miniatures, Fauré, Franck and Debussy sonatas, Chaussons Concert for solo violin and piano quintet, Bachs A major sonata, and the three sonatas of Brahms. Casadesuss other frequent collaborator was his wife, Gaby Casadesus. Again they perform some of Casadesuss own music, as well as pieces by numerous French composers including Ravel contemporary Florent Schmitt, plus Schubert and Bartók. Other compositions by Casadesus include his Nonet and Sextet for chamber ensembles, and concertos for one and two pianos.