0028948430895

Piano Library - Deutsche Grammophon Edition

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Format: 22CD

Cat No: ELQ4843089

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Release Date:  25 October 2024

Label:  Australian Eloquence

Packaging Type:  Box Set

No of Units:  22

Barcode:  0028948430895

Genres:  Classical  Solo Instrumental  

  • Description

    Astounding debuts and legendary piano treasures on disc: newly remastered albums of 21 pianists from the analogue era, including many first-ever digital transfers in this limited edition (single pressing only) 22 CD box set.

    Before he became a Decca icon, Vladimir Ashkenazy appeared on DG in performances recorded live at the 1955 Chopin Competition in Warsaw. Their reissue here is complemented by a Rachmaninoff sequence with Ashkenazy's teacher, Lev Oborin. At the same competition five years later, Arthur Rubinstein was so outraged at the low placing given by his fellow jurors to the Belgian pianist Michel Block that he created a special prize for him on the spot, and DG responded likewise by issuing precious recordings of his live Chopin performances from 1960.

    Through the late 1960s and 70s, the 'Concours' and 'Debut' sub-labels on DG launched an array of pianists at the start of promising careers.A few of these musicians, such as Ashkenazy, went on to enjoy long careers. Some disappeared from the limelight, lending to their legacy on record both rarity value and a melancholy sense of potential left untapped. David Lively, Alexander Lonquich and Ewa Poblocka are still performing today, but their DG Debut albums have never been reissued on CD. Dino Ciani, Youri Egorov and Steven De Groote died tragically young while their careers were still in the ascendant.

    A few of these musicians, such as Ashkenazy, went on to enjoy long careers. Some disappeared from the limelight, lending to their legacy on record both rarity value and a melancholy sense of potential left untapped. David Lively, Alexander Lonquich and Ewa Poblocka are still performing today, but their DG Debut albums have never been reissued on CD. Dino Ciani, Youri Egorov and Steven De Groote died tragically young while their careers were still in the ascendant.

    *FIRST RELEASE ON CD

    *FIRST-EVER RELEASE

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Vladimir Ashkenazy: CHOPIN Piano Concerto No. 2
      • 4. Ballade No. 2
      • 5. Etudes; Mazurkas; Scherzo No. 4
      • 8. Lev Oberin: RACHMANINOFF 6 Etudes-Tableaux, Op. 33*

      Disc 2

      • 1. Boris Bloch: BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata No. 6 in F major, Op. 10 No. 2
      • 2. RACHMANINOFF Vocalise, Op. 34 No. 14
      • 3. Lilacs, Op. 21 No. 5
      • 4. Etudes-Tableaux Op. 33 Nos. 1 & 2 Op. 39 No. 5
      • 6. BUSONI Turandots Frauengemach
      • 7. LISZT Figaro Fantasy, S.697

      Disc 3

      • 1. Michel Block: CHOPIN Piano Sonata No. 2
      • 2. Polonaise, Op. 53
      • 3. Prelude, Op. 28 No. 17
      • 4. 3 Mazurkas; Valse, Op. 34 No. 1

      Disc 4

      • 1. Dino Ciani: DEBUSSY Preludes - Livre I (1971 recording - previously unpublished)*
      • 2. Children's Corner

      Disc 5

      • 1. Dino Ciani: WEBER Piano Sonatas Nos. 2 & 3

      Disc 6

      • 1. Mikhail Faermann: PROKOFIEV Sonata No. 6
      • 2. BRAHMS Paganini Variations
      • 3. Youri Egorov: SCHUMANN Carnaval*

      Disc 7

      • 1. Steven de Groot: BEETHOVEN Eroica Variations
      • 2. SCHUMANN Etudes symphoniques

      Disc 8

      • 1. Claude Helffer: BOULEZ Piano Sonata No. 2*
      • 2. BERG Piano Sonata, Op. 1*
      • 3. MILHAUD Le Carnaval d'Aix

      Disc 9

      • 1. Veronica Jochum von Moltke: SCHUMANN Piano Sonata No. 2*;
      • 2. Novelette, Op. 21 No. 8*
      • 3. 3 Fantasiestucke, Op. 111*
      • 4. Nachtstucke, Op. 23

      Disc 10

      • 1. Diana Kacso: LISZT Piano Sonata in B minor
      • 2. CHOPIN Polonaise-Fantaisie; Etude, Op. 10 No. 10

      Disc 11

      • 1. Julian von Karolyi: CHOPIN Ballade Nos. 1-4; Impromptus Nos. 1-4; Berceuse

      Disc 12

      • 1. CHOPIN Sonata No. 3
      • 2. Bolero
      • 3. Mazurka, Op. 17 No. 4
      • 4. Valse No. 14
      • 5. Andante spianato et Grande Polonaise brillante

      Disc 13

      • 1. David Lively: RAVEL Le Tombeau de Couperin
      • 2. STRAVINSKY Tango; Piano-Rag-Music; Trois mouvements de Petrouchka

      Disc 14

      • 1. Alexander Lonquich: SCHOENBERG 3 Klavierstucke, Op. 11
      • 2. SCHUBERT Sonata No. 16

      Disc 15

      • 1. Elly Ney: BEETHOVEN Piano Sonatas Nos. 8 'Pathetique' & 31

      Disc 16

      • 1. BEETHOVEN Piano Sonatas Nos. 14 'Moonlight' & 23 'Appassionata'

      Disc 17

      • 1. Ewa Poblocka: J.S. BACH Aria variata alla maniera italiana
      • 2. CHOPIN Scherzo No. 1
      • 3. DEBUSSY Images I & II

      Disc 18

      • 1. Jorge Luis Prats: BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata No. 28
      • 2. SCHUMANN Toccata
      • 3. RAVEL Gaspard de la nuit

      Disc 19

      • 1. Zola Mae Shaulis: J.S. BACH Goldberg Variations
      • 2. PROKOFIEV Piano Sonata No. 7

      Disc 20

      • 1. J.S. BACH Toccatas, BWV 911-915

      Disc 21

      • 1. Roberto Szidon: IVES Piano Sonata No. 2
      • 2. 'Concord, Mass., 1840-1860'
      • 3. Three-page Sonata

      Disc 22

      • 1. Erik Then-Bergh: REGER Telemann Variations
      • 2. Paul Baumgartner: BEETHOVEN Diabelli Variations