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CD : Decca Original Masters : Katchen - 1949 - 1968 RecordingsDecca Original Masters : Katchen - 1949 - 1968 Recordings

Label : Decca

Product Id : 475 7221

Year : 2014

Disc Count : 8


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Bartók, Béla

Book VI - Mikrokosmos No. 140, Sz. 107, BB 105, No. 1 'Free Variations'
Book VI - Mikrokosmos No. 143, Sz. 107, BB 105, No. 4 'Divided Arpeggios'
Book VI - Mikrokosmos No. 146, Sz. 107, BB 105, No. 7 'Ostinato'
Book VI - Mikrokosmos No. 147, Sz. 107, BB 105, No. 8 'March'
Book VI - Mikrokosmos No. 148, Sz. 107, BB 105, No. 9 'Bulgarian Rhythm I'
Book VI - Mikrokosmos No. 149, Sz. 107, BB 105, No. 10 'Bulgarian Rhythm II'
Book VI - Mikrokosmos No. 151, Sz. 107, BB 105, No. 12 'Bulgarian Rhythm IV'
Book VI - Mikrokosmos No. 153, Sz. 107, BB 105, No. 14 'Bulgarian Rhythm VI'

Piano Concerto No. 3 in E Major, Sz. 119, BB 127
- Ernest Ansermet conducting Orchestre de la Suisse Romande


Beethoven, Ludwig van

Polonaise in C Major, Op. 89

Piano Sonata No. 32 in C Minor, Op. 111

33 Variations on Diabelli's Waltz in C Major, Op. 120

Brahms, Johannes

Piano Sonata No. 3 in F Minor, Op. 5

(25) Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Handel in B-Flat Major, Op. 24

Variations on a Theme by Paganini in A Minor, Op. 35
Book I - Variations on a Theme by Paganini in A Minor, Op. 35
Book II - Variations on a Theme by Paganini in A Minor, Op. 35

Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Major, Op. 100
- performed with Ruggiero Ricci

Violin Sonata No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 108
- performed with Ruggiero Ricci

Britten, Benjamin

Diversions for Left Hand Piano and Orchestra, Op. 21
- Benjamin Britten conducting London Symphony Orchestra


Chopin, Frédéric

Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 35 'Funeral March'

Ballade No. 3 in A-Flat Major, Op. 47

Fantasie in F Minor, Op. 49

Polonaise No. 6 in A-Flat Major, Op. 53 'Heroic'

Piano Sonata No. 3 in B Minor, Op. 58

Impromptu No. 4 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 66 'Fantasie Impromptu'

Dohnányi, Ernő

Variations on a Nursery Tune for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 25
- Sir Adrian Boult conducting London Philharmonic


Franck, César

Prelude, choral et fugue, M. 21

Gershwin, George

Rhapsody in Blue for Piano and Orchestra
- István Kertész conducting London Symphony Orchestra


Liszt, Franz

Transcription on Mendelssohn's Sieben Lieder No. 1, S. 547 'Auf Flügeln des Gesanges'

Mendelssohn, Felix Bartholdy

Rondo Capriccioso in E Minor, Op. 14

Caprice No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 16

Prelude and Fugue No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 35

Prokofiev, Sergei

Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Major, Op. 26
- István Kertész conducting London Symphony Orchestra


Rachmaninov, Sergei

Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18
- Anatole Fistoulari conducting New Symphony Orchestra of London


Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini for Piano and Orchestra in A Minor, Op. 43
- Sir Adrian Boult conducting London Philharmonic


Ravel, Maurice

Piano Concerto for the Left Hand in D Major, M. 82
- István Kertész conducting London Symphony Orchestra


Piano Concerto in G Major, M. 83
- István Kertész conducting London Symphony Orchestra


Rorem, Ned

Piano Sonata No. 2

Schubert, Franz

Fantasie in C Major, D. 760 'Wanderer Fantasie'

Schumann, Robert

Toccata in C Major, Op. 7

(21) Carnaval, Op. 9
Carnaval No. 1 in A-Flat Major, Op. 9 'Préambule'
Carnaval No. 2 in E-Flat Major, Op. 9 'Pierrot'
Carnaval No. 3 in B-Flat Major, Op. 9 'Arlequin'
Carnaval No. 4 in B-Flat Major, Op. 9 'Valse noble'
Carnaval No. 5 in E-Flat Major, Op. 9 'Eusebius'
Carnaval No. 6 in G Minor, Op. 9 'Florestan'
Carnaval No. 7 in B-Flat Major, Op. 9 'Coquette'
Carnaval No. 8 in G Minor, Op. 9 'Réplique'
Carnaval No. 9 in B-Flat Major, Op. 9 'Papillons'
Carnaval No. 10 in E-Flat Major, Op. 9 'A.S.C.H. - S.C.H.A.'
Carnaval No. 11 in C Minor, Op. 9 'Chiarina'
Carnaval No. 12 in A-Flat Major, Op. 9 'Chopin'
Carnaval No. 13 in F Minor, Op. 9 'Estrella'
Carnaval No. 14 in A-Flat Major, Op. 9 'Reconnaissance'
Carnaval No. 15 in F Minor, Op. 9 'Pantalon et colombine'
Carnaval No. 16 in A-Flat Major, Op. 9 'Valse allemande'
Carnaval No. 17 in F Minor, Op. 9 'Paganini'
Carnaval No. 18 in F Minor, Op. 9 'Aveu'
Carnaval No. 19 in D-Flat Major, Op. 9 'Promenade'
Carnaval No. 20 in A-Flat Major, Op. 9 'Pause'
Carnaval No. 21 in A-Flat Major, Op. 9 'Marche des Davidsbündler'

Symphonic Etudes, Op. 13

Recording Details :
- October 2, 1949 in London, Decca Studios
- October 11, 1949 in London, West Hampstead Decca Studios
- April 11 - 12, 1951 in London, Kingsway Hall
- May 6 - 8, 1953 in London, Decca Studios
- December, 1951 in London, Decca Studios
- 1952 in Paris
- January 5 - 8, 1953 in London, Decca Studios
- November, 1953 in Geneva, Victoria Hall
- May 10, 1954 in London, Kingsway Hall
- May 12, 1954 in London, Decca Studios
- June 6 - 8, 1954 in London, Decca Studios
- July 29 - 30, 1954 in London, Kingsway Hall
- March 15 - 16, 1955 in London, Decca Studios
- July 22 - 27, 1956 in London, Decca Studios
- November 30, 1956 - January 28, 1957 in London, Decca Studios
- October 8 - 10, 1957 in London, Decca Studios
- November 11, 1957 in London, Decca Studios
- March 13 - 18, 1958 in London, Decca Studios
- June 1 - 2, 1961 in London, Decca Studios
- November 11 - 13, 1965 in London, Decca Studios
- March 22 - 23, 1968 in London, Kingsway Hall
- November 26 - 29, 1968 in London, Decca Studios