Julius Katchen

Liszt | Brahms | Beethoven | Schumann | Chopin

F. Liszt: Sonata in B minorJ. Brahms: Seven Fantasias, Op. 116 Six Piano Pieces, Op. 118 ScherzoinE-flatminor,Op.4L. v. Beethoven: 32 Variations in c minor, WoO 80 Rondo a capriccio, Op. 129R. Schumann: Waldszenen, Op. 82 ”Vogel als Prophet”F. Chopin: Nocturne, Op. 9 No. 2 Ballade,Op.47 Nocturne,Op.27No.2 Berceuse,Op.57

Berlin, 1962 / 1964

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ThisanthologyofJuliusKatchen’scompletesolorecordingsmadeduringtworecordingblocksin1962and1964,expandsKatchen’sdiscographybyasmanyassixfirstreleases:Beethoven’sRondo Op. 129, Rage Over a Lost Penny,Chopin’sAflatmajorBallade,thetwofamousNoc-turnesOp.9,1andOp.27,2,thelateBerceuse,andfinallyLiszt’sPianoSonatainBminor,oneofthepillarsofnineteenthcenturypianomusic.Katchen’senergeticandvirtuosicreadingoftheLisztsonatarankshighlyamongstthegreatrecordingsofthispiece.However,hisinterpreta-tionsoftheworksbyChopin,BeethovenandthelateBrahms,thankstohisnaturalcombinationofvirtuosity,musicianshipandsenseofform,arealsodocumentsofmagnificentlytimelesspiano-playing.

JuliusKatchen(1926-1969),whodiedtragicallyearlyofleukaemia,represented,alongsideLeonFleisher,GaryGraffmanandWilliamKapellthegenerationoftheso-calledOYAPs(“OutstandingYoungAmericanPianists”)whofrom1940onwardsestablishedthemselvesasstrongandenduringcompetitiontotheEuropeanpianistswhohaddominatedAmericanconcertstagesuntilthatpoint.KatchenhadbeenbornintoaRussian-JewishfamilyofimmigrantsinthestateofNewJerseyandmadehisdébutagedonlytenwithMozart’sDminorCon-certo;inthefollowingyearhewasinvitedbyEugeneOrmandytotakepartinaconcertwiththePhiladelphiaOrchestraastheyoungesteversoloistinthehistoryofthatorchestra;ayearafterthathegavehissolodébutinNewYork.In1946KatchenmovedtoParis,becomingoneofthemostactiveAmericanmusicalambassa-dorsinEurope.Hisextensivediscography,atwhosecentrearethecompletepianoworksofBrahms,showshimtobeasophisticatedvirtuosoofthenewtype,forwhompianisticbrilliancewasnoraison d’être as such, butinsteadservedadeepintellectualandemotionalpenetrationofthemusic.

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CLara HaSKiLMozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 19 & 20 Schumann:BunteBlätter/AbeggVariationsBeethoven: PianoConcertoNo.4*

RIAS-Symphonie-OrchesterFerencFricsay,conductorDeanDixon,conductor*

Berlin, 1953/1954 • *live in Berlin, 1954

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WiLHeLm BaCKHauSLudwigvanBeethoven:Piano Sonatas •No.15inDmajor,Op.28“Pastorale”•No.18inE-flatmajor,Op.31,3•No.21inCmajor,Op.53“Waldstein”•No.30inEmajor,Op.109

live in Berlin 1969

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