WILHELM KEMPFF The Complete Solo Recordings

 

CD 1 – 3 J. S. BACH: Goldberg Variations, Preludes and Fugues, English Suite No. 3, etc.

CD 4 – 14 BEETHOVEN: 32 Piano Sonatas, Eroica Variations, Bagatelles, etc.

CD 15 – 17 BRAHMS: Handel Variations, Piano Sonata op. 5, 4 Ballades op. 10, Piano Pieces op. 76, 79, 116 - 119

CD 18 – 19 CHOPIN: Piano Sonatas Nos.2 & 3, 4 Impromptus, Berceuse, Barcarolle, Scherzo No.3 Ballade No.3, Andante spianato & Grande Polonaise; Fantaisie op.49, Polonaise-Fantaisie op. 61

CD 20 LISZT: Années de Pèlerinage II, Années de Pèlerinage I: Eglogue, Au lac de Wallenstadt, Au bord d’une source

CD 21 MOZART: Sonata K.331; Fantasies K.397, K.475; Sonata K.310

CD 22 – 30 SCHUBERT: 17 Piano Sonatas, Impromptu D 935/4, Wanderer Fantasy D 760, 3 Klavierstücke D 946, Andante D 604; Allegretto in C minor D 915. Scherzo D 593/1, 13 Variations D 576

CD 31 – 34 SCHUMANN: Papillons, Davidsbündlertänze, Carnaval, Symphonische Etüden, Kinderszenen, Kreisleriana, Fantasie in C, Arabeske, Humoreske, Novelette no. 9 from Bunte Blätter, Sonata no.2, Nachtstücke, 3 Romanzen, Waldszenen

CD 35 BONUS CD Early Recordings: BACH: Italian Concerto, BEETHOVEN:Variations on a Turkish March, SCHUMANN: Aufschwung, SCHUBERT arr. LISZT: Horch, horch die Lerche, SCHUMANN; Spoken Recordings

 

Wilhelm Kempff (1895–1991), one of the great piano masters, receives an exceptional tribute from the label with which he was most closely associated.

 

This is a beautiful, limited-edition 35-CD box of Kempff’s complete solo repertoire on DG and Decca Classics.

 

It includes the stereo Beethoven sonata cycle, the Schubert sonata cycle, generous anthologies of Bach, Brahms, Liszt, Schubert, and Schumann – plus Chopin and Baroque. There are many rarities, not readily available at present.

 

It comes with a Bonus CD of four early recordings from the 1930s – Bach, Beethoven, Schumann and Schubert/Liszt, all first-time releases – and a short series of spoken recordings by Kempff (synopses in English and French in booklet)

 

The booklet essay is a warm tribute from piano expert Gregor Willmes.

 

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