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Pablo Casals, Marlboro Festival Orchestra - Johann Sebastian Bach: The Four Orchestral Suites (2004)

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Pablo Casals, Marlboro Festival Orchestra - Johann Sebastian Bach: The Four Orchestral Suites (2004)

Pablo Casals, Marlboro Festival Orchestra - Johann Sebastian Bach: The Four Orchestral Suites (2004)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 506 Mb | Total time: 59:46+44:01 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Sony Classics | # 517492 2 | Recorded: 1966, 1976

From 1960 to 1973 Casals bequeathed his vast knowledge and led the Marlboro Festival Orchestra, whose deceptively nondescript name concealed a wealth of talent, its roster a dazzling catalog of present and future superstars. From the weekend concerts, Columbia recorded a variety of works that inspire with their depth and vitality. As recalled by producer Thomas Frost, Casals took a fresh look at old masterpieces, imbued by his vast experience, and stimulated "a crisp spontaneity undulled by the routine of repeat performances."

Rudolf Serkin - The Lost Tapes – Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 21 & 23 (2023)

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Rudolf Serkin - The Lost Tapes – Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 21 & 23 (2023)

Rudolf Serkin - The Lost Tapes – Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 21 & 23 (2023)
WEB FLAC (Tracks) 192 MB | Cover | 55:44 | MP3 CBR 320 kbps | 128 MB
Classical | Label: Deutsche Grammophon (DG)

On the occasion of Rudolf Serkin's 120th birthday, Deutsche Grammophon is releasing Serkin's last Beethoven recordings for the first time: The two piano sonatas "Waldstein" and "Appassionata", recorded in 1986 and 1989. Due to Serkin's advanced illness, he was unable to finally approve the tapes at the time. This release of the great Beethoven pianist has now been made possible thanks to the support of Serkin’s daughter Judith Serkin, who also contributed a personal text for the booklet. The recording presents a very personal, wise and tender reading of Beethoven. In addition to numerous photos, the booklet also includes recording protocol and a letter to the recording producer.

The Golden Age of the Piano (1993)

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The Golden Age of the Piano (1993)

The Golden Age of the Piano (1993)
DVD9 | VIDEO_TS | NTSC, 4:3 (720x480) VBR | 115 min | 7.51 Gb | Scans included
Audio: English LPCM 2.0 | Subs: Deutsch, Français, Español, Italiano, 中文
Genre: Classical, Documentary | Label: Philips | # 075 092-9 PH

A documentary on the great pianists of the twentieth century, introduced, written and narrated by David Dubal. Featuring the music of Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, Clementi, Debussy, Field, Grainger, Liszt, Mendelssohn, Padarewski, Rachmaninov, Schubert, Scriabin and Weber. Featuring musicians Claudio Arrau, Alexander Brailowsky, Van Cliburn, Alfred Cortot, Glenn Gould, Percy Grainger, Myra Hess, Josef Hoffmann, Vladimir Horowitz, Wanda Landowska, Ignacy Paderewski, Artur Rubinstein, and Rudolf Serkin. Bonus: Claudio Arrau Centenary reissued of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 4 with Riccardo Muti and the Philadelphia Orchestra.

Rudolf Serkin, Claudio Abbado - Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 21 & 23 (1983)

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Rudolf Serkin, Claudio Abbado - Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 21 & 23 (1983)

Rudolf Serkin, Claudio Abbado - Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 21 & 23 (1983)
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 59:24 | 253 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: Deutsche Grammophon | Catalog: 410 068-2

The partnership of Serkin and Abbado in Mozart is a fascinating one. They are such different musical personalities, yet they work remarkably well together, so that each performance becomes an artistic amalgam of two quite different artistic approaches. Abbado matches a natural spontaneous warmth (listen to the beguiling way the orchestra shapes the secondary theme in the first movement of the A major Concerto) with the utmost refinement of detail; whereas Serkin, patrician, authoritative, strong, is more selfconsciously expressive when he deviates from a strictly rhythmic presentation of the melodic line in the same movement.

Rudolf Serkin, Claudio Abbado - Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 20 & 12 (1982)

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Rudolf Serkin, Claudio Abbado - Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 20 & 12 (1982)

Rudolf Serkin, Claudio Abbado - Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 20 & 12 (1982)
EAC | FLAC (tracks+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 58:14 | 257 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: Deutsche Grammophon | Catalog: 400 068-2

This new recording of…the great D minor, K466, made last November with the LSO under Abbado, is immensely welcome. The old magic is still there: the ability to make every semiquaver in a run count: the way he can invest even quite 'innocent' music…with real meaning and character; the pathos and lyricism he brings to the slow movements; and the tension and drama he reveals in the outer movements of K466.

Great Pianists: Gulda, Backhaus, Serkin, Cherkassky, Berman, Gilels, Anda, Małcużyński, Cziffra, Canino [10CDs] (2005)

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Great Pianists: Gulda, Backhaus, Serkin, Cherkassky, Berman, Gilels, Anda, Małcużyński, Cziffra, Canino [10CDs] (2005)

Great Pianists: Gulda, Backhaus, Serkin, Cherkassky, Berman, Gilels, Anda, Małcużyński, Cziffra, Canino [10CDs] (2005)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 2,63 Gb | Total time: 12:16:08 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Documents | # 224095 | Recorded: 1953-1993

This 10 CD set offers 11 live recitals given by 10 famous pianists in Switzerland from 1953 to 1993. Each pianist is credited by a single CD. Only Backhaus CD contains fragments from two different programs (1953 and 1960), all the other pianists are represented by a single program.

Lili Kraus, Aline Van Barentzen, Rudolf Serkin & Wilhelm Backhaus - Beethoven: Sonates pour piano (2020)

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Lili Kraus, Aline Van Barentzen, Rudolf Serkin & Wilhelm Backhaus - Beethoven: Sonates pour piano (2020)

Lili Kraus, Aline Van Barentzen, Rudolf Serkin & Wilhelm Backhaus - Beethoven: Sonates pour piano - Waldstein, Pathétique, Clair de lune, Pastorale (2020)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 294 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 186 Mb | Covers included | 01:15:22
Classical | Label: Les indispensables de Diapason

Deux femmes et deux hommes : la parité est respectée pour ces quatre sonates à titre de Beethoven.

Rudolf Serkin Plays Beethoven Concertos, Sonatas & Variations (11CD Box Set, 2012)

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Rudolf Serkin Plays Beethoven Concertos, Sonatas & Variations (11CD Box Set, 2012)

Rudolf Serkin Plays Beethoven Concertos, Sonatas & Variations (11CD Box Set, 2012)
EAC Rip | APE (*image+.cue+.log) | Run Time: 10:27:35 | 2,81 Gb
Genre: Classical | Label: Sony Classics

Here we have all of the solo and concerted stereo Beethoven repertoire featuring Rudolf Serkin released by Sony Classical, gathered together in an 11-disc budget boxed set. It does not include mono Beethoven items that Serkin remade in stereo. However, Serkin's great mono-only Diabelli Variations is present, along with alternative live Marlboro Festival recordings of the Fourth concerto and the Choral Fantasy, plus two stereo versions of the Op. 110 sonata (one from 1971, the other a posthumously released 1960 recording).

Rudolf Serkin, London Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado - Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 15 & 22 (1987)

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Rudolf Serkin, London Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado - Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 15 & 22 (1987)

Rudolf Serkin, London Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado - Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 15 & 22 (1987)
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 66:42 | 270 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: Deutsche Grammophon | Catalog: 415 488-2

Though Serkin isn`t concertizing a great deal these days, he remains a fascinating pianist on disc. Some listeners (this one included) find Serkin`s playing occasionally too pointed and harsh. Yet for those who tire of the delicate, jewel-box Mozart that is fashionable among pianists today, Serkin surely represents a compelling alternative. His performances of the Concertos Nos. 15 (K. 450 in B-flat Major) and 22 (K. 482 in E-flat Major) are expansive, thoughtful and pleasantly unhurried. In slow movements, he`s never less than thoughtful, creating some exquisite pianissimos in the process. Abbado is ever the sensitive accompanist.