Title from disc labels. Josef Hofmann, piano. Recorded between 1895 December 24 and 1987 April 9. Booklet with biographical and program notes by Gregor Benko (27 pages : portraits) inserted in container.
Contents:
CD 1. Contredanse A, no. 3 : from Le bal, op. 14 (1:22) ; Contredanse B, no. 3 : from Le bal, op. 14 (1:29) / Anton Rubinstein -- Magic fire music : music from Die Walküre / Wagner-Brassin (3:17) -- Song without word, op. 38, no. 5 : "Passion" / Mendelssohn (2:17) -- March militaire / Schubert-Tausig (4:26) -- Prelude, op. 3 no. 2, C-sharp minor / Rachmaninoff (3:22) -- Pastorale, D mnor, K. 9 and Capriccio, K. 20, E major / Scarlatti-Tausig (4:52) -- Magic fire music : from Die Walküre / Wagner-Brassin (4:08) -- Cadillac Hour, 25 March 1936, New York. Announcements (0:42) ; Sonata no. 14 in C-sharp minor, op. 27, no. 2 : "Moonlight" (12:29) / Beethoven ; Nocturne in F-sharp, op. 15, no. 2 (3:46) ; Waltz in A-flat, op. 42 (4:04) ; Waltz in D-flat, op. 64, no. 1 : "Minute" (1:44) / Chopin -- Bell Telephone Hour film, 30 July 1945, New York. Introduction (1:04) ; Prelude in C-sharp minor, op. 3, no. 2 (3:06) / Rachmaninoff ; Piano concerto no. 5 in E-flat, op. 73 : "Emperor". III. Rondo (abridged) (0:33) / Beethoven (with Bell Telephone Hour Orchestra conducted by Donald Vorhees) -- Charles Rosen interviews, 1999 and September 2002 (5:02) -- Constance Keene interview (September 2002) (9;55) -- CD 2. Jorge Bolet interview, 9 April 1987 (14:42) -- Glenn Gould interview, 1959 (0:50) -- Witold Luosławski interview, 1980 (0:48) -- Rudolf Ganz interview, 1967 (3:34) -- Ruth Steinway interview, 20 November 1975 (9:18) -- Tadeusz Sadlowski interview, 13 March 1989 (6:07) -- Gian Carlo Menotti interviews, 21 April and 2 November 1987 (4:45) -- Aniela Rubinstein interview, 1 April 1991 (3:26) -- Nadia Reisenberg interview, 16 November 1975 (11:00) -- Irene Wolf interview, 11 November 1975 (6:57) -- Dagmar Godowsky and Betty Hofmann rehearse (1:55) -- Anton Hofmann interview, February 1967 (13:40).
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