Title from container. William Kapell, piano ; with various performers. CD 1, tracks 1-9 recorded March 21 1947, Carnegie Hall recital, New York City. CD 1, track 10-17 recorded February 28 1945, Carnegie Hall recital, New York City. CD 1, track 18 recorded February 1 1948, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. CD 2, tracks 1-9 recorded June 9 1952, WQXR studio broadcast, New York City. CD 2, tracks 10-18 recorded June 15 1952, WQXR studio broadcast, New York City. CD 2, track 19 recorded October 28 1944, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. CD 3, tracks 1-8 recorded October 17 1951, Connecticut College recital, New London, Connecticut. CD 3, tracks 9-11 recorded 1947, transcribed radio program, The Music Hall of Fame, New York City. CD 3, tracks 12-15 recorded May 20 1950, NBC Broadcast, New York City. CD 3, tracks 16-19 recorded November 21 1951, Northwestern University chamber music concert, Chicago. Booklet with program notes by Bradford Gowen and Raymond Lewenthal and Ward Marston in English (31 pages : portraits) inserted in conainer.
Contents:
CD 1. Suite in A minor, BWV 818, I Allemande (2:50) ; II Courante (1:12) ; Sarabandes I and II (3:33) ; IV Gigue (2:22) / Bach -- Sonata no. 10 in C, K. 330. I Allegro moderato (6:13) ; Andante cantabile (4:51) ; III Allegretto (4:00) / Mozart -- Mazurka in F minor, op. 63, no. 2 / Chopin (2:13) -- Intermezzo in A flat, op. 76, no. 3 / Brahms (2:26) -- Nocturne in B-flat minor, op. 9, no. 1 / Chopin (5:38) -- Romance in F-sharp, op. 28, no. 2 / Schumann (3:37) -- La soirée dans Grenade : no. 2 from Estampes / Debussy (5:19) -- Three preludes from op. 34. No. 24 in D minor (1:12) ; No. 10 in C-sharp minor (1:51) ; No. 5 in D (0:39) / Shostakovich -- El gato (Argentine dance) / Emilio Napolitano (2:01) -- Toccata ostinato / Robert Palmer (2:11) -- Burleske in D minor for piano and orchestra / Richard Strauss (19:38) (with the Pittsburgh Symphony, conducted by Fritz Reiner) -- CD 2. Opening announcement (0:40) -- Sonata no. 17 in B-flat, K. 570. I Allegro (3:49) ; II Adagio (5:44) ; III Allegretto (3:28) / Mozart -- The maiden and the nightingale : no. 4 from Goyescas / Granados (5:20) --Ländler no. 7 in A-flat minor, D. 783 (op. 171) (1:16 ); Ländler no. 12 in A-flat, D. 783 (op. 171) (1:31) / Schubert -- Tricky trumpet : no. 6 from Piano playtime / Abram Chasins (1:42) -- Beginning of third movement (Largo) from Sonata no. 3 in B minor, op. 58 (with closing announcement) / Chopin (3:50) -- Opening announcement (0:50) -- Children's corner. I Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum (2:00) ; II Jimbo's lullaby (2:56) ; III Serenade for the doll (2:36) ; IV The snow is dancing (2:21) ; V The little shepherd (2:11) ; VI Golliwogg's cakewalk (3:05) / Debussy -- Hungarian rhapsody no. 11 in A minor, S. 244 / Liszt (4:46) -- Announcer interviews William Kapell (8:28) -- Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini : op. 43 / Rachmaninoff (22:48) (with the Philadelphia Orchestra, conducted by Eugene Ormandy) -- CD.3. Num komm der Heiden Heiland : BWV 659 / Bach-Busoni (4:53) -- Suite bergamasque. Prélude (3:37) ; Menuet (3:24) ; Clair de lune (3:46) ; Passepied (3:20) / Debussy -- Hungarian rhapsody no. 11 in A minor, S. 244 / Liszt (5:03) -- Mazurka in C-sharp minor, op. 6, no. 2 / Chopin (2:01) -- The miller's dance : from The three-cornered hat / Falla (2:04) -- Third movement, Allegretto, from Sonata no. 10 in C, K. 330 / Mozart (4:11) -- William Kapell recounts two humorous incidents in playing recitals (2:27) ; Song without words in F-sharp minor, op. 67, no.2 / Mendelssohn (2:14) -- Concerto in A minor for four klaviers, after Vivaldi, BWV 1065. Opening announcement (0:56) ; Allegro (3:58) ; Largo (2:36) ; Allegro (3:25) / Bach (with Rosalyn Tureck, Eugene List, and Joseph Battista, and the NBC Strings, conducted by Milton Katims) -- Piano quintet in E-flat, op. 44. I. Allegro brillante (6:26) ; II In modo d'una Marcia: Un poco largamente (7:54) ; III Scherzo: Molto vivace (4:31) ; IV Finale: Allegro ma non troppo (6:54) / Schumann (with the Fine Arts Quartet: Leonard Sorkin and Joseph Stepansky, violins ; Sheppard Lehnfoff , viola; George Sopkin, cello).
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