Rudolf Firkusny - The Complete RCA & Columbia Album Edition (18 CDs)

Rudolf Firkusny - The Complete RCA & Columbia Album Edition

Mit Werken von: Robert Schumann (1810-1856) , Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) , Frederic Chopin (1810-1849) , Bohuslav Martinu (1890-1959) , Leos Janacek (1854-1928) , Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904) , Cesar Franck (1822-1890) , Franz Schubert (1797-1828) , Samuel Barber (1910-1981) , Howard Hanson (1896-1981) , Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) , Niccolo Paganini (1782-1840) , Peter Iljitsch Tschaikowsky (1840-1893) , Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962) , Pablo de Sarasate (1844-1908) , Serge Prokofieff (1891-1953) und weitere

Mitwirkende: Rudolf Firkusny, Frederica von Stade, Gabriela Benackova, Itzhak Perlman, Yo-Yo Ma, Janos Starker, Tossy Spivakovsky, Artur Balsam, Gregor Piatigorsky, Jacob Krachmalnick, David Madison, Samuel Lifschey, Juilliard String Quartet, Members of the Philadelphia Woodwind Quintet, Cleveland Orchestra, Eastman Rochester Symphony Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Howard Hanson, George Szell, Claus Peter Flor, Vaclav Neumann, Libor Pesek und weitere

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Schumann: Fantasie op. 17; Kinderszenen op. 15
+Mozart: Fantasien KV 396 & 475; Klaviersonate Nr. 14 c-moll KV 457
+Chopin: Klaviersonate Nr. 3 h-moll op. 58; Cellosonate g-moll op. 65
+Martinu: Klavierkonzerte Nr. 2-4; Cellosonaten Nr. 1-3; Klaviersonate Nr. 1; Etüden C-Dur, F-Dur, F-Dur, A-Dur; Les Ritournelles; Fantaisie et Toccata; Polkas D-Dur, E-Dur, F-Dur, A-Dur; Moderato aus Julietta; Pastorale
+Janacek: Concertino für Klavier & Kammerensemble (in zwei Einspielungen); Capriccio für Klavier linke Hand & Kammerensemble; Klaviersonate 1.10.1905 (in zwei Einspielungen); Im Nebel (in zwei Einspielungen); Auf verwachsenem Pfade Heft 1 & 2 (Heft 1 in zwei Einspielungen); Eine Erinnerung
+Dvorak: Klavierkonzert op. 33 (in zwei Einspielungen); Klavierquintette Nr. 1 & 2 (Nr. 2 in zwei Einspielungen); Klavierquartette Nr. 1 & 2; Klaviertrio Nr. 4 (5. Satz); Bagatellen op. 47 für 2 Violinen, Cello, Harmonium; Humoreske op. 101 Nr. 1; Zigeunerlieder op. 55 Nr. 4 & 5
+Franck: Symphonie d-moll; Symphonische Variationen für Klavier & Orchester
+Schubert: Impromptus D. 899 & 935
+Barber: Knoxville - Summer of 1915 op. 24; 4 Excursions op. 20
+Hanson: Klavierkonzert
+Beethoven: Violinsonate Nr. 10
+Paganini: Violinsonate op. 3 Nr. 8; Caprice op. 1 Nr. 24
+Tschaikowsky: Valse-Scherzo op. 34
+Kreisler: Caprice viennois op. 34
+Sarasate: Introduction et Tarantelle op. 43
+Prokofieff: Cellosonate op. 119
+Gabriela Benackkova singt Lieder von Dvorak, Martinu, Janacek (mit Rudolf Firkusny, Klavier)

Künstler: Rudolf Firkusny, Frederica von Stade, Gabriela Benackova, Itzhak Perlman, Yo-Yo Ma, Janos Starker, Tossy Spivakovsky, Artur Balsam, Gregor Piatigorsky, Jacob Krachmalnick, David Madison, Samuel Lifschey, Juilliard String Quartet, Members of the Philadelphia Woodwind Quintet, Eastman Rochester Symphony Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Howard Hanson, George Szell, Claus Peter Flor, Vaclav Neumann, Libor Pesek
Label: Sony, ADD, 1949-1993
Erscheinungstermin: 13.9.2019

Ein Geheimtipp ist Rudolf Firkusny, der sowohl bei Cortot als auch bei Schnabel studierte, eigentlich nicht. Doch hat man ihn bisher etwas zu einseitig als Meisterinterpreten tschechischer Komponisten wie Dvorák, Janácek oder Martinu wahrgenommen. Die 18 CDs, davon allein neun erstmals digitalisiert, zeigen seine facettenreiche Persönlichkeit in Aufnahmen von 1949 bis 1993 auch bei Werken von Mozart und Schumann, Barber und Franck.

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Rudolf Firkušný’s RCA and American Columbia Recordings To mark the 25th anniversary of the renowned Czech pianist’s death, Sony Classical proudly presents a comprehensive collection of the recordings made by Rudolf Firkušný for American Columbia and RCA Red Seal between 1949 and 1993. Born in 1912 in Napajedla (Moravia), Firkušný was taught by some of the outstanding musical figures of his time: piano and composition in Brno for ten years by Janáček (who exclaimed about him: “Such talent is born once in a century”), piano by Vilém Kurz in Prague, and composition by Dvořák’s son-in-law Josef Suk, also in Prague. Later – thanks to support from Tomáš Masaryk, Czechoslovakia’s first president – he studied piano with Alfred Cortot in Paris and with Artur Schnabel in Berlin and Italy. During the 1930s Firkušný achieved international fame as an interpreter of the core concerto, chamber and solo repertoire. But his unique reputation today rests chiefly on his unequalled mastery in the piano music of his Czech compatriots Dvořák, Janáček and Martinů. “If you have not heard Firkušný in these works,” wrote one critic in 1995, “you have not really heard them at all.” He was often referred to as “the world’s foremost exponent of Czech music”. Firkušný’s recording career, which spanned half a decade, began in earnest at Columbia’s 30th Street studio after he had fled Nazi Europe and settled in New York. There, starting in 1949, he set down memorable interpretations of Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann and Chopin, as well as Samuel Barber and Howard Hanson – among the many American composers whose works he premiered. All of these are, of course, included in Sony Classical’s new collection. It was in 1953 that Firkušný first recorded Janáček’s piano works – including the Concertino with principals from the Philadelphia Orchestra – when these masterpieces were hardly known outside of Czechoslovakia. Two years later, with the Cleveland Orchestra under George Szell – with whom he had first performed the piece in 1933 – he made his “wonderful” (ClassicsToday) first recording of Dvořák’s then still neglected Piano Concerto, playing his teacher Vilém Kurz’s revision of the piano part – the composer’s original was considered virtually unplayable. At Columbia’s 30th Street Studio in 1975–76 with the Juilliard Quartet, Firkušný made a “superb” (Gramophone) recording of the Dvořák Piano Quintet and Bagatelles, as well as “admirably decisive performances” (Gramophone) of Dvořák’s two Piano Quartets. Having memorably recorded the Chopin and Prokofiev Cello Sonatas for RCA in 1965 with Gregor Piatigorsky, Firkušný signed with the label in the late 1980s and proceeded to document the “Indian summer” of his career. In 1988 in London, joined by the Royal Philharmonic under Claus Peter Flor, he recorded Franck’s Symphonic Variations with “an enlivening sense of rhythm … impeccable poise and style” ClassicsToday). The next year, he made an album of solo piano music by Martinů, largely composed for him (“Firkušný’s performances are revelatory, not only of the stature of this music and his love for it, but of a deeply musical pianism … The recording is all that one could wish for” – Gramophone). He followed that up with new recordings of works he had committed to disc earlier: the Dvořák Piano Concerto – this time using the composer’s original piano part – with the Czech Philharmonic under Václav Neumann (“definitive” – MusicWeb); the Dvořák Piano Quintet (with the Ridge String Quartet); the Janáček solo works (“Firkušný’s quickness of response, his sensitivity of phrase, his ability to seek out the essence of Janáček’s lyrical statements in a brief melodic curve are as rewarding as ever” – Gramophone); and the Janáček Concertino and Capriccio with Czech soloists during a highly acclaimed return to Prague in 1991 following the country’s liberation. In New York, he also recorded Martinů’s Cello Sonatas with János Starker (“Firkušný’s authority in this repertoire is unchallenged, and Starker has a natural eloquence” – Penguin Guide) and a recital of songs by Dvořák, Janáček and Martinů with soprano Gabriela Beňačková (“a record of great and rare beauty” – Gramophone). Firkušný’s final recording, made at the Rudolfinum in Prague in 1993 and released posthumously, was of three Piano Concertos by Martinů, two of which were composed for him. Gramophone’s reviewer called the disc “a revelation … The Czech Philharmonic under Libor Pešek give Firkušný dedicated and sympathetic support … What is also astonishing is that at no time does Firkušný’s playing betray an inkling of his years: he was 81 when these performances were given! … He was an aristocrat among pianists and this is a worthy memorial to him.” Rudolf Firkušný was also a distinguished teacher at New York’s Juilliard School from 1965 until his death in 1994. He is buried near Janáček in Brno’s Central Cemetery.

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Mitwirkende

Disk 1 von 18 (CD)

Fantasie in C Major, Op. 17 - Remastered

1 I. Durchaus phantastisch und leidenschaftlich vorzutragen
2 II. Mässig. Durchaus energisch
3 Iii. Langsam Getragen. Durchweg Leise Zu Halten

4 Robert Schumann: Kinderszenen, Op. 15: No. 7, Träumerei - Remastered

Disk 2 von 18 (CD)

1 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Fantasia in C Minor for Piano, K. 475 - Remastered

Piano Sonata No. 14 in C Minor, K. 457 - Remastered

2 I. Allegro
3 II. Adagio
4 Iii. Molto Allegro

5 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Fantasia in C Minor for Piano, K. 396 - Remastered

Piano Sonata No. 3 in B Minor, Op. 58 - Remastered

6 I. Allegro maestoso
7 II. Scherzo - Molto vivace
8 Iii. Largo
9 IV. Finale - Presto, ma non tanto

Disk 3 von 18 (CD)

1 Fritz Kreisler: Caprice viennois, Op. 2 - Remastered
2 Peter Iljitsch Tschaikowsky: Valse-scherzo in C Major, Op. 34 - Remastered
3 Niccolo Paganini: Violin Sonata in G Major, Op. 3, No. 2 - Remastered
4 Niccolo Paganini: Caprice in A Minor, Op. 1, No. 24 - Remastered
5 Pablo de Sarasate: Introduction et Tarantelle, Op. 43 - Remastered

Violin Sonata No.10 in G Major, Op.96 - Remastered

6 I. Allegro moderato
7 II. Adagio espressivo
8 Iii. Scherzo. Allegro
9 IV. Poco Allegretto

Disk 4 von 18 (CD)

1 Samuel Barber: Knoxville: Summer of 1915, Op. 24 - Remastered

Four Excursions, Op. 20 - Remastered

2 No. 1. Un poco allegro
3 No. 2. In Slow Blues Tempo
4 No. 3. Allegretto
5 No. 4. Allegro molto

Piano Concerto in G Major, Op. 36 - Remastered

6 I. Lento molto e molto tranquillo. Allegro deciso
7 II. Allegro molto ritmico
8 Iii. Andante Molto Espressione
9 IV. Allegro giocoso

Disk 5 von 18 (CD)

Four Impromptus, D. 899, Op. 90 - Remastered

1 Impromptu No. 1 in C Minor
2 Impromptu No. 2 in E-Flat Major
3 Impromptu No. 3 in G-Flat Major
4 Impromptu No. 4 in A-Flat Major

Four Impromptus, D. 935, Op. 142 - Remastered

5 Impromptu No. 1 in F Minor
6 Impromtu No. 2 in A-Flat Major
7 Impromptu No. in 3 B-Flat Major
8 Impromptu No. 4 in F Minor

Disk 6 von 18 (CD)

On The Overgrown Path, Jw Viii/17, Book 1 - Remastered

1 I. Our Evenings
2 II. A Blown-away Leaf
3 Iii. Come Along With Us!
4 IV. The Virgin of Frydek
5 V. They Chattered Like Swallows
6 VI. Words Fail!
7 Vii. Good Night!
8 Viii. Unutterable Anguish
9 IX. In Tears
10 X. The Barn Owl Has Not Flown Away!

Piano Sonata 1.X.1905, Jw Viii/19 - Remastered

11 I. Presentiment (Con Moto)
12 II. Death (Adagio)

In The Mists, Jw Viii/22 - Remastered

13 I. Andante
14 II. Molto Adagio
15 Iii. Andantino
16 IV. Presto

Concertino, Jw Vii/11 - Remastered

17 I. Moderato
18 II. Piu mosso
19 Iii. Con Moto
20 IV. Allegro

Disk 7 von 18 (CD)

Piano Concerto in G Minor, Op. 33

1 I. Allegro agitato
2 II. Andante sostenuto
3 Iii. Finale. Allegro Con Fuoco

Disk 8 von 18 (CD)

Sonata for Cello and Piano in G Minor, Op. 65 - Remastered

1 I. Allegro moderato
2 II. Scherzo - Allegro con brio
3 Iii. Largo
4 IV. Finale - Allegro

Sonata for Cello and Piano in C Major, Op. 119 - Remastered

5 I. Andante grave
6 II. Moderato
7 Iii. Allegro, Ma Non Troppo

Disk 9 von 18 (CD)

Piano Quintet in A Major, Op. 81

1 I. Allegro ma non tanto
2 II. Dumka: Andante con moto
3 Iii. Scherzo - Furiant. Molto Vivace
4 IV. Finale. Allegro

Bagatelles for 2 Violins, Cello and Harmonium, Op. 47

5 I. Allegro scherzando
6 II. Tempo di menuetto: Grazioso
7 Iii. Allegretto Scherzando
8 IV. Canon: Andante con moto
9 V. Poco allegro

Disk 10 von 18 (CD)

Piano Quartet No. 1 in D Major, Op. 23

1 I. Allegro Moderato
2 II. Thema & Variazioni. Andantino
3 Iii. Allegretto Scherzando

Piano Quartet No. 2 in E-flat Major, Op. 87

4 I. Allegro con fuoco
5 II. Lento
6 Iii. Allegro Moderato
7 IV. Allegro ma non troppo

Disk 11 von 18 (CD)

Les Ritournelles, H.227

1 I. Andante
2 II. Andante moderato
3 Iii. Intermezzo No. 1: Andantino
4 IV. Andante
5 V. Intermezzo No. 2: Andante
6 VI. Allegro vivo

Fantaisie et Toccata, H.281

7 Fantasie
8 Toccata

Piano Sonata No.1, H.350

9 I. Poco allegro
10 II. Moderato (Poco andante)
11 Iii. Adagio. Poco Allegro

12 Bohuslav Martinu: Julietta, H.253, Act II, Scene 3: Moderato
13 Bohuslav Martinu: Etudes and Polkas, H 308, Book II: Etude in C Major
14 Bohuslav Martinu: Etudes and Polkas, H 308, Book II: Polka in F Major
15 Bohuslav Martinu: Etudes and Polkas, H 308, Book I: Etude in A Major
16 Bohuslav Martinu: Etudes and Polkas, H 308, Book I: Pastorale
17 Bohuslav Martinu: Etudes and Polkas, H 308, Book II: Etude in F Major
18 Bohuslav Martinu: Etudes and Polkas, H 308, Book II: Polka in E Major
19 Bohuslav Martinu: Etudes and Polkas, H 308, Book I: Polka in D Major
20 Bohuslav Martinu: Etudes And Polkas, H 308, Book Iii: Polka In A Major
21 Bohuslav Martinu: Etudes And Polkas, H 308, Book Iii: Etude In F Major

Disk 12 von 18 (CD)

Symphony In D Minor, Fwv 48

1 I. Lento, Allegro non troppo
2 II. Allegretto
3 Iii. Allegro Non Troppo

Symphonic Variations For Piano And Orchestra, Fwv 46

4 Poco allegro
5 Molto piu lento
6 Allegro non troppo

Disk 13 von 18 (CD)

Piano Sonata 1.X.1905, Jw Viii/19

1 I. Presentiment
2 II. Death

On The Overgrown Path, Jw Viii/17, Book 1

3 I. Our Evenings
4 II. A Blown-away Leaf
5 Iii. Come Along With Us!
6 IV. The Virgin of Frydek
7 V. They Chattered Like Swallows
8 VI. Words Fail!
9 Vii. Good Night!
10 Viii. Unutterable Anguish
11 IX. In Tears
12 X. The Barn Owl Has Not Flown Away!

On The Overgrown Path, Jw Viii/17, Book 2

13 I. Andante
14 II. Allegretto. Presto
15 Iii. Piu Mosso
16 IV. Allegro. Adagio
17 V. Vivo

18 Leos Janacek: A Recollection, Viii/32

In The Mists, Jw Viii/22

19 I. Andante
20 II. Molto Adagio
21 Iii. Andantino
22 IV. Presto

Disk 14 von 18 (CD)

Piano Quintet No. 2 in A Major, Op. 81, B. 155

1 I. Andante
2 II. Dumka: Andante con moto
3 Iii. Scherzo-Furiant. Molto Vivace
4 IV. Finale. Allegro

Piano Quintet No. 1 in A Major, Op. 5

5 I. Allegro ma non tanto
6 II. Andante sostenuto
7 Iii. Finale. Allegro Con Brio

8 Antonin Dvorak: 8 Humoresques, Op. 101, B. 187: No. 1. Vivace in E-Flat Major
9 Antonin Dvorak: Gypsy Songs, Op. 55: No. 4, When My Mother Taught Me to Sing - No. 5, The Strings Are Tuned
10 Antonin Dvorak: Piano Trio No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 90, B. 166: 'Dumky', V. Allegro

Disk 15 von 18 (CD)

Piano Concerto in G Minor, Op. 33, B.63

1 I. Allegro agitato
2 II. Andante sostenuto
3 Iii. Finale. Allegro Con Fuoco

Concertino For Piano And Chamber Ensemble, Jw Vii/11

4 I. Moderato
5 II. Piu mosso
6 Iii. Con Moto
7 IV. Allegro

Capriccio For Piano (Left Hand) And Chamber Ensemble, Jw Vii/12

8 I. Allegro
9 II. Adagio
10 Iii. Allegretto
11 IV. Andante

Disk 16 von 18 (CD)

Sonata No. 1 for Cello and Piano, H. 277

1 I. Poco allegro
2 II. Lento
3 Iii. Allegro Con Brio

Sonata No. 2 for Cello and Piano, H. 286

4 I. Allegro
5 II. Largo
6 Iii. Allegro Comodo

Sonata No. 3 for Cello and Piano, H. 340

7 I. Poco Andante. Moderato
8 II. Andante
9 Iii. Allegro Ma Non Presto

Disk 17 von 18 (CD)

Pisne milostne (Love Songs), Op. 83, B. 160

1 No. 1: O nasi lasce (Oh, For Our Love)
2 No. 2: V tak mnohem srdci (In Many a Heart)
3 No. 4: Ja vim, ze v sladke nadeji (I Know And Sweetly Hope)
4 No. 7: V te sladke moci oci tvych (In the Sweet Power of Your Eyes)

Ciganske melodie (Gypsy Songs), Op. 55. B. 104

5 No. 1: Ma pisen (My Song)
6 No. 2: Aj! Kterak trojhranec muj! (Ay! How Sweetly My Triangle Rings)
7 No. 3: A les je tichy (And the Woods Are Silent)
8 No. 4: Kdyz mne stara matka zpivat' ucivala (When My Mother Taught Me to Sing)
9 No. 5: Struna naladena (The Strings Are Tuned)
10 No. 6: Siroke rukavy a siroke gate (Wide Sleeves And Wide Trousers)
11 No. 7: Dejte klec jestrabu (Offer a Hawk a Cage)

Pisnicky na jednu stranku (Songs on One Page), H.294

12 No. 1: Rosicka (Dew)
13 No. 2: Otevreni sloveckem (Unlocking With a Word)
14 No. 3: Cesta k mile (Going to My Love)
15 No. 4: Chodnicek (The Path)
16 No. 5: U mamenky (At Mother's)
17 No. 6: Sen Panny Marie (The Virgin Mary's Dream)
18 No. 7: Rozmaryn (Rosemary)

Moravska lidova poesie v pisnich (Moravian Folk Poetry in Song), JW V/2

19 No. 19: Perecko (Nosegay)
20 No. 29: Psanicko (A Letter)
21 No. 47: Bolava hlava (Wounded Head)
22 No. 27: Hajny (The Forester)

V narodnim tonu (In Folk Tone), Op. 73, B.146

23 No. 1: Dobru noc (Good Night)
24 No. 2: Zalo dievca (A Maiden Was Mowing)
25 No. 3: Ach, neni tu (Ah, It Is Not Here)
26 No. 4: Ej, mam ja kona straku (Ah, I Have a Piebald Horse)

Biblicke pisne (Biblical Songs), Op. 99, B. 185

27 No. 5: Boze! Boze! pisen novou (God! God! A New Song)
28 No. 7: Pri rekach babylonskych (By the Rivers of Babylon)
29 No. 10: Zpivejte Hospodinu (Sing Unto the Lord)

Disk 18 von 18 (CD)

Piano Concerto No.2, H.237

1 I. Allegro moderato
2 II. Poco andante
3 Iii. Poco Allegro

Piano Concerto No.3, H.316

4 I. Allegro
5 II. Andante poco moderato
6 Iii. Moderato. Allegro

Piano Concerto No.4, H.358 'Incantation'

7 I. Poco allegro
8 II. Poco moderato

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