| Description |
3 audio discs : digital, mono, stereo ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Physical Medium |
4 3/4 in. |
| Description |
digital |
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optical |
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1.4 m/s |
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stereo |
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mono |
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digital recording |
| Note |
Philips: 289 464 381-2 (289 464 382-2--289 464 384-2). |
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"This CD set has been designed to complement the television/video programme of the same name."--Insert, p. 2. |
| Performer |
Various performers. |
| Event |
Recorded 1922-1974. |
| Note |
Compact discs. |
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Biographical notes on the performers (27 p. : ports.) laid in container. |
| Contents |
v. 1. Hungarian rhapsody : in C sharp minor, S.244, no. 2 / Franz Liszt (Ignace Jan Paderewski) (8:30) -- Prelude in C sharp minor, op. 3, no. 2 / Sergei Rachmaninov (Josef Hofmann) (3:30) -- Moments musicaux : op. 16, no. 2 in E flat minor / Sergei Rachmaninov (Sergei Rachmaninov) (2:51) -- Prélude in B minor, op. 32, no. 10 / Sergei Rachmaninov (Benno Moiseiwitsch) (4:44) -- Etude in F major, op. 10, no. 8 / Frédéric Chopin (Vladimir Horowitz) (2:21) -- Variations on a theme from Bizet's Carmen / Bizet ; arr. Horowitz (Vladimir Horowitz) (3:30) -- Grand galop chromatique : S.219 / Franz Liszt (György Cziffra) (3:12) -- Sonata no. 23 in F minor, op. 57 : "Appassionata". Allegro assai / Ludwig van Beethoven (Myra Hess) (8:50) -- Polonaise in A flat major, op. 53 (6:14) ; Polonaise in A major, op. 40, no. 1 (3:36) / Frédéric Chopin (Artur Rubinstein) -- Etude in C major, op. 10, no. 7 / Frédéric Chopin (Francis Planté) (2:00) -- Kinderszenen : op. 15 / Robert Schumann (Alfred Cortot) (17:21). |
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v. 2. Concerto for piano and orchestra no. 4 in G major, op. 58 / Ludwig van Beethoven (Wilhelm Backhaus ; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra ; Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt) (33:00) -- Well-tempered clavier. Book 1. No. 1, Prelude & fugue in C major, BWV 846 (3:07) ; No. 8, Prelude in E flat minor & fugue in D sharp minor, BWV 853 (8:50) / Johann Sebastian Bach (Edwin Fischer) -- Sonata no. 23 in F minor, op. 57 : "Appassionata" / Ludwig van Beethoven (Emil Gilels) (26:00). |
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v. 3. Concerto for piano and orchestra no. 1 in B flat minor, op. 23 / Peter Tchaikovsky (Sviatoslav Richter ; Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra ; Evgeny Mravinsky) (34:00) -- Sonata in B minor, L.449 / Domenico Scarlatti (Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli) (2:45) -- La valse / Maurice Ravel ; arr. Gould (Glenn Gould) (11:36) -- Sonata no. 32 in C minor, op. 111 / Ludwig van Beethoven (Claudio Arrau) (29:00). |
| Subject |
Piano music.
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Piano music. |
| Genre/Form |
Piano music.
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| Subject |
Concertos (Piano)
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Concertos (Piano) |
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Piano music, Arranged.
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Piano music, Arranged. |
| Genre/Form |
Piano music, Arranged.
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Sound recordings.
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Sound recordings.
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| Added Author |
Paderewski, Ignace Jan, 1860-1941, performer.
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Hofmann, Josef, 1876-1957, performer.
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Rachmaninoff, Sergei, 1873-1943, performer.
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Moiseiwitsch, Benno, 1890-1963, performer.
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Horowitz, Vladimir, 1903-1989, performer.
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Cziffra, Georges, 1921-1994, performer.
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Hess, Myra, Dame, 1890-1965, performer.
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Rubinstein, Artur, 1887-1982, performer.
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Planté, Francis, 1839-1934, performer.
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Cortot, Alfred, 1877-1962, performer.
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Backhaus, Wilhelm, 1884-1969, performer.
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Fischer, Edwin, 1886-1960, performer.
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Gilels, Emil, performer.
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Richter, Sviatoslav, 1915-1997, performer.
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Michelangeli, Arturo Benedetti, 1920-1995, performer.
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Gould, Glenn, performer.
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Arrau, Claudio, 1903-1991, performer.
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Schmidt-Isserstedt, Hans, 1900-1973, conductor.
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Mravinsky, Yevgeny, 1903-1988, conductor.
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Wiener Philharmoniker, performer.
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Leningradskai͡a gosudarstvennai͡a filarmonii͡a. Akademicheskiĭ simfonicheskiĭ orkestr, performer.
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| Added Title |
Great pianists of the 20th century |
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Great pianists of the twentieth century |
| Music No. |
289 464 381-2 Philips |
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289 464 382-2 Philips |
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289 464 383-2 Philips |
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289 464 384-2 Philips |
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