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Orfeo 40th Anniversary - Legendary Pianists
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Orfeo 40th Anniversary - Legendary Pianists

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Composer
VARIOUS
Artist
Various
Format
CD
Label
Orfeo
Released
Oct 09, 2020
Catalog #
ORF-C200071
UPC
4011790200712

About

When the ORFEO label was established in Munich 40 years ago, few would have predicted that the record company would develop into a firmly established player in the classical music market. One of the label’s priorities in the early years was vocal music, with opera rarities top of the list and, since the mid 1980s, the re-use of historic tape recordings. Big names featured on the label’s own productions, while ORFEO also developed into a talent factory for discovering and nurturing young artists. This Legendary Pianists 10-disc boxed set continues the series marking ORFEO’s 40th anniversary and features nine pianists in historical and modern recordings dating from the 1950s to the 2000s.

REVIEW:

This edition should be quite intriguing to collectors who surely will find a set of names quite different from what they might have chosen. It does not claim to be definitive; a collection, not the collection. There are ten CDs in the box featuring nine artists recorded live or recorded for broadcast, giving a sense of hearing an actual performance that contributes a heightened sense of you-are-there. Repertoire consists of mainly concertos from Bach to Brahms, via Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert and Schumann. Also, a handful of variations, etc. This is a most attractive collection of pure pleasure.

-- The Whole Note

But for Kempff at his most unbridled you need to hear 1956 WDR Cologne radio recordings of Beethoven’s Op 111 and Schumann’s Fantasie, where bass chords are augmented and the sense of uplift is so acute that you could as well be listening to Schnabel, Cortot, or Fischer live. The disc is one of 10 in Orfeo’s Legendary Pianists, which opens with the player Furtwängler described as ‘the troubadour of the piano’, Géza Anda, who fits that description like a glove in Beethoven’s First Concerto recorded in Munich under Rafael Kubelík, whereas Brahms’s Second Concerto with the same artists fans the flames with consistent intensity, the second movement especially. In the same collection, Gulda plays concertos by Beethoven and Schumann, a rather brittle-sounding Oleg Maisenberg is compelling in Schubert (including the Wanderer Fantasy), Konstantin Lifschitz brings a Gouldian tautness to the seven Bach keyboard concertos (greatly extending the cadenza in BWV1052’s finale), Carl Seemann is characteristically considered in Mozart’s Concertos K449 and 503, Gerhard Oppitz plays Brahms’s Third Sonata (the second movement being significantly broader than on his RCA recording) and we’re given the Third and Fifth Beethoven Concertos from the cycle that Rudolf Serkin and Kubelík recorded in 1977, a much-underrated set.

-- Gramophone

Tracklist 68 tracks

  1. Disc 1
  2. 1 I. Allegro con brio 13:35
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro con brio
    Duration
    13:35
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Géza Anda
    Ensemble
    Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Rafael Kubelík
  3. 2 II. Largo 09:36
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Largo
    Duration
    09:36
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Géza Anda
    Ensemble
    Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Rafael Kubelík
  4. 3 III. Rondo: Allegro 08:29
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Rondo: Allegro
    Duration
    08:29
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Géza Anda
    Ensemble
    Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Rafael Kubelík
  5. 4 I. Allegro non troppo 17:18
    Track
    4
    Title
    I. Allegro non troppo
    Duration
    17:18
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Géza Anda
    Ensemble
    Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Rafael Kubelík
  6. 5 II. Allegro appassionato 08:42
    Track
    5
    Title
    II. Allegro appassionato
    Duration
    08:42
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Géza Anda
    Ensemble
    Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Rafael Kubelík
  7. 6 III. Andante 11:12
    Track
    6
    Title
    III. Andante
    Duration
    11:12
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Géza Anda
    Ensemble
    Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Rafael Kubelík
  8. 7 IV. Allegretto grazioso 09:08
    Track
    7
    Title
    IV. Allegretto grazioso
    Duration
    09:08
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Géza Anda
    Ensemble
    Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Rafael Kubelík
  9. Disc 2
  10. 1 15 Variations and a Fugue on an Original Theme in E-Flat Major, Op. 35, "Eroica Variations" 22:48
    Track
    1
    Title
    15 Variations and a Fugue on an Original Theme in E-Flat Major, Op. 35, "Eroica Variations"
    Duration
    22:48
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Bruno-Leonardo Gelber
  11. 2 6 Easy Variations on an Original Theme in G Major, WoO 77 08:42
    Track
    2
    Title
    6 Easy Variations on an Original Theme in G Major, WoO 77
    Duration
    08:42
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Bruno-Leonardo Gelber
  12. 3 32 Variations in C Minor, WoO 80 12:25
    Track
    3
    Title
    32 Variations in C Minor, WoO 80
    Duration
    12:25
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Bruno-Leonardo Gelber
  13. Disc 3
  14. 1 I. Allegro moderato 17:13
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro moderato
    Duration
    17:13
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Friedrich Gulda
    Ensemble
    Wiener Symphoniker
    Conductor
    Friedrich Gulda
  15. 2 II. Andante con moto 03:59
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Andante con moto
    Duration
    03:59
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Friedrich Gulda
    Ensemble
    Wiener Symphoniker
    Conductor
    Friedrich Gulda
  16. 3 III. Rondo: Vivace 09:47
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Rondo: Vivace
    Duration
    09:47
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Friedrich Gulda
    Ensemble
    Wiener Symphoniker
    Conductor
    Friedrich Gulda
  17. 4 I. Allegro affettuoso 14:01
    Track
    4
    Title
    I. Allegro affettuoso
    Duration
    14:01
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Friedrich Gulda
    Ensemble
    Wiener Symphoniker
    Conductor
    Joseph Keilberth
  18. 5 II. Intermezzo: Andantino grazioso 04:28
    Track
    5
    Title
    II. Intermezzo: Andantino grazioso
    Duration
    04:28
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Friedrich Gulda
    Ensemble
    Wiener Symphoniker
    Conductor
    Joseph Keilberth
  19. 6 III. Allegro vivace 10:31
    Track
    6
    Title
    III. Allegro vivace
    Duration
    10:31
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Friedrich Gulda
    Ensemble
    Wiener Symphoniker
    Conductor
    Joseph Keilberth
  20. Disc 4
  21. 1 I. Durchaus phantastisch und leidenschaftlich vorzutragen - Im Legendenton - Erstes tempo 10:59
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Durchaus phantastisch und leidenschaftlich vorzutragen - Im Legendenton - Erstes tempo
    Duration
    10:59
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Wilhelm Kempff
  22. 2 II. Mäßig 07:50
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Mäßig
    Duration
    07:50
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Wilhelm Kempff
  23. 3 III. Langsam getragen 10:36
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Langsam getragen
    Duration
    10:36
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Wilhelm Kempff
  24. 4 I. Maestoso - Allegro con brio ed appassionato 08:45
    Track
    4
    Title
    I. Maestoso - Allegro con brio ed appassionato
    Duration
    08:45
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Wilhelm Kempff
  25. 5 II. Arietta: Adagio molto semplice e cantabile 14:57
    Track
    5
    Title
    II. Arietta: Adagio molto semplice e cantabile
    Duration
    14:57
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Wilhelm Kempff
  26. Disc 5
  27. 1 Fantasy in C Major, Op. 15, D. 760, "Wandererfantasie" 22:05
    Track
    1
    Title
    Fantasy in C Major, Op. 15, D. 760, "Wandererfantasie"
    Duration
    22:05
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    Oleg Maisenberg
  28. 2 I. Allegro giusto 10:59
    Track
    2
    Title
    I. Allegro giusto
    Duration
    10:59
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    Oleg Maisenberg
  29. 3 II. Andante 04:55
    Track
    3
    Title
    II. Andante
    Duration
    04:55
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    Oleg Maisenberg
  30. 4 III. Allegro vivace 04:54
    Track
    4
    Title
    III. Allegro vivace
    Duration
    04:54
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    Oleg Maisenberg
  31. 5 Allegretto in C Minor, D. 900 (fragment) - Andantino in C Major, D. 348 (fragment) 05:15
    Track
    5
    Title
    Allegretto in C Minor, D. 900 (fragment) - Andantino in C Major, D. 348 (fragment)
    Duration
    05:15
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    Oleg Maisenberg
  32. Disc 6
  33. 1 I. Allegro 07:04
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    07:04
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Konstantin Lifschitz
    Ensemble
    Stuttgarter Kammerorchester
    Conductor
    Konstantin Lifschitz
  34. 2 II. Adagio 06:25
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Adagio
    Duration
    06:25
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Konstantin Lifschitz
    Ensemble
    Stuttgarter Kammerorchester
    Conductor
    Konstantin Lifschitz
  35. 3 III. Allegro (cadenza by J. Brahms) 07:40
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Allegro (cadenza by J. Brahms)
    Duration
    07:40
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Konstantin Lifschitz
    Ensemble
    Stuttgarter Kammerorchester
    Conductor
    Konstantin Lifschitz
  36. 4 I. Allegro 07:39
    Track
    4
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    07:39
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Konstantin Lifschitz
    Ensemble
    Stuttgarter Kammerorchester
    Conductor
    Konstantin Lifschitz
  37. 5 II. Siciliano 04:47
    Track
    5
    Title
    II. Siciliano
    Duration
    04:47
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Konstantin Lifschitz
    Ensemble
    Stuttgarter Kammerorchester
    Conductor
    Konstantin Lifschitz
  38. 6 III. Allegro 05:50
    Track
    6
    Title
    III. Allegro
    Duration
    05:50
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Konstantin Lifschitz
    Ensemble
    Stuttgarter Kammerorchester
    Conductor
    Konstantin Lifschitz
  39. 7 I. [Allegro] 06:58
    Track
    7
    Title
    I. [Allegro]
    Duration
    06:58
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Konstantin Lifschitz
    Ensemble
    Stuttgarter Kammerorchester
    Conductor
    Konstantin Lifschitz
  40. 8 II. Adagio e sempre piano 06:06
    Track
    8
    Title
    II. Adagio e sempre piano
    Duration
    06:06
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Konstantin Lifschitz
    Ensemble
    Stuttgarter Kammerorchester
    Conductor
    Konstantin Lifschitz
  41. 9 III. Allegro 02:33
    Track
    9
    Title
    III. Allegro
    Duration
    02:33
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Konstantin Lifschitz
    Ensemble
    Stuttgarter Kammerorchester
    Conductor
    Konstantin Lifschitz
  42. Disc 7
  43. 1 I. Allegro moderato 03:46
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro moderato
    Duration
    03:46
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Konstantin Lifschitz
    Ensemble
    Stuttgarter Kammerorchester
    Conductor
    Konstantin Lifschitz
  44. 2 II. Larghetto 05:43
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Larghetto
    Duration
    05:43
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Konstantin Lifschitz
    Ensemble
    Stuttgarter Kammerorchester
    Conductor
    Konstantin Lifschitz
  45. 3 III. Allegro ma non tanto 04:43
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Allegro ma non tanto
    Duration
    04:43
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Konstantin Lifschitz
    Ensemble
    Stuttgarter Kammerorchester
    Conductor
    Konstantin Lifschitz
  46. 4 I. Allegro moderato 03:26
    Track
    4
    Title
    I. Allegro moderato
    Duration
    03:26
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Konstantin Lifschitz
    Ensemble
    Stuttgarter Kammerorchester
    Conductor
    Konstantin Lifschitz
  47. 5 II. Largo 02:53
    Track
    5
    Title
    II. Largo
    Duration
    02:53
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Konstantin Lifschitz
    Ensemble
    Stuttgarter Kammerorchester
    Conductor
    Konstantin Lifschitz
  48. 6 III. Presto 03:08
    Track
    6
    Title
    III. Presto
    Duration
    03:08
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Konstantin Lifschitz
    Ensemble
    Stuttgarter Kammerorchester
    Conductor
    Konstantin Lifschitz
  49. 7 I. Allegro 06:55
    Track
    7
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    06:55
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Konstantin Lifschitz
    Ensemble
    Stuttgarter Kammerorchester
    Conductor
    Konstantin Lifschitz
  50. 8 II. Andante 04:05
    Track
    8
    Title
    II. Andante
    Duration
    04:05
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Konstantin Lifschitz
    Ensemble
    Stuttgarter Kammerorchester
    Conductor
    Konstantin Lifschitz
  51. 9 III. Allegro assai 04:49
    Track
    9
    Title
    III. Allegro assai
    Duration
    04:49
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Konstantin Lifschitz
    Ensemble
    Stuttgarter Kammerorchester
    Conductor
    Konstantin Lifschitz
  52. 10 I. Allegro 03:13
    Track
    10
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    03:13
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Konstantin Lifschitz
    Ensemble
    Stuttgarter Kammerorchester
    Conductor
    Konstantin Lifschitz
  53. 11 II. Andante 06:02
    Track
    11
    Title
    II. Andante
    Duration
    06:02
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Konstantin Lifschitz
    Ensemble
    Stuttgarter Kammerorchester
    Conductor
    Konstantin Lifschitz
  54. 12 III. Allegro assai 03:36
    Track
    12
    Title
    III. Allegro assai
    Duration
    03:36
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Konstantin Lifschitz
    Ensemble
    Stuttgarter Kammerorchester
    Conductor
    Konstantin Lifschitz
  55. Disc 8
  56. 1 I. Allegro maestoso 16:34
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro maestoso
    Duration
    16:34
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Carl Seemann
    Ensemble
    NDR Sinfonieorchester
    Conductor
    Wilfried Boettcher
  57. 2 II. Andante 08:37
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Andante
    Duration
    08:37
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Carl Seemann
    Ensemble
    NDR Sinfonieorchester
    Conductor
    Wilfried Boettcher
  58. 3 III. Allegretto 09:42
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Allegretto
    Duration
    09:42
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Carl Seemann
    Ensemble
    NDR Sinfonieorchester
    Conductor
    Wilfried Boettcher
  59. 4 I. Allegro vivace 08:34
    Track
    4
    Title
    I. Allegro vivace
    Duration
    08:34
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Carl Seemann
    Ensemble
    NDR Sinfonieorchester
    Conductor
    Leopold Hager
  60. 5 II. Andantino 06:09
    Track
    5
    Title
    II. Andantino
    Duration
    06:09
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Carl Seemann
    Ensemble
    NDR Sinfonieorchester
    Conductor
    Leopold Hager
  61. 6 III. Allegro ma non troppo 05:33
    Track
    6
    Title
    III. Allegro ma non troppo
    Duration
    05:33
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Carl Seemann
    Ensemble
    NDR Sinfonieorchester
    Conductor
    Leopold Hager
  62. Disc 9
  63. 1 I. Allegro maestoso 10:32
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro maestoso
    Duration
    10:32
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Gerhard Oppitz
  64. 2 II. Andante espressivo 13:48
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Andante espressivo
    Duration
    13:48
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Gerhard Oppitz
  65. 3 III. Scherzo: Allegro energico 04:34
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Scherzo: Allegro energico
    Duration
    04:34
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Gerhard Oppitz
  66. 4 IV. Intermezzo (Ruckblick): Andante molto 03:20
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Intermezzo (Ruckblick): Andante molto
    Duration
    03:20
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Gerhard Oppitz
  67. 5 V. Finale: Allegro moderato ma rubato 07:27
    Track
    5
    Title
    V. Finale: Allegro moderato ma rubato
    Duration
    07:27
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Gerhard Oppitz
  68. 6 No. 1. Intermezzo in B Minor 04:36
    Track
    6
    Title
    No. 1. Intermezzo in B Minor
    Duration
    04:36
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Gerhard Oppitz
  69. 7 No. 2. Intermezzo in E Minor 04:41
    Track
    7
    Title
    No. 2. Intermezzo in E Minor
    Duration
    04:41
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Gerhard Oppitz
  70. 8 No. 3. Intermezzo in C Major 01:22
    Track
    8
    Title
    No. 3. Intermezzo in C Major
    Duration
    01:22
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Gerhard Oppitz
  71. 9 No. 4. Rhapsody in E-Flat Major 05:09
    Track
    9
    Title
    No. 4. Rhapsody in E-Flat Major
    Duration
    05:09
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Gerhard Oppitz
  72. Disc 10
  73. 1 I. Allegro con brio 16:14
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro con brio
    Duration
    16:14
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Rudolf Serkin
    Ensemble
    Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Rafael Kubelík
  74. 2 II. Largo 09:33
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Largo
    Duration
    09:33
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Rudolf Serkin
    Ensemble
    Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Rafael Kubelík
  75. 3 III. Rondo: Allegro scherzando 09:28
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Rondo: Allegro scherzando
    Duration
    09:28
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Rudolf Serkin
    Ensemble
    Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Rafael Kubelík
  76. 4 I. Allegro 20:26
    Track
    4
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    20:26
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Rudolf Serkin
    Ensemble
    Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Rafael Kubelík
  77. 5 II. Adagio un poco moto - 08:16
    Track
    5
    Title
    II. Adagio un poco moto -
    Duration
    08:16
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Rudolf Serkin
    Ensemble
    Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Rafael Kubelík
  78. 6 III. Rondo: Allegro 10:01
    Track
    6
    Title
    III. Rondo: Allegro
    Duration
    10:01
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Rudolf Serkin
    Ensemble
    Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Rafael Kubelík