The Complete 1940s Studio Recordings / Wilhelm Backhaus

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Label
APR
Release Date
November 20, 2020
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      BACH BEETHOVEN MOZART
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Berlin State Opera Orchestra
    • PERFORMER
      Backhaus, Zaun
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      November 20, 2020
    • UPC
      5024709156375
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      APR5637
    • LABEL
      APR
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Allegro

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Staatskapelle Berlin

      Performer: Wilhelm Backhaus

      Conductor: Fritz Zaun

    2. II. Larghetto

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Staatskapelle Berlin

      Performer: Wilhelm Backhaus

      Conductor: Fritz Zaun

    3. III. Allegretto

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Staatskapelle Berlin

      Performer: Wilhelm Backhaus

      Conductor: Fritz Zaun

    4. I. [Allegro]

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Wilhelm Backhaus

    5. II. Andante

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Wilhelm Backhaus

    6. III. Presto

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Wilhelm Backhaus

    7. Prelude No. 21 in B-Flat Major, BWV 890

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Wilhelm Backhaus

    8. Fugue No. 21 in B-Flat Major, BWV 890

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Wilhelm Backhaus

    9. I. Theme and Variations: Andante grazioso

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Performer: Wilhelm Backhaus

    10. II. Menuetto

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Performer: Wilhelm Backhaus

    11. III. Alla turca: Allegretto

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Performer: Wilhelm Backhaus

    12. I. Allegro

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Wilhelm Backhaus

    13. II. Scherzo: Allegretto vivace

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Wilhelm Backhaus

    14. III. Menuetto: Moderato e grazioso - Trio

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Wilhelm Backhaus

    15. IV. Presto con fuoco

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Wilhelm Backhaus

    16. 4 Impromptus, Op. 90, D. 899: No. 2 in E-Flat Major

      Composer: Franz Schubert

      Performer: Wilhelm Backhaus


German pianist, Wilhelm Backhaus (1884–1969) left a 60-year recorded legacy which began in 1908, but a major turning point came in 1950 when he switched allegiance from HMV to Decca. His last HMV recordings, included in this set, are amongst his least known and it appears that those from his final HMV sessions in Zürich in 1948 are reissued here for the first time. Backhaus had settled in Switzerland in the 1930s and although he continued to perform in Germany during the war, he only made one commercial recording, for HMV’s German affiliate Electrola. This recording, of Mozart’s ‘Coronation’ concerto, came about because of celebrations to mark the composer’s 150th anniversary and the result is particularly ebullient. Backhaus plays his own cadenzas and ornaments profusely in the slow movement, something very unusual in Mozart performance of the time. This exceptionally well-filled disc also includes full documentation explaining for the first time why Backhaus became disenchanted with HMV and left them for Decca.