The Essential Rudolf Serkin

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Label
Sony Masterworks
Release Date
July 29, 2008
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      BEETHOVEN MENDELSSOHN VARIOU
    • PERFORMER
      Rudolf Serkin
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      July 29, 2008
    • UPC
      886973082423
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      88697308242
    • LABEL
      Sony Masterworks
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      2
    • GENRE
      Chamber Music & Recitals
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Adagio sostenuto

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Rudolf Serkin

    2. II. Allegretto

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Rudolf Serkin

    3. III. Presto agitato

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Rudolf Serkin

    4. Prelude No. 1 in E Minor

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Performer: Rudolf Serkin

    5. Fugue No. 1 in E Minor

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Performer: Rudolf Serkin

    6. 4 Impromptus, Op. 142, D. 935: No. 2 in A-Flat Major

      Composer: Franz Schubert

      Performer: Rudolf Serkin

    7. 11 Bagatelles, Op. 119

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Rudolf Serkin

    8. Piano Sonata No. 21 in B-Flat Major, D. 960: II. Andante sostenuto

      Composer: Franz Schubert

      Performer: Rudolf Serkin

    9. Piano Quintet in F Minor, Op. 34: IV. Finale: Poco sostenuto

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Ensemble: Budapest String Quartet

      Performer: Rudolf Serkin

    10. Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-Flat Major, Op. 83: I. Allegro non troppo

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Ensemble: Cleveland Orchestra

      Performer: Rudolf Serkin

      Conductor: George Szell

    11. Introduction and Allegro appassionato, Op. 92

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Ensemble: Philadelphia Orchestra

      Performer: Rudolf Serkin

      Conductor: Eugene Ormandy

    12. Capriccio brillant, Op. 22, MWV O8

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Ensemble: Philadelphia Orchestra

      Performer: Rudolf Serkin

      Conductor: Eugene Ormandy

    13. I. Allegro

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Columbia Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Rudolf Serkin

      Conductor: George Szell

    14. II. Romance

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Columbia Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Rudolf Serkin

      Conductor: George Szell

    15. III. Rondo: Allegro assai

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Columbia Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Rudolf Serkin

      Conductor: George Szell


The purity and crystalline clarity of Serkin's piano playing helped him set new standards in the inpretation of Mozart, Schubert and especially Beethoven. Here are two discs of the Austrian master's definitive recordings: Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata and Eleven Bagatelles ; Mozart's treasured Piano Concerto No. 20 ; Schubert's Four Impromptus and Piano Sonata No. 21 in B-Flat Major, plus Schumann, Brahms and more!