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Schumann: Piano Concerto; Chopin: Piano Concerto no. 2 / Clara Haskil, piano

1 CD / Testament / 2012-06-12

Works: Robert Schumann: Concerto for Piano in A minor, Op. 54; Frédéric Chopin: Concerto for Piano no 2 in F minor, B 43/Op. 21
Performers: Haskil, Clara
Conductors: Kubelik, Rafael
Ensemble: Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra; Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire

In 1951, Clara Haskil signed an exclusive contract with Philips, which led to a series of recordings that only rarely satisfied her and which, according...continue...

Violinist Michael Rabin: The Unpublished Recordings, 1947 - 1971

3 CD / Testament / 2012-02-14

Works: Edouard Lalo: Symphonie espagnole, Op. 21; Niccolò Paganini: Caprices (24) for Violin solo, Op. 1; Caprice for solo violin in E flat major (Sostenuto-Andante), Op. 1/17, MS 25/17; Camille Sain...
Performers: Johannesen, Grant; Rabin, Jeanne; Rabin, Michael; Smith, Brooks
Conductors: Rozsnyai, Zoltán

Michael Rabin's musical voice may have been quiet the past forty years, but to violin aficionados his star still shines brightly. His discography is small,...continue...

Chopin: Etudes Op. 10 & 25 / Maurizio Pollini

1 CD / Testament / 2012-01-10

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Etudes (12) for Piano, Op. 10; Etudes (12) for Piano, Op. 25
Performers: Pollini, Maurizio

This outstanding recording of the complete Chopin Études by Maurizio Pollini is being published for the first time by Testament.

It was made by EMI at...continue...
Recording information: No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London (09/05/1960-09/16/1960)....continue...

The Studio Recordings 1954-1960: Michael Rabin, violin

6 CD / Testament / 2011-12-13

Works: Niccolò Paganini: Concerto for Violin no 1 in E flat major (usually transposed to D major), Op. 6, MS 21; Caprices (24) for Violin solo, Op. 1; Moto perpetuo for Violin and Orchestra in C major,...
Performers: Pommers, Leon; Rabin, Michael
Conductors: Matacic, Lovro von; Galliera, Alceo; Boult, Adrian; Goossens, Eugene, Sir; Slatkin, Felix

The story of the amazing violinist Michael Rabin is complicated and ultimately tragic. When his career should have been reaching the height of his success,...continue...
Recording information: 1954-1960....continue...

Recital: Royal Festival Hall London 1959

2 CD / Testament / 2010-01-12

Works: Recorded Sound: Applause; John Stafford Smith: The Star-spangled Banner; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sonata for Piano no 10 in C major, K 330 (300h); Frédéric Chopin: Scherzo for Piano no 3 in...
Performers: Cliburn, Van

After 23-year-old Van Cliburn of Texas won the Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow, taking with him both the hearts of the Russian people and his jury...continue...
Recording information: Royal Festival Hall, London (06/07/1959)....continue...

Mendelssohn, Chopin, Strauss: Cello Sonatas / Piatigorsky, Pennario, Firkunsny

1 CD / Testament / 2008-06-10

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Sonata for cello & piano no 2 in D major, Op. 58; Frédéric Chopin: Sonata for Cello and Piano in G minor, B 160/Op. 65; Richard Strauss: Sonata for Cello and Piano in F m...
Performers: Firkusny, Rudolf; Pennario, Leonard; Piatigorsky, Gregor

Recorded between 1966 and 1968, Gregor Piatigorsky (1903-1976) delivers firmly shaped readings of three cello sonatas, vividly transferred from original RCA Victor masters. Felix Mendelssohn...continue...

The Young Ashkenazy Vol 2 - Chopin, Liszt, et al

1 CD / Testament / 2006-11-14

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Ballade for Piano no 2 in F major/a minor, B 102/Op. 38; Mazurka for piano no 21 in C sharp minor, Op. 30/4, CT. 71; Mazurka for piano no 29 in A flat major, Op. 41/4, ...
Performers: Ashkenazy, Vladimir

The Young Ashkenazy Vol 1 - Chopin

1 CD / Testament / 2006-10-10

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Concerto for Piano no 2 in F minor, B 43/Op. 21; Etude for piano no 1 in C major, Op. 10/1, CT. 14; Etude for piano no 15 in F major, Op. 25/3, CT 28.; Barcarolle for Piano...
Performers: Ashkenazy, Vladimir
Conductors: Gorzynski, Zdizislaw

Dances of Poland / Wanda Landowska

1 CD / Testament / 2005-12-13

Works: Michal Kleofas Oginski: Polonaise for piano in A minor "Farewell to the Fatherland"; Polonaise for piano in G major; Jacob Polonais: Gagliardi, for harpsichord; Wanda Landowska: Bourrée d'Auverg...
Performers: Landowska, Wanda

"Testament restores two of Wanda Landowska's most treasurable and long-out-of-print albums. One is a 1951 collection of Polish dances, originally titled "Landowska plays for Paderewski"...continue...

Chopin: Piano Works / Wilhelm Backhaus

1 CD / Testament / 2004-05-01

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Sonata for Piano no 2 in B flat minor, Op. 35 "Funeral March"; Etude for piano no 2 in A minor, Op. 10/2, CT. 15; Etude for piano no 5 in G flat major, Op. 10/5, CT. 18...
Performers: Backhaus, Wilhelm

The Great Violinists - Recordings from 1900-1913

2 CD / Testament / 2004-02-01

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Sonata for Violin solo no 1 in G minor, BWV 1001; Partita for Violin solo no 1 in B minor, BWV 1002; Orchestral Suite no 3 in D major, BWV 1068; Joseph Joachim: Romance for vio...
Performers: Barcewicz, Stanislaw; Burmester, Willy; Creus, Camille de; Dessau, Bernhard; Gregorowicz, Karol; Hall, Marie; Joachim, Joseph; Kreisler, Fritz; Kubelík, Jan; Marteau, Henri; Rosé, Arnol...

Chopin, Schumann, Weber, Medtner, et al / Benno Moiseiwitsch

1 CD / Testament / 2001-04-10

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Preludes (24) for Piano, Op. 28; Robert Schumann: Kinderszenen, Op. 15; Carl Maria von Weber: Sonata for Piano no 1 in C major ("Perpetuum Mobile"), J. 138 (Op. 24); Sergey...
Performers: Moiseiwitsch, Benno

Beniamino Gigli - Songs (1949-1952)

1 CD / Testament / 1999-05-10

Works: Cittadini: Quando l'amore nasce; Alla danza; Umberto Giordano: Serenata malinconica; Ernesto de Curtis: Sona Chitarra! for voice & orchestra; Paese che 'ncatena!; Vito Carnevali: Ave Maria; Raffaele ...
Performers: Gigli, Beniamino
Conductors: Carnevali, Vito; Robinson, Stanford; Goehr, Walter; Olivieri, Dino; Sivieri, Enrico
Ensemble: Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra

Homage to Diaghilev / Igor Markevich, Philharmonia Orchestra

1 CD / Testament / 1997-07-10

Works: Carl Maria von Weber: Invitation to the Dance, in D flat major J 260/Op. 65; Frédéric Chopin: Les sylphides, ballet (arrangement); Paul Dukas: L'apprenti sorcier; Manuel de Falla: Danza del...
Conductors: Markevitch, Igor
Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

"...For all their chill, Markevitch's performances are never inhibited.On the contrary, their mixture of poison and poise is consistently gripping, often angry, sometimes overpowering: indeed,...continue...

Mozart, Chopin, Shostakovich / Emil Gilels

1 CD / Testament / 1997-03-10

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sonata for Piano no 16 in B flat major, K. 570; Frédéric Chopin: Sonata for Piano no 2 in B flat minor, Op. 35 "Funeral March"; Dmitry Shostakovich: Prelude & Fugue...
Performers: Gilels, Emil

"...Gilels's reading of the Chopin...is dead on, particularly in the second movement, where he couples impetuosity with remarkable inflectional powers...The central section of the Funeral...continue...

Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli - The unpublished EMI live...

2 CD / Testament / 1996-11-10

Works: Robert Schumann: Faschingsschwank aus Wien, Op. 26; Carnaval, Op. 9; Claude Debussy: Images for Piano, Set 2; Images for Piano, Set 1; Frédéric Chopin: Fantasie for Piano in F minor/A flat ...
Performers: Michelangeli, Arturo Benedetti

Géza Anda - Chopin: Concerto no 1, Etudes, Ballade no 1

1 CD / Testament / 1996-04-01

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Concerto for Piano no 1 in E minor, B 53/Op. 11; Etudes (12) for Piano, Op. 25; Ballade for Piano no 1 in G minor, B 66/Op. 23
Performers: Anda, Géza
Conductors: Galliera, Alceo

The Complete Recordings Of Chopin

1 CD / Testament / 1996-01-10

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Etude for piano no 3 in E major, Op. 10/3, CT. 16; Etude for piano no 8 in F major, Op. 10/8, CT. 21; Etude for piano no 9 in F minor, Op. 10/9, CT. 22; Etude for piano no ...
Performers: Cutner, Solomon

First Recordings of Neveu; Complete Recordings of Hassid

1 CD / Testament / 1996-01-01

Works: Fritz Kreisler: Grave in the style of W. F. Bach, for violin & piano in C minor; Caprice Viennois; Josef Suk: Pieces (4) for Violin and Piano, Op. 17; Frédéric Chopin: Nocturne for piano in...
Performers: Beck, Gustav; Hassid, Josef; Moore, Gerald [Piano]; Neveu, Ginette; Newton, Ivor; Seidler-Winkler, Bruno