Profil Edition Gunter Hanssler > Backhaus, Wilhelm

The Virtuoso - Mozart, Strauss, Chopin, Brahms & Liszt / Wilhelm Backhaus, piano

2 CD / Profil Edition Gunter Hanssler / 2012-09-25

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Piano no 26 in D major, K 537 "Coronation"; Don Giovanni KV 527; Richard Strauss: Ständchen ("Mach' auf, mach' auf, doch leise, mein Kind"), song for voice ...
Performers: Backhaus, Wilhelm

Wilhelm Backhaus realized the significance of the gramophone record early on, making his first solo recording in 1908 and going on to record many more,...continue...
Recording information: 1908-??-??_1928-??-??&1940-....continue...

Wilhelm Backhaus Live in Vienna: Brahms Piano Concertos nos 1 & 2; Haydn: Sonata

2 CD / Profil Edition Gunter Hanssler / 2011-11-15

Works: Johannes Brahms: Concerto for Piano no 1 in D minor, Op. 15; Concerto for Piano no 2 in B flat major, Op. 83; Franz Joseph Haydn: F Minor Variations; Fantasia for Piano in C major, H 17 no 4; Sonata ...
Performers: Backhaus, Wilhelm
Conductors: Böhm, Karl; Schuricht, Carl
Ensemble: ; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Meeting Brahms in January 1895 and experiencing him as a conductor was probably a crucial experience for the 10 year old Backhaus, as far as...continue...

Chopin: Etudes

1 CD / Profil Edition Gunter Hanssler / 2011-01-25

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

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Classical Dreams / Norrington, Winschermann, Zhukov, Hartung, et al

3 CD / Profil Edition Gunter Hanssler / 2008-09-30

Works: Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sonata for Piano no 14 in C minor, K 457; Eine Kleine Nachtmusik; Sonata for Piano no 11 in A major, K 331 (300i); Adagio for Violin and Orchestra in...
Performers: Backhaus, Wilhelm; Basch, Wolfgang; Belesow, Sergej; Gasparovic, Jadranka; Gieseking, Walter; Greutter, Roland; Hagen, Lukas; Koroliov, Evgeni; Kremer, Pierre; Makarow, Igor; Meneses, Antonio; Rubsam...
Conductors: Pesek, Libor; Blomstedt, Herbert; Winschermann, Helmut; Hartung, Volker; Jans, Carlo; Norrington, Roger; Cloutier, Denise; Köster, Tilmann; Wand, Günter; Karajan, Herbert von; Zhukov, Igor;...
Ensemble: Camerata Salzburg; Cologne West German Radio Symphony Orchestra; Cologne Youth Symphony; Dresden Staatskapelle; European Philharmonic Orchestra; German Bach Soloists; Latvian Philharmonic Chamber Orc...

Wilhelm Backhaus at Carnegie Hall - Beethoven

1 CD / Profil Edition Gunter Hanssler / 2007-10-30

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27/2 "Moonlight"; Sonata for Piano no 29 in B flat major, Op. 106 "Hammerklavier"; Franz Schubert: Impromptus (4) for Piano, D 935/O...
Performers: Backhaus, Wilhelm

"Though neither a super virtuoso like Horowitz nor a super romantic like Rubinstein, Backhaus had the integrity, insight, and sheer strength of character to dig...continue...