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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN / W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Great Pianists of the 20th Century - Rudolf Serkin Rudolf Serkin (piano) / Adolf Busch Chmaber Players / London Symphony Orchestra / Chamber Orchestra of Europe [ Deutsche Grammophon / EMI / 2 CD - released 9/Oct/2006 ] Rudolf Serkin (28 March 1903 - 8 May 1991) was a Bohemian-born pianist. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest Beethoven interpreters of the 20th century. |
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W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: Concerto No.10 for two Pianos K.365 / etc Peter Serkin (piano) with Rudolf Serkin (piano), Marlboro Festival Orchestra, Alexander Schneider, with Jamie Laredo (violin) [ Sony Classical / CD - released 5/Jun/1990 ] High Fidelity called it exceptional Serkin plays every note as if his life depended on it, and a more recent reviewer in ClassicsToday described it as sounding as fresh and individually compelling as it did four decades ago. |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Rudolf Serkin - The Lost Tapes Rudolf Serkin (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 2/Feb/2024 ] As DG celebrates its 125th birthday this year, the label is bringing to light some great recordings from the past for the very first time, having unearthed some hidden treasures in the archives. |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Violin Sonatas Nos 3, 5 Spring & 9 Kreutzer Adolf Busch (violin) Rudolf Serkin (piano) [ Naxos Historical Great Violinists / CD - released 3/Sep/2001 ] The Naxos Violinist series continues |
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MAHLER / BRUCKNER / WAGNER / BEETHOVEN / MOZART / etc
Bruno Walter: The Complete Columbia Album Collection Columbia Symphony, New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Bruno Walter, with Rudolf Serkin, Ernst Haefliger, Maureen Forrester, Lily Pons, etc [ Sony Classical / 77 CD Box Set - released 25/Nov/2019 ] Walter was arguably the most old-world of the many long-lived conductors who were born in the latter part of the 19th century. Indeed, few maestros of any era were so big-hearted and warmly expressive, yet without undo sentimentality. |
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BRAHMS / BLOCH / SCHUBERT / BEETHOVEN / MOZART / DOHNANYI / R. STRAUSS / etc
Emanuel Feuermann - The RCA Album Collection Emanuel Feuermann (cello), Arthur Rubinstein (piano), Jascha Heifetz (violin), William Primrose (violin), Franz Rupp (piano), Rudolf Serkin (piano) [ Sony Classical / 7 CD Box Set - released 4/Oct/2024 ] For the first time ever, Sony Classical is issuing a complete collection of the recordings made for RCA Victor by the fabled Austrian cellist Emanuel Feuermann with 11 works for the first time on CD transferred from the original master discs. |
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BRAHMS / MOZART / SAINT-GEORGES / BRUCH / MENDELSSOHN / SARASATE / etc
Jaime Laredo - The Complete RCA and Columbia Album Collection Jaime Laredo (violin/viola) with Emanuel Ax (piano) Vladimir Sokoloff (piano), Yo Yo Ma (cello), Rudolf Serkin (piano), Isaac Stern (violin), etc [ Sony Classical / 22 CD Box Set - released 11/Jun/2021 ] The complete recordings by Grammy-winning violinist Jaime Laredo in a single 23-CD edition in celebration of his 80th birthday June 7, 2021. |
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W. A. MOZART
Peter Serkin plays Mozart Peter Serkin (piano) with Rudolf Serkin (piano), Richard Stoltzman (clarinet), English Chamber Orchestra [ Sony Classical Masters / 6 CD Box Set - released 5/Jun/2019 ] Peter Serkin, whose recorded output is dwarfed by his fathers in sheer size but by no means in artistic distinction, is spotlighted in a new release playing Mozart: his complete RCA recordings of the composer. |
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RICHARD STRAUSS
Eugene Ormandy Conducts Richard Strauss Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy, with Rudolf Serkin (piano) & Lorne Munroe (cello) [ Sony Classical / 4 CD Box Set - released 13/Mar/0020 ] Ormandy is best known for his longstanding post as the conductor of The Philadelphia Orchestra. He also developed what came to be known as the "Philadelphia Sound" emphasizing lush string sonorities and, legato phrasing and rounded tone. |
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BACH / BERLIOZ / BRAHMS / DEBUSSY / GERSHWIN / SHOSTAKOVICH / etc
Eugene Ormandy: The Columbia Stereo Recordings (1964-1983) The Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy, with Philippe Entremont, Emil Gilels, Eugene Istomin, Rudolf Serkin, Isaac Stern, Leonard Rose, etc [ Sony RCA Classical Masters / 94 CD Box Set - released 28/Mar/2025 ] This massive new reissue from Eugene Ormandy's stereo discography collects all the Columbia Masterworks recordings he made in Philadelphia between the early 1960s and early 1980s. |
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Rudolf Serkin
The Essential [ Sony Classical / 2 CD - released 6/Oct/2008 ] |
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Rudolf Serkin
Pno Cnt 3/Fantasia [ Telarc / CD ] |
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BEETHOVEN
Piano Concerto No. 1 & No 3 Rudolf Serkin (piano) / Boston Symphony. Seiji Ozawa [ Telarc Classics / CD - released 10/Mar/2005 ] "These recordings deserve to do very well. Telarc are to be thanked for making them available once again in a superb acoustic and in first class digital sound." (MusicWeb Dec 2005) |
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BEETHOVEN
Piano Concerto No. 5 Emperor Rudolf Serkin (piano) / Boston Symphony. Seiji Ozawa [ Telarc Classics / CD - released 23/Feb/2005 ] "Ozawa and Serkin have turned in one of the most satisfying musical performances in Telarc's catalog...The recording is also one of Telarc's best..." -- Stereophile |
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BEETHOVEN
Piano Concertos No. 2 & No. 4 Rudolf Serkin, piano / Boston Symphony. Seiji Ozawa [ Telarc Classics / CD - released 23/Feb/2005 ] "...boldly carved, formidable in articulation, bright in tone, inspired in sensibility...(Serkin's) profundity makes him a paragon among pianists of the mid-20th century." -The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians |
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BEETHOVEN
Symphony 3 & 6 / Fantasia in C for piano, chorus & orchestra Rudolf Serkin (piano) / Cleveland Orchestra, Christoph von Dohnanyi / Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa [ Telarc Everybody's Classics / 2 CD - released 20/Sep/2008 ] Everybody's Classics is Telarc's new reissue series offering consumers 2 CDs For 1 Great Price! This series is a great way for the classical connoisseur to update their collection with high quality and great sounding performances. |
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LUGWIG van BEETHOVEN / W. A. MOZART / JOHANNES BRAHMS
The Rudolf Serkin Edition Rudolf Serkin (piano) / London Symphony Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Claudio Abbado, with Mstislav Rostropovich (cello) [ Deutche Grammophon / 9 CD Box Set - released 19/Jun/2020 ] "Serkin was an artist who shaped the world's conceptions of the "Viennese school," and there's much to be gained by tracing the evolution of his style over his long life.' (AllMusic.com) |
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J. S. BACH
Rudolf Serkin plays Bach Rudolf Serkin (piano) with Peter Serkin, Ruth Laredo, Mieczyslaw Horszowski, Pablo Casals, etc [ Sony Classical Masters / 3 CD Box Set - released 5/Jun/2019 ] Rudolf Serkin is rightly revered for his powerful interpretations of the Austro-German Classical and Romantic piano repertoire, but he was also an outstanding Bach player. In the 1920s he began a decades-long partnership with the great German... |
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J. S. BACH / BARTOK / MESSIAEN / MOZART / STRAVINSKY / etc
Rudolf Serkin: The Complete RCA Album Collection Rudolf Serkin (piano) with Peter Serkin, Ruth Laredo, Mieczyslaw Horszowski, Pablo Casals, etc [ Sony Classical Masters / 35 CD Box Set - released 20/Jul/2020 ] a "brilliant instrumentalist, sensitive, original interpreter and performer of uncommon vitality" (Michael Steinberg) |
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BEETHOVEN
Rudolf Serkin Plays Beethoven [11 CD set] Rudolf Serkin (piano) with the Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy & others [ Sony Classical Masters / 11 CD Box Set - released 1/Nov/2012 ] "It goes without saying that this is among the finest of current versions, for Serkin as a master pianist has the power to convince one against initial preconceptions." (Gramophone on Beethoven Piano Concerto No 2) |