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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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Beethoven,
Klaviekonzerte No. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5; Chorfantasie Rudolf Serkin, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Rafael Kubelik [ ORFEO / 3 CD - released 10/May/2005 ] |
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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. |