Track Listing
| CD 1 (79:47) | ||
Etudes, Opus 10 | ||
| 1. | No. 1 in C (Moriz Rosenthal) | 2:02 |
| 4 April 1929, New York City (N-838) Edison 47004-L | ||
| 2. | No. 2 in A Minor (Alfred Cortot) | 1:25 |
| 4 July 1933, London (2B 5204) HMV DB2027 | ||
| 3. | No. 3 in E (Rosita Renard) | 3:12 |
| 19 January 1949, New York City Society of Friends of Music, Bogota, Columbia XTLP 11428 | ||
| 4. | No. 4 in C-sharp Minor (Sidney Foster) | 2:04 |
| 27 April 1952, Indiana University recital | ||
| 5. | No. 5 in G-flat “Black Keys” (Sidney Foster) | 1:34 |
| 2 October 1961, Indiana University recital | ||
| 6. | No. 6 in E-flat Minor (Wilhelm Backhaus) | 3:13 |
| 5 January 1928 (Cc12405-1) HMV DB1133 | ||
| 7. | No. 7 in C (Francis Planté) | 2:02 |
| 3-4 July 1928, Mont-de-Marsan, France (WL 1231-1) French Columbia D 13060 | ||
| 8. | No. 8 in F (Nikolai Orloff) | 2:17 |
| 20 December 1945, London (AR 9940-3) English Decca K1426 | ||
| 9. | No. 9 in F Minor (Solomon) | 2:10 |
| 16 September 1942, London (2EA 9274-1) HMV C3345 | ||
| 10. | No. 10 in A-flat (Garrick Ohlsson) | 2:11 |
| October 1996, Purchase, New York Arabesque Z6718 | ||
| 11. | No. 11 in E-flat “Harp” (Irene Scharrer) | 3:20 |
| 21 July 1933, London (CA 13819-3) Columbia DB 1224 | ||
| 12. | No. 12 in C Minor “Revolutionary” (Arthur Rubinstein) | 2:52 |
| 13 January 1974, New York City recital | ||
Etudes, Opus 25 | ||
| 13. | No. 1 in A-flat “Aeolian Harp” (Claudio Arrau) | 2:26 |
| 23 January 1929, Berlin (BLR 4939) HMV EG 1500 | ||
| 14. | No. 2 in F Minor “Les abeilles” (Grigory Ginzburg) | 1:25 |
| Ca. 1952, Moscow CCCP 001282 | ||
| 15. | No. 3 in F “Cartwheel” (Arthur Rubinstein) | 1:48 |
| 13 January 1974, New York City recital | ||
| 16. | No. 4 in A Minor (Rosita Renard) | 1:46 |
| 19 January 1949, New York City Society of Friends of Music, Bogota, Columbia XTLP 11428 | ||
| 17. | No. 5 in E Minor (Géza Anda) | 4:27 |
| May 1943, Berlin (21942 GS) Siemens 68088 A | ||
| 18. | No. 6 in G-sharp Minor “Thirds” (Josef Lhévinne) | 1:57 |
| 23 February 1933, New York City broadcast | ||
| 19. | No. 7 in C-sharp Minor “Cello” (Evgeny Svetlanov) | 6:06 |
| 1980, Moscow Melodiya LP C10 19073 003 | ||
| 20. | No. 8 in D-flat “Sixths” (Rosita Renard) | 1:00 |
| 19 January 1949, New York City Society of Friends of Music, Bogota, Columbia XTLP 11428 | ||
| 21. | No. 9 in G-flat “Butterfly” (Ignaz Friedman) | 0:59 |
| 10 February 1928, London (WA6946-2) English Columbia D1615 | ||
| 22. | No. 10 in B Minor “Octave” (David Saperton) | 4:30 |
| 1952, New York City Command Performance LP 1203 | ||
| 23. | No. 11 in A Minor “Winter Wind” (Alfred Cortot) | 3:37 |
| 4 November 1942, Paris (2LA 3880-1) HMV W-1536 | ||
| 24. | No. 12 in C Minor “Ocean” (Emil von Sauer) | 2:51 |
| Ca. 1940, Berlin (CR 759-1) German Columbia LW 38 | ||
Nouvelle Etudes | ||
| 25. | No. 1 in F Minor (Robert Goldsand) | 2:41 |
| 23 July 1975, Syracuse, New York recital | ||
| 26. | No. 2 in A-flat (Ann Schein) | 2:22 |
| 1958, New York City Kapp LP K-9023-S | ||
| 27. | No. 3 in D-flat (David Saperton) | 1:52 |
| 1952, New York City Command Performance LP 1203 | ||
| 28. | Impromptu No. 1 in A-flat, Op. 29 (Simon Barere) | 3:16 |
| Recording date and location unknown World Program Service 16” vertical-cut disc 100-3451 | ||
| 29. | Fantasie-Impromptu (Magda Tagliaferro) | 3:56 |
| 1934, Paris (CPTX 89) Pathé PAT 22 | ||
| 30. | Berceuse (Walter Gieseking) | 4:26 |
| 10 August 1938, Berlin (CRX 80-1) German Columbia LWX 304 | ||
| CD 2 (79:32) | ||
Ballades | ||
| 1. | No. 1 in G Minor (Earl Wild) | 9:43 |
| 1 November 1981, New York City recital | ||
| 2. | No. 4 in F Minor (Jorge Bolet) | 11:07 |
| 5 January 1972, New York City recital | ||
| 3. | Tarantella (Shura Cherkassky) | 3:18 |
| 10 April 1991, St. Paul, Minnesota recital | ||
Scherzos | ||
| 4. | No. 1 in B Minor (Natan Brand) | 8:19 |
| 1983, Amherst, Massachusetts recital\t | ||
| 5. | No. 2 in B-flat Minor (Irene Scharrer) | 6:57 |
| 5 December 1932, London (CAX 6604-3/6605-2) English Columbia DX433 | ||
| 6. | No. 3 in C-sharp Minor (Karl Ulrich Schnabel) | 7:33 |
| Ca. 1955, New York City Urania LP 8001 | ||
Selected Preludes from Op. 28 | ||
| Mischa Levitzki: | ||
| 7. | No. 1 in C | 0:54 |
| 8. | No. 7 in A | 0:56 |
| 9. | No. 23 in F | 1:28 |
| 21 November 1929, London (Bb 18113-3a) HMV DA 1223 | ||
| Guiomar Novaes: | ||
| 10. | No. 9 in E | 1:33 |
| 11. | No. 10 in C-sharp Minor | 0:30 |
| 12. | No. 11 in B | 0:45 |
| 13. | No. 15 in D-flat “Raindrop” | 5:31 |
| 14. | No. 18 in F Minor | 1:00 |
| 15. | No. 20 in C Minor | 1:41 |
| 16. | No. 22 in G Minor | 0:46 |
| 22 October 1966, New York City recital | ||
| 17. | Prelude in C-sharp Minor, Op. 45 (Alfred Cortot) | 4:10 |
| 4 November 1949, London (2EA 14284) HMV DB21018 | ||
Sonata No. 2 in B-flat Minor | ||
| 18. | Third Movement (Funeral March) (Ignaz Friedman) | 6:13 |
| 1-2 March 1927, London (WAX 2471-1/2472-1) issued only on Australian Columbia 04007 | ||
| 19. | Fourth Movement (Finale) (Leopold Godowsky) | 1:36 |
| 25 April 1930, London (WAX 5554-2) English Columbia LX 126 | ||
Sonata No. 3 in B Minor | ||
| 20. | Third Movement (Largo) [Incomplete] (Moriz Rosenthal) | 5:33 |
| 23 March 1935, London From BBC broadcast | ||
| CD 3 (79:57) | ||
Concerto in F Minor | ||
| 1. | Second Movement (Larghetto) (Josef Hofmann) | 8:42 |
| With symphony orchestra conducted by John Barbirolli 27 December 1936, New York City | ||
| 2. | Barcarolle (Benno Moiseiwitsch) | 7:53 |
| 17 March 1939, London (2EA7665-1/7666-1) HMV unpublished on 78 rpm | ||
Mazurkas | ||
| 3. | Op. 7, No. 1 in B-flat (Alexander Brailowsky) | 2:40 |
| 1927, Berlin (191½ bv) Polydor 90324 | ||
| 4. | Op. 30, No. 4 in C-sharp Minor (Joseph Villa) | 3:47 |
| 1993, New York City, private recital | ||
| 5. | Op. 33, No. 1 in G-sharp Minor (Lubka Kolessa) | 1:27 |
| October 1936, Berlin (0RA 1559-1) Electrola unpublished | ||
| 6. | Op. 41, No. 1 in C-sharp Minor (Vladimir Sofronitsky) | 2:53 |
| Ca. 1948, Moscow (18367) CCCP 18367 | ||
| 7. | Op. 59, No. 3 in F-sharp Minor (Samuel Feinberg) | 2:56 |
| 1952, Moscow Melodiya LP 20431 | ||
| 8. | Op. 63, No. 2 in F Minor (William Kapell) | 1:54 |
| 21 March 1947, New York City recital | ||
| 9. | Op. 63, No. 3 in C-sharp Minor (Antonietta Rudge) | 2:25 |
| 25 July 1934, Brazil | ||
| 10. | Op. 68, No. 1 in C (Youra Guller) | 1:36 |
| 28 June 1956, Paris Ducretet Thomson 255 C 039 | ||
Polonaises | ||
| 11. | Op. 40, No. 1 in A (Solomon) | 3:53 |
| 30 November 1932, London (CAX 6594-2) English Columbia DX441 | ||
| 12. | Op. 53 in A-flat (Ignaz Friedman) | 6:17 |
| 1-2 March 1927, London (WAX 1871-4/1872-4) English Columbia L 1990 | ||
Waltzes | ||
| 13. | Op. 18 in E-flat “Grande Valse Brillante” (Arthur de Greef) | 4:13 |
| 24 March 1926, London (CC8178-1) HMV D1222 | ||
| 14. | Op. 34, No. 1 in A-flat (Arthur Rubinstein) | 4:19 |
| 1950 Hollywood Bowl encore | ||
| 15. | Op. 34, No. 2 in A Minor (Vladimir Horowitz) | 6:10 |
| 4 November 1979, Toronto recital | ||
| 16. | Op. 34, No. 3 in F (Jan Smeterlin) | 2:05 |
| 1929, Berlin (1553 BH) Polydor 22363 | ||
| 17. | Op. 42 in A-flat (Arthur Loesser) | 4:06 |
| 19 February 1925, Camden, New Jersey Unnumbered electrical recording test | ||
| 18. | Op. 64, No. 1 in D-flat “Minute” (Michael von Zadora) | 1:46 |
| 1929, Berlin (1854 BK) Polydor 22120 B | ||
| 19. | Op. 64, No. 1 in D-flat (Zadora transcription) (Cecile Staub Genhart) | 2:02 |
| 6 April 1943, Rochester, New York recital | ||
| 20. | Op. 64, No. 2 in C-sharp Minor (Moriz Rosenthal) | 3:52 |
| 29 May 1929, Berlin (2-21457) Parlophone matrix issued only on Japanese Columbia W228 | ||
| 21. | Op. 70, No. 1 in G-flat (Walter Morse Rummel) | 2:20 |
| January 1943, Berlin (2221½ GE) Siemens 68064 B | ||
| 22. | Op. Post. in E Minor (Dinu Lipatti) | 2:41 |
| 7-12 July 1950, Geneva (CZX 285-1B) English Columbia LX 1346 | ||
| CD 4 (79:51) | ||
Nocturnes | ||
| 1. | Op. 9, No. 2 in E-flat (Moriz Rosenthal) | 4:25 |
| 29 March 1935, London (2EA 1359-1) HMV unpublished on 78 rpm | ||
| 2. | Op. 9, No. 2 in E-flat | 4:29 |
| (Raoul von Koczalski performed with authentic Chopin variants) July 1937, Berlin 209 (796½ GE) Polydor 67246 B | ||
| 3. | Op. 27, No. 2 D-flat (Francesco Libetta) | 6:47 |
| 13 December 2003, Fort Lauderdale, Florida recital | ||
| 4. | Op. 32, No. 1 in B (Alicia de Larrocha) | 3:26 |
| 3 June 1932, Barcelona (SO 7743) Odeon private recording unpublished on 78 | ||
| 5. | Op. 48, No. 1 in C Minor (Marcel Ciampi) | 7:13 |
| 15 June 1929, Paris (WLX 1071-882) French Columbia D 15226 | ||
| 6. | Op. 55, No. 2 in E-flat (Ignaz Friedman) | 4:38 |
| 23 November 1936, London (CAX 7888-1) English Columbia DX 781 | ||
| 7. | Op. 62, No. 1 in B (Fania Chapiro) | 6:43 |
| October 1982, Utrecht Fidelio 8840 | ||
| 8. | Op. 62, No. 2 in E (Raymond Lewenthal) | 7:10 |
| 23 September 1978, St. Paul, Minnesota recital | ||
| 9. | Op. 72, No. 1 in E Minor (Vladimir de Pachmann) | 4:11 |
| 3 November 1927, London (Cc11757-1) HMV DB 1106 | ||
| 10. | Op. Post. in C-sharp Minor (Thomas Manshardt) | 4:58 |
| 13 June 1980, Cleveland, Ohio recital | ||
Historic Recordings | ||
| 11. | Mazurka Op. 17, No. 4 (Ignace Jan Paderewski) | 3:18 |
| July 1911, Riond-Bosson, Morges, Switzerland (334 AJ) HMV 045565 | ||
| 12. | Mazurka Op. 67, No. 4 in A Minor (Alfred Grunfeld) | 2:08 |
| 1902, Vienna (2521b) G&T 45506 | ||
| 13. | Waltz Op. 42 in A-flat (Sergei Rachmaninoff) | 3:56 |
| 18 April 1919 (6731-A) Edison 82197-L | ||
| 14. | Waltz Op. 64, No. 2 in C-sharp Minor (Alexander Michalowski) | 3:11 |
| 16 January 1906, Warsaw (3587L) G&T 25604 | ||
| 15. | Nocturne Op. 15, No. 2 in F-sharp (Ferruccio Busoni) | 3:32 |
| 27 February 1922, London (76703) English Columbia L1432 | ||
| 16. | Nocturne Op. 27, No. 1 in C-sharp Minor [Incomplete] (Béla Bartók) | 4:09 |
| 1939, From broadcast | ||
| 17. | Nocturne Op. 62, No. 2 in E [Incomplete] (Paul Pabst) | 3:47 |
| 12 Feb 1895 o.s., Private cylinder made by Julius Block, Moscow (C121) | ||
| 18. | Waltz Op. 64, No. 1 in D-flat “Minute” (Pabst transcription) (Paul Pabst) | 1:50 |
| 12 February 1895 o.s., Private cylinder made by Julius Block, Moscow (C122) | ||
Producer: Gregor Benko and Ward Marston
Audio Conservation: Ward Marston
Audio Assistance: J. Richard Harris
Booklet Design: Takeshi Takahashi
Marston would like to thank Mark Ainley, Lawrence Amundrud, Naomi Brand, Frank Cooper, Francis Crociata, Michael Rolland Davis, Geoffrey Dorfman, Ray Edwards, Paul Forsell, André Gauthier, Daniel Greenhouse, Ira Levin, Francesco Libetta, Farhan Malik, Donald Manildi and the International Piano Archives at Maryland, Fred Maroth, Kevin Mostyn, Garrick Ohlsson, Ed Plotkin, Alberto Reyes, Rick Robertson, Ann Schein, Jonathan Summers, Alan Steckler, and Eric Wen for their help in the production of this CD release.
A Century of Romantic Chopin
A Century of Romantic Chopin is a four CD-compilation commemorating the Chopin bicentennial year. The set will include some 65 pianists, going back to Francis Planté and Vladimir de Pachmann who were born when Chopin was still alive. Other pianists in the set include Josef Hofmann, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Ferruccio Busoni, Moritz Rosenthal, Ignace Jan Paderewski, Ignaz Friedman, Alfred Cortot, Jan Smeterlin, Rosita Renard, Claudio Arrau, Guiomar Novaes, Benno Moiseiwitsch, Solomon, Arthur Rubinstein, Emil Gilels, Earl Wild, Jorge Bolet, and others. All of Chopin’s etudes will be represented, as well as a selection of preludes, mazurkas, waltzes, nocturnes, ballades, and scherzi, each performance conveying a personal approach to the music. Some of the recordings will already be familiar to pianophiles because of their legendary status, while many others will be delightful surprises, as they are taken from concert performances and out-of-print recordings.
