Track Listing
| CD 1 (63:06) | ||
BROADCAST | ||
| BEETHOVEN: | ||
| Piano Concerto No. 4 in G, op. 58 | ||
| 1. | I. Allegro moderato | 15:55 |
| 2. | II. Andante con moto | 4:27 |
| 3. | III. Rondo: Vivace | 9:19 |
| Conducted by Eugene Ormandy | ||
| 4 April 1938 | ||
BELL TELEPHONE HOUR BROADCASTS | ||
| CHOPIN: | ||
| 4. | Polonaise in A, op. 40 no. 1, “Military” | 3:09 |
| 1 March 1943 | ||
| 5. | Waltz in D-flat, op. 64 no. 1, “Minute” | 1:33 |
| 9 August 1943 | ||
| 6. | Etude in G-flat, op. 25 no. 9, “Butterfly” | 1:03 |
| 31 July 1944 | ||
| 7. | Waltz in A-flat, op. 42 | 3:54 |
| 14 January 1946 | ||
| 8. | Berceuse in D-flat, op. 57 | 3:46 |
| 13 January 1947 | ||
| MENDELSSOHN: | ||
| 9. | Song Without Words in A, op. 62 no. 6, “Spring Song” | 2:52 |
| 30 July 1945 | ||
| 10. | Song Without Words in C, op. 67 no. 4, “Spinning Song” | 1:52 |
| 19 August 1946 | ||
| 11. | Rondo capriccioso in E, op. 14 | 6:43 |
| 13 January 1947 | ||
| RACHMANINOV: | ||
| 12. | Prelude in G Minor, op. 23 no. 5 | 3:58 |
| 30 July 1945 | ||
| PROKOFIEV: | ||
| 13. | March, op. 12 no. 1 | 1:31 |
| 19 August 1946 | ||
| LIADOV: | ||
| 14. | Musical Snuff Box | 1:31 |
| 9 August 1943 | ||
| 15. | Musical Snuff Box | 1:26 |
| 14 January 1946 | ||
| CD 2 (79:10) | ||
BROADCASTS | ||
| RUBINSTEIN: | ||
| Piano Concerto No. 3 in G, op. 45 | ||
| 1. | I. Moderato assai | 10:56 |
| 2. | II. Moderato | 5:24 |
| 3. | III. Allegro non troppo | 9:26 |
| Conducted by Artur Rodzinski | ||
| 5 March 1944 | ||
| Concerto No. 4 in D Minor, op. 70 | ||
| 4. | I. Moderato assai | 12:20 |
| 5. | II. Andante | 10:08 |
| 6. | III. Allegro | 9:52 |
| Conducted by Karl Krueger | ||
| 10 March 1945 | ||
BELL TELEPHONE HOUR BROADCASTS | ||
| RUBINSTEIN: | ||
| 7. | Concerto No. 4 in D Minor, op. 70, First Movement (Moderato assai) | 10:50 |
| Conducted by Donald Voorhees | ||
| 27 March 1944 | ||
| 8. | Concerto No. 4 in D Minor, Third Movement (Allegro) | 10:09 |
| Conducted by Donald Voorhees | ||
| 1 March 1943 | ||
Produced in association with the Estate of Josef Hofmann
Producers: Gregor Benko and Ward Marston
Audio Conservation: Ward Marston
Photographs: Gregor Benko and Milus Scruggs
Booklet Design: Takeshi Takahashi
Marston would like to thank Donald Manildi and Eugene Pollioni for their help in the production of this CD release.
Marston would also like to thank Dimitrios Antsos for computerized pitch correction and stabilization for CD 1,Tracks 5-15; CD 2, Track 7.
The Complete Josef Hofmann, vol. 8:
Concerto and Solo Performances 1938-1947
Josef Hofmann combined unparalleled virtuosity with emotion, understanding, and spontaneity to create some of the finest piano playing ever recorded. This set contains Hofmann's first extant broadcast of Beethoven's 4th conducted by Eugene Ormandy, and Anton Rubinstein's 3rd and 4th Concerti with Artur Rodzinski and Karl Krueger conducting. This two-CD is the penultimate release of the complete Josef Hofmann. Volume 9, expected early next year, will contain 3 cylinder recordings from 1896, alternative takes of two Brunswick sides, the soundtrack from a Bell Telephone Hour film, and “west coast” versions of Bell Telephone Hour performances.
