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Julius Katchen - Decca Recordings 1949-1968

Julius Katchen (piano) & Ruggiero Ricci (violin)

London Symphony Orchestra, L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, New Symphony Orchestra & London Philharmonic Orchestra, Benjamin Britten, István Kertész, Ernest Ansermet, Anatole Fistoulari & Sir Adrian Boult

Julius Katchen - Decca Recordings 1949-1968
Katchen's characteristic vitality, as well as his imagination, shines in Schumann's Carnaval, where the contrast of each number is sharply brought out...Katchen's spontaneous passion makes both...

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Julius Katchen - Decca Recordings 1949-1968

Julius Katchen (piano) & Ruggiero Ricci (violin)

London Symphony Orchestra, L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, New Symphony Orchestra & London Philharmonic Orchestra, Benjamin Britten, István Kertész, Ernest Ansermet, Anatole Fistoulari & Sir Adrian Boult

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Katchen's characteristic vitality, as well as his imagination, shines in Schumann's Carnaval, where the contrast of each number is sharply brought out...Katchen's spontaneous passion makes both...

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Beethoven: Diabelli Variations, Op. 120
Work length46:23
Tema (Vivace)
Track length0:50
Variation I (Alla marcia maestoso)
Track length1:16
Variation II (Poco allegro)
Track length0:44
Variation III (L'istesso tempo)
Track length1:12
Variation IV (Un poco più vivace)
Track length1:03
Variation V (Allegro vivace)
Track length0:50
Variation VI (Allegro ma non troppo e serioso)
Track length1:23
Variation VII (Un poco più allegro)
Track length0:57
Variation VIII (Poco vivace)
Track length1:11
Variation IX (Allegro pesante e risoluto)
Track length1:29
Variation X (Presto)
Track length0:33
Variation XI (Allegretto)
Track length0:50
Variation XII (Un poco più moto)
Track length0:46
Variation XIII (Vivace)
Track length0:51
Variation XIV (Grave e maestoso)
Track length4:35
Variation XV (Presto scherzando)
Track length0:34
Variation XVI (Allegro)
Track length0:56
Variation XVII
Track length0:58
Variation XVIII (Poco moderato)
Track length1:30
Variation XIX (Presto)
Track length0:42
Variation XX (Andante)
Track length1:45
Variation XXI (Allegro con brio - Meno allegro - Tempo I)
Track length1:11
Variation XXII (Allegro molto): Alla "Notte e giorno faticar" di Mozart
Track length0:46
Variation XXIII (Allegro assai)
Track length0:50
Variation XXIV: Fughetta (Andante)
Track length1:49
Variation XXV (Allegro)
Track length0:46
Variation XXVI
Track length0:46
Variation XXVII (Vivace)
Track length0:54
Variation XXVIII (Allegro)
Track length0:47
Variation XXIX (Adagio ma non troppo)
Track length1:08
Variation XXX (Andante, sempre cantabile)
Track length1:39
Variation XXXI (Largo, molto espressivo)
Track length4:54
Variation XXXII: Fuga (Allegro - Poco adagio)
Track length2:47
Variation XXXIII (Tempo di minuetto moderato, ma non tirarsi dietro)
Track length3:11
Beethoven: Polonaise in C major, Op. 89
Work length5:04
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111
Work length25:24
1. Maestoso - Allegro con brio ed appassionato
Track length8:41
2. Arietta (Adagio molto semplice e cantabile)
Track length16:43
Schubert: Fantasie in C major, D760 'Wanderer'
Work length19:58
Allegro con fuoco ma non troppo
Track length5:43
Adagio
Track length6:27
Presto
Track length4:23
Allegro
Track length3:25
Schumann: Toccata in C major, Op. 7
Work length6:32
Schumann: Carnaval, Op. 9
Work length28:20
1. Préambule
Track length2:14
2. Pierrot
Track length1:09
3. Arlequin
Track length0:57
4. Valse noble
Track length2:00
5. Eusebius
Track length1:46
6. Florestan
Track length0:57
7. Coquette
Track length1:35
8a. Réplique
Track length0:59
8b. Sphinxes
Track length0:23
9. Papillons
Track length0:40
10. A.S.C.H.-S.C.H.A. (Lettres dansantes)
Track length0:49
11. Chiarina
Track length1:26
12. Chopin
Track length1:32
13. Estrella
Track length0:28
14. Reconnaissance
Track length1:44
15. Pantalon et Colombine
Track length0:55
16a. Valse Allemande
Track length0:51
16b. Intermezzo: Paganini
Track length1:09
17. Aveu
Track length0:55
18. Promenade
Track length2:23
19. Pause
Track length0:16
20. Marche des "Davidsbündler" contre les Philistins
Track length3:12
Schumann: Études symphoniques, Op. 13
Work length23:59
Theme. Andante
Track length1:30
Variation l. Un poco più vivo
Track length1:11
Variation ll. Marcato il canto
Track length2:58
Etude. Vivace
Track length1:23
Variation lll
Track length0:59
Variation lV
Track length1:13
Variation V. Agitato
Track length0:49
Variation Vl. Allegro molto
Track length1:07
Variation Vll
Track length1:27
Etude IX. Presto possible
Track length0:44
Variation Vlll
Track length1:11
Variation lX
Track length2:49
Finale. Allegro brilliant
Track length6:38
Chopin: Ballade No. 3 in A flat major, Op. 47
Work length7:21
Chopin: Fantasia in F minor, Op. 49
Work length12:07
Chopin: Piano Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 35 'Marche funèbre'
Work length22:33
1. Grave - Doppio movimento
Track length5:37
2. Scherzo - Più lento - Tempo I
Track length5:56
3. Marche funèbre (Lento)
Track length9:37
4. Finale (Presto)
Track length1:23
Chopin: Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58
Work length24:52
1. Allegro maestoso
Track length8:42
2. Scherzo (Molto vivace)
Track length2:29
3. Largo
Track length8:47
4. Finale (Presto non tanto)
Track length4:54
Chopin: Impromptu No. 4 in C sharp minor, Op. 66 'Fantaisie-Impromptu'
Work length4:41
Chopin: Polonaise No. 6 in A flat, Op. 53 -"Heroic"
Work length6:41
Mendelssohn: Preludes & Fugues (6) for piano, Op. 35
Work length7:43
1. Prelude and Fugue in E Minor, Op. 35, No. 1
Track length7:43
Liszt: Auf Flügeln des Gesanges, S. 547 / 1 (After Mendelssohn)
Work length3:58
Mendelssohn: 3 Fantasies or caprices, Op. 16
Work length2:08
No. 2 Scherzo in E minor
Track length2:08
Mendelssohn: Rondo capriccioso in E major, Op. 14
Work length6:03
Franck, C: Prélude, Choral et Fugue, M21
Work length18:12
Prélude
Track length5:00
Chorale
Track length6:42
Fugue
Track length6:30
Brahms: Violin Sonata No. 2 in A major, Op. 100
Work length19:45
I. Allegro amabile
Track length8:00
II. Andante tranquillo - Vivace - Andante - Vivace di più - Andante vivace
Track length6:34
III. Allegretto grazioso, quasi andante
Track length5:11
Brahms: Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor, Op. 108
Work length20:03
I. Allegro
Track length7:18
II. Adagio
Track length4:24
III. Un poco presto e con sentimento
Track length2:45
IV. Presto agitato
Track length5:36
Brahms: Piano Sonata No. 3 in F minor, Op. 5
Work length32:54
1. Allegro maestoso
Track length7:24
2. Andante espressivo
Track length11:23
3. Scherzo (Allegro energico)
Track length4:23
4. Intermezzo (Andante molto)
Track length3:09
5. Finale (Allegro moderato ma rubato)
Track length6:35
Brahms: Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel, Op. 24
Work length26:23
1. Theme, Variations 1-4
Track length4:16
2. Variations 5-6
Track length2:04
3. Variations 7-8
Track length1:16
4. Variations 9-12
Track length3:36
5. Variations 13-18
Track length4:41
6. Variations 19-21
Track length3:05
7. Variations 22-25
Track length2:36
8. Fugue
Track length4:49
Brahms: Variations on a theme by Paganini in A minor, Op. 35
Work length21:30
Book 1
Track length11:52
Book 2
Track length9:38
Ravel: Piano Concerto in D major (for the left hand)
Work length17:44
Ravel: Piano Concerto in G major
Work length22:25
1. Allegramente
Track length8:04
2. Adagio assai
Track length10:16
3. Presto
Track length4:05
Bartók: Mikrokosmos Book VI
Work length16:37
No. 140 Free Variations
Track length1:36
No. 144 Minor Seconds, Major Seventh
Track length4:59
No. 146 Ostinato
Track length2:10
No. 147 March
Track length1:56
No. 148 Dance in Bulgarian Rhythm I
Track length1:43
No. 149 Dance in Bulgarian Rhythm II
Track length1:09
No. 151 Dance in Bulgarian Rhythm IV
Track length1:23
No. 153 Dance in Bulgarian Rhythm VI
Track length1:41
Bartók: Piano Concerto No. 3, BB 127, Sz. 119
Work length23:17
1. Allegretto
Track length6:37
2. Adagio religioso
Track length9:16
3. Allegro vivace
Track length7:24
Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
Work length15:51
Rorem: Sonata No.2 for Piano
Work length13:55
1. Ouverture (Allegretto)
Track length4:35
2. Tarantella (Scherzando)
Track length1:48
3. Nocturne (Moderato)
Track length3:12
4. Toccata (Allegro molto)
Track length4:20
Britten: Diversions for piano (left hand) and orchestra, Op. 21
Work length24:01
Theme
Track length1:08
Variation I - Recitative
Track length1:28
Variation II - Romance
Track length1:29
Variation III - March
Track length1:19
Variation IV - Arabesque
Track length1:37
Variation V - Chant
Track length1:47
Variation VI - Nocturne
Track length2:07
Variation VII - Badinerie
Track length1:25
Variation VIII - Burlesque
Track length1:52
Variation IXa -Toccata I
Track length0:48
Variation IXb - Toccata II
Track length2:01
Variation X - Adagio
Track length4:17
Variation XI - Tarantella
Track length2:43
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major, Op. 26
Work length26:26
1. Andante - Allegro
Track length8:39
2. Tema con variazione
Track length8:43
3. Allegro ma non troppo
Track length9:04
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18
Work length32:07
1. Moderato
Track length9:45
2. Adagio sostenuto
Track length11:15
3. Allegro scherzando
Track length11:07
Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43
Work length21:48
Introduction & Var. 1
Track length0:49
Var. 2
Track length0:19
Var. 3
Track length0:25
Var. 4
Track length0:28
Var. 5
Track length0:26
Var. 6
Track length0:52
Var. 7
Track length0:58
Var. 8
Track length0:32
Var. 9
Track length0:29
Var. 10
Track length0:50
Var. 11
Track length1:17
Var. 12
Track length1:17
Var. 13
Track length0:31
Var. 14
Track length0:44
Var. 15
Track length1:00
Var. 16
Track length1:23
Var. 17
Track length1:50
Var. 18
Track length2:43
Var. 19
Track length0:31
Var. 20
Track length0:35
Var. 21
Track length0:23
Var. 22
Track length1:38
Var. 23
Track length0:43
Var. 24
Track length1:05
Dohnányi: Variations on a Nursery Tune, Op. 25
Work length24:20
Introduzione (Maestoso)
Track length3:43
Tema (Allegro)
Track length1:00
Var. 1 (Poco più mosso)
Track length0:34
Var. 2 (Risoluto)
Track length0:34
Var. 3
Track length1:37
Var. 4 (Molto meno mosso)
Track length1:16
Var. 5 (Più mosso)
Track length1:01
Var. 6 (Ancora più mosso, allegro)
Track length0:42
Var. 7 (Walzer)
Track length2:11
Var. 8 (Alla marcia allegro moderato)
Track length1:28
Var. 9 (Presto - Andante rubato)
Track length1:44
Var. 10 (Passacaglia)
Track length2:41
Var. 11 (Choral)
Track length2:44
Finale fugato (Allegro vivace - Tempo del tema - Molto allegro)
Track length3:05

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2011 edition

Katchen's characteristic vitality, as well as his imagination, shines in Schumann's Carnaval, where the contrast of each number is sharply brought out...Katchen's spontaneous passion makes both the Schumann and Chopin items sound newly minted...one can't accuse Decca of lacking imagination in their choice of repertoire.
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