Notes and Editorial Reviews
R E V I E W S of some of the individual recordings that make up this set:
RCA reaches back into the archives to bring us this recording from one of America's most promising pianists. If William Kapell had lived past the age of 31, he may well have been known as one of America's best.
A charismatic performer, the young man had the air of authority at the keyboard--authority stemming from meticulous study and preparation. The performance of Chopin's Sonata No. 3 on this recording was recorded in several sessions over two years. Kapell was working hard to perfect his interpretation of Chopin's lyrical work, balancing physicality and finesse in the face of its lightning fast tempo. So focused on his technique, the approach
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is almost clinical.
By contrast, the live recording of Chopin's Sonata No. 2 illustrates the remarkable achievement of his young career. His charisma and confidence in front of an audience was overpowering, his energy captivating. The vivacious performance is out there on the edge.
Kapell's short career produced several priceless recordings. As RCA remasters its Kapell catalog, fans everywhere will reap the rewards. -- MUZE [review of RCA 68991]
The successful performance of Chopin Mazurkas teases out both the song and the dance of these Polish, folk-inspired compositions. Too often, one aspect is favored to the exclusion of the other. Worse yet, performances that stress one approach to playing the Mazurkas minimize the differences between and among these pieces. For example, by always stressing the second beat as the "key" to playing the Mazurkas ignores both that Chopin used the word "mazurka" as an umbrella term for related but slightly different song-dances and that the stress does not always occur on the second beat.
What is refreshing about William Kapell's renditions of Chopin's Mazurkas is his willingness to realize the individuality of each composition. While Kapell has a faithful regard for the printed score, he seems to recognize that Chopin relied on the performer's knowledge of a performance tradition and left much un-notated. Kapell's tempo choices are always sensible, allowing him to both "sing" and "dance" these pieces. Kapell is especially good at making the larger, ballade-like Mazurkas cohere (as in Op. 50, No. 3, and Op. 56, No. 3). By taking this individualistic approach to each Mazurka, Kappel is thus able to locate the elements of other genres that inhabit these remarkable compositions. -- MUZE [review of RCA 68990]
This re-release of William Kapell's 1951 recording of Rachmaninov's Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini with Fritz Reiner and the Robin Hood Dell Orchestra will hopefully serve as a corrective to the many pianists who take this work at dreadfully slow tempos. The fleet and bright Kapell-Reiner reading makes this work's theme and 24 variations cohere in a way that eludes so many other interpretations--as an extended, precise, and often frenetic dance and thus not, in this way, unlike Ravel's 'Bolero.' Such a reading not only teases out a most appropriate Paganinian mania in the faster variations but also rescues the slower ones, like the eighth (here given a cool, easy swing), from sounding like dirges.
Whether under the direction of Reiner or, as with the Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 2, under William Steinberg, the woodwind soloists of the Robin Hood Dell Orchestra are exemplary, while the strings (especially under Reiner) shimmer. The concerto possesses many moments that require careful advanced staging; otherwise, the work runs the risk of sounding tunefully episodic. With Steinberg keeping the ensemble super-tight throughout all three movements, he and Kapell stage these moments brilliantly. -- MUZE [review of RCA 68992]
This installment of the William Kapell Edition charts but one more corner of the Russian piano repertory for which the pianist achieved an early fame. Kapell's 1946 recording of the appealing Khachaturian Concerto was the work's premiere recording, and the pianist immediately became associated with what became a jukebox favorite.
The gem of this disc, however, is Kapell's 1949 recording of Prokofiev's Third Piano Concerto. In the explosive Allegro of the opening movement, Kapell moves between rippling pianissimo passages to lashing sforzando chords with consummate ease. A greater testament to Kapell's musical and technical skills comes in the variations of the second movement. His shifts from the mood of one variation to the mood of the next are immediate, passionate, and thoroughly convincing. He moves from the lush chordal lyricism of the first variation to the breathless abandon of the second, flying across the keyboard and never losing his way. The entire performance sizzles with a nervous energy that will most likely captivate any listener. -- MUZE [review of RCA 68993]
The music world suffered an incalculable loss when, on October 29, 1953, pianist William Kapell was killed in a plane crash at the age of thirty-one. More than a young man on the brink of greatness, he was already achieving it with a combination of virtuosity, temperament and intellect that set him apart, even from other brilliant players. RCA has done a heroic job of assembling his scattered recorded legacy in a nine-disc WILLIAM KAPELL EDITION and one of the surprise dividends is this never-before released recital recorded at the Frick Collection on March 1, 1953.
Kapell's repertoire came from both the romantic center and the outer edges, which is reflected in this program of Copland, Chopin, Mussorgsky, Schumann and Scarlatti. His Copland Sonata is riveting, a reminder that the composer's 'Piano Fantasy' had just been written for him when he died. His 'Pictures at an Exhibition' is a marvel of insight, delineating more clearly than most the interplay between the painting pieces and the reactive promenades. The Chopin selections give us the pianist in microcosm, dreamily rhapsodic in the Nocturne, wistful in the Mazurka, intense in the big 'Polonaise-fantasie,' always taking the music where he felt it should go without the slightest hint of artifice. -- MUZE [review of RCA 68997] Read less
Works on This Recording
1.
Mazurkas (4) for Piano, B 60/Op. 6: no 2 in C sharp minor by Frédéric Chopin
Performer:
William Kapell (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1830; Vienna, Austria
Date of Recording: 02/26/1952
2.
Sonata for Piano no 2 in B flat minor, B 128/Op. 35 "Funeral March" by Frédéric Chopin
Performer:
William Kapell (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1837-1839; Paris, France
Date of Recording: 10/22/1953
Venue: Live Geelong, Australia
3.
Sonata for Piano no 3 in B minor, B 155/Op. 58 by Frédéric Chopin
Performer:
William Kapell (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1844; Paris, France
Date of Recording: 1951-52
4.
Songs without words, vol 6, Op. 67: no 4, Presto in C major "Spinning Song" by Felix Mendelssohn
Performer:
William Kapell (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1845; Germany
Date of Recording: C1947
5.
Kinderszenen, Op. 15: no 1, Von fremden Ländern und Menschen by Robert Schumann
Performer:
William Kapell (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1838; Germany
Date of Recording: 05/01/1953
Venue: Live Frick Collection, New York City
6.
Sonata for Piano no 10 in C major, K 330 (300h): 1st movement - Excerpt(s) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer:
William Kapell (Piano)
Period: Classical
Written: 1781-1783
Date of Recording: 12/20/1951
7.
Concerto for Piano no 2 in C minor, Op. 18 by Sergei Rachmaninov
Performer:
William Kapell (Piano)
Conductor:
William Steinberg
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Robin Hood Dell Orchestra of Philadelphia
Period: Romantic
Written: Russia
Date of Recording: 07/07/1950
8.
Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini, Op. 43 by Sergei Rachmaninov
Performer:
William Kapell (Piano)
Conductor:
Fritz Reiner
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Robin Hood Dell Orchestra of Philadelphia
Period: Romantic
Written: 1934; USA
Date of Recording: 06/27/1951
9.
Preludes (24) for Piano, Op. 34: no 5 in D major, Allegro vivace by Dmitri Shostakovich
Performer:
William Kapell (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1932-1933; USSR
Date of Recording: 03/19/1945
10.
Concerto for Piano in D flat major by Aram Khachaturian
Performer:
William Kapell (Piano)
Conductor:
Serge Koussevitzky
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1936; USSR
Date of Recording: 04/19/1946
11.
Concerto for Piano no 3 in C major, Op. 26 by Sergei Prokofiev
Performer:
William Kapell (Piano)
Conductor:
Antal Doráti
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1917-1921; USA
Date of Recording: 01/07/1949
12.
Concerto for Piano no 2 in B flat major, Op. 19 by Ludwig van Beethoven
Performer:
William Kapell (Piano)
Conductor:
Vladimir Golschmann
Orchestra/Ensemble:
NBC Symphony Orchestra
Period: Classical
Written: 1793/1798; Vienna, Austria
Date of Recording: 06/24/1946
13.
Hungarian Rhapsodies (19) for Piano, S 244: no 11 in A minor by Franz Liszt
Performer:
William Kapell (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1846-1847; Weimar, Germany
Date of Recording: 05/19/1951
14.
Fantasies (7) for Piano, Op. 116: no 6, Intermezzo in E major by Johannes Brahms
Performer:
William Kapell (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1892; Austria
Date of Recording: 04/27/1945
15.
Suite in A minor, BWV 818 by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer:
William Kapell (Piano)
Period: Baroque
Written: circa 1722; Cöthen, Germany
Date of Recording: 01/07/1947
16.
Children's Corner by Claude Debussy
Performer:
William Kapell (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1906-1908; France
Date of Recording: 1950-51
17.
Sonata for Harpsichord in E major, K 380/L 23 by Domenico Scarlatti
Performer:
William Kapell (Piano)
Period: Baroque
Written: 18th Century
Date of Recording: 03/01/1953
Venue: Live Frick Collection, New York City
18.
Suite Iberia, Book 1: no 1, Evocación by Isaac Albeniz
Performer:
William Kapell (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1904-1906; France
Date of Recording: 04/27/1945
19.
Piano Playtime: no 1, Waltz of the Rainbow by Abram Chasins
Performer:
William Kapell (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: USA
Date of Recording: 06/1952
20.
Sonata for Violin and Piano no 3 in D minor, Op. 108 by Johannes Brahms
Performer:
Jascha Heifetz (Violin),
William Kapell (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1886-1888; Austria
Date of Recording: 11/1950
21.
Sonata for Clarinet/Viola and Piano no 1 in F minor, Op. 120 no 1 by Johannes Brahms
Performer:
William Primrose (Viola),
William Kapell (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1894; Germany
Date of Recording: 05/07/1946
22.
Sonata for Cello and Piano in G minor, Op. 19 by Sergei Rachmaninov
Performer:
William Kapell (Piano),
Edmund Kurtz (Cello)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1901; Russia
Date of Recording: 04/1947
23.
Sonata for Piano by Aaron Copland
Performer:
William Kapell (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1939-1941; USA
Date of Recording: 03/01/1953
Venue: Live Frick Collection, New York City
24.
Polonaise-fantaisie for Piano in A flat major, B 159/Op. 61 by Frédéric Chopin
Performer:
William Kapell (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1845-1846; Poland
Date of Recording: 03/01/1953
Venue: Live Frick Collection, New York City
25.
Pictures at an Exhibition for Piano by Modest Mussorgsky
Performer:
William Kapell (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1874; Russia
Date of Recording: 03/01/1953
Venue: Live Frick Collection, New York City
26.
Nocturnes (3) for Piano, B 54/Op. 9: no 1 in B flat minor by Frédéric Chopin
Performer:
William Kapell (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1830-1831; Poland
Date of Recording: 02/28/1945
27.
Mazurkas (5) for Piano, B 61/Op. 7: no 5 in C major by Frédéric Chopin
Performer:
William Kapell (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1831; Vienna, Austria
Date of Recording: 12/20/1951
28.
Mazurkas (4) for Piano, B 77/Op. 17: no 2 in E minor by Frédéric Chopin
Performer:
William Kapell (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1832-1833; Paris, France
Date of Recording: 12/20/1951
29.
Mazurkas (4) for Piano, B 77/Op. 17: no 3 in A flat major by Frédéric Chopin
Performer:
William Kapell (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1832-1833; Paris, France
Date of Recording: 12/27/1951
30.
Mazurkas (4) for Piano, B 77/Op. 17: no 4 in A minor by Frédéric Chopin
Performer:
William Kapell (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1832-1833; Paris, France
Date of Recording: 12/20/1951
31.
Mazurkas (4) for Piano, B 89/Op. 24: no 1 in G minor by Frédéric Chopin
Performer:
William Kapell (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1834-1835; Paris, France
Date of Recording: 12/20/1951
32.
Mazurkas (4) for Piano, B 89/Op. 24: no 3 in A flat major by Frédéric Chopin
Performer:
William Kapell (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1834-1835; Paris, France
Date of Recording: 06/24/1952
33.
Mazurkas (4) for Piano, B 105/Op. 30: no 3 in D flat major by Frédéric Chopin
Performer:
William Kapell (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1836-1837; Paris, France
Date of Recording: 12/27/1951
34.
Mazurkas (4) for Piano, B 115/Op. 33: no 1 in G sharp minor by Frédéric Chopin
Performer:
William Kapell (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1837-1838; Paris, France
Date of Recording: 06/24/1952
35.
Mazurkas (4) for Piano, B 115/Op. 33: no 3 in C major by Frédéric Chopin
Performer:
William Kapell (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1837-1838; Paris, France
Date of Recording: 03/01/1953
Venue: Live Frick Collection, New York City
36.
Mazurkas (4) for Piano, B 115/Op. 33: no 4 in B minor by Frédéric Chopin
Performer:
William Kapell (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1837-1838; Paris, France
Date of Recording: 02/20/1952
37.
Mazurkas (4) for Piano, Op. 41: no 2 in E minor by Frédéric Chopin
Performer:
William Kapell (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1838; Paris, France
Date of Recording: 02/20/1952
38.
Mazurkas (3) for Piano, B 145/Op. 50: no 2 in A flat major by Frédéric Chopin
Performer:
William Kapell (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1842; Paris, France
Date of Recording: 12/27/1951
39.
Mazurkas (3) for Piano, B 145/Op. 50: no 3 in C sharp minor by Frédéric Chopin
Performer:
William Kapell (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1842; Paris, France
Date of Recording: 02/26/1952
40.
Mazurkas (3) for Piano, B 153/Op. 56: no 3 in C minor by Frédéric Chopin
Performer:
William Kapell (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1843; Paris, France
Date of Recording: 12/27/1951
41.
Mazurkas (3) for Piano, B 157/Op. 59: no 1 in A minor by Frédéric Chopin
Performer:
William Kapell (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1845; Paris, France
Date of Recording: 02/26/1952
42.
Mazurkas (3) for Piano, B 157/Op. 59: no 2 in A flat major by Frédéric Chopin
Performer:
William Kapell (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1845; Paris, France
Date of Recording: 02/26/1952
43.
Mazurkas (3) for Piano, B 162/Op. 63: no 2 in F minor by Frédéric Chopin
Performer:
William Kapell (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1846; Paris, France
Date of Recording: 02/20/1952
44.
Mazurkas (3) for Piano, B 162/Op. 63: no 3 in C sharp minor by Frédéric Chopin
Performer:
William Kapell (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1846; Paris, France
Date of Recording: 02/26/1952
45.
Mazurkas (4) for Piano, Op. 67: no 2 in G minor, B 167 by Frédéric Chopin
Performer:
William Kapell (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1849; Paris, France
Date of Recording: 06/23/1952
46.
Mazurkas (4) for Piano, Op. 67: no 3 in C major by Frédéric Chopin
Performer:
William Kapell (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1835; Paris, France
Date of Recording: 02/20/1952
47.
Mazurkas (4) for Piano, Op. 67: no 4 in A minor, B 163 by Frédéric Chopin
Performer:
William Kapell (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1846; Paris, France
Date of Recording: 06/23/1951
48.
Mazurkas (4) for Piano, Op. 68: no 2 in A minor, B 18 by Frédéric Chopin
Performer:
William Kapell (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1827; Poland
Date of Recording: 02/20/1952
49.
Mazurkas (4) for Piano, Op. 68: no 3 in F major, B 34 by Frédéric Chopin
Performer:
William Kapell (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1829; Poland
Date of Recording: 02/20/1952
50.
Mazurkas (4) for Piano, Op. 68: no 4 in F minor, B 168 by Frédéric Chopin
Performer:
William Kapell (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1849; Paris, France
Date of Recording: 02/20/1952
51.
Mazurka for Piano in A minor, B 134 "Notre temps" by Frédéric Chopin
Performer:
William Kapell (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1840; Paris, France
Date of Recording: 02/20/1952
52.
Mazurka for Piano in B flat major, B 73 by Frédéric Chopin
Performer:
William Kapell (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1832
Date of Recording: 12/27/1951
53.
Nocturnes (2) for Piano, B 152/Op. 55: no 2 in E flat major by Frédéric Chopin
Performer:
William Kapell (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1843; Paris, France
Date of Recording: 03/01/1953
Venue: Live Frick Collection, New York City
54.
Waltz for Piano in E flat major, B 62/Op. 18 "Grande valse brillante" by Frédéric Chopin
Performer:
William Kapell (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1831; Poland
Date of Recording: 06/24/1952
55.
Piano Playtime: no 4, By the Brook by Abram Chasins
Performer:
William Kapell (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: USA
Date of Recording: 06/1952
56.
Piano Playtime: no 5, Dancing Bagpipes by Abram Chasins
Performer:
William Kapell (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: USA
Date of Recording: 06/1952
57.
Piano Playtime: no 6, Tricky Trumpet by Abram Chasins
Performer:
William Kapell (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: USA
Date of Recording: 06/1952
58.
Der Tanz in der Dorfschenke, S 514 "Mephisto Waltz no 1" by Franz Liszt
Performer:
William Kapell (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1859-1860; Weimar, Germany
Date of Recording: 03/19/1945
59.
Années de pèlerinage, deuxième année, S 161 "Italie": no 5, Sonetto 104 del Petrarca by Franz Liszt
Performer:
William Kapell (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1837-1849; Weimar, Germany
Date of Recording: 08/22/1947
60.
Songs without words, vol 6, Op. 67: no 5, Moderato in B minor by Felix Mendelssohn
Performer:
William Kapell (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1844; Germany
Date of Recording: 12/18/1950
61.
Sonata for Piano no 17 in B flat major, K 570: 2nd movement, Adagio by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer:
William Kapell (Piano)
Period: Classical
Written: 1789; Vienna, Austria
Date of Recording: 12/21/1949
62.
Toccata Ostinato by Robert Palmer
Performer:
William Kapell (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Date of Recording: 03/21/1947
Venue: Live Carnegie Hall, New York City
63.
Morceaux de fantaisies (5), Op. 3: no 2, Prélude in C sharp minor by Sergei Rachmaninov
Performer:
William Kapell (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1892; Russia
Date of Recording: 03/19/1945
64.
Impromptus (4) for Piano, D 935/Op. 142: no 2 in A flat major by Franz Schubert
Performer:
William Kapell (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1827; Vienna, Austria
Date of Recording: 03/1953
65.
Ländler (16) for Piano, D 734/Op. 67: no 1 in G major by Franz Schubert
Performer:
William Kapell (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: circa 1822; Vienna, Austria
Date of Recording: 07/03/1952
66.
Ländler (16) for Piano, D 734/Op. 67: no 2 in D major by Franz Schubert
Performer:
William Kapell (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: circa 1822; Vienna, Austria
Date of Recording: 07/03/1952
67.
Moments musicaux (6) for Piano, D 780/Op. 94: no 3 in F minor by Franz Schubert
Performer:
William Kapell (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1823-1828; Vienna, Austria
Date of Recording: 12/21/1949
68.
Waltzes (12) for Piano, D 145/Op. 18: no 2 in B major by Franz Schubert
Performer:
William Kapell (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1815/1821; Vienna, Austria
Date of Recording: 07/03/1952
69.
Waltzes (12) for Piano, D 145/Op. 18: no 6 in B minor by Franz Schubert
Performer:
William Kapell (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1815-1821; Vienna, Austria
Date of Recording: 07/03/1952
70.
Waltzes (36) for Piano, D 365/Op. 9: no 26 in E major by Franz Schubert
Performer:
William Kapell (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1816-1821; Vienna, Austria
Date of Recording: 07/03/1952
71.
Waltzes (36) for Piano, D 365/Op. 9: no 32 in F major by Franz Schubert
Performer:
William Kapell (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1816-1821; Vienna, Austria
Date of Recording: 07/03/1952
72.
Waltzes (36) for Piano, D 365/Op. 9: no 34 in F major by Franz Schubert
Performer:
William Kapell (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1816-1821; Vienna, Austria
Date of Recording: 07/03/1952
73.
Romances (3) for Piano, Op. 28: no 2 in F sharp major by Robert Schumann
Performer:
William Kapell (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1839; Germany
Date of Recording: 01/07/1947
74.
Preludes (24) for Piano, Op. 34: no 10 in C sharp minor, Moderato non troppo by Dmitri Shostakovich
Performer:
William Kapell (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1932-1933; USSR
Date of Recording: 03/19/1945
75.
Preludes (24) for Piano, Op. 34: no 14 in E flat minor, Adagio by Dmitri Shostakovich
Performer:
William Kapell (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1932-1933; USSR
Date of Recording: 03/19/1945
76.
Preludes (24) for Piano, Op. 34: no 24 in D minor, Allegretto by Dmitri Shostakovich
Performer:
William Kapell (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1932-1933; USSR
Date of Recording: 12/11/1944
77.
Mazurkas (5) for Piano, B 61/Op. 7: no 2 in A minor by Frédéric Chopin
Performer:
William Kapell (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1831; Vienna, Austria
Date of Recording: 02/26/1952
78.
German Dances (16) and Ecossaises (2) for Piano, D 783/Op. 33: no 6 in B flat major by Franz Schubert
Performer:
William Kapell (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1823-1824; Vienna, Austria
Date of Recording: 07/03/1952
79.
German Dances (16) and Ecossaises (2) for Piano, D 783/Op. 33: no 7 in B flat major by Franz Schubert
Performer:
William Kapell (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1823-1824; Vienna, Austria
Date of Recording: 07/03/1952
80.
Partita for Keyboard no 4 in D major, BWV 828: Allemande by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer:
William Kapell (Piano)
Period: Baroque
Written: 1726-1731; Leipzig, Germany
Date of Recording: 12/20/1951
81.
Sonata for Piano no 3 in B minor, B 155/Op. 58: 1st movement, Allegro maestoso by Frédéric Chopin
Performer:
William Kapell (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1844; Paris, France
Date of Recording: 12/21/1949
82.
Sonata for Piano no 3 in B minor, B 155/Op. 58: 3rd movement, Largo by Frédéric Chopin
Performer:
William Kapell (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1844; Paris, France
Date of Recording: 12/21/1949
83.
Sonata for Violin and Piano no 3 in D minor, Op. 108: 2nd movement, Adagio by Johannes Brahms
Performer:
Jascha Heifetz (Violin),
William Kapell (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1886-1888; Austria
Date of Recording: 11/1950
84.
Mazurkas (4) for Piano, Op. 41: no 1 in C sharp minor by Frédéric Chopin
Performer:
William Kapell (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1839; Paris, France
Date of Recording: 02/20/1952
85.
Partita for Keyboard no 4 in D major, BWV 828 by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer:
William Kapell (Piano)
Period: Baroque
Written: 1726-1731; Germany
Date of Recording: 1952-53
86.
Concerto for Piano no 3 in D minor, Op. 30 by Sergei Rachmaninov
Performer:
William Kapell (Piano)
Conductor:
Sir Bernard Heinze
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Victorian Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1909; Russia
87.
Suite in A minor, BWV 818 by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer:
William Kapell (Piano)
Period: Baroque
Written: circa 1722; Cöthen, Germany
88.
Pictures at an Exhibition for Piano by Modest Mussorgsky
Performer:
William Kapell (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1874; Russia
89.
God Save the King by Thomas Augustine Arne
Performer:
William Kapell (Piano)
Period: Baroque
Written: 1745; England
90.
Sonata for Piano no 17 in B flat major, K 570 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer:
William Kapell (Piano)
Period: Classical
Written: 1789; Vienna, Austria
91.
Barcarolle for Piano in F sharp major, B 158/Op. 60 by Frédéric Chopin
Performer:
William Kapell (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1845-1846; Paris, France
92.
Nocturnes (2) for Piano, B 152/Op. 55: no 2 in E flat major by Frédéric Chopin
Performer:
William Kapell (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1843; Paris, France
93.
Scherzo for Piano no 1 in B minor, B 65/Op. 20 by Frédéric Chopin
Performer:
William Kapell (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1831-1832; Poland
94.
Sonata for Piano no 7 in B flat major, Op. 83 by Sergei Prokofiev
Performer:
William Kapell (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1939-1942; USSR
95.
Suite bergamasque by Claude Debussy
Performer:
William Kapell (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1890/1905; France
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an absolute must October 26, 2013
By robert freeman chadis (oslo, oslo) See All My Reviews
"another of the very greatest who died young."
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A pity October 13, 2013
By Anthony G. (valley stream, NY) See All My Reviews
"A pity we lost such a great talent so young and so tragically. The outstanding feature of his playing is his silken, sensual tone, that still preserves the logic, integrity, and phrasing of the pieces played. He was a pianist who absolutely understood the music he was playing. Architecture as well as aesthetics were important to him."
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Artists, not entertainers October 13, 2013
By Brien Chomica (Winnipeg, MB) See All My Reviews
"Have known Willy's recordings for 40 years; but this collection brings in some performances and recordings that have not been available on disc before this collection. The Rachmaninoff Cello Sonata, and the Chopin B-minor Scherzo are just two of the pieces that impressed me most right now. Mr. Kapell was known for his Kachaturian Concerto (as Horowitz was for the Rach III, and Jorge Bolet for the Prokofiev II, and John Browning for Sam Barber's Concerto) and it is here, along with so many other great readings of the be-jewelled miniatures, like the Chopin Mazurkas. -- Need I add that the great one died in a plane crash on what transpired as his last tour -- in Australia? He died younger than Chopin, and might have had an artistic career as bright as those who were left to inspire us in the 1950's and 60's and 70's. These recordings go right up to his ending. My mental momentum conjectures what more this trajectory might have accomplished. -- But then we all dangle at the end of the threads of Fate, do we not?"
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