Notes and Editorial Reviews
The death of William Kapell in a 1953 plane crash at age 31 robbed the music world of an important musician regarded as a role model for American pianists who emerged on the international scene after World War II, just as Leonard Bernstein paved the way for future American conductors. He left behind a fair yet not particularly large recorded legacy: the self-critical pianist was choosy about what he would approve for release.
Most of his recordings were unavailable for decades when RCA finally brought out a painstakingly remastered complete Kapell edition on nine CDs in 1998, supplanted by unpublished studio sessions and live material. Ten years later RCA released “William Kapell reDiscovered”, a two-CD collection of
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broadcast concerts from the pianist’s final Australian tour that came to light in 2003, stemming from acetate discs made by a home-recording enthusiast. For those who missed these sets, Sony/RCA now brings them together in a budget-priced box.
Although Kapell was a mentor and older advisor to younger colleagues like Gary Graffman, Leon Fleisher, Jerome Lowenthal, and other so-called “OYAPS” (Outstanding Young American Pianists), and had much in common with their straightforward, uncluttered music making, he had a subjective side to his artistry that falls more in line with Slavic/Soviet pianists of the day. True, his terse and clear-cut Beethoven Second Concerto is very much in the Schnabel mode (in fact, Schnabel mistook Kapell’s recording for his own when hearing it broadcast), while the Rachmaninov Paganini Rhapsody’s driving, acerbic neo-classical sound-world plays down the composer’s roots in Russian Romanticism.
In the first American recording of Khachaturian’s Piano Concerto, Kapell’s incisive bravura makes it easy to get past the cramped sonics and Serge Koussevitsky’s bloated accompaniment. At the same time, Kapell was no purist. He did not hesitate to play certain Busoni modifications in Liszt’s Mephisto Waltz, or Vladimir Horowitz’s rewritten version of the Great Gate at Kiev in Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition, or the final upward scales in Chopin’s B minor Scherzo as interlocking octaves (à la Horowitz and Jeanne-Marie Darré). Furthermore, many of the discreet lingerings, the changes of color and articulation one hears in the Chopin B minor Sonata, Op. 55 No. 2 Nocturne, selected Mazurkas, and Schubert’s A-flat Impromptu D. 935 No. 2 would not be out of place in a performance by Emil Gilels or Sviatoslav Richter. The Bach D major Partita also has its fair share of ravishing legato and dynamic dips, although the linear clarity and minuscule use of the sustain pedal foreshadows modern Bach pianism as popularized by Glenn Gould, minus the eccentricities.
Most valuable, perhaps, is the live Frick Collection concert, featuring one of the most rhythmically focused, committed, and passionate performances of Copland’s Piano Sonata extant. Kapell’s strong soloist personality did not preclude his being an equally strong and supportive chamber musician, as borne out in the Rachmaninov Cello Sonata with Edmund Kurtz, Brahms’ First Viola Sonata with William Primrose, and a Brahms Third Sonata with Jascha Heifetz that would have led to further collaborations with the legendary violinist. Recording dates are provided, but no annotations or contextual information from which less specialist collectors would benefit.
-- Jed Distler, ClassicsToday.com
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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
Customer Reviews
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great performances April 28, 2014
By D. McArthur (Gretna, LA) See All My Reviews
"These are historical recordings and should not be purchased expecting early stereo. The information that Arkiv has posted states stereo. These are mono recordings! The Australian broadcast selections have acceptable sound considering the source. However at times the sound is very poor, but at such a price it was indeed best to include them. Some of the commercial recordings have faint rumble underneath otherwise very acceptable sound. Of course the performances are special and we can only be grateful for this set. Spars code DDD indeed! Come on fellows!"
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an absolute must October 26, 2013
By robert freeman chadis (Long Beach, CA) 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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