Wilhelm Backhaus -Wilhelm Backhaus-The complete 1940s Studio Rec. -APR CD Grooves.land/Playthek

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Piano Concerto No 26 in D major, K537

01. Wilhelm Backhaus "I. Allegro"

02. Wilhelm Backhaus "II. Larghetto"

03. Wilhelm Backhaus "III. Allegretto"
Italian Concerto in F minor BWV971

04. Backhaus, Wilhelm "I. (no tempo indication)"

05. Backhaus, Wilhelm "II. Andante"

06. Backhaus, Wilhelm "III. Presto"
Prelude and Fugue No 21 in B flat major, BWV890 (WTC Book 2)

07. Backhaus, Wilhelm "I. Prelude"

08. Backhaus, Wilhelm "II. Fugue"
Piano Sonata in A major K331, 'Alla turca'

09. Backhaus, Wilhelm "I. Tema con variazione"

10. Backhaus, Wilhelm "II. Menuetto & Trio"

11. Backhaus, Wilhelm "III. Rondo: Alla turca"
Piano Sonata No. 18 in E flat major, Op 31 No 3

12. Backhaus, Wilhelm "I. Allegro"

13. Backhaus, Wilhelm "II. Scherzo: Allegretto vivace"

14. Backhaus, Wilhelm "III. Menuetto & Trio: Moderato e grazioso"

15. Backhaus, Wilhelm "IV. Presto con fuoco"

16. Backhaus, Wilhelm "Impromptu in E flat major D899 No 2 (Op 90 No 2)"

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German pianist, Wilhelm Backhaus (1884-1969) left a 60-year recorded legacy which began in 1908, but a major turning point came in 1950 when he switched allegiance from HMV to Decca. His last HMV recordings, included in this set, are amongst his least known and it appears that those from his final HMV sessions in Zürich in 1948 are reissued here for the first time. Backhaus had settled in Switzerland in the 1930s and although he continued to perform in Germany during the war, he only made one commercial recording, for HMV's German affiliate Electrola. This recording, of Mozart's 'Coronation' concerto, came about because of celebrations to mark the composer's 150th anniversary and the result is particularly ebullient. Backhaus plays his own cadenzas and ornaments profusely in the slow movement, something very unusual in Mozart performance of the time. This exceptionally well-filled disc also includes full documentation explaining for the first time why Backhaus became disenchanted with HMV and left them for Decca.

< 78s info & recording > * Concerto no.26; ca. IX. 1941 - HMV DB 5674~77 - 2RA 5290~97[-2, 3, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2] * Italian concerto; 15,16th Mar. 1948, Wolfbach Studio, Zürich - HMV DB 6871~72s - 2ZA 57~59[-1, -2, -2] * BWV.890; 15,16th Mar. 1948, Wolfbach Studio, Zürich - HMV DB 6872(2nd side) - 2ZA 69-1 * Sonata K.331; 16th Mar. 1948, Wolfbach Studio, Zürich - HMV DB 6810~11 - 2ZA 53~56[-1, 2, 1, 1] * Sonata no.18; 15,16th Mar. 1948, Wolfbach Studio, Zürich - HMV DB 6788~90 - 2ZA 47~51[-2, 1, 1, 1, 1] * Schubert; 16th Mar. 1948, Wolfbach Studio, Zürich - HMV DB 6790 - 2ZA 52-1

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APR5637

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