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- Original Release Date: 10 Nov 1997
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| Song Title | Time | Price | |||
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| Play | 1. Variations on a Theme by Paganini, Op.35 / Book 1 - Variation I | 11:25 | £1.49 | ||
| Play | 2. Variations on a Theme by Paganini, Op.35 / Book 1 - Variation II | 8:53 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 3. Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel, Op.24 | 26:06 | £3.39 | ||
| Play | 4. 4 Ballades, Op.10 - No.1 in D minor | 4:55 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 5. 4 Ballades, Op.10 - No.2 in D | 5:47 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 6. 4 Ballades, Op.10 - No.3 in B minor | 3:47 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 7. 4 Ballades, Op.10 - No.4 in B | 5:34 | £0.79 | ||
| Disc 2: | |||||
| Song Title | Time | Price | |||
| Play | 1. Variations on a theme by Schumann | 19:27 | £2.59 | ||
| Play | 2. Variations on an Original Theme in D, Op.21, No.1 | 16:41 | £2.29 | ||
| Play | 3. Variations on a Hungarian Song in D major, op.21, no.2 | 5:58 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 4. 16 Waltzes, Op.39 - Nos.1-8 | 9:22 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 5. 16 Waltzes, Op.39 - Nos.9-16 | 7:59 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 6. Scherzo in E flat minor, Op.4 | 8:29 | £0.79 | ||
| Disc 3: | |||||
| Song Title | Time | Price | |||
| Play | 1. Piano Sonata No.1 in C, Op.1 - 1. Allegro | 8:03 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 2. Piano Sonata No.1 in C, Op.1 - 2. Andante | 5:40 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 3. Piano Sonata No.1 in C, Op.1 - 3. Scherzo (Allegro molto e con fuoco) | 5:19 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 4. Piano Sonata No.1 in C, Op.1 - 4. Finale (Allegro con fuoco) | 6:08 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 5. Piano Sonata No.2 in F sharp minor, Op.2 - 1. Allegro non troppo, ma energico | 5:28 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 6. Piano Sonata No.2 in F sharp minor, Op.2 - 2. Andante con espressione | 6:00 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 7. Piano Sonata No.2 in F sharp minor, Op.2 - 3. Scherzo. Allegro | 3:53 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 8. Piano Sonata No.2 in F sharp minor, Op.2 - 4. Finale (Introduzione. Sostenuto - Allegro non troppo e rubato) | 11:09 | £1.49 | ||
| Play | 9. Rhapsody in B minor, Op.79, No.1 | 9:20 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 10. Rhapsody in G minor, Op.79, No.2 | 5:58 | £0.89 | ||
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| Song Title | Time | Price | |||
| Play | 1. Piano Sonata No.3 in F minor, Op.5 - 1. Allegro maestoso | 10:42 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 2. Piano Sonata No.3 in F minor, Op.5 - 2. Andante espressivo | 12:16 | £1.49 | ||
| Play | 3. Piano Sonata No.3 in F minor, Op.5 - 3. Scherzo (Allegro energico) | 4:40 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 4. Piano Sonata No.3 in F minor, Op.5 - 4. Intermezzo (Andante molto) | 3:26 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 5. Piano Sonata No.3 in F minor, Op.5 - 5. Finale (Allegro moderato ma rubato) | 7:01 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 6. Fantasias (7 Piano Pieces), Op.116 - 1. Capriccio in D minor | 1:59 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 7. Fantasias (7 Piano Pieces), Op.116 - 2. Intermezzo in A minor | 3:48 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 8. Fantasias (7 Piano Pieces), Op.116 - 3. Capriccio in G minor | 2:38 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 9. Fantasias (7 Piano Pieces), Op.116 - 4. Intermezzo in E major | 4:20 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 10. Fantasias (7 Piano Pieces), Op.116 - 5. Intermezzo in E minor | 3:29 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 11. Fantasias (7 Piano Pieces), Op.116 - 6. Intermezzo in E major | 4:05 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 12. Fantasias (7 Piano Pieces), Op.116 - 7. Capriccio in d minor | 2:35 | £0.79 | ||
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| Song Title | Time | Price | |||
| Play | 1. 8 Piano Pieces, Op.76 - 1. Capriccio in F sharp minor | 3:37 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 2. 8 Piano Pieces, Op.76 - 2. Capriccio in B minor | 3:17 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 3. 8 Piano Pieces, Op.76 - 3. Intermezzo in A flat | 2:20 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 4. 8 Piano Pieces, Op.76 - 4. Intermezzo in B flat | 2:17 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 5. 8 Piano Pieces, Op.76 - 5. Capriccio in C sharp minor | 3:09 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 6. 8 Piano Pieces, Op.76 - 6. Intermezzo in A | 3:50 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 7. 8 Piano Pieces, Op.76 - 7. Intermezzo in A minor | 2:30 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 8. 8 Piano Pieces, Op.76 - 8. Capriccio in C | 3:28 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 9. 6 Piano Pieces, Op.118 - 1. Intermezzo in A minor | 1:51 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 10. 6 Piano Pieces, Op.118 - 2. Intermezzo in A | 6:03 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 11. 6 Piano Pieces, Op.118 - 3. Ballade in G minor | 3:04 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 12. 6 Piano Pieces, Op.118 - 4. Intermezzo in F minor | 2:32 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 13. 6 Piano Pieces, Op.118 - 5. Romance in F | 4:09 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 14. 6 Piano Pieces, Op.118 - 6. Intermezzo in E flat minor | 4:54 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 15. 4 Piano Pieces, Op.119 - 1. Intermezzo in B minor | 2:51 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 16. 4 Piano Pieces, Op.119 - 2. Intermezzo in E minor | 4:38 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 17. 4 Piano Pieces, Op.119 - 3. Intermezzo in C | 1:26 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 18. 4 Piano Pieces, Op.119 - 4. Rhapsody in E flat | 4:59 | £0.79 | ||
| Disc 6: | |||||
| Song Title | Time | Price | |||
| Play | 1. Intermezzi, Op.117 - 1. in E flat major | 5:14 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 2. Intermezzi, Op.117 - 2. in B flat minor | 4:33 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 3. Intermezzi, Op.117 - 3. in C sharp minor | 5:23 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 4. Hungarian Dance No.1 in G minor | 2:51 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 5. Hungarian Dance No.2 in D minor | 3:06 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 6. Hungarian Dance No.3 in F | 2:19 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 7. Hungarian Dance No.4 in F sharp minor | 4:14 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 8. Hungarian Dance No.5 in G minor | 2:10 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 9. Hungarian Dance No.6 in D flat | 3:08 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 10. Hungarian Dance No.7 in F Hungarian Dance No. 7 in A | 1:27 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 11. Hungarian Dance No.8 in A minor | 2:33 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 12. Hungarian Dance No.9 in E minor | 1:42 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 13. Hungarian Dance No.10 in F | 1:51 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 14. Hungarian Dance No.11 in D minor | 2:10 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 15. Hungarian Dance No.12 in D minor | 2:02 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 16. Hungarian Dance No.13 in D | 1:18 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 17. Hungarian Dance No.14 in D minor | 1:27 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 18. Hungarian Dance No.15 in B flat | 2:34 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 19. Hungarian Dance No.16 in F minor | 2:02 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 20. Hungarian Dance No.17 in F sharp minor | 2:51 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 21. Hungarian Dance No.18 in D | 1:13 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 22. Hungarian Dance No.19 in B minor | 1:48 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 23. Hungarian Dance No.20 in E minor | 2:01 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 24. Hungarian Dance No.21 in E minor | 1:24 | £0.79 | ||
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40 of 40 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
There may be the individual recording made by others - Gilels, Rubinstein, Arrau - of a particular piece which might be preferred but as a collection of the Brahms piano works, this set has to take the prize.
The quality of original recording is high and the digital transfer seemingly well done. One has to listen very attentively to detect which of the four Ballades were recorded monaurally; a strange anachronism in the 'sixties. Also, the piano is an unusually fine-sounding instrument and I wonder if it might not be the Bösendorfer which resided in Decca's Hampstead studios around the time these recordings were made.
As another reviewer has suggested, the accompanying notes in french and german do provide interestingly different perspectives. But what I find inexcusable is that neither of these, nor the text in english, offers any biographical or other information on the pianist. The title is "Brahms, Works for Solo Piano. Julius Katchen". That's it - Katchen dismissed! Despite there being two blank pages in the accompanying booklet and two more of irrelevant other releases by London, that is the only mention made anywhere of the artist. I find this not only irritating but offensive.
Julius Katchen was an American pianist who moved to post-War Paris at the age of twenty. He was the consummate musician with a broad performing repertoire; a very highly regarded soloist in his time - a time which included Rubinstein, Backhaus, Gilels, Horowitz, Moiseiwitsch and Solomon - and a very empathetic accompanist but whose achievements like those of Witold Malcuzynski are not so well remembered today. This set serves to redress the balance a little and introduce Katchen to a new generation who surely will appreciate what in my view is the best available recording of the fiendishly difficult Paganini variations. His recording of the Brahms Opus 24 Handel variations (which are up there with Bach's Goldbergs for sheer breadth of musical invention) also is one of the best.
I recommend this set very highly.
As an unconnected aside, some fifty years ago and quite by chance, I found myself sitting next to Katchen on an aircraft. I remember he had unusually expressive hands; a useful attribute as the noise level of the DC3 cabin militated against easy conversation! At the time, I was wrestling with the G minor Rhapsody and he was very generous with his advice (and a free ticket to a recital the following evening!). A charming man who died prematurely in 1969.
Buy this set - I can't imagine why you would regret it.
The quality of original recording is high and the digital transfer seemingly well done. One has to listen very attentively to detect which of the four Ballades were recorded monaurally; a strange anachronism in the 'sixties. Also, the piano is an unusually fine-sounding instrument and I wonder if it might not be the Bösendorfer which resided in Decca's Hampstead studios around the time these recordings were made.
As another reviewer has suggested, the accompanying notes in french and german do provide interestingly different perspectives. But what I find inexcusable is that neither of these, nor the text in english, offers any biographical or other information on the pianist. The title is "Brahms, Works for Solo Piano. Julius Katchen". That's it - Katchen dismissed! Despite there being two blank pages in the accompanying booklet and two more of irrelevant other releases by London, that is the only mention made anywhere of the artist. I find this not only irritating but offensive.
Julius Katchen was an American pianist who moved to post-War Paris at the age of twenty. He was the consummate musician with a broad performing repertoire; a very highly regarded soloist in his time - a time which included Rubinstein, Backhaus, Gilels, Horowitz, Moiseiwitsch and Solomon - and a very empathetic accompanist but whose achievements like those of Witold Malcuzynski are not so well remembered today. This set serves to redress the balance a little and introduce Katchen to a new generation who surely will appreciate what in my view is the best available recording of the fiendishly difficult Paganini variations. His recording of the Brahms Opus 24 Handel variations (which are up there with Bach's Goldbergs for sheer breadth of musical invention) also is one of the best.
I recommend this set very highly.
As an unconnected aside, some fifty years ago and quite by chance, I found myself sitting next to Katchen on an aircraft. I remember he had unusually expressive hands; a useful attribute as the noise level of the DC3 cabin militated against easy conversation! At the time, I was wrestling with the G minor Rhapsody and he was very generous with his advice (and a free ticket to a recital the following evening!). A charming man who died prematurely in 1969.
Buy this set - I can't imagine why you would regret it.
38 of 40 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This box will have the width of a finger on your shelf, but will provide you with endless hours of boundless enjoyment. Julius Katchen not only showed that he was a master of the Brahms piano repertoire in the 1960s, but London also awarded him amazingly realistic and faithful piano recording. The transfers to 6 CDs have been totally successful, amongst the very best in London's "Collectors' Edition" series.
If you have a chance to sample what's here, try the early Scherzo in Eb, Op 4, a wonderfully robust, powerful work, and the late Op 117 Intermezzi, reflective, reposeful works. You'll also find some of the brilliant sets of variations - masterpieces that are fiendishly difficult to play - and the complete sets of waltzes and Hungarian dances.
Vehemently recommended.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I must say I was amazed to hear Julius Katchen's playing. Totally unfamiliar for me until now, he was really a most important interpretator for Brahms' piano music. His extreme clarity in playing is truly a pleasure to hear, but more important, the visions he create especially in the piano pieces Opp. 76, and 116-119 are remarkable. Not to forget the early sonatas, or the extremely difficult variations. Katchen's Brahms is lyrical and feminine as well as powerful and masculine, but all the time intelligent and logical. Specific highlights for me are e.g. Capriccio in C sharp minor (Op. 76/5), Intermezzo in A (Op. 118/2), and the following Ballade in G minor (Op. 118/3). After hearing this recording one no longer questions why Brahms in his later life concentrated on short piano pieces rather than larger sonatas etc. Katchen plays to us these gems as if Brahms himself would be at the keyboard.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Wonderful box set
This is a wonderful set of recordings of some of the most enjoyable and interesting works in the piano repertoire.
Published 11 months ago by M. Richards
Brown Piano Music
I make this comment for the benefit of music amateurs (in the original sense of the phrase) and not for musicologists. Read more
Published on 8 Aug 2009 by drsox
Lifetime investment
This is one of those sets that you will go on listening to for decades. Katchen was a great pianist, he was at his best in Brahms, and the recorded sound is excellent.
Published on 24 Aug 2004
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