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Rudolf Serkin
Bach's Instrumental Works
Recordings
Recordings of Solo Keyboard Works
K-1 |
Rudolf Serkin - His Earliest Recordings - Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 / Schubert: Sonata No. 19 / Chopin: Three Etudes |
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Goldberg Variations BWV 988 [31:49] |
Rudolf Serkin (Piano) [Piano Roll - Welte Mignon] |
Archiphon 105 |
c1928 |
CD / TT: 61:25 |
Recoed in Stuttgart, Germany. Other works: by F. Schubert & F. Chopin.
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K-2 |
Rudolf Sekin: A life, by Stephen Lehman & Mario Faber [Book] |
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French Suite No.5 in G major, BWV.816 [] |
Rudolf Serkin (Piano) |
Oxford University Press |
Apr 15, 1950 |
CD / TT: |
Recorded at the Library of Congress. Appendix to Serkin biography 'A life' by Stephen Lehman & Mario Faber, Oxford University Press.
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K-3 |
Bach: Chromatic Fantasy; Italian Concerto; Goldberg Variations (Aria) |
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1. Chromatic Fantasia & Fugue in D minor ("Rust" version), BWV 903a [9:14]
2. Italian Concerto in F major, BWV 971 [15:33]
3. Goldberg Variations BWV 988: Aria [4:19]
4. Capriccio on the Departure of a Beloved Brother in B flat major, BWV 992 [11:20]
5. Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major, BWV 1050 [22:26] |
Pablo Casals [5] |
Marlboro Festival Orchestra [5] |
Rudolf Serkin (Piano) [All]; Alexander Schneider (Violin) [5]; Ornulf Gulbransen (Flute) [5] |
Sony |
Jun 1950 [1-2]; Apr 5, 1957 [4]; Jul 9 & 11, 1964 [5]; Jul 3, 1976 [3] |
CD / TT: 62:52 |
Recorded livw at Prades Festival [1-2]; Marlboro Festival, Brattleboro, Vermont, USA [2, 5]; Puerto Rico [4]. 1st redcording of Capriccio BWV 992 by R. Serkin.
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K-4 |
Rudolf Serkin: Brahms, Beethoven, Mendelssohn and others |
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Capriccio on the Departure of a Beloved Brother in B flat major, BWV 992 [11:53] |
Rudolf Serkin (Piano) |
Aura Classics |
1957 |
CD / 76:52 |
Recorded live at Teatro Kursaal, Lugano. 2nd redcording of Capriccio BWV 992 by R. Serkin. Other works: not by J.S. Bach.
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K-5 |
Rudolf Serkin performs Bach, Reger & Beethoven |
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Capriccio in honour of J.C. Bach in E major, BWV
993 [10:45]
M. Reger: Variations & Fugue on a
Theme of J.S. Bach for piano, Op. 81 [29:59] |
Rudolf Serkin
(Piano) |
BBC Legends |
Jun 4, 1973 |
CD / TT: 77:33 |
Recorded live at Royal Festival Hall, London, England.
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Recordings of Chamber Works
H-1 |
Adolf Busch Plays Bach |
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1. Sonata for violin & continuo in G major, BWV 1021 [8:16]
2. Sonata for violin & keyboard No. 4 in C minor, BWV 1017: Siciliano [3:01]
3. Sonata for violin & keyboard No. 3 in E major, BWV 1016: Allegro [3:05]
4. Sonata for violin & keyboard No. 3 in E major, BWV 1016: Allegro [3:48]
5. Sonata for violin & keyboard No. 3 in E major, BWV 1016: Adagio [5:02] |
Adolf Busch (Violin); Rudolf Serkin (Piano) |
IDIS |
Oct 24, 1929 [1]; Nov 18, 1933 [2-4]; Apr 26, 1943 [5] |
2-CD / TT: 115:06 |
Recorded in Berlin, Germany [1]; London, England [2-3]; live in Washington D.C., USA [5]. Other works: w/o R. Serkin.
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Recordings of Orchestral Works
O-1 |
The Busch Chamber Players - Bach: The Brandenburg Concertos / Orchestral Suites |
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Brandenburg Concertos, BWV 1046-51 [21:57, 12:48, 9:02, 15:33, 22:52, 21:21]
Orchestra Suites BWV 1066-1069 [22:03, 20:46, 19:59, 20:50]
All arranged by Rudolf Serkin |
Adolf Busch |
Adolf Busch Chamber Players |
Rudolf Serkin (Piano) [Continuo in all BC's, solo in BC 5); Adolf Busch (Violin) [BS 5]; Marcel Moÿse (Flute) [BC 5] |
EMI / Pearl |
Oct 9-28, 1935 [BC]; 1936 [OS] |
3-CD / TT: |
Recorded at Studio No.1, Abbey Road, London, England.
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O-2 |
Bach: The Brandenburg Concertos |
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Brandenburg Concertos BWV 1046-1051 [21:37, 11:26, 13:30, 14:48, 21:51, 17:55] |
Pablo Casals |
Marlboro Festival Orchestra |
Alexander Schneider (Violin) [1-2, 4-5]; John Mack [1-2], Ronald Richards [1], Peter Christ [1] (Oboes); Myron Bloom, Robert Johnson [1[ (Horns); Donald MacCourt [1] (Basson); Rudolf Serkin (Piano Continuo [1], Piano [5]); Robert Nagel (Trumpet) [2]; Ornulf Gurbransen (Flute) [2, 4-5]; Leslie Parnas (Cello Continuo) [2]; Peter Serkin (Harpsichord Continuo) [2-3, 6]; Nancy Dalley (Flute) [4] |
CBS/ Sony |
Jul 1964 |
3-LP, 2-CD / TT: |
Recxorded live at Marlboro Festival, Brattleboro, Vermont, USA.
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O-3 |
Bach: Concertos for 3 Pianos |
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Concerto for 3 harpsichords & strings in d minor, BWV 1063 []
Concerto for 3 harpsichords & strings in C major, BWV 1064 [] |
Alexander Schneider |
Marlboro Festival Orchestra |
Rudolf Serkin [1-2], Ruth Laredo [1], Mieczyslaw Horszowski [1-2], Peter Serkin [2] |
Columbia MS 6847 |
Jul 1964 |
LP / TT: |
Recorded at Marlboro, Brattleboro, Vermont, USA |
Recordings of Arrangements & Transcriptions
T-1 |
75th Anniversary |
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M. Reger: Variations & Fugue on a Theme of J.S. Bach for piano, Op. 81 [] |
Rudolf Serkin (Piano) |
Curtis Institutee |
Nov 20, 1973 |
CD / TT: |
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T-2 |
Reger: Bach Variations; Piano Concerto No. 1 |
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M. Reger: Variations & Fugue on a Theme of J.S. Bach for piano, Op. 81 [] |
Rudolf Serkin (Piano) |
Columbia
Sony |
1985 |
LP / TT:
CD / TT: |
Recorded at Troy Music Hall, Troy, New York, USA.
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The list of recordings was compiled by Aryeh Oron (November 2006 - June 2007)
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