Claudio Arrau

	Beethoven: Concerto 3 (w/Ormandy) Weber: Konzertstück (w/Defauw), Sonata 1 rec. 1941-47 8.111263 Reviews by Colin Clarke and Jonathan Woolf
	R Strauss: Burleske Schumann: Concerto (w/Defaux), Carnaval rec. 1939-46 8.111265 Review by Jonathan Woolf

William Backhaus

	Brahms: Concerto 1, Paganini Variations, Rhapsody (w/Boult) rec. 1929-32 8.110699 Review by Jonathan Woolf
	Brahms: Concerto 2 (w/Böhm), Ballades, Waltzes, Hungarian Dances rec. 1932-39 8.110766 Review by Jonathan Woolf

Alfred Cortot - see separate page

Edwin Fischer

Bach: Well Tempered Clavier Book II rec. 1935-36 8.110653-54 Review by Christopher Thomas

Ignaz Friedman

	Beethoven: Moonlight Sonata Chopin: Mazurkas, Etudes, Waltzes rec. 1923-26 8.110684 Review by Jonathan Woolf
	Grieg: Concerto Chopin: Sonata, Polonaise, Etudes rec. 1927-28 8.110686 Review by Jonathan Woolf
	Chopin: Polonaise, Mazurkas and Schubert & Gluck, rec. 1928-30 8.110690 Review by Christopher Howell
	Mendelssohn: Songs without words Beethoven: Violin sonata 'Kretuzer' (w/Hubermann) Liszt: Hungarian rhapsody 2 rec. 1930-31 8.110736 Review by Jonathan Woolf

Walter Gieseking

Schumann: Concerto (w/Böhm) Grieg: Concerto (w/Rosbaud) Franck: Symphonic variations (w/Wood) rec. 1932-42 8.111110 Reviews by David Blomenberg and David Dunsmore

Emil Gilels

Early Recordings Volume 1 Rameau, Mozart, Schumann, Smetana, Debussy & Ravel rec. 1935-51 8.111350 Review by Jonathan Woolf

Glenn Gould

Beethoven: Piano Sonatas 30-32 rec. 1956 8.111299 Review by Jonathan Woolf

Myra Hess

Schumann: Concerto (w/Goehr), Carnaval rec. 1931-38 8.110604 Review by Jonathan Woolf

Josef Hofmann

Acoustic Recordings Chopin, Liszt, Mendelssohn, Rachmaninov rec. 1916-23 8.111326 Review by Jonathan Woolf

Vladimir Horowitz

	Brahms: Concerto 2 Tchaikovsky: Concerto 1 rec. 1940-41 (w/Toscanini) 8.110671 Review by Jonathan Woolf
	Rachmaninov: Concerto 3 (w/Coates) and Debussy, Scarlatti, Liszt, Schubert, Chopin & Bizet rec. 1928-30 8.110696 Reviews by Don Satz and Tony Haywood
	Liszt: Sonata Scarlatti: Sonatas Chopin: Etudes, Mazurkas and Poulenc, Rimsky-Korsakov, Debussy, Stravinsky, Haydn & Schumann rec. 1932-34 8.110606 Reviews by Tony Haywood and Paul Shoemaker
	Beethoven: Concerto 5 Rachmaninov: Concerto 3 rec. 1951/52 (w/Reiner) 8.110787 Reviews by Alex Demetriou, Michael Cookson, Jonathan Woolf and John Quinn
	Vladimir Horowitz Chopin: Sonata 2 rec. 1949-57 8.111282 Review by Jonathan Woolf

William Kapell

	Prokofiev: Concerto 3 (w/Antal Dorati) Khachaturian: Concerto (w/Koussevitzky) Shostakovich: Preludes rec. 1944-49 8.110673 Review by Christopher Howell
	Rachmaninov: Concerto 2 (w/Steinberg), Paganini Variations (w/Reiner), Prelude rec. 1945-51 8.110692 Review by Jonathan Woolf
	Beethoven: Concerto 2 (w/Golschmann) Schubert: Waltzes Rachmaninov: Cello sonata (w/Kurtz) rec. 1946-52 8.110767 Reviews by Jonathan Woolf, Christopher Howell and Colin Clarke

Louis Kentner

Liszt: Tarantella, Fantasia (Orch. & cond. C Lambert) Balakirev: Sonata rec. 1938-51 8.111223 Review by Jonathan Woolf

Mischa Levitzki

	Chopin: Waltzes, Etudes Gluck, Schubert, Mendelsohn, Scarlatti, Bach, Tchaikovsky, Beethoven rec. 1923-33 8.110688 Review by Jonathan Woolf
	Liszt: Concerto 1 (w/Ronald), Hungareina rhapsodies, La Campanella Schumann: Sonata Moskowzki: La Jongleuse rec. 1927-33 8.110769 Review by Jonathan Woolf
	Chopin: Ballades, Preludes, Waltzes Levitzki: Waltz Rubinstein: Etude rec. 1927-38 8.110774 Review by Jonathan Woolf

Josef Lhevinne

Mozart: Sonata Chopin: Etudes, Preludes Rachmaninov: Prelude Schumann: Toccata rec. 1920-37 8.110681 Review by Jonathan Woolf

Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli

Early Recordings Vol. 1 rec. 1939-48 8.111351 Review by Jonathan Woolf

Benno Moiseiwitsch - see separate page

Ignacy Paderewski

Selection of US Victor recordings rec. 1914-41 8.112011 Review by Christopher Howell

Sergei Prokofiev

Prokofiev: Concerto 3 (w/Coppola), Visions fugitives, Conte de la vieille grand-mere rec. 1932-35 8.110670 Reviews by John Leeman and Jonathan Woolf

Sergei Rachmaninov

	Rachmaninov: Concertos 2 & 3 rec. 1929-40 (w/Stokowski & Ormandy) 8.110601 Review by Rob Barnett
	Rachmaninov: Concertos 1 & 4, Paganini Variations rec. 1934-41 (w/Stokowski & Ormandy) 8.110602 Review by Rob Barnett

Artur Rubinstein

	Chopin: Mazurkas rec. 1928-39 8.110653-54 Review by Christopher Howell
	Chopin: Nocturnes and Scherzi rec. 1932-37 8.110659-60 Review by Simon Jenner
	Chopin: Polonaises rec. 1934-35 8.110661 Review by Christopher Howell
	Brahms: Piano concerto 2 Tchaikovsky: Piano concerto 1 rec. 1929-32 8.111271 Reviews by Rob Maynard and Christopher Howell
	Rachmaninov: Piano concerto 2, Paganini Rhapsody rec. 1946-50 8.111289 Reviews by Rob Maynard and Jonathan Woolf
	Chopin: Piano Concertos 1 & 2 Los Angeles PO/Alfred Wallenstein NBC SO/William Steinberg rec. 1946/53 8.111296 Reviews by Rob Maynard and Jonathan Woolf

Artur Schnabel (see separate page)

Solomon

	Tchaikovsky: Concerto 1 (w/Harty) Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody Chopin: Polonaises, Etudes, Fantasie rec. 1929-32 8.110680 Reviews by Jonathan Woolf and William Hedley
	Beethoven: Concerto 3 Bliss: Concerto rec. 1943-44 (w/Boult) 8.110682 Reveiw by Jonathan Woolf

Collections

	Bach Transcriptions rec. 1925-47 8.110658 Reveiiews by Jonathan Woolf and Arthur Baker
	Busoni & his pupils rec. 1922-52 8.110777 Reviews by Christopher Howell and Jonathan Woolf
	Great Pianists (compilation) 8.110783-84 Review by Steve Arloff
	Women At The Piano Volume 1 rec. 1928-52 8.111120 Reviews by Colin Clarke, Jonathan Woolf and Christopher Howell
	Women At The Piano Volume 3 rec. 1928-54 8.111217 Review by Jonathan Woolf

 

 

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