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The Great Danish Pianist Victor Schiøler, Vol. 1


DACOCD 491-492 [ADD] Mono
Released 1998

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He was the most popular Danish pianist ever and made truly unique recordings of the great master pieces. His recording of the Grieg piano concerto has often been selected as the best available, but also his Chopin recording were often selected as benchmarks.
Content of DACOCD 781-82

DACOCD 491

Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
Concerto No 1 in E flat Major for piano and orchestra 18:42
[ 1 ] Allegro maestoso 5:26 Play
[ 2 ] Quasi adagio 5:01 Play
[ 3 ] Allegro vivace ­- Allegro animato 4:03 Play
[ 4 ] Allegro marziale animato 4:11 Play
 
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)
Concerto No 2 in G minor for piano and orchestra 21:46
[ 5 ] Andante sostenuto 10:47 Play
[ 6 ] Allegro scherzando 5:35 Play
[ 7 ] Presto 6:16 Play
 
Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)
Concerto in A Minor for piano and orchestra 27:16
[ 8 ] Allegro molto moderato 12:00 Play
[ 9 ] Adagio 5:47 Play
[10] Allegro moderato molto e marcato 9:23 Play
 
[11] Til foråret (To the Spring), Op. 43 No. 6 2:38 Play
 
Victor Schiøler (1899-1967), Piano
Danish State Radio Symphony Orchestra
Conductors:
Issay Dobrowen (Liszt)
Nicolai Malko (Saint-Saëns)
Erik Tuxen (Grieg, concerto)

DACOCD 492

Ludvig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Sonata No 14, Op. 27 No 2 in C sharp minor »Moonlight« 13:53
[ 1 ] Adagio sostenuto 5:44 Play
[ 2 ] Allegretto 2:53 Play
[ 3 ] Presto agitato 5:12 Play
 
Domenico Scarlatti (1684-1757) arr. Carl Tausig (1841-1871)
[ 4 ] Pastorale 1:47 Play
[ 5 ] Capriccio 1:14 Play
 
Frederic Chopin (1810-1849)
[ 6 ] Etude, Op. 25 No. 9 0:55 Play
 
Leopold Godowsky (1870-1938)
[ 7 ] Paraphrase on Chopin Etude, Op. 25 No. 9 1:00 Play
 
Frederic Chopin
[ 8 ] Mazurka, Op. 33 No 1 in G sharp Minor 1:20 Play
[ 9 ] Mazurka, Op. 68 No 2 in A minor 2:47 Play
[10] Valse Op, 64 No 2 in C sharp minor 3:22 Play
[11] Berceuse, Op. 57 4:07 Play
 
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Variations and fugue on a theme by G.F. Handel, Op. 24 25:09
[12] Theme and Variations 1-4 4:16 Play
[13] Variations 5-10 4:16 Play
[14] Variations 11-15 4:14 Play
[15] Variations 16-20 4:18 Play
[16] Variations 21-25 3:29 Play
[17] Fugue 4:33 Play
 
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)
[18] Romance, Op. 24 No 9 in D flat Major 3:52 Play
 
Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915)
[19] Nocturne, Op. 9 No 2 (for the left hand alone) 4:17 Play
 
Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943)
[20] Prelude, Op. 23 No. 5 3:03 Play
[21] Prelude, Op. 23 No. 5 3:31 Play
 
Ignaz Friedman (1882-1948)
[21] Wienertanz No. 2 3:12 Play
 
Victor Schiøler (1899-1967), Piano
 
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