Kempff: Brahms Piano Sonata No. 3, Schumann: Papillions

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In this BBC Legends disc, recorded at a 1969 recital in London, the 74-year-old Wilhelm Kempff performs three works that had been identified with him throughout his career. While two of the pieces (Brahms's Sonata No. 3 and Schumann's "Fantasie" in C) rank among the most technically difficult works in the German Romantic repertory, it seems safe to say that the septuagenarian pianist never played them better. In fact, this unedited performance of the Brahms sonata is not only more insightful, but also more exciting than the studio version Kempff recorded for Deutsche Grammophon in the 1950s. Its rugged virility and yearning lyricism place it in a niche heretofore occupied exclusively by the likes of Curzon, Katchen, Lupu (all for Decca), and Grimaud (Denon). In Schumannn's "Fantasie," Kempff shows understandable signs of pianistic fatigue while negotiating the next-to-impossible, contrary-motion skips in the second movement's coda. Otherwise, this performance is more majestic than the pianist's technically more assured 1957 studio version (DG) and more exciting than his cautious 1973 stereo remake. With phrasing filled with subtlety and flickering fancy, Kempff never failed to play the same composer's Papillons to perfection--never more so than on this occasion in London. --Stephen Wigler

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Kempff: Brahms Piano Sonata No. 3, Schumann: Papillions Johannes Brahms , Robert Schumann , and Wilhelm Kempff Manufacturer: BBC Legends ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Brahms | Brahms, Johannes | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Robert Schumann | Schumann, Robert | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Fantasies | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Sonatinas | Sonatas | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Kempff, Wilhelm | ( K ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Similar Items: Brahms: 4 Ballades; Intermezzos; Schumann: Piano Sonata No. 2; Schubert: Piano Sonata D566 Bach, Beethoven, Schubert Schubert, Chopin, Liszt ASIN: B00005R1JU Release Date: 2002-01-22

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1. Brahms: Piano Sonata No. 3 in F minor, Op. 5: Allegro maestoso
2. Brahms: Piano Sonata No. 3 in F minor, Op. 5: Andante. Andante espressivo-Poco piu lento-Andante molto-Adagio
3. Brahms: Piano Sonata No. 3 in F minor, Op. 5: Scherzo. Allegro energico-Trio
4. Brahms: Piano Sonata No. 3 in F minor, Op. 5: Intermezzo (Ruckblick). Andante molto
5. Brahms: Piano Sonata No. 3 in F minor, Op. 5: Finale. Allegro moderato ma rubato-Piu mosso-Tempo I
6. Schumann: Papillons, Op. 2: Introduzione. Moderato
7. Schumann: Papillons, Op. 2: No. 1
8. Schumann: Papillons, Op. 2: No. 2
9. Schumann: Papillons, Op. 2: No. 3
10. Schumann: Papillons, Op. 2: No. 4 Presto
11. Schumann: Papillons, Op. 2: No. 5
12. Schumann: Papillons, Op. 2: No. 6
13. Schumann: Papillons, Op. 2: No. 7 Semplice
14. Schumann: Papillons, Op. 2: No. 8
15. Schumann: Papillons, Op. 2: No. 9 Prestissimo
16. Schumann: Papillons, Op. 2: No. 10 Vivo
17. Schumann: Papillons, Op. 2: No. 11
18. Schumann: Papillons, Op. 2: No. 12 Finale
19. Schumann: Fantasie in C major, Op. 17: Durchaus fantastisch und liedenschaftlich vorzutragen-Im Legendenton-Tempo I
20. Schumann: Fantasie in C major, Op. 17: MaBig. Durchaus energish-Etwas langsamer-Viel bewegter
21. Schumann: Fantasie in C major, Op. 17: Langsam getragen. Durchweg leise zu halten-Etwas bewegter

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6. Milhaud: Piano Music / Madeleine Milhaud, Alexandre Tharaud
7. Mozart: Eine kleine Nachtmusik; Posthorn-Serenade
8. Music Of The Modes
9. My Redeemer Lives
10. New Music for Trumpet

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