Eugene Istomin - The Concerto And Solo Recordings

Eugene Istomin (piano)

Bach, J S: Keyboard Concerto No. 1 in D minor, BWV1052 Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major, BWV1050 Toccata in E minor, BWV914 Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major, Op. 73 'Emperor' Triple Concerto for Piano, Violin, and Cello in C major, Op. 56 Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58 Piano Sonata No. 21 in C major, Op. 53 'Waldstein' Brahms: Intermezzi (3), Op. 117 Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel, Op. 24 Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 83 Chopin: Nocturnes Nos. 1-19 Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Op. 21 Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 14 in E flat major, K449 Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18 Schubert: Piano Sonata No. 17 in D major, D850 Schumann: Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54 Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23

Eugene Istomin (1925–2003), one of America’s most respected pianists, was highly esteemed by audiences and colleagues alike for his mindful virtuosity and unusually wide-ranging repertoire. 2015 marks Istomin’s 90th birthday year, a milestone that Sony Classical celebrates with the first-ever release of his complete Columbia Masterworks concerto and solo recordings in a limited original-jacket collection including 10 previously unreleased studio recordings. Many of these performances appear in their first authorized CD editions, including the 19-year-old pianist’s recorded debut in Bach’s D minor Concerto led by Adolf Busch; his youthful concerto collaborations with Pablo Casals; Chopin’s complete Nocturnes; Brahms’s Handel Variations; Schubert’s D major D 850 Sonata, plus the long-out-of-print Rachmaninoff 2nd, Tchaikovsky 1st, Brahms 2nd, and Beethoven 4th and 5th (“Emperor”) Concertos with Eugene Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra. Newly remastered from the original analogue tapes, the discs are presented in facsimile sleeves and labels corresponding to the original LP releases. An enclosed booklet offers full discographical information, an essay by Jed Distler, and a photographic retrospective.

Price: $67.98