Clifford Curzon - The Complete Decca Recordings - CD

CD: 1

Ludwig van Beethoven

Piano Concerto No.5 in E Flat Major Op.73 -"Emperor"

 

1. 1. Allegro

20:06

 

2. 2. Adagio un poco mosso

08:09

 

3. 3. Rondo (Allegro)

10:07

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

 

4. 1. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso - Allegro con spirito

19:21

Piano Concerto No.1 In B Flat Minor, Op.23

 

5. 2. Andantino semplice - Prestissimo - Tempo I

06:52

 

6. 3. Allegro con fuoco

06:55

CD: 2

Franz Schubert

4 Impromptus Op.142, D.935

 

1. No.1 in F Minor: Allegro moderato

09:17

 

2. No.2 in A Flat Major: Allegretto

06:29

 

3. No.3 in B Flat Major: Theme (Andante) with Variations

10:59

 

4. No.4 in F Minor: Allegro scherzando

06:48

Piano Sonata No.17 In D, D.850

 

5. 1. Allegro vivace

06:33

 

6. 2. Con moto

13:06

 

7. 3. Scherzo (Allegro vivace)

08:10

 

8. 4. Rondo (Allegro moderato)

07:58

CD: 3

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Piano Concerto No.23 In A, K.488

 

1. 1. Allegro

11:03

 

2. 2. Adagio

07:19

 

3. 3. Allegro assai

07:47

Piano Concerto No.27 In B Flat, K.595

 

4. 1. Allegro

14:07

 

5. 2. Larghetto

09:07

 

6. 3. Allegro

08:31

CD: 4

César Franck

 

1. Variations symphoniques

15:25

Henry Litolff

Concerto Symphonique No.4, Op.102

 

2. Scherzo

07:26

Manuel de Falla

Nights in the Gardens of Spain

 

3. 1. En el generalife

10:33

 

4. 2. Danza lejana

05:44

 

5. 3. En los jardines de la Sierra de Cordoba

08:31

Alan Rawsthorne

Piano Concerto No.2

 

6. 1. Allegro piacevole

08:42

 

7. 2. Allegro molto

04:52

 

8. 3. Intermezzo

07:42

 

9. 4. Allegro

06:16

CD: 5

Franz Schubert

Fantasia for Piano in C Major, D.760 (Op.15) "Wanderer-Fantasie"

 

1. 1. Allegro con fuoco

05:47

 

2. 2. Adagio

06:52

 

3. 3. Presto

01:51

 

4. 4. Allegro

05:24

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Piano Quartet No.1 in G minor, K.478

 

5. 1. Allegro

07:50

 

6. 2. Andante

08:20

 

7. 3. Rondo (Allegro moderato)

07:00

Piano Quartet No.2 in E flat, K.493

 

8. 1. Allegro

07:46

 

9. 2. Larghetto

07:48

 

10. 3. Allegretto

07:52

CD: 6

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Piano Concerto No.23 In A, K.488

 

1. 1. Allegro

10:36

 

2. 2. Adagio

06:36

 

3. 3. Allegro assai

07:33

Johannes Brahms

Piano Concerto No.1 In D Minor, Op.15

 

4. 1. Maestoso - Poco più moderato

21:21

 

5. 2. Adagio

14:17

 

6. 3. Rondo (Allegro non troppo)

10:54

CD: 7

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

 

1. 1. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso - Allegro con spirito

20:49

Piano Concerto No.1 In B Flat Minor, Op.23

 

2. 2. Andantino semplice - Prestissimo - Tempo I

07:09

 

3. 3. Allegro con fuoco

06:48

Sergey Vasilievich Rachmaninov

Piano Concerto No.2 in C minor, Op.18

 

4. 1. Moderato

10:41

 

5. 2. Adagio sostenuto

11:12

 

6. 3. Allegro scherzando

12:12

CD: 8

Edvard Grieg

Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op.16

 

1. 1. Allegro molto moderato

12:44

 

2. 2. Adagio

06:07

 

3. 3. Allegro moderato molto e marcato - Quasi presto - Andante maestoso

10:22

Johannes Brahms

Piano Concerto No.2 In B Flat, Op.83

 

4. 1. Allegro non troppo

17:06

 

5. 2. Allegro appassionato

09:07

 

6. 3. Andante - Più adagio

12:42

 

7. 4. Allegretto grazioso - Un poco più presto

09:28

CD: 9

Ludwig van Beethoven

Piano Concerto No.4 in G Major, Op.58

 

1. 1. Allegro moderato

18:42

 

2. 2. Andante con moto

05:03

 

3. 3. Rondo (Vivace)

09:59

Piano Concerto No.5 in E Flat Major Op.73 -"Emperor"

 

4. 1. Allegro

19:59

 

5. 2. Adagio un poco mosso

08:17

 

6. 3. Rondo (Allegro)

10:39

CD: 10

Franz Schubert

 

1. Impromptu in C minor, D.899 No 1

09:06

 

2. Impromptu in E flat, D.899 No.2

03:46

 

3. Impromptu in G flat, D.899 No.3

04:55

 

4. Impromptu in A flat, D.899 No.4

06:49

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Piano Concerto No.23 In A, K.488

 

5. 1. Allegro

11:20

 

6. 2. Adagio

06:31

 

7. 3. Allegro assai

07:52

Piano Concerto No.24 In C Minor, K.491

 

8. 1. (Allegro)

13:10

 

9. 2. Larghetto

07:39

 

10. 3. (Allegretto)

08:31

CD: 11

Robert Schumann

Fantasie in C, Op.17

 

1. 1. Durchaus fantastisch und leidenschaftlich vorzutragen - Im Legendenton - Erstes Tempo

12:35

 

2. 2. Mäßig. Durchaus energisch - Etwas langsamer - Viel bewegter

07:57

 

3. 3. Langsam getragen. Durchweg leise zu halten - Etwas bewegter

10:05

Kinderszenen, Op.15

 

4. 1. Von fremden Ländern und Menschen

01:38

 

5. 2. Kuriose Geschichte

01:03

 

6. 3. Hasche-Mann

00:33

 

7. 4. Bittendes Kind

01:00

 

8. 5. Glückes genug

00:49

 

9. 6. Wichtige Begebenheit

00:49

 

10. 7. Träumerei

03:03

 

11. 8. Am Kamin

00:59

 

12. 9. Ritter vom Steckenpferd

00:40

 

13. 10. Fast zu ernst

01:41

 

14. 11. Fürchtenmachen

01:26

 

15. 12. Kind im Einschlummern

02:09

 

16. 13. Der Dichter spricht

02:15

Franz Schubert

Fantasia for Piano in C Major, D.760 (Op.15) "Wanderer-Fantasie"

 

17. Allegro con fuoco ma non troppo

05:57

 

18. Adagio

07:25

 

19. Presto

04:34

 

20. Allegro

03:27

CD: 12

Johannes Brahms

Piano Concerto No.1 In D Minor, Op.15

 

1. 1. Maestoso - Poco più moderato

21:34

 

2. 2. Adagio

13:30

 

3. 3. Rondo (Allegro non troppo)

11:59

Edvard Grieg

Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op.16

 

4. 1. Allegro molto moderato

12:52

 

5. 2. Adagio

07:26

 

6. 3. Allegro moderato molto e marcato - Quasi presto - Andante maestoso

10:42

CD: 13

Franz Liszt

Piano Sonata In B Minor, S.178

 

1. Lento assai - Allegro energico - Grandioso - Recitativo

11:49

 

2. Andante sostenuto -

07:04

 

3. Allegro energico - Andante sostenuto - Lento assai

10:29

 

4. Liebestraum No.3 in A flat, S.541 No.3

04:48

 

5. Valse oubliée No.1 in F sharp, S.215

03:12

 

6. Gnomenreigen

03:15

 

7. Berceuse, S174

09:03

CD: 14

Antonin Dvořák

Piano Quintet in A, Op.81

 

1. 1. Allegro, ma non tanto

10:11

 

2. 2. Dumka (Andante con moto)

13:28

 

3. 3. Scherzo (Furiant) (Molto vivace)

04:14

 

4. 4. Finale (Allegro)

07:33

César Franck

Piano Quintet in F minor

 

5. 1. Molto moderato quasi lento - Allegro

15:25

 

6. 2. Lento, con molto sentimento

10:01

 

7. 3. Allegro con troppo ma non fuoco

08:11

CD: 15

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Piano Concerto No.23 In A, K.488

 

1. 1. Allegro

11:18

 

2. 2. Adagio

07:02

 

3. 3. Allegro assai

08:14

Piano Concerto No.24 In C Minor, K.491

 

4. 1. (Allegro)

13:09

 

5. 2. Larghetto

07:41

 

6. 3. (Allegretto)

08:52

CD: 16

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Piano Concerto No.26 In D, K.537 "Coronation"

 

1. 1. Allegro

14:10

 

2. 2. (Larghetto)

07:12

 

3. 3. (Allegretto)

09:45

Piano Concerto No.27 In B Flat, K.595

 

4. 1. Allegro

13:42

 

5. 2. Larghetto

08:27

 

6. 3. Allegro

08:21

CD: 17

Johannes Brahms

Piano Concerto No.1 In D Minor, Op.15

 

1. 1. Maestoso - Poco più moderato

22:09

 

2. 2. Adagio

16:01

 

3. 3. Rondo (Allegro non troppo)

11:55

Liebeslieder-Walzer, Op.52

 

4. 1. Rede, Mädchen, allzu liebes

01:13

 

5. 2. Am Gesteine rauscht die Flut

00:45

 

6. 3. O die Frauen, o die Frauen

01:06

 

7. 4. Wie des Abends schöne Röte

00:51

 

8. 5. Die grüne Hopfenranke

01:39

 

9. 6. Ein kleiner, hübscher Vogel nahm den Flug

02:38

 

10. 7. Wohl schön bewandt war es vorehe

01:29

 

11. 8. Wenn so lind dein Auge mir

01:33

 

12. 9. Am Donaustrande, da steht ein Haus

02:11

 

13. 10. O wie sanft die Quelle sich

01:03

 

14. 11. Nein, es ist nicht auszukommen

00:51

 

15. 12. Schlosser auf! und mache Schlösser

00:42

 

16. 13. Vögelein durchrauscht die Luft

00:45

 

17. 14. Sieh, wie ist die Welle klar

00:58

 

18. 15. Nachtigall, sie singt so schön

01:14

 

19. 16. Ein dunkler Schacht ist Liebe

01:18

 

20. 17. Nicht wandle, mein Licht, dort aussen

01:51

 

21. 18. Es bebet das Gesträuche

01:25

Neue Liebeslieder Waltzer, Op.65

 

22. 15. Zum Schluss

02:28

CD: 18

Franz Schubert

Piano Quintet in A, D.667 - "The Trout"

 

1. 1. Allegro vivace

09:08

 

2. 2. Andante

07:27

 

3. 3. Scherzo (Presto)

04:11

 

4. 4. Thema - Andantino - Variazioni I-V - Allegretto

07:33

 

5. 5. Finale (Allegro giusto)

07:01

Benjamin Britten

 

6. Introduction and Rondo alla burlesca, Op.23, No.1

08:56

 

7. Mazurka elegiaca, Op.23, No.2

07:34

Willem Pijper

 

8. Symphony No.3

13:46

CD: 19

Franz Schubert

4 Impromptus, Op.90, D.899

 

1. No.3 in G Flat Major: Andante

05:24

 

2. No.4 in A Flat Major: Allegretto

07:32

 

3. Impromptu in A flat, D.935 No.2

07:48

6 Moments Musicaux, Op.94 D.780

 

4. No.1 in C Major (Moderato)

05:05

 

5. No.2 in A Flat Major (Andantino)

06:38

 

6. No.3 in F Minor (Allegro moderato)

01:54

 

7. No.4 in C Sharp Minor (Moderato)

04:18

 

8. No.5 in F Minor (Allegro vivace)

02:10

 

9. No.6 in A Flat Major (Allegretto)

07:44

Ludwig van Beethoven

15 Piano Variations and Fugue in E flat, Op.35 -"Eroica Variations"

 

10. Introduzione col Basso del Tema: Allegretto vivace

03:31

 

11. Variation 1

00:38

 

12. Variation 2

00:56

 

13. Variation 3

00:41

 

14. Variation 4

00:38

 

15. Variation 5

00:47

 

16. Variation 6

00:38

 

17. Variation 7 Canone all'Ottava

00:42

 

18. Variation 8

00:54

 

19. Variation 9

00:40

 

20. Variation 10

00:42

 

21. Variation 11

00:47

 

22. Variation 12

00:38

 

23. Variation 13

00:41

 

24. Variation 14 Minore

01:16

 

25. Variation 15 Maggiore. Largo

05:30

 

26. Finale. Alla Fuga. Allegro con brio

04:34

CD: 20

Johannes Brahms

Piano Sonata No.3 in F Minor, Op.5

 

1. 1. Allegro maestoso

07:34

 

2. 2. Andante espressivo

11:44

 

3. 3. Scherzo (Allegro energico)

04:50

 

4. 4. Intermezzo (Andante molto)

03:48

 

5. 5. Finale (Allegro moderato ma rubato)

07:28

Intermezzi, Op.117

 

6. 1. in E Flat Major

04:44

4 Piano Pieces, Op.119

 

7. 3. Intermezzo in C

01:37

Franz Schubert

Piano Sonata No.21 In B Flat, D.960

 

8. 1. Molto moderato

13:16

 

9. 2. Andante sostenuto

09:17

 

10. 3. Scherzo (Allegro vivace con delicatezza)

04:14

 

11. 4. Allegro ma non troppo

07:38

CD: 21

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Piano Concerto No.20 In D Minor, K.466

 

1. 1. Allegro

15:06

 

2. 2. Romance

10:02

 

3. 3. Rondo (Allegro assai)

07:52

Piano Concerto No.27 In B Flat, K.595

 

4. 1. Allegro

14:20

 

5. 2. Larghetto

08:57

 

6. 3. Allegro

08:46

CD: 22

Ludwig van Beethoven

 

1. Rondo a capriccio in G, Op.129 "Die Wut über den verlornen Groschen" for piano

05:20

Nikolai Karlovich Medtner

Four Fairy Tales (Skazki), Op.26

 

2. No.3 In F Minor

02:28

Franz Liszt

Années de pèlerinage: 2ème année: Italie, S.161

 

3. 5. Sonetto 104 del Petrarca

06:47

Johannes Brahms

8 Piano Pieces, Op.76

 

4. 2. Capriccio in B minor

02:51

4 Piano Pieces, Op.119

 

5. 3. Intermezzo in C

01:25

6 Piano Pieces, Op.118

 

6. 6. Intermezzo in E flat minor

04:52

2 Rhapsodies op.79

 

7. No.2 in G minor, op.79/2

04:25

Intermezzi, Op.117

 

8. 1. in E Flat Major

04:56

Franz Liszt

 

9. Mephisto Waltz No.1 S514

10:15

 

10. Liebestraum No.3 in A flat, S.541 No.3

04:53

Frédéric François Chopin

 

11. Nocturne In C Sharp Minor, Op. Posth.

04:26

Manuel de Falla

Nights in the Gardens of Spain

 

12. 1. En el generalife

10:02

 

13. 2. Danza lejana

04:22

 

14. 3. En los jardines de la Sierra de Cordoba

08:44

CD: 23

 

1. This Week Our Castaway Is the Concert Pianist Sir Clifford Curzon

04:16

 

2. For Number Two, I Think...

04:07

 

3. You're A Londoner, Aren't You, Sir Clifford?

05:05

 

4. You Were Only Sixteen, I Believe..."

06:45

 

5. Record Number Five...

02:09

 

6. You Love Playing Chamber Music, Don't You?

05:25

 

7. What I Like To Do Is To Get Rid Of My Records...

02:55

 

8. For My Last Record I'd Like...

04:33

Konuşma

Clifford Curzon on Schnabel

 

9. Clifford Curzon, your teachers...

06:53

 

10. Just now you mentioned Schnabel's teacher...

03:03

 

11. You've only touched on Schnabel's qualities...

02:38

 

12. One of his lesser known qualities...

03:59

 

13. Wouldn't this be a good moment...

02:28

 

14. Wasn't that wonderful?

02:39

 

15. As he had the pick of the world's talent

03:54

 

16. Clifford, it's just over twenty years now...

04:29

 

17. What made him, in many ways, the ideal...

03:34

 

18. Finally, Clifford, what are your memories...

07:41

CD: 24

Robert Schumann

Kinderszenen, Op.15

 

1. 1. Von fremden Ländern und Menschen

01:31

 

2. 2. Kuriose Geschichte

01:00

 

3. 3. Hasche-Mann

00:28

 

4. 4. Bittendes Kind

00:51

 

5. 5. Glückes genug

01:15

 

6. 6. Wichtige Begebenheit

00:46

 

7. 7. Träumerei

02:42

 

8. 8. Am Kamin

00:50

 

9. 9. Ritter vom Steckenpferd

00:36

 

10. 10. Fast zu ernst

01:27

 

11. 11. Fürchtenmachen

01:18

 

12. 12. Kind im Einschlummern

01:56

 

13. 13. Der Dichter spricht

02:04

Johannes Brahms

Fantasias (7 Piano Pieces), Op.116

 

14. 1. Capriccio in D minor

02:04

Franz Schubert

6 Moments Musicaux, Op.94 D.780

 

15. No.3 in F Minor (Allegro moderato)

02:03

4 Impromptus, Op.90, D.899

 

16. No.4 in A Flat Major: Allegretto

06:38

 

17. Introduction to Schubert Piano Sonata No.21

00:28

Franz Schubert

Piano Sonata No.21 In B Flat, D.960

 

18. 1. Molto moderato

12:42

 

19. 2. Andante sostenuto

09:26

 

20. 3. Scherzo (Allegro vivace con delicatezza)

04:08

 

21. 4. Allegro ma non troppo

07:35

Arthur Schnabel as a Teacher

 

22. You won't ever be a pianist...

06:25

 

23. On the subject of editions...

01:38

 

24. Schnabel's peculiar excellence as a teacher...

05:26

 

25. His physical gifts were no less unusual than his mental...

04:05

 

26. Technique: in the usual sense of pianistic facility...

05:02

Personalities in British Music: Clifford Curzon

 

27. The main musical influence in my life...

03:28

 

28. I think the people who criticise Schnabel...

01:09

 

29. Sir Henry Wood helped me a great deal...

01:39

 

30. What do you think of the influence of...

03:11

 

31. I certainly have a favourite composer...

01:42

Clifford Curzon talking about Sir Henry Wood

 

32. Sir Henry Wood has had a strong influence on my life...

04:32

 

33. As a human being...

02:15

 

34. As a great conductor...

01:56

Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Medal Ceremony 1980

 

35. It's my pleasant duty...

00:57

 

36. The Gold Medal...

02:51

 

37. Sir Michael, friends and colleagues...

07:35

Clifford Curzon extemporises

 

38. In 1981, just the year before Clifford died...

01:39

 

39. I've known people who, at about the age of three...

01:04

 

40. Teaching is a tricky subject indeed...

03:29

 

41. Another thing that a lot of people don't realise...

01:27

 

42. Back to performing though...

02:23

Franz Schubert

Piano Sonata No.17 In D, D.850

 

43. 1. Allegro vivace

06:34

 

44. 2. Con moto

13:02

 

45. 3. Scherzo (Allegro vivace)

08:07

 

46. 4. Rondo (Allegro moderato)

07:55

Piano Sonata No.21 In B Flat, D.960

 

47. 1. Molto moderato

13:12

 

48. 2. Andante sostenuto

09:17

 

49. 3. Scherzo (Allegro vivace con delicatezza)

14:14

 

50. 4. Allegro ma non troppo

07:39