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Thursday, November 12, 2026

Franz Liszt - Piano Concertos (Krystian Zimerman)


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Composer: Franz Liszt
  • Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-flat major, S. 124
  • Piano Concerto No. 2 in A major, S. 125
  • Totentanz, S. 126/2

Krystian Zimerman, piano
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Seiji Ozawa, conductor

Date: 1987
Label: Deutsche Grammophon

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Franz Liszt - Piano Concertos; etc. (Julius Katchen; Jorge Bolet)


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CD1
  • Franz Liszt - Piano Concerto No. 1 in E flat major
  • Franz Liszt - Piano Concerto No. 2 in A major
  • Ernő Dohnányi - Variations on a nursery song, Op. 25
CD2
  • Franz Liszt - Totentanz
  • Franz Liszt - Malédiction
  • Franz Liszt - Fantasia on Hungarian folk themes
  • Franz Schubert - Wandererfantasie (orch. Liszt)

Julius Katchen (CD1) & Jorge Bolet (CD2), piano

London Philharmonic Orchestra
Ataúlfo Argenta, Adrian Boult & Georg Solti, conductor

London Symphony Orchestra
Iván Fischer, conductor

Date: 1957; 1959; 1984; 1986 / 2000
Label: Decca

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Franz Liszt - Piano Concertos & Encore (Byron Janis)


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  • Franz Liszt - Piano Concerto No. 1 in E flat
  • Franz Liszt - Piano Concerto No. 2 in A
  • Franz Liszt - Hungarian Rhapsody No. 6
  • Franz Liszt - Valse oubliée
  • Robert Schumann - Romance in F sharp
  • Robert Schumann - Novellette in F
  • Manuel de Falla - The Miller's Dance
  • Franz Liszt - Sonetto del Petrarco CIV
  • David W. Guion - The Harmonica Player

Byron Janis, piano
Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra / Kirill Kondrashin
Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra / Gennady Rozhdestvensky

Date: 1962; 1961 / 1990
Label: Mercury

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Franz Liszt; Ludwig van Beethoven - Piano Concertos; Piano Sonatas (Sviatoslav Richter)


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Composer: Franz Liszt; Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Liszt - Piano Concerto No. 1 in E flat major, S. 124
  • Liszt - Piano Concerto No. 2 in A major, S. 125
  • Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 10 in G major, Op. 14 No. 2
  • Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 19 in G minor, Op. 49 No. 1
  • Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 20 in G major, Op. 49 No. 2

Sviatoslav Richter, piano
London Symphony Orchestra
Kirill Kondrashin, conductor

Date: 1961; 1963 / 2001
Label: Philips

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Wednesday, November 11, 2026

Johannes Brahms - Piano Concertos (Hélène Grimaud; Andris Nelsons)


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Composer: Johannes Brahms

CD1
  • Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15
CD2
  • Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 83
  • Waltz in A flat major, Op. 39 No. 15

Hélène Grimaud, piano
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Andris Nelsons, conductor

Date: 2013
Label: Deutsche Grammophon

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Johannes Brahms - Piano Concertos; Fantasias (Emil Gilels; Eugen Jochum)


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Composer: Johannes Brahms

CD1
  • Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15
CD2
  • Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 83
  • Fantasias (7 Piano Pieces), Op. 116

Emil Gilels, piano
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Eugen Jochum, conductor

Date: 1972; 1975 / 1996
Label: Deutsche Grammophon

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Johannes Brahms - Piano Concertos; Handel Variations; Waltzes (Leon Fleisher)


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Composer: Johannes Brahms

CD1
  • Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15
  • Variations & Fugue on a theme by Handel, Op. 24
CD2
  • Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 83
  • 16 Waltzes, Op. 39

Leon Fleisher, piano
Cleveland Orchestra
George Szell, conductor

Date: 1958; 1956; 1962 / 1997
Label: Sony

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Tuesday, November 10, 2026

Johannes Brahms - Piano Concerto No. 2; Piano Sonata No. 1 (Sviatoslav Richter)


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Composer: Johannes Brahms
  • Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 83
  • Piano Sonata No. 1 in C major, Op. 1

Sviatoslav Richter, piano
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Erich Leinsdorf, conductor

Date: 1960; 1988 / 2004
Label: RCA

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Johannes Brahms - Piano Concerto No. 2 (Emil Gilels; Fritz Reiner)


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Composer: Johannes Brahms
  • Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 83

Emil Gilels, piano
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Fritz Reiner, conductor

Date: 1958 / 2004
Label: RCA

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Monday, November 9, 2026

Johannes Brahms - Piano Concerto No. 1 (Hélène Grimaud; Kurt Sanderling)


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Composer: Johannes Brahms
  • Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15

Hélène Grimaud, piano
Staatskapelle Berlin
Kurt Sanderling, conductor

Date: 1998
Label: Erato

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Johannes Brahms - Piano Concerto No. 1; Handel Variations (Rudolf Serkin)


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Composer: Johannes Brahms
  • Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15
  • Variations & Fugue on a theme by Handel, Op. 24

Rudolf Serkin, piano
Cleveland Orchestra
George Szell, conductor

Date: 1968; 1979 / 2002
Label: Sony

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Johannes Brahms - Piano Concerto No. 1 (Clifford Curzon)


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Composer: Johannes Brahms; César Franck; Henry Litolff
  • Brahms - Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15
  • Franck - Symphonic Variations, for piano & orchestra, M. 46
  • Litolff - Concerto Symphonique No. 4 in D minor, Op. 102: II. Scherzo (Presto)

Clifford Curzon, piano
London Symphony Orchestra / George Szell, conductor
London Philharmonic Orchestra / Adrian Boult, conductor

Date: 1962; 1955; 1958 / 1999
Label: Decca

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Johannes Brahms - Piano Concerto No. 1 (Arthur Rubinstein)


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Composer: Johannes Brahms
  • Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15

Arthur Rubinstein, piano
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Fritz Reiner, conductor

Date: 1954 / 2005
Label: RCA

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Sunday, November 8, 2026

Ludwig van Beethoven; Johannes Brahms - Triple & Double Concertos (Richter; Oistrakh; Rostropovich)


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Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven; Johannes Brahms
  • Beethoven - Concerto for piano, violin & cello in C major, Op. 56
  • Brahms - Concerto for violin & cello in A minor, Op. 102

Sviatoslav Richter, piano
David Oistrakh, violin
Mstislav Rostropovich, cello

Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Herbert von Karajan, conductor
Cleveland Orchestra / George Szell, conductor

Date: 1969 / 1998
Label: EMI

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Ludwig van Beethoven; Felix Mendelssohn - Violin Concertos (Jascha Heifetz)


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Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven; Felix Mendelssohn
  • Beethoven - Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61
  • Mendelssohn - Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64

Jascha Heifetz, violin
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Charles Munch, conductor

Date: 1955; 1959 / 1998
Label: RCA

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