sun 6 sep 2026 10:00 hrs
Composers: Anton Rubinstein | Franz Liszt | Frédéric Chopin | Johann Sebastian Bach | Richard Wagner
Episode 290 – One of a Kind Recordings by Legendary Pianists.
This episode will give you recordings from the 1920s and 1930s featuring four legendary and highly diverse pianists.
We start off with Ferrucio Busoni (pictured) a prelude and fugue by Johann Sebastian Bach, followed by Vladimir de Pachmann with a nocturne by Frédéric Chopin; Josef Hofmann as the soloist in Anton Rubinstein’s Fourth Piano Concerto; and Benno Moiseiwitsch performing Franz Liszt’s arrangement of Wagner’s Tannhäuser Overture.
Playlist:
- Johann Sebastian Bach – Prelude and fugue nr. 1 in C, BWV 846 (from Das Wohltemperierte Klavier
Ferruccio Busoni (piano) (recorded in 1921) - Frédéric Chopin – Nocturne in E minor, Op. posth. 72 nr. 1
Vladimir de Pachman (piano) (recorded in 1927) - Anton Rubinstein – Piano Concerto nr. 4 in D minor, Op. 70
Josef Hofmann (piano), The Curtis Institute Student Orchestra conducted by Fritz Reiner (recorded in 1937) - Richard Wagner/Franz Liszt – Tannhäuser Overture
Benno Moiesewitsch (piano) (recorded in 1938)
