這套肯普夫的套裝收錄了大師多場珍貴的實況錄音,包含了1965年在東柏林與指揮家Heinz Rogner聯演的貝多芬五首鋼琴協奏曲全集錄音.這套全集是立體聲版本,不管是錄音品質以及大師的演奏水準,完全可以媲美大師在DG的兩套全集錄音(指揮家分別是Ferdinand Leitner與Paul van Kempen).此外,與貝多芬鋼琴協奏曲同系列的東柏林實況錄音還包括莫札特第27號鋼琴協奏曲與布拉姆斯第一號鋼琴協奏曲,以及布拉姆斯間奏曲的錄音.這些東柏林錄音精采絕倫,鋼琴音樂的年度重要鉅獻!
而其他的單聲道錄音也同樣非常精彩,例如與約夫姆指揮的皇家大會堂聯演的莫札特第15號鋼琴協奏曲,與阿瑪迪斯弦樂四重奏聯演的莫札特鋼琴四重奏,與卡薩爾斯聯演的大提琴奏鳴曲與鋼琴三重奏,皆是轟動唱片市場的重要發行.
曲目:
CD 1
BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No 1 in C Major, Op 15
BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No 2 in B-flat Major, Op 19
Wilhelm Kempff ∙ piano
Staatskapelle Berlin
Heinz Rögner ∙ conductor
Recorded · 26 March 1965 · East Berlin · Staatsoper Unter den Linden · Rundfunk der DDR (Stereo)
CD 2
BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No 3 in C minor, Op 37
BEETHOVEN: Bagatelle No 1 E-flat Major, Op 33 (Encore)
Wilhelm Kempff ∙ piano
Staatskapelle Berlin
Heinz Rögner ∙ conductor
Recorded · 26 March 1965 · East Berlin · Staatsoper Unter den Linden · Rundfunk der DDR (Stereo)
BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No 4 in G Major, Op 58
Wilhelm Kempff ∙ piano
Staatskapelle Berlin
Heinz Rögner ∙ conductor
Recorded · 28 March 1965 · East Berlin · Staatsoper Unter den Linden · Rundfunk der DDR (Stereo)
CD 3
BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No 5 in E-flat Major, Op 73
SCHUBERT: Impromptu No 4 in A-flat Major, D.899, Op 90 (Encore)
Wilhelm Kempff ∙ piano
Staatskapelle Berlin
Heinz Rögner ∙ conductor
Recorded · 28 March 1965 · East Berlin · Staatsoper Unter den Linden · Rundfunk der DDR (Stereo)
SCHUMANN: Piano Concerto in A minor, Op 54
Wilhelm Kempff ∙ piano
Radio-Orchester Beromünster
Erich Schmid ∙ conductor
Recorded · 24 January 1962 · Biel · Städtebundtheater · Schweizer Radio DRS (Mono)
CD 4
MOZART: Piano Concerto No 27 in B-flat Major, KV 595
BRAHMS: Piano Concerto No 1 in D minor, Op 15
Wilhelm Kempff ∙ piano
Staatskapelle Berlin
Heinz Rögner ∙ conductor
Recorded · 25 September 1966 · East Berlin · Staatsoper Unter den Linden · Rundfunk der DDR (Stereo)
CD 5
BRAHMS: Intermezzo in E-flat Major, Op.117/1 (Encore)
Wilhelm Kempff ∙ piano
Recorded · 25 September 1966 · East Berlin · Staatsoper Unter den Linden · Rundfunk der DDR (Stereo)
MOZART: Piano Concerto No 20 in D minor, KV 466
Wilhelm Kempff ∙ piano
SO des Süddeutschen Rundfunks
Hans Müller-Kray ∙ conductor
Recorded · 21 July 1955 · Konstanz · Konzil-Saal · Süddeutscher Rundfunk (Mono)
MOZART: Piano Concerto No 24 in C minor, KV 491
Wilhelm Kempff ∙ piano
Klassische Philharmonie Stuttgart
Karl Münchinger ∙ conductor
Recorded · 21 November 1969 · Stuttgart · Liederhalle · Süddeutscher Rundfunk (Stereo)
CD 6
BACH: French Suite No 5 in G Major, BWV 816
MOZART: Piano Sonata No 8 in A minor, KV 310/300
SCHUMANN: Études Symphoniques, Op 13
SCHUBERT: Four Impromptus, D 899, Op 90
Wilhelm Kempff ∙ piano
Recorded · 07 October 1963 · Potsdam · Nicolai-Saal · Rundfunk der DDR (Mono)
CD 7
BRAHMS: Rhapsody in G minor, Op 79, No 2
BRAHMS: Capriccio in B minor, Op 76, No 2
Wilhelm Kempff ∙ piano
Recorded · 07 October 1963 · Potsdam · Nicolai-Saal · Rundfunk der DDR (Mono)
MOZART: Piano Concerto No 15 in B-flat Major, KV 450
Wilhelm Kempff ∙ piano
Concertgebouw Orkest
Eugen Jochum ∙ conductor
Recorded · 17 March 1963 · Amsterdam · Concertgebouw · Algemene Vereniging Radio (Mono)
MOZART: Piano Quartet No 1 in G minor, KV 478
Wilhelm Kempff ∙ piano
Amadeus Quartet
Recorded · 10 August 1962 · Menton · Place de l’Église Saint-Michel · Radiodiffusion-Télévision Française (Mono)
CD 8
BEETHOVEN: Cello Sonata No 5 in D Major, Op 102, No 2
Wilhelm Kempff ∙ piano
Pablo Casals ∙ cello
BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 32 in C minor, Op 111
BEETHOVEN: Six Bagatelles, Op 126
Wilhelm Kempff ∙ piano
Recorded · 16 July 1958 · Prades · Église Saint Pierre · Radiodiffusion-Télévision Française (Mono)
CD 9
BACH/KEMPFF: Choral Prelude ‘Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland’, BWV 659
Wilhelm Kempff ∙ piano
BEETHOVEN: Violin Sonata No 10 in G Major, Op 96
Wilhelm Kempff ∙ piano
Sándor Végh ∙ violin
BRAHMS: Piano Trio No 1 in B Major, Op 8
Wilhelm Kempff ∙ piano
Sándor Végh ∙ violin
Pablo Casals ∙ cello
Recorded · 17 July 1958 ∙ Prades · Église Saint Pierre · Radiodiffusion-Télévision Française (Mono)