William Kapell Edition
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Composer or Director: Abram Chasins, Aaron Copland, Robert Schumann, Franz Schubert, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Sergey Rachmaninov, Robert Palmer, Johannes Brahms, Fryderyk Chopin, Franz Liszt, Dmitri Shostakovich, Johann Sebastian Bach, Isaac Albéniz, Ludwig van Beethoven, Sergey Prokofiev, Felix Mendelssohn, Domenico Scarlatti, Aram Il'yich Khachaturian, Modest Mussorgsky, Claude Debussy
Label: Red Seal
Magazine Review Date: 1/1999
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 616
Mastering:
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Catalogue Number: 09026 68442-2
Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
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Mazurkas (Complete), Movement: No. 2 in C sharp minor, Op. 6/2 (1830) |
Fryderyk Chopin, Composer
Fryderyk Chopin, Composer William Kapell, Piano |
Mazurkas (Complete), Movement: No. 6 in A minor, Op. 7/2 (1831) |
Fryderyk Chopin, Composer
Fryderyk Chopin, Composer William Kapell, Piano |
Mazurkas (Complete), Movement: No. 11 in E minor, Op. 17/2 (1832-33) |
Fryderyk Chopin, Composer
Fryderyk Chopin, Composer William Kapell, Piano |
Mazurkas (Complete), Movement: No. 12 in A flat, Op. 17/3 (1832-33) |
Fryderyk Chopin, Composer
Fryderyk Chopin, Composer William Kapell, Piano |
Mazurkas (Complete), Movement: No. 20 in D flat, Op. 30/3 (1836-37) |
Fryderyk Chopin, Composer
Fryderyk Chopin, Composer William Kapell, Piano |
Mazurkas (Complete), Movement: No. 22 in G sharp minor, Op. 33/1 (1837-38) |
Fryderyk Chopin, Composer
Fryderyk Chopin, Composer William Kapell, Piano |
Mazurkas (Complete), Movement: No. 26 in C sharp minor, Op. 41/1 (1838-40) |
Fryderyk Chopin, Composer
Fryderyk Chopin, Composer William Kapell, Piano |
Mazurkas (Complete), Movement: No. 27 in E minor, Op. 41/2 (1838-40) |
Fryderyk Chopin, Composer
Fryderyk Chopin, Composer William Kapell, Piano |
Mazurkas (Complete), Movement: No. 31 in A flat, Op. 50/2 (1842) |
Fryderyk Chopin, Composer
Fryderyk Chopin, Composer William Kapell, Piano |
Mazurkas (Complete), Movement: No. 32 in C sharp minor, Op. 50/3 (1842) |
Fryderyk Chopin, Composer
Fryderyk Chopin, Composer William Kapell, Piano |
Mazurkas (Complete), Movement: No. 43 in G minor, Op. 67/2 (1849) |
Fryderyk Chopin, Composer
Fryderyk Chopin, Composer William Kapell, Piano |
Mazurkas (Complete), Movement: No. 47 in A minor, Op. 68/2 (1827) |
Fryderyk Chopin, Composer
Fryderyk Chopin, Composer William Kapell, Piano |
Mazurkas (Complete), Movement: No. 50 in A minor, 'Notre temps', Op. posth (1840) |
Fryderyk Chopin, Composer
Fryderyk Chopin, Composer William Kapell, Piano |
Mazurkas (Complete), Movement: No. 36 in A minor, Op. 59/1 (1845) |
Fryderyk Chopin, Composer
Fryderyk Chopin, Composer William Kapell, Piano |
Mazurkas (Complete), Movement: No. 37 in A flat, Op. 59/2 (1845) |
Fryderyk Chopin, Composer
Fryderyk Chopin, Composer William Kapell, Piano |
Mazurkas (Complete), Movement: No. 40 in F minor, Op. 63/2 (1846) |
Fryderyk Chopin, Composer
Fryderyk Chopin, Composer William Kapell, Piano |
Mazurkas (Complete), Movement: No. 41 in C sharp minor, Op. 63/3 (1846) |
Fryderyk Chopin, Composer
Fryderyk Chopin, Composer William Kapell, Piano |
Mazurkas (Complete), Movement: No. 9 in C, Op. 7/5 (1831) |
Fryderyk Chopin, Composer
Fryderyk Chopin, Composer William Kapell, Piano |
Mazurkas (Complete), Movement: No. 13 in A minor, Op. 17/4 (1832-33) |
Fryderyk Chopin, Composer
Fryderyk Chopin, Composer William Kapell, Piano |
Mazurkas (Complete), Movement: No. 14 in G minor, Op. 24/1 (1834-35) |
Fryderyk Chopin, Composer
Fryderyk Chopin, Composer William Kapell, Piano |
Mazurkas (Complete), Movement: No. 24 in C, Op. 33/3 (1837-38) |
Fryderyk Chopin, Composer
Fryderyk Chopin, Composer William Kapell, Piano |
Mazurkas (Complete), Movement: No. 25 in B minor, Op. 33/4 (1837-38) |
Fryderyk Chopin, Composer
Fryderyk Chopin, Composer William Kapell, Piano |
Mazurkas (Complete), Movement: No. 35 in C minor, Op. 56/3 (1843) |
Fryderyk Chopin, Composer
Fryderyk Chopin, Composer William Kapell, Piano |
Mazurkas (Complete), Movement: No. 44 in C, Op. 67/3 (1835) |
Fryderyk Chopin, Composer
Fryderyk Chopin, Composer William Kapell, Piano |
Mazurkas (Complete), Movement: No. 45 in A minor, Op. 67/4 (1846) |
Fryderyk Chopin, Composer
Fryderyk Chopin, Composer William Kapell, Piano |
Mazurkas (Complete), Movement: No. 48 in F, Op. 68/3 (1829) |
Fryderyk Chopin, Composer
Fryderyk Chopin, Composer William Kapell, Piano |
Mazurkas (Complete), Movement: No. 49 in F minor, Op. 68/4 (1849) |
Fryderyk Chopin, Composer
Fryderyk Chopin, Composer William Kapell, Piano |
Mazurkas (Complete), Movement: No. 16 in A flat, Op. 24/3 |
Fryderyk Chopin, Composer
Fryderyk Chopin, Composer William Kapell, Piano |
Mazurkas (Complete), Movement: No. 56 in B flat, Op. posth (1826) |
Fryderyk Chopin, Composer
Fryderyk Chopin, Composer William Kapell, Piano |
Sonata for Piano No. 3 |
Fryderyk Chopin, Composer
Fryderyk Chopin, Composer William Kapell, Piano |
Waltzes, Movement: No. 1 in E flat, Op. 18 |
Fryderyk Chopin, Composer
Fryderyk Chopin, Composer William Kapell, Piano |
Sonata for Piano No. 2, 'Funeral March' |
Fryderyk Chopin, Composer
Fryderyk Chopin, Composer William Kapell, Piano |
Nocturnes, Movement: No. 1 in B flat minor, Op. 9/1 |
Fryderyk Chopin, Composer
Fryderyk Chopin, Composer William Kapell, Piano |
(48) Songs without Words, Movement: No. 5, Moderato in B minor |
Felix Mendelssohn, Composer
Felix Mendelssohn, Composer William Kapell, Piano |
(3) Romanzen, Movement: F sharp |
Robert Schumann, Composer
Robert Schumann, Composer William Kapell, Piano |
Sonata for Piano No. 17 |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer
William Kapell, Piano Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer |
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini |
Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer
Fritz Reiner, Conductor Philadelphia Robin Hood Dell Orchestra Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer William Kapell, Piano |
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2 |
Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer
Philadelphia Robin Hood Dell Orchestra Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer William Kapell, Piano William Steinberg, Conductor |
(24) Preludes, Movement: C sharp minor, Op. 3/2 |
Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer
Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer William Kapell, Piano |
(24) Preludes, Movement: D |
Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer
Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer William Kapell, Piano |
(24) Preludes, Movement: C sharp minor |
Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer
Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer William Kapell, Piano |
(24) Preludes, Movement: D minor |
Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer
Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer William Kapell, Piano |
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 3 |
Sergey Prokofiev, Composer
Antál Dorati, Conductor Dallas Symphony Orchestra Sergey Prokofiev, Composer William Kapell, Piano |
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra |
Aram Il'yich Khachaturian, Composer
Aram Il'yich Khachaturian, Composer Boston Symphony Orchestra Serge Koussevitzky, Conductor William Kapell, Piano |
(24) Preludes, Movement: E flat minor |
Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer
Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer William Kapell, Piano |
(12) Waltzes, Movement: No. 2 in B |
Franz Schubert, Composer
Franz Schubert, Composer William Kapell, Piano |
(12) Waltzes, Movement: No. 6 in B minor |
Franz Schubert, Composer
Franz Schubert, Composer William Kapell, Piano |
(36) Originaltänze (Waltzes), Movement: E |
Franz Schubert, Composer
Franz Schubert, Composer William Kapell, Piano |
(36) Originaltänze (Waltzes), Movement: F |
Franz Schubert, Composer
Franz Schubert, Composer William Kapell, Piano |
(16) Deutsche Tänze and 2 Ecossaises, Movement: B flat |
Franz Schubert, Composer
Franz Schubert, Composer William Kapell, Piano |
(16) Ländler, Movement: G |
Franz Schubert, Composer
Franz Schubert, Composer William Kapell, Piano |
(16) Ländler, Movement: D |
Franz Schubert, Composer
Franz Schubert, Composer William Kapell, Piano |
(6) Moments musicaux, Movement: No. 3 in F minor |
Franz Schubert, Composer
Franz Schubert, Composer William Kapell, Piano |
Impromptus, Movement: No. 2 in A flat |
Franz Schubert, Composer
Franz Schubert, Composer William Kapell, Piano |
(7) Pieces, Movement: No. 6, Intermezzo in E |
Johannes Brahms, Composer
Johannes Brahms, Composer William Kapell, Piano |
Années de pèlerinage année 2: Italie, Movement: Sonetto 104 del Petrarca |
Franz Liszt, Composer
Franz Liszt, Composer William Kapell, Piano |
(19) Hungarian Rhapsodies, Movement: No. 11 in A minor |
Franz Liszt, Composer
Franz Liszt, Composer William Kapell, Piano |
Mephisto Waltz No. 1, 'Der Tanz in der Dorfschenke |
Franz Liszt, Composer
Franz Liszt, Composer William Kapell, Piano |
(6) Partitas, Movement: No. 4 in D, BWV828 |
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer William Kapell, Piano |
Suite |
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer William Kapell, Piano |
Sonatas for Keyboard Nos. 1-555 |
Domenico Scarlatti, Composer
Domenico Scarlatti, Composer |
Iberia, Movement: Evocación |
Isaac Albéniz, Composer
Isaac Albéniz, Composer William Kapell, Piano |
Piano Playtime, Movement: No. 1, Waltz of the Rainbow (To Carol) |
Abram Chasins, Composer
Abram Chasins, Composer William Kapell, Piano |
Piano Playtime, Movement: No. 4, By the Brook (To "Butten") |
Abram Chasins, Composer
Abram Chasins, Composer William Kapell, Piano |
Piano Playtime, Movement: No. 5, Dancing Bagpipes (To David) |
Abram Chasins, Composer
Abram Chasins, Composer William Kapell, Piano |
Piano Playtime, Movement: No. 6, Tricky Trumpets (To Bobby) |
Abram Chasins, Composer
Abram Chasins, Composer William Kapell, Piano |
Children's Corner |
Claude Debussy, Composer
Claude Debussy, Composer William Kapell, Piano |
Toccata ostinato |
Robert Palmer, Composer
Robert Palmer, Composer William Kapell, Piano |
Sonata for Cello and Piano |
Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer
Edmund Kurtz, Cello Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer William Kapell, Piano |
Sonata for Viola and Piano No. 1 |
Johannes Brahms, Composer
Johannes Brahms, Composer William Kapell, Piano William Primrose, Viola |
Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 3 |
Johannes Brahms, Composer
Jascha Heifetz, Violin Johannes Brahms, Composer William Kapell, Piano |
Sonata for Piano |
Aaron Copland, Composer
Aaron Copland, Composer William Kapell, Piano |
Nocturnes, Movement: No. 16 in E flat, Op. 55/2 |
Fryderyk Chopin, Composer
Fryderyk Chopin, Composer William Kapell, Piano |
(16) Polonaises, Movement: No. 7 in A flat, Op. 61, 'Polonaise-fantaisie' |
Fryderyk Chopin, Composer
Fryderyk Chopin, Composer William Kapell, Piano |
Pictures at an Exhibition |
Modest Mussorgsky, Composer
Modest Mussorgsky, Composer William Kapell, Piano |
Kinderszenen, Movement: Von fremden Ländern und Menschen |
Robert Schumann, Composer
Robert Schumann, Composer William Kapell, Piano |
(6) Partitas |
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer |
Sonata for Piano No. 10 |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer |
Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 3, Movement: Adagio |
Johannes Brahms, Composer
Jascha Heifetz, Violin Johannes Brahms, Composer William Kapell, Piano |
(48) Songs without Words, Movement: No. 4, Presto in C, 'Spinnerlied: The Bee's Wedding' |
Felix Mendelssohn, Composer
Felix Mendelssohn, Composer William Kapell, Piano |
Author: Bryce Morrison
RCA’s handsome nine-disc tribute is a fulfilment of Anna Lou Dehavenon’s wish and dream, her hope that one day her husband’s scattered and tirelessly sought recordings would be gathered together in his memory. And here, indisputably, are performances that make comparison with other pianists not so much odious as irrelevant. Kapell, was after all, always Kapell, and whether you wonder whether he measures up to Rubinstein in Chopin, to Larrocha in Albeniz, for example, is surely beside the point. Less generally you may marvel at his virtuoso eclat, his sky-rocketing bravura in, say the Scherzo or finale of Chopin’s Third Sonata, but you will wonder no less at his response to the dark, lyric and underlying poetry beneath the death-haunted rhythms of the Second Sonata’s first movement. Kapell’s way with the mazurkas, Chopin’s most personal and confessional diary, makes nonsense of the cliche or assumption that their ambivalent and multi-faceted poetry is only accessible to a Russian or Pole, to those of true Slavic origin. In Op. 41 No. 1 the clouding of decorative brio by sudden violence – the composer’s face darkened, as it were, by anger and defiance – is made unforgettable, the unsettling morbidity of Op. 17 No. 3 or the forlorn and desolating Op. 17 No. 4 are captured with an uncanny insight and fervour. And all this, this mix of radiance and neurasthenic despair, comes without even a hint of mannerism or artifice, without, for example, Horowitz’s alternately enthralling and provoking archness and trickery. True, Kapell can be surprisingly sober-suited in the E flat Waltz, an imperious rather than elegant or sophisticated ballroom dancer, but he can be dizzying and intense in the Op. 55 E flat Nocturne (Op. 18 – music flawless in itself yet alive with a prophecy of Faurean rapture), momentarily unsettled (at 4'52'') in the
Tributes to Kapell’s artistry poured in from all sides. Both Horowitz and Rubinstein were mesmerized by his powers while Copland wrote unforgettably to Kapell’s widow, expressing his awe and affection. For doting Claudia Cassidy of The Chicago Tribune he could do no wrong (‘as long as Willy was around I had no hope in Chicago’ lamented a wry and bemused Jorge Bolet). BMG’s lavish booklets include essays by Kapell’s widow, a touching memoir by Van Cliburn and a wealth of photographs showing a pianist with film-star looks in a variety of formal and informal poses. No musician can afford to be without these sovereign and incomparable discs. Whether badly, indifferently or magnificently recorded (and many of the transfers have been accomplished with remarkable skill and success), Kapell’s consuming genius shines through, a reminder that ‘the communication of the dead is tongued with fire beyond the language of the living’ and, again, ‘of those immortal dead who live again/In minds made better by their presence’.'
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