The Decca Legacy

~ Release by Wilhelm Kempff (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Annotation

A 13-CD collection of Wilhelm Kempff's recordings for Decca (1949-1958).

Annotation last modified on 2022-12-14 11:12 UTC.

Tracklist

1▼CD: J. S. Bach / Handel / E. Couperin / Rameau / Beethoven / Brahms
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1“Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben”, BWV 147: “Jesus bleibet meine Freude”
miscellaneous support:
Mark Obert-Thorn (sound engineer) (task: audio restoration)
producer and balance engineer:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
piano:
Wilhelm Kempff (pianist) (on 1949-10-25)
recorded at:
Decca Studios in West Hampstead, Camden (London Borough of Camden), London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1949-10-25)
recording of:
Jesus bleibet meine Freude, BWV 147 (for piano, Kempff) (on 1949-10-25)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician) (in 1723)
arranger:
Wilhelm Kempff (pianist)
arrangement of:
Kantate, BWV 147 „Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben“: Teil II, X. Choral „Jesus bleibet meine Freude“ (Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring)
Johann Sebastian Bach3:35
2Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 645
miscellaneous support:
Mark Obert-Thorn (sound engineer) (task: audio restoration)
producer and balance engineer:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
piano:
Wilhelm Kempff (pianist) (on 1949-10-25)
recorded at:
Decca Studios in West Hampstead, Camden (London Borough of Camden), London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1949-10-25)
recording of:
Sechs Choräle von Verschiedener Art (Schübler-Choräle): Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 645 (on 1949-10-25)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
part of:
Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis (number: BWV 645)
is based on:
Kantate, BWV 140 "Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme": IV. Choral (Tenor) “Zion hört die Wächter singen”
part of:
Sechs Choräle von verschiedener Art
Johann Sebastian Bach4:50
3Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 659
miscellaneous support:
Mark Obert-Thorn (sound engineer) (task: audio restoration)
producer and balance engineer:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
piano:
Wilhelm Kempff (pianist) (on 1949-10-25)
recorded at:
Decca Studios in West Hampstead, Camden (London Borough of Camden), London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1949-10-25)
recording of:
Nun komm' der Heiden Heiland, BWV 659 (for piano, Kempff) (on 1949-10-25)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
arranger:
Wilhelm Kempff (pianist)
arrangement of:
Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 659 (Chorale Prelude for organ in G minor, BWV 659 “Nun komm’ der Heiden Heiland”)
Johann Sebastian Bach4:41
4Herzlich tut mich verlangen, BWV 727
miscellaneous support:
Mark Obert-Thorn (sound engineer) (task: audio restoration)
producer and balance engineer:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
piano:
Wilhelm Kempff (pianist) (on 1949-10-25)
recorded at:
Decca Studios in West Hampstead, Camden (London Borough of Camden), London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1949-10-25)
recording of:
Herzlich tut mich verlangen, BWV 727 (on 1949-10-25)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
part of:
Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis (first edition, 1950, BWV¹) (number: BWV 727) and Bach Compendium (number: BC K 109)
Johann Sebastian Bach2:42
5Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in D minor, BWV 903
miscellaneous support:
Mark Obert-Thorn (sound engineer) (task: audio restoration)
producer and balance engineer:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
piano:
Wilhelm Kempff (pianist) (on 1949-10-25)
recorded at:
Decca Studios in West Hampstead, Camden (London Borough of Camden), London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1949-10-25)
recording of:
Chromatische Fantasie und Fuge d-Moll, BWV 903 (catch-all for arrangements) (on 1949-10-25)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
arrangement of:
Chromatische Fantasie und Fuge d-Moll, BWV 903
Johann Sebastian Bach11:47
6Keyboard Suite no. 5 in E major, HWV 430: IV. Air con variazioni “The Harmonious Blacksmith”
producer and balance engineer:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
piano:
Wilhelm Kempff (pianist) (on 1955-05-23)
recorded at:
Decca Studios in West Hampstead, Camden (London Borough of Camden), London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1955-05-23)
recording of:
Suite de pièce in E major, Vol. 1 no. 5, HWV 430: IV. Air con Variazioni (on 1955-05-23)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer)
part of:
Suite de pièce in E major, Vol. 1 no. 5, HWV 430
George Frideric Handel5:28
7Keyboard Suite no. 1 in B-flat major (Set II), HWV 434: Minuet
producer and balance engineer:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
piano:
Wilhelm Kempff (pianist) (on 1955-05-23)
recorded at:
Decca Studios in West Hampstead, Camden (London Borough of Camden), London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1955-05-23)
recording of:
Minuet in G minor from HWV 434 (arranged by Kempff) (on 1955-05-23)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer)
arranger:
Wilhelm Kempff (pianist)
arrangement of:
Suite de pièce in B-flat major, Vol. 2 no. 1, HWV 434: IV. Minuet
George Frideric Handel3:25
8Troisième livre de pièces de clavecin / Ordre XIV in D major: VII. Le Carillon de Cythère
producer and balance engineer:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
piano:
Wilhelm Kempff (pianist) (on 1955-05-23)
recorded at:
Decca Studios in West Hampstead, Camden (London Borough of Camden), London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1955-05-23)
recording of:
Quatorzième ordre de clavecin en ré majeur: No. 7. Le Carillon de Cythère (on 1955-05-23)
composer:
François Couperin (French composer of the Baroque era) (in 1722)
part of:
Quatorzième ordre de clavecin en ré majeur
François Couperin4:54
9Suite in E minor, RCT 2: V. Le Rappel des oiseaux
producer and balance engineer:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
piano:
Wilhelm Kempff (pianist) (on 1955-05-23)
recorded at:
Decca Studios in West Hampstead, Camden (London Borough of Camden), London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1955-05-23)
recording of:
Suite in E minor: Le Rappel des oiseaux (on 1955-05-23)
composer:
Jean‐Philippe Rameau (French composer of the Baroque era)
arranger:
Wilhelm Kempff (pianist)
arrangement of:
Suite in E minor (1724, rev 1731): Le Rappel des oiseaux
Jean‐Philippe Rameau3:26
10Suite in E minor, RCT 2: VI. Musette en Rondeau
miscellaneous support:
Mark Obert-Thorn (sound engineer) (task: audio restoration)
producer and balance engineer:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
piano:
Wilhelm Kempff (pianist) (on 1950-03-24)
recorded at:
Decca Studios in West Hampstead, Camden (London Borough of Camden), London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1950-03-24)
recording of:
Suite in E minor, RCT 2: VI. Musette en Rondeau (arranged by Wilhelm Kempff) (on 1950-03-24)
composer:
Jean‐Philippe Rameau (French composer of the Baroque era)
Jean‐Philippe Rameau2:02
11Bagatelle in C minor, WoO 52
producer and balance engineer:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
piano:
Wilhelm Kempff (pianist) (on 1955-05-23)
recorded at:
Decca Studios in West Hampstead, Camden (London Borough of Camden), London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1955-05-23)
recording of:
Bagatelle for Piano in C minor, WoO 52: Presto (on 1955-05-23)
composer:
Ludwig van Beethoven (German composer) (in 1795)
revised by:
Ludwig van Beethoven (German composer) (from 1798 until 1822)
part of:
Kinsky catalogue (Beethoven WoO works) (number: WoO 52)
Ludwig van Beethoven4:23
12Bagatelle in A minor, WoO 59 “Für Elise”
producer and balance engineer:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
piano:
Wilhelm Kempff (pianist) (on 1955-05-23)
recorded at:
Decca Studios in West Hampstead, Camden (London Borough of Camden), London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1955-05-23)
recording of:
Bagatelle for Piano in A minor, WoO 59 “Für Elise”: Poco moto (Bagatelle for Piano in A minor “Für Elise”, WoO 59) (on 1955-05-23)
composer:
Ludwig van Beethoven (German composer) (from 1808 until 1810)
part of:
Classic 100: Piano (2004) (number: 15), Classic 100: Piano (2025) (number: 17) and Kinsky catalogue (Beethoven WoO works) (number: WoO 59)
Ludwig van Beethoven3:33
13Intermezzo in A-flat major, op. 76 no. 3
miscellaneous support:
Mark Obert-Thorn (sound engineer) (task: audio restoration)
producer and balance engineer:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
piano:
Wilhelm Kempff (pianist) (on 1950-03-24)
recorded at:
Decca Studios in West Hampstead, Camden (London Borough of Camden), London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1950-03-24)
recording of:
8 Klavierstücke, op. 76: Nr. 5. Capriccio in C-sharp minor: Agitato, ma non troppo presto (on 1950-03-24)
composer:
Johannes Brahms (German composer) (in 1878)
part of:
8 Klavierstücke, op. 76 (8 Piano Pieces, op. 76)
Johannes Brahms2:34
2▶CD: A Bach Recital
3▶CD: Mozart: Piano Concertos nos. 9 & 15
4▶CD: Schubert: Piano Sonatas nos. 16 & 21
5▶CD: Schumann: Papillons / Arabeske / Piano Concerto
6▶CD: Chopin: Piano Sonata no. 2 / Impromptus / Berceuse / Barcarolle / Nocturne op. 9 no. 3 / Scherzo no. 3
7▶CD: Chopin: Piano Sonata no. 3 / Ballade no. 3 / Andante spianato / Fantaisie / Polonaise-Fantaisie
8▶CD: Liszt: Années de pèlerinage (excerpts) / Deux Légendes
9▶CD: Liszt: Piano Concerto nos. 1 & 2
10▶CD: Brahms: Rhapsodies, op. 79 / Intermezzi, op. 117 / Klavierstücke, op. 118
11▶CD: Brahms: Ballades, op. 10 / Klavierstücke, op. 76 / Rhapsodies, op. 79 / Intermezzi, op. 117
12▶CD: Brahms: Fantasias, op. 116 / Klavierstücke, op. 119
13▶CD: Beethoven: Cello Sonatas, nos. 1 & 3 / Violin Sonata no. 9