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曲目:
CD1
21 March 1947, Carnegie Hall Recital, New York City
BACH: Suite in A Minor, BWV 818
MOZART: Sonata No. 10 in C, K. 330
CHOPIN: Mazurka in F Minor, Op. 63, No. 2
BRAHMS: Intermezzo in A-flat, Op. 76, No. 3
28 February 1945, Carnegie Hall Recital, New York City
CHOPIN: Nocturne in B-flat Minor, Op. 9, No. 1
SCHUMANN: Romance in F-sharp, Op. 28, No. 2
DEBUSSY: La soiree dans Grenade, No. 2 from Estampes
SHOSTAKOVICH: Three Preludes from Op. 34
EMILIO NAPOLITANO: El gato (Argentine Dance)
ROBERT PALMER: Toccata ostinato
1 February 1948, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
RICHARD STRAUSS: Burleske in D Minor for piano and orchestra
(with the Pittsburgh Symphony, conducted by Fritz Reiner)
CD2
9 June 1952, WQXR Studio Broadcast, New York City
MOZART: Sonata No. 17 in B-flat, K. 570
GRANADOS: The Maiden and the Nightingale, No. 4 from Goyescas
SCHUBERT: Landler No. 7 and No.12
ABRAM CHASINS: Tricky Trumpet, No. 6 from Piano Playtime
CHOPIN: Beginning of third movement (Largo) from Sonata No. 3 in B Minor, Op. 58
15 June 1952, WQXR Studio Broadcast, New York City
DEBUSSY: Children’s Corner
LISZT: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 11 in A Minor, S. 244
Announcer interviews William Kapell
28 October 1944, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
RACHMANINOFF: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43
(with The Philadelphia Orchestra, conducted by Eugene Ormandy)
CD3
17 October 1951, Connecticut College Recital, New London, Connecticut
BACH-BUSONI: Nun komm der Heiden Heiland, BWV 659
DEBUSSY: Suite bergamasque
LISZT: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 11 in A Minor, S. 244
CHOPIN: Mazurka in C-sharp Minor, Op. 6, No. 2
FALLA: The Miller’s Dance from The Three-Cornered Hat
1947, Transcribed Radio Program, The Music Hall of Fame, New York City
MOZART: Third movement, Allegretto, from Sonata No. 10 in C, K. 330
William Kapell recounts two humorous incidents in playing recitals
MENDELSSOHN: Song Without Words in F-sharp Minor, Op. 67, No. 2
20 May 1950, NBC Broadcast, New York City
BACH: Concerto in A Minor for four klaviers, after Vivaldi, BWV 1065
(with Rosalyn Tureck, Eugene List, and Joseph Battista, and the NBC Strings, conducted by Milton Katims)
21 November 1951, Northwestern University Chamber Music Concert, Chicago
SCHUMANN: Piano Quintet in E-flat, Op. 44
(with the Fine Arts Quartet: Leonard Sorkin and Joseph Stepansky, violins; Sheppard Lehnhoff, viola; George Sopkin, cello)
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