'Famous Classical Pianists' is a 20-CD box set that gathers together historic recordings by many of the greatest pianists of the 20th century. Amongst the artists are Vladimir Horowitz, Arthur Rubinstein, Edwin Fischer, Dinu Lipatti, Wilhelm Backhaus, Dame Myra Hess, Clara Haskil, Alfred Cortot, Emil Gilels, Claudio Arrau and Sergei Rachmaninov.

This 20-CD set has been compiled by one of the most accomplished music journalists around today, the editor-in-chief and publisher of the notable German magazine '‘Piano News', Carsten Durer. He has chosen twenty soloists who have left their mark on the history of the performance and interpretation of piano music throughout the last century.

Alongside the recordings presented here, the edition includes comprehensive biographies of all of the featured performers.

Contents:
CD 1: Arthur Rubinstein
CHOPIN
1-2. Nocturnes - op.9, Nos. 1 & 2 (1937)
3-4. Nocturnes - No.7 op.27/1 & No.15 op.55/1 (1936)
5-8. Mazurkas - op.7/1, op.30/2, op.63/3, op.67/3 (1938)
9. Waltz in A flat major, op.34/1 (1928)
10. Waltz in C sharp minor, op.64/2 (1930)
11. Andante spinato/Grand Polonaise Brillante, op.22 (1935)
LISZT
12. Liebestraum in A flat major, op.62/3 (1935)
13. Consolation No.3 in D flat major (1937)
14. Hungarian Rhapsody No.10 in E major (1937)
DEBUSSY
15. La Cathédrale engloutie (Préludes I) (1929)
16. Prélude (Suite pour le piano) (1931)

CD 2: Vladimir Horowitz
DOMENICO SCARLATTI
1-4. Sonatas - L.233; L.209; L.25; L.483 (1946)
5-6. Sonatas- L.430; L.33 (1947)
MOSZKOWSKI
7-8. Études op.72 No.6 & 11 (1950)
9. Étincelles op.36/6 (1951)
RACHMANINOV
10. Prélude in G minor, op.23/5 (1931)
KABALEVSKY
11-18. Preludes op.38, Nos. 1; 10; 17; 3; 16; 8; 22; 24 (1947)
TCHAIKOVSKY
19-21. Piano Concerto No.1 in B flat minor
NBC Symphony Orchestra / Arturo Toscanini (rec. 1941)

CD 3: Ignaz Paderewski
MENDELSSOHN
1-3. Songs Without Words - op.53/4 (1911); op.19/3 (1912); op.67/4 (1922)
SCHUMANN
4-6. Fantasy Pieces op.12, Nos. 1-3 (1912)
7. Forest Scenes op.82, No.7 (1926)
CHOPIN
8. Nocturne in F major, op.15/1 (1917)
9. Waltz in C sharp minor, op.64/2 (1917)
10-11. Études- op.25/11 (1925); op.10/12 (1928)
12. Polonaise in A flat major, op.53 (rec. 1937)
ANTON RUBINSTEIN
13. Valse caprice in E flat (1912)
BRAHMS
14-15. Hungarian Dances Nos. 6 & 7 (1930)

CD 4: Sergei Rachmaninov
RACHMANINOV
1-3. Piano Concerto No.2 in C minor, op.18
Philadelphia Orchestra / Leopold Stokowski (1929)
4-6. Piano Concerto No.3 in D minor, op.30
Philadelphia Orchestra / Eugene Ormandy (1939/40)

CD 5: Alfred Cortot
SCHUMANN
1-13. Scenes from Childhood, op.15 (1947)
FRANCK
14. Variations symphoniques
London Philharmonic Orchestra / Landon Ronald (1934)
DEBUSSY
15-20. Children’s Corner (1947)
RAVEL
21. Jeux d’eau (1931)
22-24. Piano Concerto for the Left hand
L´Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire / Charles Munch (1939)

CD 6: Claudio Arrau
SCHUMANN
1-21. Carnaval, op.9 (1939)
LISZT
22-25. Piano Concerto No.2 in A major
New York Philharmonic Orchestra / Guido Cantelli (1953)
ALBÉNIZ
26-28. Iberia (Book 2) - Rondena; Almeria; Triana (1947)

CD 7: Dinu Lipatti
J S BACH
1-6. Partita No.1 in Bb Major, BWV 825 (1950)
7. Choral Prelude: Nun komm’ der Heiden Heiland (1950)
8. Chorale: Jesu bleibet meine Freude (1950)
9. Siciliana from Flute Sonata, BWV 1031 (1950)
SCHUMANN
10-12. Piano Concerto in A minor op.54
Philharmonia Orchestra / Herbert von Karajan (1947)

CD 8: Robert Casadesus
MOZART
1-3. Piano Concerto No.24 in C minor, KV 491
Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire de Paris / Eugène Bigot (1937)
RAVEL
4. Pavane pour une Infante défunte (1951)
5. Jeux d‘eau (1951)
6-11. Le Tombeau de Couperin (1951)

CD 9: Wilhelm Kempff
BEETHOVEN
1-3. Piano Sonata No.9 in E major, op.14/1 (1951)
4-6. Piano Sonata No.21 in C major, op.53 “Waldstein” (1951)
7-9. Piano Sonata No.31 in A flat, op.110 (1951)
BRAHMS
10-12. Piano Pieces op.76 Nos. 2; 3; 7 (1953)
13. Rhapsody in G minor, op.79/2 (1953)

CD 10: Edwin Fischer
J S BACH
1-3. The Well-Tempered Clavier - Prelude and Fugues BWV 848; 853 (1933); 860 (1934)
MOZART
4-6. Piano Sonata in C major, KV 330 (1937)
BRAHMS
7-10. Piano Concerto No.2 in B flat major, op.83
Berlin Philharmonic / Wilhelm Furtwängler (1942)

CD 11: Wilhelm Backhaus
SCHUBERT
1. Moment Musical in F minor, op.94/3, D 780 (1928)
2-3. Impromptus - op.142/3 (1928); op.90/2 (1948)
BRAHMS
4. Intermezzo in B flat major, op.117/2 (1936)
5-6. Rhapsodies - op.79/1; op.79/2 (1932)
BEETHOVEN
7-9. Piano Sonata No.21 in C major, op.53 “Waldstein” (1950)
10-12. Piano Sonata No.30 in E major, op.109 (1950)

CD 12: Walter Gieseking
BEETHOVEN
1-3. Piano Concerto No.4 in G major, op.58
Philharmonia Orchestra / Herbert von Karajan (1951)
DEBUSSY
4-6. Images, Serie 1: Reflets dans l’eau ; Hommage à Rameau; Mouvement (1953)
7-12. Preludes, Book 1: Danseuses de Delphes ; Voiles ; Les collines d’Anacapri; Ce qu’a vu le vent d’Ouest; La cathédrale engloutie; Minstrels (1953)

CD 13: Emil Gilels
BEETHOVEN
1-3. Piano Sonata in F minor, op.57 “Appassionata” (1951)
SCHUMANN
4-8. Piano Sonata in F sharp minor, op.11 (1948)
PROKOFIEV
9-11. Piano Sonata in D minor, op.14 (1951)

CD 14: Solomon
BEETHOVEN
1-4. Piano Sonata in C major, op.2/3 (1948)
BRAHMS
5-7. Piano Concerto No.1 in D minor, op.15
Philharmonia Orchestra / Rafael Kubelík (1952)

CD 15: Shura Cherkassky
TCHAIKOVSKY
1-3. Piano Concerto No.1 in B flat minor, op.23
Berlin Philharmonic / Leopold Ludwig (1951)
CHERKASSKY
4. Prélude pathétique (1928)
CHOPIN
5. Waltz in E minor No.14 (op. posth.) (1925)
MENDELSSOHN
6. Scherzo in E minor, op.16/2 (1928)
7. Prélude in E minor, op.35/1 (1928)

CD 16: Rudolf Serkin
MOZART
1-3. Piano Concerto No.20 in D minor, KV 466
Philadelphia Orchestra / Eugene Ormandy (1951)
BEETHOVEN
4-6. Piano Sonata No.14, op.27/2 “Moonlight” (1941)
7-8. Piano Sonata No.30 in E major,op. 109 (1952)

CD 17: Wanda Landowska
J S BACH
1. Chromatic Fantasia & Fugue BWV 903 (1948)
F COUPERIN
2-13. Third Book of Pieces -XIII Ordres, No.4 (1948)
MOZART
14-16. Piano Concerto No.22 in E flat major, KV 482
New York Philharmonic Orchestra / Artur Rodzinsky (1945)

CD 18: Elly Ney
BEETHOVEN
1-2. Piano Sonata in C minor, op.111 (1936)
SCHUBERT
3-6. Piano Fantasia in C “Wanderer” (1941)

CD 19: Dame Myra Hess
SCHUMANN
1-21. Carnaval, op.9 (1938)
J S BACH
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Part 1
22-23. Prelude & Fugue No.3 BWV 848 (1928)
24. Toccata in G major - Allegro BWV 916
DOMENICO SCARLATTI
25-27. Sonatas - L.352 & L.104 (1928); L.387 (1940)

CD 20: Clara Haskil
MOZART
1-3. Piano Concerto in F, KV 459 “Coronation”
Winterthur Symphony Orchestra / Henry Swoboda (1950)
SCHUBERT
4-7. Piano Sonata No.21 in B flat major (1951)