Rudolf Serkin
Rudolf Serkin was an Austrian-born American pianist, one of the great keyboard artists of the twentieth century. He was especially admired in Beethoven, Mozart, Schubert and Brahms.
In the Pristine catalogue he appears extensively in Beethoven, Mozart, Brahms, Schubert and chamber repertory, with conductors and collaborators including Adolf Busch, Fritz Busch and Eugene Ormandy.
Serkin’s playing combined intensity, discipline an...
BRAHMS Horn Trio
BRAHMS String Quartet No. 1
BRAHMS Violin Sonata No. 1
BRAHMS Clarinet Quintet
Studio and live recordings, 1933-1951
Total duration: 1hr 59:03
Adolf Busch, violin
Aubrey Brain, horn
Rudolf Serkin, piano
Reginald Kell, clarinet
Busch String Quartet
BUSCH Divertimento for Thirteen Instruments
BUSCH Theme and Variations for Two Pianos
BUSCH Clarinet Sonata
BUSCH Five Preludes and Fugues for String Quartet
Live recordings, 1961-1982
Total duration: 78:28
Rudolf Serkin, piano
Peter Serkin, piano
Harold Wright, clarinet
Various Artists
MOZART Violin Concerto No. 4
MOZART Violin Concerto No. 5
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 14
MOZART Symphony No. 34
MOZART Serenade No. 6 'Serenata notturna'
MOZART Adagio and Fugue in C minor
Additional music by Beethoven, Gabrieli, Purcell, Schütz, Stafford Smith
Live and studio recordings, 1937-51
Total duration: 2hr 28:02
Adolf Busch, violin
Rudolf Serkin, piano
Busch Chamber Players
Orquesta de cámara de la Asociación Amigos de la Música
directed and conducted by Adolf Busch
MOZART Symphony No. 35 'Haffner'
MOZART Symphony No. 40
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 20
Recorded 1949-51
Total duration: 67:57
London Philharmonic Orchestra,
conducted by Eduard van Beinum
conducted by Eric Kleiber
Rudolf Serkin, piano
Philadelphia Orchestra
conducted by Eugene Ormandy
STAFFORD SMITH The Star-Spangled Banner
BRAHMS Violin Sonata No. 1
SCHUBERT Rondo Brillant
BUSCH Violin Sonata No. 2
Live recordings, 1944-48
Total duration: 67:45
Adolf Busch, violin
Rudolf Serkin, piano
BEETHOVEN Violin Sonata No. 1 (1937)*
BEETHOVEN Violin Sonata No. 5, “Spring” (1937)*
BEETHOVEN Violin Sonata No. 8 (1943 & 1948*)
BEETHOVEN Violin Sonata No. 9, “Kreutzer” (1944)*
BEETHOVEN Violin Sonata No 10 (1950)
*first release
Live recordings, 1937-50
Total duration: 2hr 15:23
Adolf Busch violin
Rudolf Serkin piano
