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...
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9, 'Choral'
BEETHOVEN Overtures: Leonore 2 & 3
movements from:
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 4
BEETHOVEN Missa Solemnis
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9
Live and Studio Recordings, 1933-1950
Total duration: 2hr 28:13
Rudolf Serkin, piano
Kerstin Lindberg-Torlind, Erika Rokyta, soprano
Else Jena, Ingeborg Steffensen, contralto
Erik Sjøberg, Koloman Von Pátaky, tenor
Holger Byrding, Alexander Kipnis, bass
Statsradiofoniens Symfoniorkester
conducted by Fritz Busch
MOZART Symphony No. 36 ‘Linz’
MOZART Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
MOZART German Dances & Contredanses
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 21 (fragments)
WEBER Die Freischutz Overture
BACH Violin Concerto - 3rd mvt.
DVOŘÁK Karneval Overture
Studio & live recordings, 1933-1951
Total duration: 74:46
Rudolf Serkin, piano
Adolf Busch, violin
Radio-Symfoniorkestret
conducted by Fritz Busch
BRAHMS String Quartets Nos. 1-3
BRAHMS Piano Quartet No. 1
Studio Recordings · 1932-49
Total duration: 2hr 13:36
The Busch Quartet
with
Rudolf Serkin piano
BRAHMS Piano Quartet No. 1
BRAHMS String Sextet No. 1
Live concert recordings, 1949
Total duration: 70:36
Busch Quartet
Adolf Busch, Bruno Straumann, violins
Hugo Gottesmann, viola
Herman Busch, cello
with Rudolf Serkin, piano
Albert Bertschmann, viola
August Wenzinger, cello
MENDELSSOHN Symphony No. 4
MENDELSSOHN Piano Concerto No. 1
SCHUMANN Manfred - Overture
SCHUMANN Introduction and Allegro appassionato
Live stereo recordings, 1959
Total duration: 77:36
Pierre Monteux, conductor
Rudolf Serkin, piano
Boston Symphony Orchestra
REGER Violin Concerto
REGER Mozart Variations
REGER A Romantic Suite
BONUS TRACKS:
REGER Praeladium from Suite in A minor
REGER Andante sostenuto from Sonata in A minor
REGER Romanze
REGER Andantino from Sonata in A major
REGER Allegretto from Sonata in F-sharp minor
Studio and live recordings, 1915-1957
Total duration: 2hr 10:31
Georg Kulenkampff, violin
Issay Barmas, violin
Efrem Zimbalist, violin
Adolf Busch, violin
Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam
Residency Orchestra of The Hague
conducted by Willem van Otterloo
