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 Piano Concerto No. 3
BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 1
Live recordings, 1945/46
Total duration: 75:14
Rudolf Serkin, piano
Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra of New York
conducted by Artur Rodziński
SCHUMANN Piano Concerto (first release)
BUSONI Violin Sonata No. 2 (first release)
BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata No. 23, 'Appassionata'
Studio and Live recordings, 1936-40
Total duration: 72:21
Rudolf Serkin, piano
Adolf Busch, violin
London Philharmonic Orchestra
conducted by Julius Harrison
J. S. BACH Goldberg Variations
REGER Clarinet Sonata No. 3
Stereo piano roll and live recordings, 1928/2015 & 1977
Total duration: 66:53
David Singer, clarinet
Rudolf Serkin, piano
BRAHMS Piano Quartet No.2 in A, Op. 26
Recorded Abbey Road Studio 3, London, 21 September 1932
Duration 39:16
Rudolf Serkin, piano
Members of The Busch Quartet:
Adolf Busch, violin
Karl Doktor, viola
Hermann Busch, cello
BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 1
BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 2
MENDELSSOHN Piano Concerto No. 1
MENDELSSOHN Piano Concerto No. 2
Stereo studio recordings, 1957-61
Total duration: 2 hr 15:00
Rudolf Serkin, piano
The Philadelphia Orchestra
conducted by Eugene Ormandy
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 1
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 3 (two performances)
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 4
Live broadcast performances, 1944 & 1946
Total duration: 2hr 14:21
Ania Dorfmann, piano
Artur Rubinstein, piano
Rudolf Serkin, piano
Dame Myra Hess, piano
NBC Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Arturo Toscanini
