Schubert and the Busch Quartet

The Busch Quartet playing Schubert's String Quartet No. 14 in D minor, 'Death and the Maiden,' D 810, and the String Quartet No. 15 in G major, D 887. Recorded in 1937 and 1940 respectively. [click here to download]

Debussy, Ravel and the Capet Quartet

The Capet Quartet playing Debussy's (1862-1918) String Quartet in G minor, Op.10 (1893) and Maurice Ravel's (1875-1937) String Quartet in F major (1903). Recorded in 1927-28 for Columbia Records. The inclusion of the photograph above is somewhat dubious, as the players featured on the recording were in a later configuration of the quartet. Cellist Marcel Casadesus had died fighting in WWI.
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Vogel als Prophet

Five interpretations of Vogel als Prophet from Robert Schumann's (1810-1856) Waldszenen, Op. 82. (1848-49).

Alfred Cortot, 1948

Clara Haskil, 1954

Sviatoslav Richter, 1957

Wilhelm Kempff, 1972

Claudio Arrau, 1972

Beethoven and Wilhelm Kempff

Kempff playing four of Beethoven's late Piano Sonatas, No. 25 in G major op. 79 (1809), No. 26 in E flat major op. 81 "Les Adieux" (1809-10), No. 27 in E minor op. 90 (1814). Kempff recorded three complete cycles of Beethoven's 32 piano sonatas in three eras of recording technology: on shellac between 1926 and 1945, on both shellac and mono LPs between 1951-1956, and in stereo in the '60s. These mono recordings were made in 1951. [click here to download]

Schubert and Artur Schnabel

Artur Schnabel (1882-1951) playing both sets of Schubert's Impromptus D. 899, Op. 90 and D. 935, Op. 142 and the Allegretto D. 915 in C minor. [click here to download]

Beethoven and the Flonzaley Quartet

The Flonzaley Quartet playing Beethoven's String Quartet in E-Flat (Op.127), and in F (Op. 135). Recorded in 1926. [click here to download]