The Complete Warner Recordings (CD)

Uwielbiany dla swego unikatowego frazowania i wiary, że muzyczna ekspresja jest ważniejsza niż popisy techniczne, niemiecki skrzypek Adolf Busch był jednym z pierwszych artystów swoich czasów, którzy rozsmakowali się w nagraniach po narodzinach płyty 78 rpm. W wyniku tej miłości powstał bogaty i różnorodny katalog jego płyt, od interpretacji utworów solowych lub duetów poprzez najsłynniejsze arcydzieła kameralistyki. Album ukazuje współpracę artystyczną Buscha i jego wybitnych muzycznych przyjaciół. Znajdziemy w nim także wiele „smaczków” dla melomanów i kolekcjonerów, w postaci alternatywnych nagrań niektórych utworów lub ich części czy aranżacji samego Buscha.

Tracklista:

CD 1: 72.55 min.

Beethoven

1–4. String Quartet No.1 in F major, Op.18 No.1 23.38

5–8. String Quartet No.9 in C major, Op.59 No.3 “Rasumovsky” 28.38

9–11. Violin Sonata No.3 in E flat major, Op.12 No.3 16.29

12. Rondo (III) from Op.12 No.3 – alternative take 3.55

Busch Quartet* (1–8)

Adolf Busch violin · Rudolf Serkin piano (9–12)

 

CD 2: 70.44 min.

Beethoven

1–4. String Quartet No.11 in F minor, Op.95 “Serioso” 19.00

5–10. String Quartet No.13 in B flat major, Op.130 34.57

11. Grosse Fuge in B flat major, Op.122 (arr. Weingartner) 16.47

Busch Quartet* (1–10)

Busch Chamber Players / Adolf Busch (11)

CD 3: 78.59 min.

Beethoven

1–4. String Quartet No.12 in E flat major, Op.127 37.51

5–11. String Quartet No.14 in C sharp minor, Op.131 40.58

 

CD 4: 73.05 min.

Beethoven

1–5. String Quartet No.15 in A minor, Op.132 45.00

6–9. String Quartet No.16 in F major, Op.135 27.59

Busch Quartet*

 

CD 5: 70.04 min.

Schubert

1–4. String Quartet No.8 in B flat major, D112 25.34

5–8. Piano Trio No.2 in E flat major, D929 38.34

Mendelssohn

9. Capriccio in E minor, Op.81 No.3 5.43

Busch Quartet (1–4*, 9†)

Busch Trio: Rudolf Serkin piano · Adolf Busch violin · Herman Busch cello(5–8)

 

CD 6: 73.33 min.

Schubert

1–4. String Quartet No.14 in D minor, D810 “Death and the Maiden” 33.18

5–8. String Quartet No.15 in G major, D887 40.07

Busch Quartet*

 

CD 7: 78.08 min.

Brahms

1–4. Piano Quintet in F minor, Op.34 38.31

5–8. Piano Quartet No.2 in A major, Op.26 39.30

Rudolf Serkin piano

Adolf Busch violin · Gösta Andreasson violin (1–4)

Karl Doktor viola · Herman Busch cello

 

CD 8: 75.10 min.

Brahms

1–4. String Quartet No.3 in B flat major, Op.67 34.02

5–8. Piano Quartet No.1 in G minor, Op.25 40.59

Rudolf Serkin piano (5–8)

Adolf Busch violin · Bruno Straumann violin (1–4)

Hugo Gottesmann viola · Herman Busch cello

 

CD 9: 64.50 min.

Brahms

1–4. Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op.115 33.19

5–8. String Quartet No.1 in C minor, Op.51 No.1 31.22

Reginald Kell clarinet (1–4)

Busch Quartet*

 

CD 10: 64.18 min.

Beethoven

1–4. Violin Sonata No.5 in F major, Op.24 “Spring” 20.30

5–8. Violin Sonata No.7 in C minor, Op.30 No.2 23.34

Schubert

9–14. Fantasia in C major for violin and piano, D934 21.14

Adolf Busch violin · Rudolf Serkin piano

 

CD 11: 79.20 min.

Brahms

1–3. Violin Sonata No.1 in G major, Op.78 27.28

4. Vivace ma non troppo (I) from Op.78 (second part) – alternative take 4.49

5–7. Violin Sonata No.2 in A major, Op.100 17.16

8–11. Horn Trio in E flat major, Op.40 29.46

Adolf Busch violin · Rudolf Serkin piano · Aubrey Brain horn (8–11)

 

CD 12: 61.22 min.

J.S. Bach

1–5. Violin Partita No.2 in D minor, BWV 1004 23.42

6. Sarabanda (III) from BWV 1004 – alternative recording 3.54

7. Giga (IV) from BWV 1004 – alternative recording 2.07

Violin Sonata in G major, BWV 1021 (arr. Blume & Busch)

8. Largo (III) – alternative recording 3.08

9. Presto (IV) – alternative recording 1.27

10–13. Complete sonata 8.04

14–15. Violin Sonata in E major, BWV 1016 – II. Allegro & IV. Allegro 6.55

16. Violin Sonata in C minor, BWV 1017 – I. Siciliano: Largo 3.02

Geminiani

17. Siciliana in C minor (arr. Busch) 4.08

Vivaldi

18. Violin Sonata in A major, Op.2 No.2 RV 31 (arr. Busch) 4.52

Adolf Busch violin · Rudolf Serkin piano (8–18)

 

CD 13: 74.27 min.

Mozart

1–3. Piano Concerto No.14 in E flat major, K449 21.10

4–6. Serenade in D major, K239 “Serenata notturna” 11.38

7. Adagio and Fugue in C minor, K546 8.56

8–16. Violin Sonata No.25 in F major, K377 16.40

Schumann

17–19. Violin Sonata No.1 in A minor, Op.105 13.25

Reger

20. Violin Sonata No.5 in F sharp major, Op.84 – II. Allegretto 2.37

Adolf Busch violin (8–20) · Rudolf Serkin piano (1–3, 8–20)

Busch Chamber Players / Adolf Busch (1–7)

 

CD 14: 60.00 min.

J.S. Bach

1–4. Brandenburg Concerto No.1 in F major, BWV 1046 22.03

5–7. Brandenburg Concerto No.2 in F major, BWV 1047 12.51

8–9. Brandenburg Concerto No.3 in G major, BWV 1048 9.04

10–12. Brandenburg Concerto No.4 in G major, BWV 1049 15.37

 

CD 15: 66.49 min.

J.S. Bach

1–3. Brandenburg Concerto No.5 in D major, BWV 1050 22.53

4–6. Brandenburg Concerto No.6 in B flat major, BWV 1051 21.23

7–13. Orchestral Suite No.1 in C major, BWV 1066 22.22

 

CD 16: 62.17 min.

J.S. Bach

1–7. Orchestral Suite No.2 in B minor, BWV 1067 20.57

8–12. Orchestral Suite No.3 in D major, BWV 1068 20.08

13–17. Orchestral Suite No.4 in D major, BWV 1069 21.02

Busch Chamber Players / Adolf Busch

with Marcel Moyse flute · Evelyn Rothwell oboe · Paul Draper bassoon · George Eskdale trumpet

Rudolf Serkin piano