One of Jean-Yves Thibaudet's early Decca recitals, these are some of the most engaging and thrilling readings of a program of essentially concert etudes. To the Schumann, Thibaudet places the five posthumous variations as an appendix, and his reading of the Brahms Paganini is one of the most scintillating of all. (Buywell.com)(... information source : buywell.com ...)

Track Listing

Disc 1:

Brahms: Paganini Variations, Op. 35 (BOOK I)

1. Thema: Non troppo presto
2. Variation 1
3. Variation 2
4. Variation 3
5. Variation 4
6. Variation 5
7. Variation 6
8. Variation 7
9. Variation 8
10. Variation 9
11. Variation 10
12. Variation 11: Andante
13. Variation 12
14. Variation 13
15. Variation 14: Allegro, Presto ma non troppo

Brahms: Paganini Variations, Op. 35 (BOOK II)

1. Variation 1
2. Variation 2: Poco animato
3. Variation 3
4. Variation 4: Poco allegretto
5. Variation 5
6. Variation 6: Poco piu vivace
7. Variation 7
8. Variation 8:Allegro
9. Variation 9
10. Variation 10: Feroce, energico
11. Variation 11: Vivace
12. Variation 12: Un poco andante
13. Variation 13: Un poco piu andante
14. Variation 14: Presto, ma non troppo
15. Schumann: Arabeske in C major, Op. 18

Schumann: Etudes Symphoniques: Appendix

1. Variation I
2. Variation II
3. Variation III
4. Variation IV
5. Variation V