Wanda Landowska in Performance, Vol.1

On this CD:

1. Concerto for orchestra in D
Composed by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Performed by Wanda Landowska
Conducted by Adolf Koldofsky

2. Organ Concerto in B flat major, Op.4/6, HWV 294
Composed by George Frideric Handel
Performed by Wanda Landowska
Conducted by Leopold Stokowski

3. Concert champêtre, for harpsichord & orchestra, FP 49
Composed by Francis Poulenc
Performed by Wanda Landowska
Conducted by Leopold Stokowski

4. Piano Concerto No. 13 in C major, K. 415 (K. 387b)
Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performed by Wanda Landowska
Conducted by Artur Rodzinski

5. Piano Concerto No. 22 in E flat major, K. 482
Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performed by Wanda Landowska
Conducted by Artur Rodzinski

Tracks:

Pieces: I. Courante
Pieces: II. Gigue En Rondeau/2nd Gigue En Rondeau
Ste No.7 in g: I. Ov; Adagio. Presto
Ste No.7 in g: II. Andante
Ste No.7 in g: III. Allegro
Ste No.7 in g: IV. Sarabande
Ste No.7 in g: V. Gigue
Ste No.7 in g: VI. Passacaille
English Ste No.2, BWV 807: I. Prld
English Ste No.2, BWV 807: II. Allemande
English Ste No.2, BWV 807: III. Courante
English Ste No.2, BWV 807: IV. Saraband
English Ste No.2, BWV 807: V. Bouree; Bouree II
English Ste No. 2, BWV 807: VI. Gigue
Con in D: I. Allegro
Con in D: II. Larghetto
Con in D: III. Allegrissimo
Ste No.5 in E (Exc): I. Prld
Ste No.5 in E (Exc): II. Air
Ste No.5 in E (Exc): III. Double I, II, III, IV, V

Average customer rating:

Landowska: the embodiment of the interpretative supremacy!
Landowska: Visionary and Interpreter

Wanda Landowska in Performance, Vol.1

Manufacturer: Music & Arts Program
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Classical | Styles | Music
ASIN: B00000JWMA
Release Date: 1999-09-21

Tracks:

Concerto In D (1745): I Allegro
Concerto In D (1745): II Andante
Concerto In D (1745): III Allegro di molto
Harpsichord Concerto In B-Flat, Op. 4 No. 6: I Andante allegro
Harpsichord Concerto In B-Flat, Op. 4 No. 6: II Larghetto
Harpsichord Concerto In B-Flat, Op. 4 No. 6: III Allegro moderato
Concert Champetre: I Allegro molto
Concert Champetre: II Andante
Concert Champetre: III Finale

Tracks:

Piano Concerto In C, K. 415: I Allegro
Piano Concerto In C, K. 415: II Andante
Piano Concerto In C, K. 415: III Allegro
Piano Concerto In E - Flat, K. 482: I Allegro
Piano Concerto In E - Flat, K. 482: II Andante
Piano Concerto In E - Flat, K. 482: III Allegro

Customer Reviews:

Landowska: the embodiment of the interpretative supremacy! .......2006-08-08

One of the most important achievements in the XX century was the re launching and rediscovery of the long lost world of 17th and 18th century music and undoubtedly Wanda Landowska was one of the main artistic figures among other no less important ones such as Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Susanne Lautenbacher or Julian Bream; names as the well reminded Paul Sacher, Andrew Parrot, Trevor Pinnock, and great ensembles as Zagreb's soloists, The English Chamber Orchestra, The Collegium Aureum, the unforgettable contribution made by Karl Haas in the Fifties, The Academy of St. Martin in the fields, I musici among a huge list.

This is a collector item, not only by the astonishing and unerring performances of Wanda but the flaming vehemence and mercurial passion she plays. She makes Mozart sounds sublime and cosmic at unequaled heights. I guess Mozart `s piano concerto No. 13 may be the best available version ever made in the musical history, without restrictions of any sort; Landowska a vehement energy and besides, an inexhaustible dynamism around the whole spirit of this score; she makes it important and transcendental. The K. 482 is excellent; as well as the rest of the double CD.

When you decide acquire this album (as I did it in 1997) you will have made a wise choice. It a peerless musical gem.

Landowska: Visionary and Interpreter.......2002-04-07

Landowska, Mother of the Early Music Revival, Honoured Musicologist, a Musician in every sense of the term - this is a part of her testimony to the history of art.

This CD is the first volume of a series documenting Wanda Landowska's concert recordings, featuring such Landowska specialties as Mozart Piano Concertos No. 13 and 24 (the most beautiful recordings I've heard of either concerto), C.P.E. Bach Harpsichord Concerto in D (from a CBC Broadcast), Poulenc's Concert Champetre, and a Haendel Concerto in B-flat (an arrangement of a famous Harp Concerto).

Do not expect top-notch recording techniques (after all, these are mono recordings from the 1940s), and expect a few stray notes here and there. But that's not the point. The point is that no harpsichordist since Landowska has possessed her magic or spark at the instrument. And her piano performances of Mozart - simply amazing. They sound contented and good-humoured, but possess an electricity that is beyond words.