TITLE : William Kapell
CATALOGUE NUMBER : 456 853-2
INTERNATIONAL RELEASE DATE : August 1999
SERIES : Great Pianists of the 20th Century
 
COMPOSERS AND WORKS
Rachmaninoff
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor (rec. 1950) (Robin Hood Dell Orchestra/ Steinberg)
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini (rec. 1951) (Robin Hood Dell Orchestra/ Reiner)

Prokofiev
Piano Concerto No. 3 in C, Op. 26 (rec. 1949) (Dallas Symphony/ Antal Dorati)

Bach
Partita No. 4 in D (rec. 1952/53)

Chopin
Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58 (rec. 1951/ 52)

Albéniz
Evocación (Ibéria, Bk I, No. 1) (rec. 1945)

Liszt
Sonetto del Petrarca No. 104 (rec. 1947)
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 11 (rec. 1951)
"Mephisto" Waltz (rec. 1950)
 
RECORDING INFORMATION
William "Willie" Kapell was one of the most brilliant young talents to have emerged from the post-war period in the United States of America. Tragically killed in a plane crash before he had established himself worldwide, this compilation plays to Kapell's strengths as a young virtuoso pianist, including Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2 and Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini.

Over 157 minutes of music on two CDs for the price of one.