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PIANO SOLO (also ORGAN & HARPSICHORD)
-Isolde AHLGRIMM harpsichord recital "Österreichische Cembalomusik" (Austrian harpsichord music) Pieces by Froberger, Fux, Muffat, Poglietti & Wagenseil ETERNA 820812 Original mono, no stereo exists (GDR) sleeve & record near mint 30€ -"Marie-Claire ALAIN joue Jehan ALAIN": Litanies, Trois danses, Trois chorals, Intermezzo, Deuxième fantaisie - Marie-Claire ALAIN (grandes orgues Haerpfer-Ermann, Château-Salins) ERATO STE 50139 first french issue (F) sleeve & record mint 95€ -ALBENIZ: Iberia – Leopoldo QUEROL 2LP gatefold DUCRETET-THOMSON original Selmer label LPG 8557/58 (F) gatefold & records VG++ 95€ -ALBENIZ: Iberia (vol. 1) - Alicia DE LARROCHA ERATO STE 50167 First french issue (F) sleeve near mint, record mint & unplayed 70€ -ALBENIZ: Iberia (vol. 2) - Alicia DE LARROCHA ERATO STE 50168 First french issue (F) sleeve near mint, record mint & unplayed 70€ -ALKAN: Grande sonate "Les Quatre Ages" - Ronald SMITH EMI HQS 1326 stereo - first english issue (UK) sleeve near mint, record mint 35€ -ALKAN: Grande sonate "Les Quatre Ages", Menuet, Barcarolle, Fantaisie - Pierre REACH RCA RL 37243 First French issue (F) gatefold near mint, record mint 30€ -Eva ANDER plays music of the 20th Century (HINDEMITH: Piano suite op. 26 / STRAVINSKY: Piano Rag Music / HONEGGER: Sept pièces brèves pour piano / MARTINU: Esquisses de danses / MILHAUD: Saudades do Brazil - ETERNA 827464 stereo - first black label (GDR) sleeve & record near mint 30€ -Hanns ANDER-DONATH organ recital (Silbermann organ of the Frauenkirche, Dresden) BACH: Fantasia & Fugue BWV 542, Toccata & Fugue BWV 540, Fantasia BWV 572, Choral prelude "Komm, heiliger Geist" BWV 651 - Recorded in 1943 - 10-inch ETERNA 720160 first blue/white label - First issue on LP - Hanns Ander-Donath (1898-1964) was organist of the Dresden Frauenkirche from 1936 to 1945. These recordings belong to the very few made on the Frauenkirche organ before the bombing of Dresden in February 1945 (GDR) sleeve & record near mint 95€ (also Bach) -Claudio ARRAU: 80th BIRTHDAY TRIBUTE (Beethoven, Schubert, Weber, Schumann Debussy, Mendelssohn, Chopin, Liszt, Granados) 3LP box-set EMI RLS 7712 (GB) box-set near mint, records mint 35€ -BACH: Choral "Jesus bleibet meine Freude" BWV 147 (arr. Myra Hess), Choral-Prelude "Ich ruf zu dir" BWV 639, Fantasy Chromatic & Fugue BWV 903, Prelude & Fugue in E flat, Choral-Prelude "In dir ist Freude" BWV 615, Fantasy & Fugue in G minor BWV 542 (arr. Liszt), Sicilienne after Vivaldi (arr. Lefébure), Prelude & Fugue in E minor - Yvonne LEFÉBURE (piano) FY 065 stereo (1978 & 1979 recordings) first french issue (F) gatefold near mint, record mint & unplayed 185€ -BACH/BUSONI: Chaconne / BRAHMS: Paganini variations - Arturo BENEDETTI MICHELANGELI 10-inch LA VOIX DE SON MAITRE FBLP 1044 first red/silver label - original mono, no stereo exists (F) sleeve & record near mint 60€ -BACH: Goldberg Variations – Glenn GOULD (1981 recording) CBS MASTERWORKS IM 37779 (US) sleeve near mint, record mint 40€ -Bach: Goldberg Variations - Isolde AHLGRIMM (harpsichord) BELVÉDÈRE ELY 06106 stereo - original issue, pressed in Germany (no other issue exists) - original plum/silver label (G) gatefold near mint, record mint 95€ -BACH: Goldberg Variations - Wanda LANDOWSKA (harpsichord) RCA LM 1080 First German issue, Original mono, no stereo exists (G) sleeve & record near mint 40€ -BACH : Goldberg Variations – Wilhelm KEMPFF DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 139455 stereo - First issue (G) sleeve & record near mint 65€ -BACH: Goldberg Variations, Four Duets, Chromatic fantasy & Fugue - Andras SCHIFF 2LP box-set DECCA 635624 digital (NL) factory sealed 65€ -BACH: Goldberg Variations - Maria TIPO EMI - LA VOIX DE SON MAITRE 2704381 digital - original french issue (F) gatefold near mint, record mint 60€ -BACH: Goldberg Variations - Ralph KIRKPATRICK (harpsichord) ARCHIV PRODUKTION SAPM 198020 stereo at 12 o'clock - First yellow gatefold German issue - Red stereo (G) gatefold & record near mint 40€ -BACH: Goldberg Variations - Edith PICHT-AXENFELD (harpsichord) ERATO STU 70347 stereo - Original STU, no STE exists (F) sleeve & recor mint 60€ -BACH: Goldberg Variations - Keith JARRETT (harpsichord) ECM 8396221 first german issue (G) gatefold near mint, record mint sleeve 60€ -BACH: The Art of Fugue (Die Kunst der Fuge) – Tatiana NIKOLAYEVA (piano) 2LP box-set MELODIYA 5289-68 first issue (USSR) box-set near mint-, records mint ARTIST’S AUTOGRAPH & DEDICATION ON FRONT COVER! 75€ -BACH: The Art of Fugue (Die Kunst der Fuge) - Zoltan KOCSIS (piano) 2LP gatefold PHILIPS 4127291 digital (NL) gatefold near mint, records mint 65€ -BACH: The Art of Fugue (Die Kunst der Fuge) - Davitt MORONEY (harpsichord) 2LP gatefold HMC1169/70 (F) gatefold near mint, records mint 50€ -BACH: 6 Partitas - Isolde AHLGRIMM (harpsichord) 3LP-set BELVÉDÈRE ELY 06102/04 stereo - original issue, pressed in Germany (no other issue exists) - original plum/silver label (G) gatefolds near mint, records mint 195€ -BACH: 6 Partitas - Ralph KIRKPATRICK (harpsichord) 3 gatefolds ARCHIV PRODUKTION SAPM 198003, 198004, 198005 stereo at 12 o'clock - First yellow gatefold German issue - Red stereo (G) gatefold & records near mint 90€ -BACH: Partita n° 1, Fantasia & Fugue, Toccata & Fugue, 6 small Preludes - Carl SEEMANN (piano) DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON SLPM 138017 first "alle Hersteller" tulip label - First 1959 yellow/white/yellow gatefold (G) gatefold & record near mint 145€ -BACH: Partita n° 2 BWV 826, Toccata BWV 911, English suite n° 2 BWV 807 - Martha ARGERICH DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 2531088 stereo - first german issue (G) sleeve near mint, record mint 70€ -BACH: Partita n°1, Chorale "Jesu, joy of man's desiring", 2 Chorale Preludes / MOZART: Piano sonata n°8 K.310 - Dinu LIPATTI (piano) COLUMBIA FCX 494 Original blue-silver label - Original mono, no stereo exists - Wonderful cover artwork by Atelier Cassandre, Paris (F) wooden-spine sleeve & record near mint 75€ -BACH: The Well-tempered Clavier (selection) - Wilhelm KEMPFF (piano) DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 2531299 stereo - first german issue (G) sleeve near mint, record mint 45€ -BACH: The Well-tempered Clavier (selection) - Bruno SEIDLHOFER (piano) SUPRAPHON SUA 10028 first blue/gold label - original mono, no stereo exists - Bruno Seidlhofer (1905-1982) was Friedrich Gulda's and Martha Argerich's teacher (C) sleeve near mint, record mint 50€ -BACH: Italian concerto, Chromatic fantasia & Fugue BWV 903, Toccatas BWV 912 & 913 - Reine GIANOLI (piano) ERATO STU 70690 stereo - original STU, no STE exists - first french issue (F) sleeve near mint, record mint 70€ -BACH: Italian concerto, Partita n° 1, English suite n° 3 - György SEBÖK (piano) ERATO STE 50117 First french issue (F) 75€ -BACH: Italian concerto, French overture, Four duos - Isolde AHLGRIMM (harpsichord) BELVÉDÈRE ELY 06105 stereo - original issue, pressed in Germany (no other issue exists) - original plum/silver label (G) gatefold near mint, record mint 75€ -BACH: Italian concerto, English suite n° 6 BWV 811, Toccata BVW 911, Duets BWV 802-805 - Angela HEWITT (piano) DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 4192181 digital (G) sleeve near mint, record mint 45€ -BACH: Italian concerto, French overture BWV 831, Prelude, Fugue & Allegro BWV 971 - Gustav LEONHARDT (harpsichord) HARMONIA MUNDI HM 20380 (F) sleeve near mint, record mint 40€ -BACH: Italian concerto, Partita n° 1, Chromatic fantasia & Fugue, Toccata in D major - Wanda LANDOWSKA (harpsichord) LA VOIX DE SON MAITRE "Gavures illustres" COLH 71 First french issue (F) wodden-spine sleeve & record near mint 50€ -BACH: Partita n°2, Fantasia in C minor, Capriccio / J.K.F. FISCHER: Passacaglia - Wanda LANDOWSKA (harpsichord) RCA LM 2194 First German issue - Original mono, no stereo exists (G) 35€ -BACH: Chorales - Jean WIENER (piano) LA BOITE A MUSIQUE BAM 5864 Original French issue (F) gatefold & record mint 85€ -BACH RECITAL - Edwin FISCHER (piano) LA VOIX DE SON MAITRE "Gravures illustres" COLH 45 (F) wooden-spine sleeve & record near mint 75€ -BACH: The Well-tempered Clavier – Edwin FISCHER (piano) 5LP set LA VOIX DE SON MAÎTRE “Gravures illustres” COLH 46/50 (F) wooden-spine sleeve & records near mint 330€ -BACH: The Well-tempered Clavier - Sviatoslav RICHTER (piano) 6LP set ETERNA-MELODIYA 826602, 826603, 826604, 826791, 826792, 826793 stereo - Eterna-Melodiya records were pressed in USSR (GDR) sleeves near mint, records mint 195€ -BACH: The Well-tempered Clavier - Helmut WALCHA (harpsichord) Box-sets ODEON STO 80603/05 & STO 80640/42 (total: 6 LPs) First German issue - First stereo white/gold label (G) boxes, booklets & records near mint 295€ -BACH: The Well-tempered Clavier - Helmut WALCHA (harpsichord) 5LP box-set ARCHIV PRODUKTION 2723054 first issue (G) FACTORY SEALED 145€ -BACH: The Well-tempered Clavier - Gustav LEONHARDT (harpsichord) 5LP box-set HARMONIA MUNDI HM 20309/13 stereo - first black label (F) box & booklet near mint, records mint & unplayed 115€ -BACH: The Well-tempered Clavier - Kenneth GILBERT (harpsichord) 5LP box-set ARCHIV PRODUKTION 4134391 digital (G) box & booklet near mint, records mint 145€ -BACH: The Well-tempered Clavier (book 1) - Isolde AHLGRIMM (harpsichord) 3LP gatefold PHILIPS minigroove A 00157/59 L - first plum/silver label / Original mono, no stereo exists (NL) gatefold & record near mint 115€ -BACH: The Well-tempered Clavier - Wanda LANDOWSKA (harpsichord) 6LP set RCA LM 1017, 1107, 1136, 1152, 1708, 1820 First German issue - Original mono, no stereo exists 95€ -BACH: The Well-tempered Clavier (book 1) – Ralph KIRKPATRICK (harpsichord) 2LP gatefold DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 2707015 first stereo tulip label (G) gatefold near mint, records mint -BACH: The Well-tempered Clavier (book 2) – Ralph KIRKPATRICK (harpsichord) 3LP gatefold DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 2709019 first stereo tulip label (G) gatefold near mint, records mint 110€ (complete set) -BACH: The Well-tempered Clavier (book 1) – Ralph KIRKPATRICK (clavichord) 2LP box-set ARCHIV PRODUKTION SAPM 198311/12 first linen box-set - first "alle Hersteller" stereo at 12 o'clock label (G) box-set & records mint 85€ -BACH: The Well-tempered Clavier (book 1) - Ton KOOPMAN (harpsichord) 2LP box-set ERATO STU 715212 first french issue (F) box & booklet near mint, records mint 50€ -BACH: The Well-tempered Clavier (book 1) - Hans PISCHNER (harpsichord) 3LP set ETERNA 820330/32 First blue-white label - original mono, no stereo exists (GDR) sleeves & records near mint 90€ -BACH: 6 English suites - Helmut WALCHA (harpsichord) 2LP set ELECTROLA STE 80499 & 80500 first white/golden label (G) sleeves near mint, records mint 180€ -BACH: 6 French suites, 20 little Preludes - Isolde AHLGRIMM (harpsichord) 2LP gatefold PHILIPS Minigroove A 001155/6 L - first plum/silver label - original mono, no stereo exists (NL) gatefold near mint, records mint & unplayed 65€ -BACH: 6 French suites - Ton KOOPMAN (harpsichord) 2LP gatefold AUVIDIS AV 4807 (F) gatefold near mint, records mint 50€ -BACH: French suites n°1,3 & 5 – Helmut WALCHA (harpsichord) ELECTROLA WCLP 544 original mono, there was no stereo – First red/gold label (G) gatefold & record near mint 60€ -BACH: Italian concerto, Overture in the french style - Edith PICHT-AXENFELD (harpsichord) ARCHIV PRODUKTION APM 14008 first "alle Hersteller" label - original mono, no stereo exists - stitched gatefold from 1954 (G) gatefold & record near mint 50€ -BACH: Chromatic fantasy & fugue BWV 903, Fantasy & fugue BVW 904, Fantasy & fugue BVW 906 - Edith PICHT-AXENFELD (harspichord) 10-inch ARCHIV PRODUKTION AP 13009 First "alle Hersteller" label - Original mono, no stereo exists (G) sleeve, inner-cardboard & record near mint 50€ -BACH: 6 Partitas - Eric HEIDSIECK (piano) 3LP box-set CASSIOPÉE 230003 stereo - first french issue (F) box & booklet near mint, records mint 65€ -BACH: 6 Partitas – Gustav LEONHARDT (harpsichord) 3LP box-set HARMONIA MUNDI stereo 30928 - Original linen box issue (G) box-set near mint, booklet & records mint 60€ -BACH: English & French Suites (complete) - Gustav LEONHARDT (harpsichord) 5LP box-set SEON-PHILIPS 6709500 (NL) box-set near mint, booklet & records mint 60€ -BACH: English suite n° 6, French suite n° 5, 2 Preludes & Fugues from "The Well-tempered Clavier" - Wilhelm BACKHAUS DECCA SXL 2205 Wide-band grooved label - "Original recording by" at 10 o'clock (UK) sleeve & record near mint 785€ -BACH: English suite n° 6, French suite n° 5, 2 Preludes & Fugues from "The Well-tempered Clavier" - Wilhelm BACKHAUS DECCA BLK 16139 mono (G) sleeve & record near mint 40€ -BACH: French suite n° 5 / SHOSTAKOVICH: Piano sonata n° 2 - Emil GILELS RCA Dynagroove LSC 2868 First German issue - Sounds still better than the US issue (G) sleeve & record near mint 40€ -BACH: Prelude & Fugue in D major BWV 532 / BEETHOVEN: 32 Variations in C minor, 12 Variations in A major, 6 Variations in D major - Emil GILELS MELODIYA C 01705-6 stereo - First blue/silver label (R) sleeve & record near mint 55€ -BACH: Toccatas BWV 910, 911, 913 & 915 - Blandine VERLET (harpsichord Hemsch 1754) PHILIPS Trésors Classiques 6504100 stereo - first french issue (F) gatefold near mint, record mint & unplayed 40€ -BACH: Toccatas BVW 910-916 (complete), Chromatic fantasia & Fugue BWV 903, Fantasia in C minor BWV 906, Prelude & Fugue BWV 894 - Trevor PINNOCK (harpsichord) 2LP gatefold ARCHIV PRODUKTION 4107061 (G) gatefold near mint, records mint 45€ -BACH: Piano transcriptions (Toccata & Fugue BWV 565, Jesu, joy of man's desiring, Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, Ich ruf' zu dir, Herr Jesu, Sicilienne, Chaconne from Partita n° 2 for solo violin, organ fugue) - Tatiana NIKOLAYEVA (1982 recording) MELODIYA C1021901000 stereo (R) sleeve & record near mint 50€ -BACH: English suite n° 6 / BEETHOVEN: Piano sonata op. 2 n° 3 - Amadeus WEBERSINKE ETERNA 820046 First almond-green label - Original mono, no stereo exists (GDR) sleeve & record near mint 60€ -BACH: Partita n° 1, English suite n° 2, French suite n° 5 - Zuzana RUZICKOVA (harpsichord) ERATO STE 50204 Origiinal stereo issue (F) sleeve & record near mint 45€ -BACH: Partitas n°2 & 5 – Danièle DECHENNE IRAMAC 6503 (NL) sleeve & record near mint 45€ -BACH: Italian concerto, Chromatic Fantasia & Fugue, Toccata & Fugue, Pastorale, Fantasia – Karl RICHTER (harpsichord) DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 2530035 stereo – first issue (G) sleeve near mint, record mint 35€ -BACH: 6 Trio sonatas - Fernando GERMANI (Organ of the "All Souls" Church, Langham Place, London) 2LP box-set LA VOIX DE SON MAITRE FALP 406 & 407 First red/silver label - First french issue - Original mono, no stereo exists (F) linen box & booklet near mint, records mint 345€ -BACH: Orgelbüchlein - Marie-Claire ALAIN (Orgue Marcussen de l'Église de Varde, Denmark) 2LP set ERATO STE 50093/95 stereo - first pink/white label (F) sleeves near mint, records mint & unplayed 175€ -BACH: Fantasia & Fugue BWV 542, Toccata & Fugue BWV 540, Fantasia BWV 572, Choral prelude "Komm, heiliger Geist" BWV 651 - Hanns ANDER-DONATH (Silbermann organ of the Frauenkirche, Dresden) Recorded in 1943 - 10-inch ETERNA 720160 first blue/white label - First issue on LP - Hanns Ander-Donath (1898-1964) was organist of the Dresden Frauenkirche from 1936 to 1945. These recordings belong to the very few made on the Frauenkirche organ before the bombing of Dresden in February 1945 (GDR) sleeve & record near mint 95€ (also Ander-Donath) -BACH: Preludes & Fugues BWV 546 & 548 - Wolfgang SCHETELICH (Silbermann organ, Rötha) 10-inch ETERNA 720032 first blue/white label - original mono, no stereo exists (GDR) sleeve & record near mint 45€ -BACH: Passacaille in C minor BWV 582, Prelude & Fugue BWV 552 - Hannes KÄSTNER (Silbermann organ, Rötha) 10-inch ETERNA 720125 first blue/white label - original mono, no stereo exists (GDR) sleeve & record near mint 45€ -BACH: Passacaglia in C minor BWV 582, Toccata & fugue in D minor "Dorian" BWV 538, Partite diverse sopra "Sei gegrüsset, Jesu gütig" BWV 768 - Karl RICHTER (Silbermann organ of the Freiberg Cathedral) ARCHIV PRODUKTION 2533441 (G) gatefold & record mint 35€ -"HELMUT WALCHA SPIELT BACH" (Toccata, Adagio & Fuge BWV 564, "Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme" BWV 645, "Kommst du nun, Jesu, vom Himmel" BWV 650, Choralpartita "Sei gegrüsset, Jesu gütig" BWV 768, "Wo soll ich fliehen hin" BWV 646) Great Organ of the St. Laurenskerk, Alkmaar DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON SLPM 138119 first "alle Hersteller" tulip label - First yellow/white/yellow sleeve from 1960 (G) sleeve near mint, record mint & unplayed 85€ -BACH: Das Orgelwerk (Organ works) vol.1 - Helmut WALCHA (Organ of the Cathédrale Saint-Pierre-le-Jeune, Strasbourg, Organ of the St. Laurenskerk Alkmaar) 8LP box-set ARCHIV PRODUKTION 2722002 stereo - First German issue - Cloth box (G) box, booklet & records mint 100€ -BACH: Das Orgelwerk (Organ works) vol.2 - Helmut WALCHA (Organ of the Cathédrale Saint-Pierre-le-Jeune, Strasbourg) 7LP box-set ARCHIV PRODUKTION 2722003 stereo - First German issue - Cloth box (G) box, booklet & records mint 100€ -BACH: The Art of the fugue - Helmut WALCHA (Großen Orgel der St. Laurenskerk, Alkmaar) 2LP box-set ARCHIV PRODUKTION APM 14077/78 First issue - First cloth box (G) box, booklet & records near mint 70€ -BACH "Famous organ works" (Fantasia & Fugue BWV 542, Preludes & Fugues BWV 534, 544 & 552) - Helmut WALCHA (Großen Orgel der St. Laurenskerk, Alkmaar) DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON SLPM 138958 red stereo - first "alle Hersteller" tulip label (G) sleeve & record near mint 35€ -BACH: Toccata & Fugue in D BWV 538 "Dorian", Toccata, Adagio & Fugue in C major BWV 564 - Helmut WALCHA (Schnitger-Orgel, Cappel / Großen Orgel der St. Laurenskerk, Alkmaar) 10-inch ARCHIV PRODUKTION AP 13024 Original mono, no stereo exists (G) sleeve & record near mint 35€ -BACH: Fantasia & Fugue in G minor BWV 542, Fantasia & Fugue in C minor BWV 537, Fantasia & Fugue in C minor BWV 562 - Helmut WALCHA (Schnitger-Orgel, Cappel) 10-inch ARCHIV PRODUKTION AP 13036 First issue - First yellow stitched gatefolds - Original mono, no stereo exists - 1950 recording (G) gatefold & record near mint 35€ -BACH: Clavierübung III (vol. 1) - Helmut WALCHA (Kleine Orgel von St. Jakobi, Lübeck) ARCHIV PRODUKTION APM 14047 First issue - First yellow stitched gatefold - Original mono, no stereo exists - 1947 recording (G) gatefold & record near mint 35€ -BACH: Clavierübung III (vol. 2) - Helmut WALCHA (Kleine Orgel von St. Jakobi, Lübeck / Schnitger orgel, Cappel / Ammer harpsichord) ARCHIV PRODUKTION APM 14048 First issue - First yellow stitched gatefold - Original mono, no stereo exists - 1947 & 1951 recordings (G) gatefold & record near mint 35€ -BACH: Clavierübung III (vol. 3) - Helmut WALCHA (Kleine Orgel von St. Jakobi, Lübeck / Schnitger-Orgel, Cappel ) ARCHIV PRODUKTION APM 14049 First issue - First yellow stitched gatefold - Original mono, no stereo exists - 1947 & 1951 recordings (G) gatefold & record near mint 35€ -BACH: Partita "Sei gegrüßet, Jesu gütig" BWV 768, Canonische Veränderungen über das Weihnachtslied "Vom Himmel hoch, da komm' ich her" BWV 769, Fuga sopra il Magnificat BWV 733 - Helmut WALCHA (Großen Orgel der St. Laurenskerk, Alkmaar / Schnitger-Orgel, Cappel) ARCHIV PRODUKTION APM 14030 First issue - First yellow stitched gatefold - Original mono, no stereo exists (G) gatefold & record near mint 35€ -BACH: 18 Chorales of a different kind BWV 651-668, Canonische Veränderungen über das Weihnachtslied "Vom Himmel hoch, da komm' ich her" BWV 769 - Helmut WALCHA (Schnitger-Orgel, Cappel) 2 gatefolds ARCHIV PRODUKTION SAPM 198397 & 198398 (G) gatefold & records near mint 70€ -BACH: Toccata & Fugue in D minor BWV 565, Trio sonata n° 1, Trio sonata n° 6, Prelude & Fugue BWV 545, Prelude & Fugue BWV 536 - Helmut WALCHA (Schnitger-Orgel der St. Laurenskerk, Alkmaar) ARCHIV PRODUKTION SAPM 198156 First "alle Hersteller" label - stereo at 12 o'clock - First yellow stitched gatefold (G) gatefold & record near mint 35€ -BACH: Toccata & fugue in D minor BWV 565, Trio sonata n° 1, Trio sonata n° 6, Prelude & Fugue BWV 547 - Helmut WALCHA (Schnitger-Orgel der St. Laurenskerk, Alkmaar) ARCHIV PRODUKTION SAPM 198002 First "alle Hersteller" label - stereo at 12 o'clock - First yellow stitched gatefold (G) gatefold & record near mint 35€ -BACH: Trio sonata n° 1, Trio sonata n° 2 - Helmut WALCHA (Schnitger-Orgel, Cappel / Schnitger-Orgel der St. Laurenskerk, Alkmaar) 10-inch ARCHIV PRODUKTION AP 13019 - First yellow stitched gatefold (G) gatefold & record near mint 35€ -BACH: Trio sonata n° 3, Trio sonata n° 4 - Helmut WALCHA (Schnitger-Orgel, Cappel) 10-inch ARCHIV PRODUKTION APM 13007 First issue - First yellow stitched gatefold - Original mono, no stereo exists - 1950 recording (G) gatefold & record near mint 35€ -BACH: Trio sonata n° 5, Trio sonata n° 6 - Helmut WALCHA (Schnitger-Orgel, Cappel / Kleine Orgel von St. Jakobi, Lübeck) 10-inch ARCHIV PRODUKTION AP 13019 TEST-PRESSING - First yellow stitched gatefold (G) gatefold & record near mint 45€ -BACH: Trio sonata n° 5, Trio sonata n° 6 - Helmut WALCHA (Schnitger-Orgel, Cappel / Kleine Orgel von St. Jakobi, Lübeck) 10-inch ARCHIV PRODUKTION AP 13019 - First yellow stitched gatefold (G) gatefold & record near mint 35€ -BACH: Trio sonata n° 2, Trio sonata n° 3, Trio sonata n° 5 - Helmut WALCHA (Schnitger-Orgel, Cappel) ARCHIV PRODUKTION APM 14157 First issue - First yellow stitched gatefold - Original mono, no stereo exists - 1950 & 1952 recordings (G) gatefold & record near mint 35€ -BACH: Prelude & Fugue BWV 541, Fantasia & Fugue in C minor BWV 537, Canzona in D minor BWV 588, Allabreve in D major BWV 589, Fugue in D minor BWV 539, Fugue in G minor BWV 578, Pastorale in F major BWV 590 - Helmut WALCHA (Schnitger-Orgel, Cappel) ARCHIV PRODUKTION APM 14159 TEST-PRESSING First yellow stitched gatefold - Original mono, no stereo exists (G) gatefold & record near mint 45€ -BACH: Preludes & Fugues BWV 531, 532, 533, 535, 536, 550 & 551 - Helmut WALCHA (Schnitger-Orgel, Cappel) ARCHIV PRODUKTION APM 14158 TEST-PRESSING First yellow stitched gatefold - Original mono, no stereo exists (G) gatefold & record near mint 45€ -BACH: Preludes & Fugues BWV 531, 532, 533, 535, 536, 550 & 551 - Helmut WALCHA (Schnitger-Orgel, Cappel) ARCHIV PRODUKTION APM 14158 First issue - First yellow stitched gatefold - Original mono, no stereo exists (G) gatefold & record near mint 35€ -BACH: Chorale "Jésus que ma joie demeure" (Jesus, Man's desiring) BWV 147, Passacaille in C minor BWV 582, Canzona in D minor BWV 588, Chorale BWV 736, Fugue in G minor BWV 578, Chorale BWV 622 - Edouard COMMETTE (organ of the Cathédrale Saint-Jean, Lyon) COLUMBIA FCX 498 First blue /silver label - Original mono, no stereo exists - Wonderful cover artwork by Atelier Cassandre (F) wooden-spine sleeve & record near mint 95€ -BACH: 11 Chorales - Edouard COMMETTE (organ of the Cathédrale Saint-Jean, Lyon) COLUMBIA SAXF 253 First blue /silver stereo label - Wonderful cover artwork by Atelier Cassandre (F) wooden-spine sleeve & record near mint 95€ -BACH: Toccata & Fugue in D minor BWV 538, Toccata & Fugue in G major BWV 566, Preludes & Fugues BWV 535 & 544 - Edouard COMMETTE (organ of the Cathédrale Saint-Jean, Lyon) COLUMBIA SAXF 226 First blue /silver stereo label - Wonderful cover artwork by Atelier Cassandre (F) wooden-spine sleeve & record near mint 95€ -BACH: Toccata & Fugue in D minor BWV 565, 2 Fantasias, 2 Chorales, 3 Preludes - Edouard COMMETTE (organ of the Cathédrale Saint-Jean, Lyon) COLUMBIA FCX 497 First blue /silver label - Original mono, no stereo exists - Wonderful cover artwork by Atelier Cassandre (F) wooden-spine sleeve & record near mint 95€ -BACH: Toccata & Fugue in D minor BWV 565 / Orchestral suite n° 3* - Edouard COMMETTE* (organ of the Cathédrale Saint-Jean, Lyon) / Wilhelm Schüchter / Orchestre de Chambre de Hambourg 10-inch COLUMBIA FC 1055 First blue /silver label - Original mono, no stereo exists - Wonderful cover artwork by Atelier Cassandre (F) dowel-spine sleeve & record near mint 70€ -BACH: 6 Schübler Chorales, Partite diverse sopra "Sei gegrüsset, Jesu gütig", Fantasy BWV 572 - Daniel CHORZEMPA (Silbermann organ of the Domstiftskirche Arlesheim) PHILIPS 4121171 digital (NL) sleeve & record near mint 30€ -C.P.E. BACH: Klavierstücke (piano pieces) - Maria KALAMKARIAN (piano) COLUMBIA STC 80826 stereo - First German issue - First white/golden label (G) sleeve & record near mint 50€ -W.F. BACH: Sonata in G major, & Polonaises – Nadia TAGRINE (piano) ERATO EFM 42048 10-inch Nadia Tagrine was a Lazare-Lévy pupil (F) sleeve & record near mint 55€ -Wilhelm BACKHAUS LAST RECITAL (June 1969 in Ossiach, Austria) Mozart: Sonata n°11 "alla turca" / Beethoven: Sonata n°18 / Schubert: Impromptu op.142 n°2, Schumann: Des Abends, Warum DECCA SXL 20090 First German issue (G) sleeve & record near mint 80€ -BARBER: Excursions op. 20 / COPLAND: Piano sonata / STRAVINSKY: Piano sonata - Andor FOLDES (piano) DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON LPM 18279 - first "alle Hersteller" tulip label - original mono, no stereo exists (G) gatefold & record near mint 80€ (also Copland & Stravinsky) -Aline van BARENTZEN "Récital Chopin-Liszt" (CHOPIN: Fantasie op. 49, Nocturne n° 7, Études n° 5 op. 10, n° 13 op. 25, & n° 23 op. 25 / LISZT: Méphisto-Valse, Saint Francois-de-Paule marchant sur les flots, Étude de concert n° 3) LA VOIX DE SON MAITRE FALP 472 first red/silver label - original mono, no stereo exists (F) sleeve mint, record mint & unplayed 495€ (also Chopin & Liszt) -BARTOK: Piano works - Andor FOLDES 4LP box-set DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON LPM 18270/73 First "alle Hersteller" tulip label - Original mono, no stereo exists (G) box & booklet near mint, records mint 345€ -BARTOK: For Children (vol. 1 & 2) - Tibor KOZMA (piano) 2LP set BARTOK RECORDS BR 919 & 920 first blue/silver label - original mono, no stereo exists (US) sleeves near mint, records mint 95€ -BARTOK: 14 Bagatelles op. 6, Roumanian Folk Dances, Roumanian Christmas Carols - Tibor KOZMA (piano) BARTOK RECORDS BR 918 first blue/silver label - original mono, no stereo exists (US) sleeves near mint, records mint 50€ -BARTOK: Out of Doors, Improvisations op. 20 - Leonid HAMBRO (piano) BARTOK RECORDS BR 902 first blue/silver label - original mono, no stereo exists (US) sleeve near mint, record mint 50€ -BARTOK: Sonatina, For Children (8 pieces), Three Rondos / KODALY: Seven pieces op. 11 - Ilona KABOS (piano) BARTOK RECORDS BRS 917 first blue/silver label - original mono, no stereo exists (US) sleeve near mint, record mint 50€ -BARTOK: Mikrokosmos (items from vol. 5 & 6), Suite op. 14, Rumanian Dances, For Children (items from vol. 1) - Georges SOLCHANY (piano) COLUMBIA FCX 537 - first blue/silver label - original mono, no stereo exists - Wonderful cover artwork by Atelier Cassandre, Paris (F) wooden-spine sleeve near mint, record mint 70€ -BARTOK: Mikrokosmos (items from vol. 5 & 6), Suite op. 14, Rumanian Dances, For Children (items from vol. 1) - George SOLCHANY (piano) COLUMBIA 33 CX 1547 - first blue/gold label - original mono, no stereo exists (UK) sleeve near mint, record mint 50€ -BARTOK: Pour les enfants vol. 1 (For Children vol. 1), Sonatine - Geza ANDA COLUMBIA FCX 347 first blue/silver label - first french issue - original mono, no stereo exists - wonderful cover artwork by Marc Chagall (La Madone au traîneau) (F) sleeve near mint, record mint & unplayed 50€ -BARTOK: 2 Elegies - Samson FRANCOIS 7-inch COLUMBIA ESBF 138 Original mono, no stereo exists - First blue/silver label (F) sleeve & record near mint 50€ -BARTOK: Sonata for 2 pianos & percussion, Divertimento* - Geneviève JOY & Jacqueline BONNEAU (pianos), Pierre Naudin & Jean-Claude Tavernier (percussion), Stuttgart Opera Orchestra*, André Jouve (conductor)* DUCRETET-THOMSON 320 C 116 First white/golden label - Wonderful cover artwork (F) sleeve & record near mint 90€ -BARTOK: Sonata for 2 pianos & percussion, 7 pieces from Mikrokosmos - Katia & Marielle LABÈQUE (pianos), Sylvio Gualda & Jean-Pierre Drouet (percussion) ERATO STU 70642 stereo - no STE exists (F) gatefold near mint, record mint 35€ -BARTOK: Sonata for 2 pianos & percussion - Dominique MERLET & Anne-Marie de LAVILLEON (pianos), Jean-Pierre Jacquillat & Philippe Sagnier (percussion) 10-inch CLUB NATIONAL DU DISQUE CND 1013 First french issue - Original mono, no stereo exists (F) sleeve & record near mint 70€ -BARTOK: Sonata for 2 pianos & percussion / STRAVINSKY: Concerto for 2 pianos / BRITTEN: Introduction & Rondo alla Burlesca, Mazurka elegiaca – Sviatoslav RICHTER, Vassili Lobanov (pianos), Valery Barkov & Valentin Snegirev (percussion) Recorded live in July 1985 in La Grange de Meslay near Tours, France) PHILIPS Digital 4201571 (NL) sleeve & record mint - Extremely rare in vinyl 65€ -BARTOK: Sonata for 2 pianos & percussion – Carl SEEMANN, Edith PICHT-AXENFELD (pianos), L. Porth, K. Peinkofer (percussion) 10-inch DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON LP 16021 “alle Rechte” tulip label - original mono, no stereo exists (G) gatefold & record near mint 75€ -BARTOK: Sonata for 2 pianos & percussion – Carl SEEMANN, Edith PICHT-AXENFELD (pianos), L. Porth, K. Peinkofer (percussion) 10-inch DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON LP 16021 “alle Hersteller” tulip label - original mono, no stereo exists (G) gatefold & record near mint 40€ -BARTOK: Sonata for 2 pianos & percussion, Contrasts* - Edith FARNADI & Istvan ANTAL (pianos), André GERTLER* (violin), Alfred PRINZ (clarinet), J. SCHWARTZ & O. SCHWARTZ (percussions) WESTMINSTER WST-17064 stereo - first black/blue label (US) sleeve & record near mint 50€ -BARTOK: Allegro barbaro, 8 Rumanian folk dances, 3 Burlesques, 9 Piano pieces, Suite op. 14 - Edith FARNADI WESTMINSTER XWN 18217 original mono, no stereo exists- first blue/silver label (US) sleeve & record near mint 45€ -BARTOK: Piano sonata / BERG: Piano sonata / STRAVINSKY: Piano sonata / WEBERN: Variations op. 27, Kinderstück - Marie-Francoise BUCQUET PHILIPS "Trésors classiques" 6500077 stereo - First French issue (F) gatefold & record near mint 35€ -BEETHOVEN: Piano sonatas n° 31 op. 110 & n° 27 op. 90 / MOZART: Fantasia in C minor K. 475 – Sviatoslav RICHTER DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON VP 108-09 TEST-PRESSING OF A NEVER-ISSUED RECORDING! (These stereo recordings were made in Salzburg. The Beethoven sonatas were recorded on 21 August 1965, the Mozart fantasy on January 28 1966. All recordings are absolutely fabulous, but Richter, for unknown and mysterious reasons, finally refused their release. Like Carlos Kleiber, Sviatoslav Richter was known for being very rarely satisfied with his own interpretations. No need to say that these documents are absolute rarities!) (G) 950€ (also Mozart) -BEETHOVEN: Complete piano sonatas - Wilhelm KEMPFF (piano) 11LP box-set DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON SKL 901/11 first "alle Hersteller" tulip label (G) box & booklet near mint, records mint 135€ -BEETHOVEN: Complete piano sonatas - Wilhelm BACKHAUS (piano) 10LP box-set DECCA SXLA 6452/61 stereo - first english issue (UK) box near mint minus (minor wear), booklet & records near mint 495€ -BEETHOVEN: Piano sonatas n° 21 "Waldstein" & n° 23 "Appassionata" - Wilhelm BACKHAUS DECCA SXL 21013 First German issue - First black/gold label (G) sleeve near mint, record mint 55€ -BEETHOVEN: Piano sonata n° 29 op. 106 "Hammerklavier" – Wilhelm BACKHAUS DECCA BLK 16106 Original mono, there was no stereo - black /gold label (G) sleeve & record near mint 45€ -BEETHOVEN: Piano sonatas n° 31 op. 110 & n° 32 op. 111 – Wilhelm BACKHAUS DECCA BLK 16107 Original mono, there was no stereo - First German issue – First black /gold label (G) sleeve near mint minus, record near mint minus 45€ -BEETHOVEN: Piano sonatas n°3 op.2 n°3 & n°17 op.31 n°2 “Tempest” – Wilhelm BACKHAUS DECCA BLK 16105 Original mono, there was no stereo - First German issue – First black /gold label (G) sleeve near mint minus, record near mint minus 45€ -BEETHOVEN: Piano sonatas n°4 & 9 - Wilhelm KEMPFF DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON LPM 18019 "alle Hersteller" (G) gatefold & record near mint 40€ -BEETHOVEN: Piano sonatas n°7 & 8 - Wilhelm KEMPFF DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON LPM 18071 "alle Hersteller" tulip label (G) gatefold & record near mint 35€ -BEETHOVEN: Piano sonatas n°11 & 14 "Moonlight" - Wilhelm KEMPFF DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON LPM 18020 "alle Hersteller" tulip label 1955 (G) gatefold & record near mint 40€ -BEETHOVEN: Piano sonatas n°15 & 16 - Wilhelm KEMPFF DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON LPM 18055 "alle Hersteller" tulip label 1955 (G) gatefold & record near mint 40€ -BEETHOVEN: Piano sonatas n°17 & 18 - Wilhelm KEMPFF DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON LPM 18056 "alle Hersteller" tulip label 1953 (G) gatefold & record near mint 40€ -BEETHOVEN: Piano sonatas n°19, 20 & 23 "Appassionata" - Wilhelm KEMPFF DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON LPM 18021 "alle Hersteller" tulip label 1955 (G) gatefold & record near mint 40€ -BEETHOVEN: Piano sonatas n° 21 "Waldstein" & n° 22 - Wilhelm KEMPFF DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON LPM 18089 "alle Hersteller" tulip label 1954 (G) gatefold & record near mint 40€ -BEETHOVEN: Piano sonatas n° 31 op. 110 & n° 32 op. 111 - Wilhelm KEMPFF DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON LPM 18045 "alle Hersteller" tulip label 1954 (G) gatefold & record near mint 40€ -BEETHOVEN: Piano sonatas n° 14 op. 27 "Moonlight", n° 8 op. 13 "Pathétique" & n° 23 op. 57 "Appassionata" - Wilhelm KEMPFF DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON SLPM 136227 "alle Hersteller" tulip label - red stereo - These 1960 recordings do not belong to the 1964-65 Kempff's Beethoven full cycle ! (G) sleeve & record near mint 50€ -BEETHOVEN: Piano sonatas n° 29 op. 106 "Hammerklavier" & n° 30 op. 109 - Wilhelm KEMPFF DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON SLPM 138944 "alle Hersteller" tulip label - red stereo (G) sleeve & record near mint 50€ -BEETHOVEN: Piano sonatas n° 31 op. 110 & n° 32 op. 111 - Wilhelm KEMPFF DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON SLPM 138945 TEST-PRESSING - red stereo (G) sleeve & record near mint 65€ -BEETHOVEN: 6 Bagatelles op. 126, Ecossaises, Für Elise, Rondos op. 51 n° 1, op. 51 n° 2 & op. 129, Andante favori, 6 Variations on "Nel Cor più" - Wilhelm KEMPFF DEUTSCHE GRAMOPHON SLPM 138934 red stereo - first "alle Hersteller" tulip label (G) sleeve & record mint 40€ -BEETHOVEN: Piano sonatas n° 30 op. 109 & n° 31 op. 110 - Yvonne LEFÉBURE 10-inch LA VOIX DE SON MAITRE FBLP 1080 First red/silver label - Original mono, no stereo exists (F) sleeve near mint, record mint 2295€ (also Lefébure) -BEETHOVEN: Piano sonata n° 8 op. 13 "Pathétique" & n° 31 op. 110 - Elly NEY DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON LPEM 19084 first "alle Hersteller" tulip label - original mono, no stereo exists (G) gatefold near mint, record mint 395€ -BEETHOVEN: Piano sonata n° 14 op. 27/II "Moonlight" & n° 23 op. 57 "Appassionata" - Elly NEY DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON LPEM 19085 first "alle Hersteller" tulip label - original mono, no stereo exists (G) gatefold near mint, record mint 395€ -BEETHOVEN: Piano sonata n° 32 op. 111 - Elly NEY (1936 & 1958 recordings) ELECTROLA E 80479 WCLP 476 "Unvergänglich Unvergessen" series - first german issue - wonderful cover photo of Elly Ney (G) gatefold & record near mint 175€ -BEETHOVEN: Piano sonata n° 32 op. 111 (third recording, made in the 60s) / MOZART: Piano sonata in A major “alla turca” – Elly NEY SOMERSET 591 stereo - Wonderful cover with artist’s portrait - (G) sleeve & record near mint 70€ -BEETHOVEN: Piano sonatas n° 27 op. 90 & n° 29 op. 106 "Hammerklavier" - Hans RICHTER-HAASER COLUMBIA SAX 2407 blue/silver stereophonic - first english issue (UK) sleeve near mint, record mint 345€ -BEETHOVEN Piano sonatas n° 9 op.14/1, n° 10 op. 14/2, n° 13 op. 27/1 , n° 14 op. 27/2 "Moonlight" - Walter GIESEKING COLUMBIA SAX 2259 blue silver stereophonic - first english issue (UK) sleeve near mint, record mint 395€ -BEETHOVEN: Piano sonatas n° 1 op. 2, n° 8 op. 13 "Pathétique", n° 12 op. 26, n° 15 op. 28 "Pastorale", n° 19 op. 49/1, n° 20 op. 49/2 - Walter GIESEKING 2LP box-set COLUMBIA FCX 852/53 first blue/silver label - first french issue - original mono (F) box & booklet near mint, records mint & unplayed 95€ (also Gieseking) -BEETHOVEN: Piano sonatas n° 17 & 18 op. 31 - Walter GIESEKING COLUMBIA 33 CX 1417 original mono, no stereo exists - first blue/gold label (UK) sleeve & record near mint 45€ -BEETHOVEN: Piano sonatas n° 7 op. 10 & n° 32 op. 111 - Edwin FISCHER LA VOIX DE SON MAITRE FALP357 first red/silver label - first french issue - Wonderful wooden-spine sleeve designed by Atelier Cassandre, Paris (F) wooden-spine sleeve & record near mint 75€ -BEETHOVEN: Piano sonatas n° 9 op. 14/1, n° 13 op. 27/1, n° 30 op. 109 - Artur SCHNABEL RCA VICTOR LCT 1110 first red/golden label - One of the most extraordinary renditions of op. 109 ! (US) sleeve & record near mint 70€ -BEETHOVEN: Piano sonatas n° 8 op. 13 "Pathétique" & n° 31 op. 110 - Erik THEN-BERG ETERNA 820026 First almond-green label with 33 at 6'cock - First 1958 brown sleeve - Original mono, no stereo exists - Extremely rare - Dream condition (GDR) sleeve & record near mint 90€ -BEETHOVEN: Piano sonata n° 29 op. 106 "Hammerklavier" - Peter RÖSEL ETERNA 827377 stereo - first black label (GDR) sleeve & record near mint 40€ -BEETHOVEN: Piano sonata n° 29 op. 106 "Hammerklavier" - Rudolf FISCHER ETERNA 820270 TEST-PRESSING original mono, no stereo exists - Leipziger pianist Rudolf Fischer (1913-2003) was the founder of the Leipzig International Bach Competition - This test-pressing was pressed for Eterna by Deutsche Grammophon (GDR) sleeve & record near mint 75€ -BEETHOVEN: Piano sonata n° 4 op. 7 - Arturo BENEDETTI MICHELANGELI DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 2530197 stereo - first german issue (G) sleeve near mint, record mint 45€ -BEETHOVEN: Piano sonata n° 29 op. 106 “Hammerklavier” – Claudio ARRAU PHILIPS 835208 AY First "HI-FI STEREO" label (NL) sleeve near mint, record mint 60€ -BEETHOVEN: Piano sonatas n° 28 op. 101 & n° 30 op. 109 – Claudio ARRAU PHILIPS 835383 AY First issue (NL) sleeve near mint, record mint 40€ -BEETHOVEN: Piano sonatas n° 3 op. 2 & n° 8 op. 13 "Pathétique" (1986 recordings) - Claudio ARRAU PHILIPS 4201531 digital (NL) sleeve near mint, record mint 45€ -BEETHOVEN: Piano sonatas n° 21 op. 53 "Waldstein" & n° 30 op. 109, Andante favori WoO 57 (1984 recording) - Claudio ARRAU PHILIPS 416145-1 digital (NL) sleeve near mint, record mint 55€ -BEETHOVEN: Piano sonata n° 32 op. 111, 6 Bagatelles op. 126, Polonaise op. 89 - Julius KATCHEN DECCA SXL 6373 first "Made in England by" at 10 o'clock label (No "Original recording by" exists) first english issue (UK) sleeve near mint, record mint & unplayed 85€ -BEETHOVEN: Piano sonata n° 32 op. 111 / GULDA: Wintermeditation - Friedrich GULDA PHILIPS 4121141 digital (NL) gatefold near mint, record mint 50€ -BEETHOVEN: Piano sonatas op. 57 “Appassionata” & op. 53 “Waldstein” – Ludwig HOFFMANN TELEFUNKEN BLE 14064 Original mono, no stereo exists - First issue – violet/gold label (G) sleeve near mint, record mint 85€ -BEETHOVEN: Piano sonatas n° 21 op. 53 "Waldstein", n° 23 op. 57 "Appassionata", 2 Rondos op. 51 - Andor FOLDES DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON SLPEM 136027 First "alle Hersteller" tulip label - red stereo sticker (F) sleeve & record near mint 95€ -BEETHOVEN: Piano sonatas op. 13 “Pathétique”, op. 14 n° 1 & op. 7 – Andor FOLDES DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON SLPM 138671 red stereo (G) sleeve near mint, record mint 85€ -BEETHOVEN: Piano sonatas op. 101, 109, 78 & 49 n° 1 – Andor FOLDES DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON SLPM 138643 red stereo (G) sleeve near mint, record mint 85€ -BEETHOVEN: Piano sonata n° 25 op. 79, Piano concerto n° 5 "Emperor" - Andor FOLDES / Ferdinand Leitner / Berliner Philharmoniker DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON SLPM 138019 first "alle Hersteller" tulip label - red stereo sticker (G) sleeve VG ++ (light wear), record near mint 85€ (also concerto) -BEETHOVEN: Piano sonatas op.22, 49 n°1, 49 n°2 – Sviatoslav RICHTER PHILIPS “HI-FI STEREO 835202 AY – Original “Hi-Fi Stereo” maroon label (NL) sleeve & record near mint 85€ -BEETHOVEN: Piano sonatas op.14 n°1 & 2 – Sviatoslav RICHTER PHILIPS “Hi-Fi Stereo” 835203 AY – Original “Hi-Fi Stereo” maroon label (NL) sleeve & record near mint 85€ -BEETHOVEN: Piano sonata n° 23 "Appassionata" / HAYDN: Piano sonata in C minor - Sviatoslav RICHTER MOSOBLSOVNARKHOZ 06709/10 First red/gold torch label (prior to Melodiya) Original mono, no stereo exists (R) sleeve & record near mint 70€ -BEETHOVEN: Piano sonata n° 21 op. 53 "Waldstein" - Annie FISCHER (piano) 10-inch SUPRAPHON LPM 62 first blue/gold label - Original mono, no stereo exists (C) sleeve near mint & record VG+ 35€ -BEETHOVEN: Piano sonatas n° 17 op. 31 n° 1 & n° 18 op. 31 n° 2 – Clara HASKIL PHILIPS minigroove A 02073 L First issue (NL) sleeve & record near mint 50€ -BEETHOVEN: Piano sonatas n° 17 op. 31 n° 2 "Tempest" & n° 26 0p 81 a "Farewell" - Guiomar NOVAES PATHÉ-VOX PL 6270 first green/silver label - original mono, no stereo exists (F) sleeve & record near mint 75€ -BEETHOVEN: Piano sonatas n° 12 op. 26 & n° 28 op. 101 - Maria YUDINA MOSOBLSOVNARKHOZ First red/gold torch label (prior to Melodia) Original mono, no stereo exists (R) sleeve & record near mint 75€ -BEETHOVEN: Piano sonatas n° 3 op. 2, n° 21 op. 53 "Waldstein" & n° 30 op. 109 - Maria TIPO EMI-LA VOIX DE SON MAITRE 2706441 digital - original french issue (F) gatefold near mint, record mint 95€ -BEETHOVEN: Piano sonata n° 31 op. 110 / SCHUMANN: Symphonic studies op. 13 - John BROWNING RCA Dynagroove LSC 2963-B First german issue - Amazing interpretations! Fantastic sound (G) sleeve & record near mint 40€ -BEETHOVEN: Piano sonatas n° 21 op. 53 "Waldstein" & n° 23 op. 57 "Appassionata" - Sascha GORODNITZKI CAPITOL P 8264 original mono, no stereo exists - first green/gold label (F) sleeve & record near mint 60€ -BEETHOVEN: Piano sonatas n° 30 op. 109, n° 31 op. 110 & n° 32 op. 111 – Georges SOLCHANY COLUMBIA FCX 549 First blue/silver label – Original mono, no stereo exists - Wonderful cover artwork by Atelier Cassandre, Paris (F) Wooden-spine sleeve & record near mint 85€ -BEETHOVEN: Piano sonatas n° 23 op. 57 "Appassionata", n° 24 op. 78 "À Thérèse" & n° 26 op. 81a "Les Adieux" – Georges SOLCHANY COLUMBIA FCX 553 First blue/silver label – Original mono, no stereo exists - Wonderful cover artwork by Atelier Cassandre, Paris (F) Wooden-spine sleeve & record near mint 85€ -BEETHOVEN: Piano sonatas n° 10 op. 14, n° 25 op. 79 & n° 3 op. 2 - George SOLCHANY COLUMBIA FCX 443 First french issue - first blue/silver label - Original mono, no stereo exists (F) sleeve VG+, record near mint 45€ -BEETHOVEN: Piano sonatas n° 15 op. 28 "Pastorale" & n° 26 op. 81a "Les Adieux" - Bruno Leonardo GELBER (piano) PATHÉ ASTX 328 stereo - first green/silver label (F) dowel-spine sleeve & record near mint 50€ -BEETHOVEN: Piano sonatas n°8 op.13 “Pathétique”, n°23 op.57 “Appassionata”, n°21 op.53 “Waldstein”, n°12 op.26 “Marcia funebre” – CZIFFRA 2LP box-set CZIFFRA PRODUCTIONS MCP 201 (F) box-set near mint, records mint 90€ -BEETHOVEN: Piano sonatas op. 109, 110 & 111 - Yves NAT DISCOPHILES FRANCAIS DF 109 First label - blue linen gatefold (F) gatefold & record near mint 50€ -BEETHOVEN: Piano sonatas op. 109, 110 & 111 - Yves NAT DISCOPHILES FRANCAIS DF 109 First label - green linen gatefold (F) gatefold & record near mint 50€ -BEETHOVEN: Piano sonatas "Pathétique", "Moonlight" & "Appassionata" – Yves NAT DISCOPHILES FRANCAIS DF 57 first grooved label (F) sleeve near mint, record near mint 50€ -BEETHOVEN: Piano sonatas n°30 op.109 & n°31 op.110 – Emil GILELS (his last recording!) DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 4191741 digital (G) sleeve & record mint 135€ -BEETHOVEN: Piano sonata n°29 op.106 “Hammerklavier” – Emil GILELS DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 4105271 digital (G) sleeve & record mint 70€ -BEETHOVEN: Piano sonatas n°3 op.2 & n°15 op.28 “Pastorale” – Emil GILELS DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 2532078 digital (G) sleeve & record mint 75€ -BEETHOVEN: Piano sonata n°7 op.10, Eroica Variations – Emil GILELS DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 2532024 digital (G) sleeve & record mint 75€ -BEETHOVEN: Piano sonatas n°17 op.31 “Tempest” & n°18 op.31 – Emil GILELS DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 2532061 digital (G) sleeve & record mint 75€ -BEETHOVEN: Piano sonatas n°2 op.2 & n°4 op.7 – Emil GILELS DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 4154811 digital (G) sleeve VG+ (some water), record mint 40€ -BEETHOVEN: Piano sonatas n° 18 op. 31, n° 25 op. 79 "Alla tesdesca"& n° 26 opus 81a "Les Adieux" - Paul BADURA-SKODA (fortepiano Georg Hasska, Vienna 1815) ASTRÉE AS 72 stereo - first french issue (F) gatefold near mint, record mint 70€ -BEETHOVEN Piano sonata n° 28 op. 101 & n° 30 op. 109 - Paul BADURA-SKODA (fortepiano Conrad Graf, Vienna ca. 1824) ASTRÉE AS 47 stereo - first french issue (F) gatefold near mint, record mint 70€ -BEETHOVEN Piano sonata n° 29 op. 106 "Hammerklavier" - Paul BADURA-SKODA (fortepiano Conrad Graf, Vienna ca. 1824) ASTRÉE AS 48 stereo - first french issue (F) gatefold near mint, record mint 70€ -BEETHOVEN: Piano sonatas n° 31 op. 110 & n° 32 op. 111 - Paul BADURA-SKODA (fortepiano Conrad Graf, Vienna 1824) ASTRÉE AS 49 stereo - first french issue (F) gatefold near mint, record mint 70€ -BEETHOVEN: Diabelli variations - Yvonne LEFÉBURE (first recording) 10-inch DUCRETET-THOMSON 270 C 106 first gold circle label - original mono, no stereo exists - first french issue (F) sleeve & record near mint 1995€ (also Lefébure) -BEETHOVEN: Diabelli variations op. 120, 6 Bagatelles op. 126 - Yvonne LEFÉBURE (second recording) FY 022 stereo - First french issue (F) gatefold near mint, record mint 90€ -BEETHOVEN Diabelli variations - Hans RICHTER-HAASER COLUMBIA SAX 2557 stereo - first semi-circle label, no blue/silver label exists (UK) sleeve near mint, record mint 195€ -BEETHOVEN: Diabelli variations - Mieczyslaw HORSZOWSKI PATHÉ-VOX PL7730 first green/silver label - original mono, no stereo exists (F) sleeve & record near mint 145€ -BEETHOVEN: Diabelli variations op. 120 - Sviatoslav RICHTER (1986 recording) PHILIPS 4224161 digital - As for me the best recording along that of Arrau (NL) sleeve near mint, record mint 75€ -BEETHOVEN: Diabelli variations op. 120 - Wilhelm BACKHAUS DECCA LXT 5016 First orange/gold label - first english issue - Original mono, no stereo exists (UK) sleeve & record near mint 65€ -BEETHOVEN: Diabelli variations op. 120 - Wilhelm BACKHAUS DECCA BLK 16136 First German issue - Original mono, no stereo exists (G) sleeve & record near mint 40€ -BEETHOVEN: Diabelli variations op.120 – Geza ANDA DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON SLPM 138713 red stereo, first “alle Hersteller” tulip label (G) sleeve near mint, record mint 45€ -BEETHOVEN: Diabelli variations op. 120 – Julius KATCHEN DECCA SXL 2262 "Original recording by" at 10 o'clock - first english issue (G) sleeve near mint, record mint 295€ -BEETHOVEN: Diabelli variations op.120 – Julius KATCHEN DECCA SXL 21029 first german issue (G) sleeve near mint, record mint 45€ -BEETHOVEN: Diabelli variations op. 120 - John BROWNING RCA Dynagroove LSC 2877-B First german issue - Amazing interpretation! Fantastic sound! Don't miss it! (G) sleeve & record near mint 40€ -BEETHOVEN: Diabelli Variations op. 120 (+ Variations composed after the Diabelli waltz by Moscheles, Schubert, Liszt, Czerny, Hummel, Kreutzer...) - Jörg DEMUS (pianoforte) 2LP gatefold ARCHIV PRODUKTION 2708025 Original German issue (G) gatefold & records mint 45€ -BEETHOVEN: Diabelli Variations op. 120 - Stephen BISHOP PHILIPS 839702 LY stereo (NL) sleeve near mint, record mint 25€ -BEETHOVEN: 15 Eroica Variations op. 35, 6 Variations after the Ruins of Athens op. 76, 6 Variations op. 34 - Sviatoslav RICHTER LE CHANT DU MONDE-MELODIYA LDX78559 stereo (F) gatefold near mint, record mint 35€ -BEETHOVEN: 32 Variations in C minor / BRAHMS: Haendel variations op. 24 / MENDELSSOHN: Variations sérieuses op. 54 - Eric HEIDSIECK LA VOIX DE SON MAITRE FALP 583 - first red/silver label - first french issue- original mono, no stereo exists (F) sleeve near mint, record mint & unplayed 50€ (also Brahms & Mendelssohn) -BEETHOVEN: 11 Bagatelles op. 119, 4 Rondos, Polonaise op. 89, Andante in F major – György SEBÖK ERATO LDE 3127 first French issue - original LDE, no STE exists (F) sleeve & record near mint 65€ -BIZET: Jeux d’enfants (12 pieces for 4 hands) – Jacqueline BONNEAU & Geneviève JOY CLUB FRANÇAIS DU DISQUE 380 10-inch (F) sleeve mint, record near mint 45€ -Michelle BOEGNER recital (Beethoven: Sonata Appassionata / Chopin: Ballade n°4, Impromptu n°2, 3 Waltzes / Schubert: Impromptu n°2) Gatefold PHILIPS “Trésors classiques” L77.417L first issue (F) gatefold & record near mint 155€ -Hélène BOSCHI plays 8 spanish sonatas (Albeniz, Pader Antonio Soler, Padre Rafael Anglès, Cantallos) EP 33 rpm LE CHANT DU MONDE LDY-A-8081 - original mono, no stereo exists - first cream label (F) sleeve & record near mint minus 70€ -BRAHMS: 4 Ballads op. 10 / SCHUBERT: Wanderer-Fantasie op. 15 - Jürg VON VINTSCHGER COLUMBIA STC 80577 stereo - first white/gold label - Extraordinary record for both Brahms and Schubert. Only Michelangeli and Arrau can match him in Brahms' Ballads. Only Arrau and Richter in Schubert's Wanderer-Fantasie. Jürg von Vintschger (*1934) is a swiss pianist who made very few recordings, all fabulous. (G) sleeve VG++ (wear), record near mint 235€ (also Schubert & Vintschger) -BRAHMS : 6 Klavierstücke op.118, 2 Rapsodies op.79 – Jacques FÉVRIER LE CHANT DU MONDE LDX-A-8350 Extremely rare! (F) gatefold-sleeve & record near mint 290€ -BRAHMS: 6 Klavierstücke op. 118, 16 Waltzes op. 39 - György SEBÖK ERATO "Jardin des Arts" EJA 2 ("Du Brahms que vous aimez") luxury gatefold limited issue - Only 3000 copies were pressed. Our copy holds n° 237 (F) gatefold near mint, record mint 145€ -BRAHMS: Piano sonatas n° 1 & 2 - György SEBÖK ERATO LDE 3095 First french issue - Original LDE, no STE exists (F) sleeve & record near mint 65€ -BRAHMS : Sonata n° 3 op. 5, Intermezzi op. 117 n°1 & 2 – Clifford CURZON DECCA SXL 6041 - first wide-band issue (UK) sleeve & record near mint 225€ -BRAHMS: Sonata n° 3 op. 5, Intermezzo op. 118, Romance op. 118, Intermezzo op. 117 - Elly NEY COLOSSEUM STM 522 stereo - first german issue (G) sleeve & record mint 45€ -BRAHMS: Sonata n° 2 op. 2, Paganini Variations - Claudio ARRAU PHILIPS 9500066 (NL) sleeve & record near mint 25€ -BRAHMS: Piano sonata n° 3 op. 5, Scherzo op. 4 - Wilhelm KEMPFF DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON SLPM 138010 first "alle Hersteller" stereo tulip label - first yellow/white/yellow gatefold from 1958 (G) gatefold & record near mint 175€ -BRAHMS: 2 Rhapsodies op. 79, Capricci n° 1 & 2 op. 76, Intermezzo op. 76 n° 4, Fantasias op. 116 - Wilhelm KEMPFF DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON SLPM 138902 stereo tulip label (G) sleeve & record near mint 40€ -BRAHMS: 3 Intermezzi op. 117, 6 Klavierstücke op. 118, 4 Klavierstücke op. 119 - Wilhelm KEMPFF DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON SLPM 138903 first "alle Hersteller" tulip label - red stereo (G) sleeve & record near mint 65€ -BRAHMS: Fantasias op. 116, 4 Pieces op. 119 (Brahms recital n° 2) - Wilhelm KEMPFF DECCA LXT 2935 original mono, no stereo exists - first orange/gold label (UK) sleeve & record near mint 45€ -BRAHMS: 8 Klavierstücke op. 76, 7 Fantasien op. 116 - Walter GIESEKING COLUMBIA 33 CX 1255 - first blue/gold label - original mono, no stereo exists (UK) sleeve & record near mint 55€ -BRAHMS: 4 Ballads op. 10 / SCHUBERT: Piano sonata in A minor D. 537 - Arturo BENEDETTI MICHELANGELI DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 2532017 digital (G) sleeve near mint, record mint 45€ -BRAHMS: Piano sonata n° 3 op. 5, Theme & variations in D minor (from Sextet op. 18) - Radu LUPU DECCA SXDL 7561 digital - TEST-PRESSING (UK) sleeve & record near mint 70€ -BRAHMS: 6 Intermezzi op. 118, 4 Intermezzi op. 119, Rhapsody op. 79 n° 2 - Radu LUPU DECCA SXL 6831 first english issue (UK) sleeve & record near mint 45€ -BRAHMS: Piano sonata n° 1 / SCHUMANN: Piano sonata n° 1 - Annerose SCHMIDT (piano) ETERNA 820214 first blue/white label - original mono, no stereo exists (GDR) sleeve VG+ (wear), record near mint 40€ (also Schumann) -BRAHMS: Piano sonata n° 3 op. 5, 3 Intermezzi op. 117 - Geza ANDA COLUMBIA CX 1624 Original mono, no stereo exists - First blue/gold label (UK) sleeve & record near mint 70€ -BRAHMS: Piano sonata n°3 op. 5 / SCHUMANN: Fantasy op. 17 - Edwin FISCHER LA VOCE DEL PADRONE QALP 10188 first red/silver label - original mono, no stereo exists - first italian issue (I) sleeve near mint, record mint 50€ (also Schumann) -BRAHMS: Haendel variations op. 24 - Janine DA COSTA 10-inch LUMEN LD - 2 - 424 First red label - Original mono, no stereo exists (F) sleeve near mint, record mint 445€ -BRAHMS: Haendel variations op. 24, 3 Intermezzi op. 117, Rhapsodies op. 79 - Yves NAT DISCOPHILES FRANCAIS DF 177 first grooved label - green linen gatefold (F) gatefold & record near mint 50€ -BRAHMS: Haendel variations op. 24 / BEETHOVEN: 32 Variations in C minor / MENDELSSOHN: Variations sérieuses op. 54 - Eric HEIDSIECK LA VOIX DE SON MAITRE FALP 583 - first red/silver label - first french issue- original mono, no stereo exists (F) sleeve near mint, record mint & unplayed 50€ (also Beethoven & Mendelssohn) -BRAHMS: Haendel variations op. 24 / REGER: Telemann variations op. 134 - Jorge BOLET DECCA SXL 6969 TEST-PRESSING 1980 recording - Jorge Bolet plays a superb Bechstein (UK) sleeve near mint & record mint 65€ -BRAHMS: Haendel variations op. 24 / REGER: Telemann variations op. 134 - Jorge BOLET DECCA 642644 - 1980 recording - Jorge Bolet plays a superb Bechstein (G) sleeve near mint & record mint 40€ -BRAHMS: Haendel variations op. 24, 3 Intermezzi op. 117, 4 Klavierstücke op. 119 - Stephen BISHOP PHILIPS 839722 AY stereo (NL) sleeve near mint, record mint 25€ -BRAHMS: Variations after a theme by Schumann op. 9, Variations after an original theme op. 21 - Andor FOLDES 10-inch DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON LPE 17048 original mono, no stereo exists - first "alle Hersteller" tulip label (G) sleeve near mint minus (minor wear), record near mint 40€ -BRAHMS: Paganini variations op. 35, Waltzes op. 39 - Charles ROSEN DECCA FST 133083 original mono, no stereo exists - first green/gold label (F) sleeve & record near mint 40€ -BRAHMS: 4 Klavierstücke op. 119, Scherzo op. 4, Variations after a Theme by Schumann op. 9 - Dieter ZECHLIN ETERNA 820340 First issue - First green/white label - Original mono, no stereo exists - Wonderful cover artwork (GDR) sleeve & record near mint 35€ -BRAHMS: Piano sonatas n° 1 & 2 - Peter RÖSEL ETERNA 826593 stereo TEST-PRESSING (GDR) sleeve near mint, record mint 70€ -BRAHMS: Piano sonatas n° 1 & 2 - Peter RÖSEL ETERNA 826593 stereo - first black label (GDR) sleeve & record near mint 40€ -BRAHMS: Piano sonata n° 3, Scherzo op. 4 - Peter RÖSEL ETERNA 826594 stereo TEST-PRESSING (GDR) sleeve near mint, record mint 70€ -BRAHMS: Ballads op. 10, Klavierstücke op. 118 - Peter RÖSEL ETERNA 826547 stereo TEST-PRESSING (GDR) sleeve near mint, record mint 70€ -BRAHMS: Ballads op. 10, Klavierstücke op. 118 - Peter RÖSEL ETERNA 826547 stereo - first black label (GDR) sleeve & record near mint 40€ -BRAHMS: Haendel-Variationen op. 24 , Schumann-Variationen op. 9 - Peter RÖSEL ETERNA 826544 stereo - TEST-PRESSING (GDR) sleeve near mint, record mint 70€ -BRAHMS: Haendel-Variationen op. 24 , Schumann-Variationen op. 9 - Peter RÖSEL ETERNA 826544 stereo - first black label (GDR) sleeve & record near mint 40€ -BRAHMS: Paganini-Variationen op. 35, Variationen über ein eigenes Thema op. 21/1 - Peter RÖSEL ETERNA 826595 stereo TEST-PRESSING (GDR) sleeve near mint, record mint 70€ -BRAHMS: Paganini-Variationen op. 35, Variationen über ein eigenes Thema op. 21/1 - Peter RÖSEL ETERNA 826595 stereo - first black label (GDR) sleeve & record near mint 40€ -BRAHMS: Fantasien op. 116, Intermezzi op. 117, Klavierstücke op. 119 - Peter RÖSEL ETERNA 826544 stereo TEST-PRESSING (GDR) sleeve near mint, record mint 70€ -BRAHMS: Fantasien op. 116, Intermezzi op. 117, Klavierstücke op. 119 - Peter RÖSEL ETERNA 826544 stereo - first black label (GDR) sleeve & record near mint 40€ -BRAHMS: 8 Klavierstücke op. 76, Rhapsodien op. 79 - Peter RÖSEL ETERNA 826545 stereo TEST-PRESSING (GDR) sleeve near mint, record mint 70€ -BRAHMS: 8 Klavierstücke op. 76, Rhapsodien op. 79 - Peter RÖSEL ETERNA 826545 stereo - first black label (GDR) sleeve & record near mint 40€ -Thierry de BRUNHOFF "Le piano d'Ulysse" (Pieces by Mozart, Haendel, Couperin, Beethoven, Chopin, Schumann, Mendelssohn, Debussy, Ravel, Rachmaninov, Bartok) 1LP box-set PATHÉ DTX 316 First French issue - First green/silver label - Wonderful cover artwork by Laurent de Brunhoff (F) box & record near mint 95€ -BYRD: Virginal music from the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book - Fritz NEUMEYER (virginal) 10-inch ARCHIV PRODUKTION AP 13026 first "alle Hersteller" label - original mono, no stereo exists (G) gatefold & record near mint 45€ (also early music) -Jean CASADESUS recital "MUSIQUE FRANCAISE POUR PIANO" (Works by Rameau, Couperin, Poulenc, Francaix, Tailleferre, Casadesus) COLUMBIA FCX 375 First blue/silver label - Original mono, no stereo exists - Jean Casadesus (1927-1972) was Robert and Gaby Casadesus' son. He died tragically in a car crash in Canada. This item is one of the most treasurable records of the French Columbia catalogue. Wonderful interpretation. Fabulous cover artwork. A "must have" for every French piano connoisseur (F) wooden-spine sleeve near mint, record mint DREAM CONDITION 295€ -CHABRIER: L'Oeuvre de piano (complete piano works) - Marcelle MEYER (piano) 2LP gatefold LES DISCOPHILES FRANCAIS DF 151/152 First french issue - First deep groove label - Original mono, no stereo exists (F) linen gatefold & record near mint 745€ -CHABRIER: Complete piano works - Annie D'ARCO 2LP gatefold CALLIOPE CAL 1828/29 First french issue (F) gatefols near mint, records mint 70€ -CHABRIER: 5 Pièces pittoresques – Pierre BARBIZET 7-inch LE CHANT DU MONDE LDY-A-8080 First issue (F) Rare item! sleeve & record near mint 90€ -CHABRIER: Impromptu, Aubade, Ballabile, Caprice, Feuillet d'album, Ronde champêtre, Bourrée fantasque / SAINT-SAENS: Étude en forme de valse, Toccata n° 3, Thème varié, Allegro appassionato, Toccata n° 6 - Ginette DOYEN VEGA C 30 A 8 first white/gold label - original mono, no stereo exists - Ginette Doyen (1921-2002) was a Lazare-Lévy pupil (F) sleeve & record near mint 50€ -CHABRIER: 10 Pièces pittoresques, Feuillet d'album, Bourée fantasque - Jean-Joel BARBIER LA BOITE A MUSIQUE BAM LD 097 First french issue - Jean-Joel Barbier (1920-1994) was a Blanche Selva and Lazare-Lévy pupil (F) gatefold near mint, record mint 55€ -CHAMINADE: Sonata in C minor, Arabesque, Impromptu, Automne, Tarentelle – Danielle LAVAL EMI La Voix de son Maître C 06916410 original French issue FACTORY SEALED ! Rare item! Reference performance (G) sleeve & record mint 40€ -5e CONCOURS INTERNATIONAL FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN, VARSOVIE 1955 (5th Chopin International Piano Competition, Warsaw 1955) Adam HARASIEWICZ (Poland), Vladimir ASKENAZI (USSR), Fu TSUNG (China), Bernard RINGEISSEN (France), Naum SZTARKMAN (USSR), Dimitri PAPIERNO (USSR) 5LP box-set PATHÉ DTX 171/75 original mono, no stereo exists - first green/silver label - Wonderful luxury box & booklet by Editions Mercure, Paris) (F) box near mint, booklet & records mint 495€ -Ivo POGORELICH at the 1980 CHOPIN COMPETITION, WARSAW (Chopin: Piano sonata n° 2, Scherzo n° 3 op. 39, 3 Mazurkas op. 59) recorded live in October 1980 - MUZA Polskie Nagrania SX2063 stereo - first beige label - These are the famous interpretations that made Ivo Pogorelich a star overnight. 22-year-old Yugoslav pianist Pogorelich took part to the 1980 International Chopin Competition in Warsaw but was eliminated in the third round. A member of the jury, Martha Argerich was furious. She proclaimed Pogorelich a "genius" and resigned from the jury in protest. Shortly after, Pogorelich signed an exclusive recording contract with Deutsche Grammophon. (P) sleeve near mint, record mint 55€ (also Pogorelich) CHOPIN: Biographie sonore d'Alfred Leroy (The life of Chopin written by Alfred Leroy, narrated by french actors Annie Ducaux and Paul-Émile Deiber) Music interpreted by Samson Francois & Aldo Ciccolini COLUMBIA FPX 176 first green/silver label - original mono, no stereo exists (F) sleeve near mint, record mint & unplayed 45€ -CHOPIN / Alfred CORTOT (1929-1951 recordings) 24 Preludes, Sonatas n° 2 & 3, Ballads n° 1-4, Barcarolle, 14 Waltzes, 24 Etudes, 3 Nouvelles études, Tarentelle, Prelude op. 45, 6 Nocturnes, Polonaise n° 6, Berceuse, 2 Chants polonais, Impromptus n° 1-3, Fantaisie, Fantaise-Impromptu, Piano concerto n° 2 - 7LP box-set EMI-LA VOIX DE SON MAITRE 2C15303090/96 original mono, no stereo exists (F) box near mint, booklet & records mint 345€ -Aline van BARENTZEN "Récital Chopin-Liszt" (CHOPIN: Fantasie op. 49, Nocturne n° 7, Études n° 5 op. 10, n° 13 op. 25, & n° 23 op. 25 / LISZT: Méphisto-Valse, Saint Francois-de-Paule marchant sur les flots, Étude de concert n° 3) LA VOIX DE SON MAITRE FALP 472 first red/silver label - original mono, no stereo exists (F) sleeve mint, record mint & unplayed 495€ (also Barentzen & Liszt) -CHOPIN: Piano sonatas n° 2 & 3 - Victor SCHIÖLER LA VOIX DE SON MAITRE FALP 371 first red/silver label - original mono, no stereo exists (F) sleeve & record near mint 145€ -CHOPIN: Etudes op.10, Allegro de concert op.46 – Claudio ARRAU COLUMBIA CX original issue, blue-gold label 1443 (GB) cover & record mint 35€ -CHOPIN: 13 Preludes op. 28 / SCHUMANN: Novelettes n° 2, 4 & 8 - Sviatoslav RICHTER (Tokyo recital 1979) MELODIA-EURODISC 204004-425 digital (G) sleeve near mint, record mint & unplayed 50€ (also Richter) -CHOPIN: 4 Scherzi - Sviatoslav RICHTER EURODISC-MELODIA 25068 MK stereo - original german recording - first german issue (G) sleeve near mint, record mint 35€ -CHOPIN: Piano sonatas n° 2 & 3 - Vlado PERLEMUTER NIMBUS 2109 first english issue (UK) sleeve near mint, record mint 70€ -CHOPIN: 4 Ballads - Vlado PERLEMUTER NIMBUS 2110 stereo - first issue, no other issue exists (UK) sleeve near mint, record mint 70€ -CHOPIN: 4 Ballads - MALCUZYNSKI COLUMBIA SAX 2509 blue/silver stereophonic - first english issue (UK) sleeve nar mint, record mint 395€ -CHOPIN: Piano sonatas n° 2 & 3 - Stefan ASKENASE DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON LPM 18349 Original mono, no stereo exists - first "alle Hersteller" tulip label (G) sleeve near mint, record mint 50€ -CHOPIN: 24 Préludes op. 28 - Stefan ASKENASE DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON LPEM 19002 Original mono, no stereo exists - first "alle Hersteller" tulip label (G) sleeve near mint, record mint 50€ -CHOPIN: 20 Nocturnes - Stefan ASKENASE 2LP set DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON LPM 18262/63 original mono, no stereo exists - first "alle Hersteller" tulip label (G) sleeves near mint, records mint 95€ -CHOPIN: Piano sonatas n° 2 & 3 - Martha ARGERICH DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 2531289 (G) sleeve near mint, record mint 40€ -CHOPIN: Piano sonata n° 2, Scherzo n° 2, Grande Polonaise brillante - Martha ARGERICH DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 2530530 (G) sleeve near mint, record mint 40€ -CHOPIN: Piano sonatas n° 2 & 3 - Sylvia KERSENBAUM EMI - LA VOIX DE SON MAITRE 2C063-11672 original french issue (F) sleeve & record near mint 40€ -CHOPIN: 18 Mazurkas – Alain BERNHEIM VEGA MT 10133 first french issue (F) sleeve & record near mint EXTREMELY RARE! 75€ -CHOPIN: 24 Preludes - Edmond ROSENFELD PRESTIGE DES INTERPRÈTES FRANCAIS FAR 006 stereo (Recording producer: André Charlin) (F) sleeve & record near mint 395€ -CHOPIN: 24 Preludes, Prelude op. 45 - Rudolf KEHRER (KERER) MELODIYA CM 02473-74 stereo - first issue - As for me, the best interpretation along with Cortot's one ! (R) sleeve & record near mint 45€ -CHOPIN: 24 Etudes - Monique HAAS ERATO STU 70941 stereo - original STU, no STE exists (F) gatefold near mint, record mint 45€ -CHOPIN: 14 Waltzes - Michèle BOEGNER ERATO STU 70558 stereo - original STU, no STE exists (F) gatefold near mint, record mint 65€ -CHOPIN: 4 Impromptus, Barcarolle, Scherzo n° 2, Nocturne n° 1 - Michèle BOEGNER ERATO STU 70559 stereo - original STU, no STE exists (F) gatefold near mint, record mint 65€ -CHOPIN: Barcarolle, Tarentelle, Polonaise-Fantaisie, Fantaisie-Impromptu, Berceuse, Fantaisie - Jean-Pierre MARTY LA VOIX DE SON MAITRE FALP 504 first blue/silver label- first french issue - Original mono, no stereo exists - wonderful cover artwork by Mercure Éditeur, Paris - Jean-Pierre Marty (born in 1932) was an Alfred Cortot and Marcel Ciampi pupil (F) wooden-spine sleeve & record near mint 145€ -CHOPIN: Ballade n° 1, 3 Waltzes, Nocturnes n° 1 & 2, Polonaise-Fantaisie, Fantaisie-Impromptu, Tarentelle, Berceuse - Thierry DE BRUNHOFF VEGA C 30 A 308 First french issue - Original mono, no stereo exists (F) sleeve & record near mint 75€ -CHOPIN: Piano sonata n° 2 , Barcarolle, Fantaisie - Yves NAT (piano) 10-inch LES DISCOPHILES FRANCAIS DF 84 first deep-groove France without Alsace label - first blue cloth gatefold (F) gatefold & record near mint 55€ -CHOPIN "Enregistrements inédits" Samson FRANCOIS (recorded in 1960, 1966 & 1967, in London, Paris & Tokyo) 2LP box-set EMI-LA VOIX DE SON MAITRE 2 C 16511345/46 stereo - first issue (F) box, booklet & records near mint 175€ -CHOPIN "Unique récital" Samson FRANCOIS - Polonaise n° 6, Nocturne n° 5, Fantaisie-Impromptu, Études op. 10 n° 3, 5 & 12, Étude op. 25 n° 2, Ballade n° 1, Waltzes n° 6, 7 & 9, Scherzo n° 2 (recorded at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris) COLUMBIA FCX 861 First blue/silver label (F) sleeve & record near mint 40€ -CHOPIN: Mazurkas (complete) - Samson FRANCOIS 2LP box-set COLUMBIA FCX 600/01 first blue/silver label - original mono, no stereo exists - wonderful cover artwork & booklet by Mercure, Paris (F) box near mint, booklet mint, records mint & unplayed 395€ -CHOPIN: Ballade n° 4, Etudes op. 10 n° 10 & op. 25 n° 5, Waltz op. 70 n° 1, Impromptu n° 1, Nocturne n° 2, Grande Valse brillante, Scherzo n° 3, Prélude op. 28 n° 1 - Samson FRANCOIS COLUMBIA FCX 180 First French issue - First blue/silver label - Original mono, no stereo exists (F) sleeve & record near mint 75€ -CHOPIN: 4 Ballades – Samson FRANCOIS 10-inch COLUMBIA FC 1041 first French issue, original mono, there was no stereo (F) sleeve near mint, record near mint minus 65€ -CHOPIN : 14 Waltzes – Alfred CORTOT VSM Gravures illustres COLH 32 (F) stick-sleeve & record mint 45€ -CHOPIN: Etudes (complete) - Alfred CORTOT LA VOIX DE SON MAITRE FJLP 5050 first cream label (F) sleeve & record near mint 85€ -CHOPIN: Etudes (complete), 4 Impromptus - Ruth SLENCZINSKA 2LP set DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON LPEM 19133 & 19134 first "alle Hersteller" tulip label - original mono, no stereo exists (G) sleeves & records near mint 90€ -CHOPIN : 4 Ballades, Mazurkas 1-3 – Valentina KAMENIKOVA SUPRAPHON SUA ST 50862 stereo - First red label (C) sleeve & record mint 30€ -CHOPIN: Barcarolle, Fantasie in F minor, 2 Nocturnes, Polonaise in A flat major - György SEBÖK ERATO LDE 3118 first French issue - Original LDE, no STE exists (F) sleeve & record near mint 65€ -CHOPIN: Mazurkas n° 35-51 - Yakov FLIERE MELODIYA C 10-10495-96 stereo - First blue/silver label (R) sleeve & record near mint 35€ -CHOPIN: Barcarolle, Ballade n° 4, Polonaise-Fantasy, 3 Mazurkas, 2 Nocturnes - Stanislav NEUHAUS MELODIYA C 04513-14 stereo - first issue (R) sleeve near mint, record mint 40€ -CHOPIN: Piano sonata n° 2 / BRAHMS: Paganini variations - Sylvia KERSENBAUM (piano) HIS MASTER'S VOICE HQS 1255 stereo - first english issue (UK) sleeve & record near mint 30€ -CHOPIN: Sonata n° 3, Ballade n° 4, 5 Mazurkas, 2 Studies, Polonaise, Nocturne, Valse brillante - Stanislav BUNIN DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 4230671 digital (G) sleeve near mint, record mint 60€ -CHOPIN: Sonata n° 3, Scherzi n°1 & 2 - Alexis WEISSENBERG RCA Dynagroove LSC 2984 Original 1967 issue (US) sleeve & record near mint 40€ -CHOPIN: 4 Ballades – Julian VON KAROLYI 10-inch DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON LP 16025 original gatefold, original tulip label “alle Hersteller” (G) gatefold & record near mint 35€ -Daniel CHORZEMPA organ recital (WAGNER: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (overture), Ride of the Valkyries, Tannhäuser (Pilgrims' chorus) / BOELLMANN: Suite gothique / RHEINBERGER: Cantilena / GIGOUT: Grand choeur dialogué (Organ of the Cadets' Chapel, West Point) PHILIPS 416159-1 digital (NL) sleeve near mint, record mint 40€ (also Wagner) -Aldo CICCOLINI: Musique russe (Russian music) Pieces by Rachmaninov, Prokofiev, Borodin, Arensky, Stravinsky, Kabalevsky COLUMBIA FCX 652 First French issue - First blue/silver label - Original mono, no stereo exists - Wonderful cover artwork by Atelier Cassandre, Paris (F) wooden-spine sleeve, booklet & record near mint 75€ -CLEMENTI: Piano sonatas in B minor op. 40 & D minor op. 50 - Hélène BOSCHI (piano) 10-inch ERATO EFM 42039 original mono, no stereo exists - first issue (F) sleeve & record near mint 45€ -CLÉRAMBAULT: 2 Suites for organ - André MARCHAL (Great organ of the Cathédrale d'Auch, France) ERATO STE 50131 stereo (F) sleeve & record near mint 70€ (also Early music) -France CLIDAT: Intégrale de l'oeuvre pour piano de Franz Liszt (Liszt's complete piano works ) 6 box-sets VEGA 8009/32 (24 LPs) stereo - first french issue (no other issue exists) wonderful cloth boxes - France Clidat (1932-2012) was a Lazare-Lévy pupil (F) boxes near mint, booklets mint, records mint 895€ (also Liszt) -COPLAND: Piano sonata / BARBER: Excursions op. 20 / STRAVINSKY: Piano sonata - Andor FOLDES (piano) DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON LPM 18279 - first "alle Hersteller" tulip label - original mono, no stereo exists (G) gatefold & record near mint 80€ (also Barber & Stravinsky) -Alfred CORTOT recital (Pieces by Bach, Chopin, Brahms, Schubert, Schumann, Purcell) LA VOIX DE SON MAITRE FALP 349 First French issue (F) sleeve & record near mint Quite rare! 145€ -Alfred CORTOT recital (Pieces by Bach, Chopin, Brahms, Schubert, Schumann, Purcell) LA VOIX DE SON MAITRE FALP 349 First French issue (F) sleeve VG+ (minor wear), record near mint minus Quite rare! 80€ -COUPERIN: Pièces de clavecin (Premier livre) - Blandine VERLET (harpsichord Pierre Donzelague, Lyon 1716) ASTRÉE AS 21 first french issue (F) gatefold near mint, record mint 95€ (also early music) -COUPERIN: Pièces de clavecin (Premier livre) - Blandine VERLET (harpsichord Pierre Donzelague, Lyon 1716) ASTRÉE AS 23 first french issue (F) gatefold near mint, record mint 95€ (also early music) -COUPERIN: Pièces de clavecin (Second livre) - Blandine VERLET (harpsichord Derek Porteous, late 17th century) ASTRÉE AS 25 first french issue (F) gatefold near mint, record mint 95€ (also early music) -COUPERIN: Pièces de clavecin (Second livre) - Blandine VERLET (harpsichord Pierre Donzelague, Lyon 1716) ASTRÉE AS 27 first french issue (F) gatefold near mint, record mint 95€ (also early music) -COUPERIN: Pièces clavecin (Troisième livre) - Blandine VERLET (harpsichord Gilbert des Ruisseaux, late 17th century) ASTRÉE AS 28 first french issue (F) gatefold near mint, record mint 95€ (also early music) -COUPERIN: Pièces de clavecin (Troisième livre) - Blandine VERLET (harpsichord Pierre Donzelague, Lyon 1716) ASTRÉE AS 30 first french issue (F) gatefold near mint, record mint 95€ (also early music) -COUPERIN: Pièces clavecin (Quatrième livre) - Blandine VERLET (harpsichord Derek Porteous after Francois Blanchet 1733) ASTRÉE AS 33 first french issue (F) gatefold near mint, record mint 95€ (also early music) -COUPERIN: Messe à l'usage des paroisses - André MARCHAL (Great organ of the Prytanée Militaire de la Flèche, France) ERATO STE 50028 stereo (F) sleeve & record near mint 70€ (also Early music) -COUPERIN: Messe à l'usage des couvents / TITELOUZE: Quatre Versets - André MARCHAL (Great organ of the Prytanée Militaire de la Flèche, France) ERATO LDE 3025 original mono, no stereo exists (F) sleeve & record near mint 60€ (also Early music) -György CZIFFRA "Transcriptions, paraphrases & improvisations" (Improvisation sur des thèmes de Guillaume Tell, Tritsch-tratsch Polka, Le beau Danube bleu, Le Vol du bourdon, Danse hongroise n° 5, Valse triste de Franz von Vecsey, Danse du sabre, Fantaisie roumaine) LA VOIX DE SON MAITRE FALP 501 first red/silver label - original mono, no stereo exists - wonderful cover artwork by Atelier Cassandre, Paris (F) wooden-spine sleeve, booklet & record near mint 70€ -Jeanne-Marie DARRÉ piano recital (Chopin: 3 Etudes, Andante spianato & polonaise / Ravel: Ondine, Toccata / Saint-Saens: Etude en forme de valse / Sancan: Toccata) ART & MUSIQUE AM 8007 - First french issue (F) sleeve & record mint 195€ -DEBUSSY: Preludes (books 1 & 2), 12 Etudes - Jacques FÉVRIER 2LP gatefold VEGA C30 A 324 & C 30 A 325 First issue - Original mono, no stereo exists (F) gatefold & record near mint 380€ -DEBUSSY: Preludes (book 1), 3 Estampes - Reine GIANOLI VEGA C30 A 21 First white/gold label - original mono, no stereo exists (F) gatefold & record near mint 135€ -DEBUSSY: Preludes (book 2) - Reine GIANOLI VEGA C30 A 22 First white/gold label - original mono, no stereo exists (F) gatefold & record near mint 135€ -DEBUSSY: Preludes (books 1 & 2) - Eric HEIDSIECK 2LP set CASSIOPÉE 369196 & 369203 stereo - first red label - first french issue (F) sleeves & records mint 75€ -DEBUSSY: Préludes (books 1 & 2) – Friedrich GULDA 2LP box-set MPS 52001 (G) box & records mint 40€ -DEBUSSY: Préludes (book 1) - Walter GIESEKING COLUMBIA FCX 185 (F) flat sleeve & record near mint 35€ -DEBUSSY: Préludes (book 2) – Walter GIESEKING COLUMBIA FCX 186 (F) flat sleeve & record near mint 35€ -DEBUSSY: Images, Pour le piano, Estampes - Walter GIESEKING COLUMBIA FCX 282 First blue/silver label - Original mono, no stereo exists - Wonderful cover artwork by Atelier Cassandre, Paris (F) wooden-spine sleeve & record near mint 85€ -DEBUSSY: Images, Pour le piano, Estampes - Walter GIESEKING COLUMBIA FCX 282 First blue/silver label - Original mono, no stereo exists - Wonderful cover artwork by Atelier Cassandre, Paris (F) flat sleeve & record near mint 35€ -DEBUSSY: Children's Corner, Suite Bergamasque - Walter GIESEKING COLUMBIA FCX 306 First blue/silver label - Original mono, no stereo exists - Wonderful cover artwork by Atelier Cassandre, Paris (F) wooden-spine sleeve & record near mint 85€ -DEBUSSY: Children's Corner, Suite Bergamasque - Walter GIESEKING COLUMBIA FCX 306 First blue/silver label - Original mono, no stereo exists - Wonderful cover artwork by Atelier Cassandre, Paris (F) flat sleeve & record near mint 35€ -DEBUSSY: 15 pieces for piano - Walter GIESEKING COLUMBIA FCX 296 First blue/silver label - Original mono, no stereo exists - Wonderful cover artwork by Atelier Cassandre, Paris (F) wooden-spine sleeve & record near mint 85€ -DEBUSSY: 12 Etudes, D'un cahier d'esquisses - Walter GIESEKING COLUMBIA FCX 483 First french issue - Original mono, no stereo exists (F) sleeve near mint, record mint 40€ -DEBUSSY: Preludes (book 1) - Monique HAAS DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON SLPM 138831 red stereo - First "alle Hersteller" tulip label (G) sleeve & record near mint 70€ -DEBUSSY: Preludes (book 2) – Monique HAAS DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON SLPM 138872 red stereo - First "alle Hersteller" tulip label (G) sleeve near mint, record near mint 70€ -DEBUSSY: 12 Études (12 Studies) - Monique HAAS DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON LPM 18046 First tulip label - Original mono, no stereo exists (F) sleeve VG+, record near mint 40€ -DEBUSSY: 12 Études (12 Studies) - Monique HAAS ERATO STU 70610 stereo - First french issue - Original STU, no STE exists (F) sleeve & record near mint 35€ -DEBUSSY: 12 Études (12 Studies) - Yvonne LORIOD ERATO STU 70432 stereo - First french issue - Original STU, no STE exists (F) sleeve & record near mint 35€ -DEBUSSY: 12 Études (12 Studies) - Anne QUEFFÉLEC ERATO STU 71384 stereo - First french issue - Original STU, no STE exists (F) sleeve & record near mint 35€ -DEBUSSY: Images (book 1), Children's corner, Suite Bergamasque - Jörg DEMUS DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON SLPM 138663 First "alle Hersteller" tulip label - red stereo (G) sleeve near mint, record mint 85€ -DEBUSSY: Images (book 1 & 2), L'Isle joyeuse - Yvonne LEFÉBURE (piano) FY 109 stereo - first french issue (F) gatefold near mint, record mint & unplayed 195€ -DEBUSSY: La Boite à joujoux - Yvonne LEFÉBURE (piano), Pierre BERTIN (narrator) 10-inch PHILIPS S 05.801 Yellow/red label - Original mono, no stereo exists (F) sleeve near mint, record mint 245€ -DEBUSSY: Children's corner / RAVEL: Sonatine - Hélène BOSCHI 10-inch ETERNA 720106 Ultra-rare first almond-green label - Original mono, no stereo exists - Never seen in 15 years (GDR) sleeve & record near mint 125€ -DEBUSSY: Pour le piano / CHABRIER: Suite pastorale - France CLIDAT 10-inch DECCA 115.899 first french issue - first pink label - original mono, no stereo exists - France Clidat was a Lazare-Lévy pupil (F) sleeve & record near mint 95€ -DEBUSSY: Piano works (Preludes, Images, Études, Children's corner, Suite bergamasque, Estampes, L'Isle joyeuse, La plus que lente, Berceuse héroique, Masques, Rêverie, Arabesque) - Samson FRANCOIS 4LP box-set EMI-LA VOIX DE SON MAITRE 2C19111651/54 frst french issue (F) box & booklet near mint, records mint 195€ -DEBUSSY: 12 Preludes (book 1), Suite bergamasque - Samson FRANCOIS Not-for-sale promo LP EMI-LA VOIX DE SON MAITRE YPMX 26 This record was intended for the french record dealers only as demonstration copy. The record has a white label. It was pressed before the release of the 4LP box-set. EXTREMELY RARE ! (F) sleeve (including a text specially written for the record dealers) & record mint 395€ -DEBUSSY: Récital (Pour le piano, L’Isle Joyeuse, 4 Préludes from Book 1, La plus que lente, Étude n°11, Suite Bergamasque – Samson FRANCOIS COLUMBIA SAXF 232 first blue-silver stereo label (F) As for me the finest Samson Francois recording – wooden-spine sleeve & record near mint 595€ -DEBUSSY: Récital (Pour le piano, L’Isle Joyeuse, 4 Préludes from Book 1, La plus que lente, Étude n°11, Suite Bergamasque – Samson FRANCOIS COLUMBIA FCX 914 first blue-silver label (F) As for me the finest Samson Francois recording – wooden-spine sleeve & record near mint 195€ -DEBUSSY: Récital (Pour le piano, L’Isle Joyeuse, 4 Préludes from Book 1, La plus que lente, Étude n°11, Suite Bergamasque – Samson FRANCOIS COLUMBIA CX 1825 first blue-gold label (GB) As for me the finest Samson Francois recording – sleeve & record near mint 195€ -DEBUSSY: 10 Préludes, Jardins sous la pluie, Mouvement, Études n°7 & 10 – Dorel HANDMAN EMI PATHÉ-MARCONI 2C06514039 recorded in Paris in 1974 (F) Dorel Handman was a french producer for EMI Pathé-Marconi. He also was an outstanding pianist. This rare recording is a must for collectors fond of French piano school - sleeve & record mint 55€ -DEBUSSY: Images (book 1), Suite bergamasque, Estampes – György SEBÖK ERATO LDE 3166 original mono, no stereo exists (F) sleeve & record near mint 90€ -DEBUSSY: Images (book 1 & 2), Children's corner - Arturo BENEDETTI MICHELANGELI DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 2530196 stereo - TEST-PRESSING + ultra rare 60 X 60cm promotional poster ! (G) sleeve near mint, poster & record mint 115€ -DEBUSSY: Images (book 1 & 2), Children's corner - Arturo BENEDETTI MICHELANGELI DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 2530196 stereo - first german issue (G) sleeve near mint, record mint 45€ -DEBUSSY: Préludes (book 1) - Arturo BENEDETTI MICHELANGELI DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 2531200 stereo (G) sleeve near mint, record mint 45€ -DEBUSSY: Préludes (book 2) - Arturo BENEDETTI MICHELANGELI DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 42739115 digital (G) sleeve near mint, & record mint 145€ -DEBUSSY: Préludes (books 1 & 2) – Dino CIANI 2LP set DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 2530304 & 2530305 TEST-PRESSING (G) sleeves & records mint 150€ -DEBUSSY: Préludes (books 1 & 2) – Dino CIANI 2LP gatefold DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 2707068 (G) gatefold near mint, records mint 95€ -DEBUSSY: Préludes (book 1) – Dino CIANI DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 2530304 TEST-PRESSING (G) sleeve & record mint 70€ -DEBUSSY: Suite bergamasque, Children’S corner, Arabesques, Danses, D’un cahier d’esquisses – Noel LEE VALOIS stereo MB 775 First French issue (F) sleeve & records mint 60€ -DEBUSSY: Suite bergamasque, Pour le piano, Estampes, Images oubliées - Zoltán KOCSIS PHILIPS 4121181 digital - Extraordinary interpretations ! (G) sleeve near mint, record mint 45€ -DEBUSSY: Préludes (book 1 & 2 ) – Youri EGOROV 2LP set EMI 2700343 digital (G) gatefold & records mint 50€ -DEBUSSY: Images / RAVEL: Sonatine – Germaine LEROUX SUPRAPHON 10-inch LPM 280 blue-gold label, first issue! (C) sleeve & record near mint 45€ -DEBUSSY: En blanc et noir / RAVEL: Habanera / CHABRIER: 3 Valses romantiques / FRANCAIX: 6 Danses exotiques - Geneviève JOY & Jacqueline ROBIN-BONNEAU (pianos) ERATO STE 50153 (F) sleeve & record mint 70€ -DEBUSSY: 6 Épigraphes antiques / RAVEL: Ma Mère l'Oye / FAURÉ: Dolly - Geneviève JOY & Jacqueline ROBIN-BONNEAU (pianos) ERATO STE 50154 (F) sleeve & record mint 70€ (see also Ravel) -DEBUSSY: Images (book 1 & 2), Estampes, 2 Arabesques – Ilja HURNIK SUPRAPHON SUA ST 1110699 (C) A REAL REVELATION! sleeve & record mint 30€ -DEBUSSY: La Cathédrale engloutie, Voiles, Les Collines d'Anacapri, Reflets dans l'eau, Hommage à Rameau, Poissons d'or, Sarabande, Danse, La Soirée dans Grenade, La Sérénade interrompue - Jean-Joel BARBIER LA BOITE A MUSIQUE BAM LD 5105 stereo - First French issue (F) sleeve & record near mint 45€ -DEBUSSY: Préludes 1 & 2, Pour le piano, Estampes – Michel BEROFF 2LP box-set EMI C 19111330/1 (G) box-set & records mint 30€ -DEBUSSY: 12 Études – Georges PLUDERMACHER LYRINX (F) cover & record mint 40€ -DEBUSSY: Suite Bergamasque, Pour le piano, Estampes - Stanislav BUNIN (1986 recording) DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 4230661 digital (G) sleeve near mint, record mint 60€ -DUKAS: Piano sonata - Rachel BLANQUER (piano) DUCRETET-THOMSON 320 C 109 first french issue - original mono, no stereo exists (F) sleeve near mint, record mint 795€ -DUKAS : Variations, Interlude & Finale, Prélude élégiaque / EMMANUEL : Sonatines n°3, 4 & 6 - Yvonne LEFÉBURE FY 01 stereo (F) sleeve near mint, record mint 90€ -DUPHLY: Pieces for harpsichord - Gustav LEONHARDT (harpsichord) PHILIPS-SEON 6575017 Amazing interpretation - Stunning audiophile sound (NL) sleeve near mint, record mint 40€ (also early) -DUPHLY: Pieces for harpsichord / BALBASTRE: Pieces for harpsichord - Blandine VERLET (harpsichord Hemsch) PHILIPS Trésors Classiques 6504064 stereo - first french issue (F) gatefold near mint, record mint & unplayed 40€ (also early) -Marcel DUPRÉ à Saint-Sulpice (DUPRÉ: 3 Preludes & Fugues op. 36 / MESSIAEN: Le Banquet céleste, Les Bergers) - Marcel DUPRÉ (organ of the Église Saint-Sulpice, Paris) MERCURY "Living Stereo" - PHILIPS 130576 MLY stereo (F) gatefold near mint, record mint 50€ -Marcel DUPRÉ & Bernard GAVOTY organ recital ("Dans la Gloire des Invalides") Works by Dupré, Vierne, Franck, Balbastre - Great Organ of the Église Saint-Louis des Invalides, Paris ERATO LDE 3082 First french issue - Original LDE, no STE exists (F) gatefold & record near mint 70€ -DUPRÉ: Symphonie-Passion, Évocation, 3 Préludes et fugues, Variations sur un Noel, Cortège et Litanie - Pierre COCHEREAU (Grandes orgues de Notre-Dame de Paris) 2LP gatefold FY 020/21 stereo - first issue (F) gatefold near mint, records mint 50€ -DURUFLÉ: Organ works - Maurice & Marie-Madeleine DURUFLÉ (Great Organ of the Église Saint-Étienne-du-Mont, Great Organ of the Soissons Cathedral) ERATO STE 50081 First french issue (F) sleeve & record near mint 75€ -DUTILLEUX: Piano sonata / OHANA: Sonatine monodique, Caprichos – Geneviève JOY LA BOITE À MUSIQUE BAM LD 020 original mono, no stereo exists - Geneviève Joy was Henri Dutilleux’s wife (F) sleeve & record near mint 145€ -Bracha EDEN & Alexander TAMIR recital "Music for two pianos" (MILHAUD: Scaramouche / POULENC: Sonata / RACHMANINOV: Suite n° 2 for two pianos / LUTOSLAWSKI: Variations on a theme of Paganini) DECCA SXL 6158 "Original recording by" at 10 o'clock (UK) sleeve & record near mint 45€ (also Milhaud) -Eduard ERDMANN vol. I (SCHUBERT: Sonata in A major op. 120 D. 664, Sonata in A major op. posth. D. 959) ELECTROLA E 80946 “Unvergänglich Unvergessen” series - first German issue (G) sleeve & record near mint 115€ (also Schubert) -Eduard ERDMANN vol. II (SCHUBERT: Sonata in C minor op. posth. D. 958, Sonata in B flat major op. posth. D 960) ELECTROLA E 80947 “Unvergänglich Unvergessen” series - first German issue (G) sleeve & record near mint 115€ (also Schubert) -Eduard ERDMANN vol. III (SCHUBERT: 4 Impromptus op. 90 / SCHUMANN: Fantasiestücke op. 12) ELECTROLA E 80948 “Unvergänglich Unvergessen” series - first German issue (G) sleeve & record near mint 115€ (also Schubert & Schumann) - Eduard ERDMANN (SCHUBERT: 4 Impromptus op.90 / SCHUMANN: Fantasiestücke op.12) ELECTROLA Dacapo C 05328947 G) sleeve & record near mint 40€ (also Schubert & Schumann) -FALLA: Piano pieces - Alicia DE LARROCHA (piano) ERATO LDE 3162 First french issue (F) sleeve & record near mint 45€ -FALLA: Piano works - Teresa LLACUNA (piano) EMI - LA VOIX DE SON MAITRE 2C06514067 stereo - original french issue, no other issue exists (F) sleeve near mint, record mint 45€ -FAURÉ: Barcarolles n° 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6, Trois Romances sans paroles op. 17, Improvisation op. 84 n° 5, Clair de lune op. 46 n° 2 - Emma BOYNET (piano) VOX PL 6910 first deep groove black/silver label - French pianist Emma Boynet (1891-1974) was an Isidor Philipp pupil. She is considered as one of the finest Fauré interpreters along with Germaine Thyssens-Valentin. (US) sleeve near mint minus, record near mint 795€ -FAURÉ: 6 Impromptus, 9 Préludes - Germaine THYSSENS-VALENTIN DUCRETET-THOMSON 300 C 085 first white/yellow label (no white/gold label exists) - original mono, no stereo exists (F) sleeve & record near mint 295€ -FAURÉ: 4 Valses Caprices, Pièces brèves op. 84 - Germaine THYSSENS-VALENTIN DUCRETET-THOMSON 300 C 086 first white/yellow label (no white/gold label exists) - original mono, no stereo exists (F) sleeve & record near mint 295€ -FAURÉ: Thème et variations op. 73, 3 Romances sans paroles op. 17, Mazurka op. 32 - Germaine THYSSENS-VALENTIN 10-inch DUCRETET-THOMSON 255 C 122 first white/red label (no white/gold label exists) - original mono, no stereo exists (F) sleeve & record near mint 295€ -FAURÉ: Nocturnes n° 1 & 6, Barcarolle n° 2, Impromptus n° 2 & 5, Valse-caprice n° 3 - Jacqueline EYMAR 10-inch LE CHANT DU MONDE LD-M-8168 First cream label - original mono, no stereo exists (F) sleeve & record near mint 445€ -FAURÉ: Nocturnes n° 1, 6, 7, 12 & 13, Impromptus n° 2 & 5, Thème et variations - Yvonne LEFÉBURE FY 088 stereo - first issue (F) gatefold near mint, record mint & unplayed 175€ -FAURÉ: Thème et variations, Nocturnes n°4 & 6 – Jean LAFORGE 10-inch PACIFIC LDP C 112 original mono, no stereo exists (F) sleeve & record near mint 275€ -FAURÉ: Barcarolles (complete) - Jean-Michel DAMASE DECCA 163.868 first blue/silver label - first french issue - original mono, no stereo exists - Much rarer than the Nocturnes! (F) sleeve & record near mint 245€ -FAURÉ: L’oeuvre intégrale pour piano (complete piano works) – Jean DOYEN 5LP box-set ERATO STU 70740/44 There was no STE (F) linen box-set & records near mint 100€ -FAURÉ: 3 Preludes, Nocturne n°7, Barcarolle n°5, Impromptu n°5 / CASADESUS: Danses Méditerranéennes (for 4 hands) – Robert CASADESUS, Gaby Casadesus (2nd pianist)* ASSOCIATION ROBERT CASADESUS vol.1 This semi-private LP is the first volume from a series specially pressed by CBS for the Association Robert Casadesus (F) sleeve near mint minus, record mint 70€ -FAURÉ: Nocturnes n° 2 & 4, Impromptu n° 2 / FRANCK : Prélude, Choral et Fugue – Samson FRANCOIS COLUMBIA 10-inch FC 1045 (F) wooden-spine sleeve & record near mint 245€ (also Franck) -FAURÉ: Nocturnes (complete), Thème & Variations - Jean-Philippe COLLARD 2LP set LA VOIX DE SON MAITRE 2C06912575/76 stereo - First French issue (F) sleeves near mint, records mint 60€ -FLORILÈGE DU PIANO (piano works by Vincent d'Indy, Déodat de Séverac, Albéric Magnard, Ernest Chausson, Guy Ropartz & Albert Roussel) - Jean DOYEN (piano) 3LP box-set ERATO STU 70470/71/72 stereo - original STU, no STE exists (F) box near mint, booklet & records mint 90€ -Andor FOLDES recital (Stravinsky: Circus Polka / Virgil Thomson: Ragtime Bass / Albeniz: Tango n° 2) EP DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 32212 First tulip label (F) sleeve & record near mint 65€ -FRANCK: Prélude, Choral et Fugue / CHAILLEY: Missa Solemnis* - Céliny CHAILLEY-RICHEZ (piano) / Jacques Chailley / La Psalette Notre-Dame* DECCA FMT163640 First french issue - No other issue exists - Original mono, no stereo exists (F) sleeve VG+ (minor wear), record near mint 245€ -FRANCK: Prélude, Choral et Fugue / FAURÉ: Nocturnes n° 2 & 4, Impromptu n° 2 – Samson FRANCOIS COLUMBIA 10-inch FC 1045 (F) wooden-spine sleeve & record near mint 245€ (also Fauré) -FRANCK: Prélude, Choral & Fugue, Prélude, Aria & Finale, Prélude, Fugue & Variation - Michèle BOEGNER (piano) PHILIPS "Trésors classiques" 6504140 stereo - first french issue (F) gatefold near mint, record mint & unplayed 90€ -FRANCK: Prélude, Choral & Fugue / SCHUMANN: Symphonic studies op. 13 - Alfred CORTOT LA VOIX DE SON MAITRE "Gravures illustres" COLH 69 first grey label - original mono, no stereo exists (F) wooden-spine sleeve near mint, record mint & unplayed 70€ (also Schumann) -FRANCK: Prélude, Choral & Fugue, Prélude, Aria & Finale, Variations symphoniques - Alfred CORTOT / Sir Landon Ronald / London Symphony Orchestra EMI "Références" (F) sleeve near mint, record mint 35€ -FRANCK: Prélude, Choral & Fugue / DEBUSSY: 6 Preludes (from book 1) - Witold MALCUZYNSKI COLUMBIA CCA 1069 stereo - first blue/silver label - first french issue (F) wooden-spine sleeve near mint, record mint 60€ -FRANCK: Prélude, Choral & Fugue / Prélude, Aria & Finale - Annie D'ARCO CALLIOPE CAL 1804 stereo - first french issue (F) sleeve near mint, record mint 40€ -FRANCK: Prélude, Aria & Finale / RAMEAU: Les Cyclopes, Les Tourbillons, La Poule / RAVEL: Sonatine - Varda NISHRY DECCA SXL 6194 first english issue (UK) sleeve near mint, record mint 45€ (also Nishry) -FRANCK: Oeuvre pour orgue (Complete organ works) - André MARCHAL (Grandes Orgues de l'Église Saint-Eustache, Paris) 3LP set ERATO LDE 3069/71 First french issue - Original mono, no stereo exists (F) sleeves & records near mint 245€ -FRESCOBALDI A BRESCIA (Organ pieces by Frescobaldi) Jean-Jacques GRUNENWALD (Antegnati organ of San Giuseppe, Brescia) VEGA C 30 ST 20.012 stereo - first white/gold label - wonderful luxury gatefold (F) gatefold near mint, record mint & unplayed 75€ (also early music) -FRESCOBALDI: Pieces for harpsichord (Pièces de clavecin) - Blandine VERLET (harpsichord) VALOIS MB 1413 stereo - first french issue (F) gatefold near mint, record mint 50€ -FROBERGER: Suites for harpsichord ("Suittes de clavessin") - Blandine VERLET (harpsichord) ASTRÉE AS 5 stereo - original french issue (F) gatefold near mint, record mint 55€ -FROBERGER: Works for harpsichord - Kenneth GILBERT (harpsichord) ARCHIV PRODUKTION 2533419 (G) gatefold near mint, record mint 30€ -Gersende DE SABRAN joue MOZART (Piano sonata K. 333, Fantasy in C minor K. 396, Fantasy in D minor K. 397, Variations after a theme by Duport K. 573) - VEGA 8.034 A stereo - first blue/white label - No other issue exists (F) gatefold near mint, record mint & unplayed 995€ (also Mozart) -Walter GIESEKING "Derniers enregistrements" (His last recordings) BEETHOVEN: Piano sonatas n° 1 op. 2, n° 8 op. 13 "Pathétique", n° 12 op. 26, n° 15 op. 28 "Pastorale", n° 19 op. 49/1, n° 20 op. 49/2 - 2LP box-set COLUMBIA FCX 852/53 first blue/silver label - first french issue - original mono (F) box & booklet near mint, records mint & unplayed 95€ (also Beethoven) -Emil GILELS recital (Pieces by Bach, Scarlatti, Rameau, Haydn, Clementi) Recorded live in 1960 in the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory 2LP box-set LE CHANT DU MONDE LDX-A-8310/11 original mono, no stereo exists - Includes an autograph dedication from Jean Roire, chairman of Le Chant du Monde, to his colleague and friend Philippe Loury, founder and chairman of Erato (F) box, booklet & records near mint 95€ -Francoise GOBET recital ("Musique francaise pour piano") Pieces by Florent Schmitt, André Jolivet, Georges Auric, Jean Rivier, Claude Delvincourt VEGA C 30 A 88 First French issue - original mono, no stereo exists - Francoise Gobet was a Marguerite Long pupil - AUTOGRAPHED BY FRANCOISE GOBET ! (F) sleeve & record near mint 295€ -Francoise GOBET recital ("Musique francaise pour piano") Pieces by Florent Schmitt, André Jolivet, Georges Auric, Jean Rivier, Claude Delvincourt VEGA C 30 A 88 First French issue - original mono, no stereo exists - Francoise Gobet was a Marguerite Long pupil (F) sleeve & record near mint 245€ -GRANADOS: Goyescas – Leopoldo QUEROL DUCRETET-THOMSON Selmer LPG 8681 (F) sleeve & record near mint RARE! 85€ -GRANADOS: Goyescas n° 3, 4 & 5, Spanish dances n° 1, 2, 3, 5 & 11, Danza lenta, Allegro de concert - Teresa LLACUNA (piano) EMI-PATHÉ MARCONI 2C06516277 stereo - Recorded in Paris in February 1978 - first french issue (F) sleeve near mint, record mint 45€ -Jean GUILLOU "L'Orgue romantique allemand" (LISZT: Prelude & fugue on B.A.C.H / BRAHMS: 2 Preludes & fugues / SCHUMANN: 4 Sketches / MENDELSSOHN: Prelude & fugue) Great organ of the Église Saint-Eustache, Paris PHILIPS "Trésors classiques" 6504070 stereo (F) gatefold & record near mint 40€ -THE ART OF YOURA GULLER (Pieces by Bach, Scarlatti, Rameau, Couperin, Daquin, Balbastre, Albeniz) NIMBUS RECORDS 2106 Original english issue (UK) sleeve near mint, record mint 140€ -"Monique HAAS spielt" DEBUSSY (Toccata), ROUSSEL (3 Pieces), BARTÓK (Sonatine) & MIHALOVICI (Ricercari) DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON LPM 18077 original mono, no stereo exists – first “alle Rechte” tulip label (G) gatefold & record near mint 180€ -HAENDEL: Suites n° 4 & 14, Chaconne - György SEBÖK ERATO STE 50191 First french issue (F) sleeve & record near mint 85€ -HAENDEL: 4 Suites (n° 4, 10, 12, 14) - Eric HEIDSIECK LA VOIX DE SON MAITRE ASDF 842 First red/silver label - first stereo issue - Wonderful cover artwork by Atelier Cassandre, Paris (F) wooden-spine sleeve & record near mint 95€ -HAENDEL: 4 Suites (n° 2, 3, 9, 16) - Eric HEIDSIECK LA VOIX DE SON MAITRE FALP 495 First red/silver label - Original mono, no stereo exists - Wonderful cover artwork by Atelier Cassandre, Paris (F) wooden-spine sleeve & record near mint 95€ -HAENDEL: Suite n° 7 for harpsichord, Concerto grosso op. 6 n° 10 - Hans PISCHNER (harpsichord) / Helmut Koch / Kammerorchester Berlin ETERNA 820044 first green label - Original mono, no stereo exists (GDR) sleeve & record near mint 30€ -Clara HASKIL "Besancon Festival recital" September 7th 1956 (Mozart: Variations after a menuet by Duport K. 573 / Beethoven: Piano sonata n° 18 op. 31/3 / Schumann: Scenes from Childhood (Kinderszenen) / Schubert. Piano sonata n° 16 D. 845) 2LP box-set FNAC Rappel 1 - first french issue - no other issue exists (F) linen box near mint, booklet & records mint 235€ -Clara HASKIL "The Art of Clara Haskil" (Works by Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, Chopin, Scarlatti, Ravel, Falla) 9LP box-set PHILIPS 6747055 (NL) box & booklet near mint, records mint 195€ -HAYDN: Piano sonatas (vol. 1) - Monique MERCIER 3LP box-set MONDIODIS 13001 stereo (Recording engineer: Georges Kisselhof) first french issue (F) box near mint, booklet & records mint 95€ -HAYDN: Piano sonatas n° 21 & 49, Fantasia in C major, Arietta con Variazioni - Monique HAAS DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON SLPM 138078 First "alle Hersteller" tulip label - Yellow-white-yellow cover from 1959 (G) sleeve near mint, record near mint minus 95€ -HAYDN: Piano sonatas n° 30 & 35, Variations in F minor / BRAHMS: 16 Waltzes - Carl SEEMANN DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON SLPEM 136021 First "alle Hersteller" tulip label - red stereo sticker - One of the earliest DGG stereo recordings (1959) (G) sleeve near mint, record mint 165€ -HAYDN: Piano sonatas n° 30 & 35, Variations in F minor / BRAHMS: 16 Waltzes - Carl SEEMANN DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON SLPEM 136021 First "alle Hersteller" tulip label - red stereo sticker - One of the earliest DGG stereo recordings (1959) (G) sleeve near mint minus (minor wear), record near mint 95€ -HAYDN: Piano sonatas n° 34, 48 & 52, Fantasia in C major, Andante con variazioni in F minor - Wilhelm BACKHAUS DECCA LXT 5457 first orange/silver label - no SXL exists - first english issue (UK) sleeve near mint, record mint & unplayed 70€ -HAYDN: Piano sonatas n° 35, 37 & 40 - Wanda LANDOWSKA RCA LM 9887 First German issue - Original mono, no stereo exists (G) sleeve & record near mint 35€ -HAYDN: 3 Sonates pour le pianoforte (piano sonata s n° 32, 38 & 47) - Paul BADURA-SKODA (fortepiano Schantz, Vienna 1790) ASTRÉE AS 80 First french issue (F) sleeve near mint, record mint 60€ -HAYDN: 3 dernières sonates pour le pianoforte (piano sonata s n° 60, 61 & 62) - Paul BADURA-SKODA (fortepiano Schantz, Vienna 1790) ASTRÉE AS 83 First french issue (F) sleeve near mint, record mint 60€ -HAYDN: Piano sonatas n° 49 & 52, Fantasy in C major - Thérèse DUSSAUT ARION ARN 30 A 144 stereo - first french issue - Thérèse Dussaut was a Marguerite Long and Jean Doyen pupil (F) gatefold near mint, record mint 55€ -HAYDN: Piano sonatas n° 20 & 32, Variations n° 6 - Christian ZACHARIAS (piano) EMI 1C06330776 stereo (G) sleeve near mint, record mint & unplayed 25€ -HINDEMITH: Piano sonatas n° 1, 2 & 3 - Eric HEIDSIECK LA VOIX DE SON MAITRE ASDF 646 stereo - first red/silver label - wonderful cover artwork by Éditions Mercure, Paris (F) wooden-spine sleeve & record near mint 90€ -HINDEMITH: 3 Organ sonatas - Elisabeth ULLMANN (Flentrop organ, Brucknerhaus Linz) TELEFUNKEN 642575 digital - first blue label (G) gatefold near mint, record mint & unplayed 30€ -HINDEMITH: Organ concerto, 7 Triostücke für 3 Trautonien*, Konzertstück für Trautonium* - Oskar SALA (trautonium)*, Anton HEILLER (organ) / Milan Horvat / Hans Stadlmair / ORF-Symphonieorchester / Münchner Kammerorchester TELEFUNKEN 642529l - first blue label (G) sleeve near mint, record mint & unplayed 30€ -Josef HOFMANN "Casimir Hall recital" (Curtis Institute, Philadelphia, April 7 1938) - BEETHOVEN Piano sonata n° 21 "Waldstein" / SCHUMANN: Kreisleriana / CHOPIN: Ballade n° 4, Polonaiseop. 26 n° 2, Nocturne op. 9 n° 3, Waltz op. 18, / CHOPIN-HOFMANN: Waltz op. 64 n° 1 / SCHUBERT-GODOWSKY: Moment musical op. 94 n° 3 / STOJOWSKI: Caprice oriental / HOFMANN: Kaleidoscope, Penguine 2LP box-set INTERNATIONAL PIANO ARCHIVES IPA 5007-08 first issue (US) box near mint, booklet & records mint 195€ -HONEGGER: The piano works - Lucette DESCAVES VERSAILLES MEDX 12004 First issue - original mono, no stereo exists - Lucette Descaves (1906-1993) was a Marguerite Long and Yves Nat pupil - Back cover features the only known photo of Lucette Descaves (F) sleeve & record near mint 590€ -HONEGGER: The piano works – Alain RAES FY Fy 033 first French issue (F) sleeve & record mint 40€ -HONEGGER: 7 Pièces brèves, Prélude, Arioso & Fughette sur le nom Bach / MARTIN: 8 Préludes pour le piano / SCHOECK: Consolations, Toccata - Jürg von VINTSCHGER (piano) COLUMBIA ZCX 5053 Original swiss issue, no other issue exists - first blue/silver label - original mono, no stereo exists - Jürg von Vintschger (*1934) is a swiss pianist who made very few recordings, all fabulous (S) gatefold & record near mint 175€ (also Schoeck & Vintschger) -HOROWITZ piano recital (BACH: Choral-Prélude "Nun freut euch" / BEETHOVEN: 32 Variations in C minor / CHOPIN: Ballade n° 4, 3 Mazurkas, 3 Études / SCARLATTI: Andante mosso, Presto / DEBUSSY: Étude "Pour les arpèges composés" / POULENC: Pastourelle, Toccata) LA VOIX DE SON MAITRE "Gravures illustres" COLH 300 first grey label - original mono, no stereo exists (F) dowel-spine sleeve & record near mint 45€ -IVES: Piano sonata n° 1 - William MASSELOS (piano) RCA Dynagroove LSC-2941 first amecican issue (US) sleeve near mint, record mint 65€ (also Contemporary) -IVES: Piano sonata n° 2 "Concord" - Manfred REINELT (piano) 1960 recording ETERNA 828017 (GDR) sleeve & record near mint 40€ (also Contemporary & Nova) -JOLIVET: Piano sonatas n° 1 & 2 - Daniel WAYENBERG (piano) DUCRETET-THOMSON DUC 506 first brown label (F) dowel-spine sleeve & record near mint 60€ (also contemporary) -JONGEN: Oeuvres pour piano (piano works) - Marcelle MERCENIER (piano) MUSIQUE EN WALLONIE MW 12 original belgian issue (B) sleeve & record near mint 45€ -Maria JUDINA "Portrait einer legendären Pianistin" (BACH: Prelude & Fugue BWV 882, Prelude & Fugue BWV 887, Chromatc Fantasy & Fugue BWV 903 / BEETHOVEN: Piano sonatas n° 27 op. 90, n° 28 op. 101 & n° 32 op. 111, Eroica variations op. 35, 12 Variations WoO 71 / MOZART: Adagio K. 540, Rondo K. 511 / MUSSORGSKY: Pictures at an exhibition / STRAVINSKY: Piano sonata, Serenade in A / BERG: Piano sonata op. 1) 4LP box-set MELODIA-EURODISC 301959445 first gold label (G) box & booklet near mint, records mint & unplayed 135€ (also Yudina) -Maria JUDINA "Portrait einer legendären Pianistin" vol. 2 (BEETHOVEN: Piano sonatas n° 16 op. 31/1, n° 22, Diabelli Variations / BRAHMS: 6 Intermezzi / MOZART: Piano concerto n° 20 / SCHUBERT: Impromptus op 90 D. 899 / SHOSTAKOVICH: Piano sonata n° 2 / STRAVINSKY: Piano concerto) 4LP box-set MELODIA-EURODISC 301982445 first gold label (G) box & booklet near mint, records mint & unplayed 135€ (also Yudina) -Julius KATCHEN "Encores" (Pieces by Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms, Chopin, Mendelssohn, Liszt, Debussy & Falla) DECCA SXL 2293 "Original recordingby" at 10 o'clock - First english issue (UK) sleeve near mint, record mint 195€ -Wilhelm KEMPFF - TEST-PRESSING OF A NEVER-ISSUED RECORDING (Wilhelm Kempff speaks on his life, the piano-playing and his interpretation of Beethoven + complete performance of Beethoven's piano sonata n° 8 op. 13 "Pathétique") DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 2810009 - This recording, made in 1970 for Kempff's 75th birthday, was planned for the biographical series "Erzähltes Leben" but the project was abandoned for unknown reasons. Never shows up on Ebay. (G) Deutsche Grammophon blank sleeve near mint, record mint 175€ -Ralph KIRKPATRICK harpsichord recital (Bach, Purcell, Couperin, Rameau, Haendel, Scarlatti) DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON SLPM 139122 TEST-PRESSING (G) sleeve & record mint 75€ -Klavier-Duo VRONSKY-BABIN (CHOPIN: Rondo for 2 pianos / SCHUBERT: Fantasy in F minor / LISZT: Concerto pathétique / MILHAUD: Scaramouche DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON LPEM 19182 first "alle Hersteller" tulip label - original mono, no stereo exists (G) sleeve & record near mint 90€ (also Vronsky) -Zoltan KOCSIS plays WAGNER (Transcriptions by Liszt & Kocsis) PHILIPS 9500970 digital (NL) sleeve near mint, record mint 45€ (also Wagner) -KODALY: Piano music (From “Háry János”, Children Dances, Marosszéker Dances, Piano pieces op.11) – Andor FOLDES DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON LPM 18586 TEST-PRESSING Original mono, no stereo exists – Wonderful cover photo featuring Kodaly and Foldes (G) sleeve & record mint 110€ -KODALY: Piano pieces - Diane ANDERSEN (piano) ALPHA DB 190 stereo - first blue/white label - original belgian issue, no other issue exists (B) sleeve & record mint 50€ -Marcelle DE LACOUR harpsichord recital "Portraits de femmes au XVIIIème siècle" (Pieces by Rameau, Couperin, Duphly, Daquin, Dandrieu, d'Agincour, Royer) PATHÉ DTX 234 first green/silver label - Original mono, no stereo exists - A pupil of Wanda Landowska, Marcelle de Lacour (1896-1997) was one of the 20th Century's most influential french harpsichordists. In 1955, she created the class of harpsichord at the Paris Conservatoire, where she teached until her retirement in 1967 (F) sleeve & record near mint 245€ -Yvonne LEFÉBURE - BEETHOVEN: Piano sonatas n° 30 op. 109 & n° 31 op. 110 - 10-inch LA VOIX DE SON MAITRE FBLP 1080 First red/silver label - Original mono, no stereo exists (F) sleeve near mint, record mint 2295€ (also Beethoven) -Yvonne LEFÉBURE - BEETHOVEN: Diabelli variations 10-inch DUCRETET-THOMSON 270 C 106 first gold circle label - original mono, no stereo exists - first french issue (F) sleeve & record near mint 1995€ (also Beethoven) -Yvonne LEFÉBURE - MOZART: Piano concerto n° 20 K. 466* / GLUCK: Iphigénie en Aulide, Alceste (overtures) - Wilhelm Furtwängler / Berlin Philharmonic* (Lugano, 17 May 1954) / Vienna Philharmonic (Vienna, 8 March 1954) SOCIÉTÉ WILHELM FURTWÄNGLER XPMX first french issue - This item belongs to a private limited issue released only for the members of the french Société Wilhelm Furtwängler. 1000 copies were pressed. This copy holds n° 1 !!!. Wonderful luxury black velvet gatefold. Yvonne Lefébure Holy Grail ! (F) sleeve near mint, record mint & unplayed 1495€ (also concerto) -Yvonne LEFÉBURE - MOZART: Piano concerto n° 20 K. 466* / GLUCK: Iphigénie en Aulide, Alceste (overtures) - Wilhelm Furtwängler / Berlin Philharmonic* (Lugano, 17 May 1954) / Vienna Philharmonic (Vienna, 8 March 1954) SOCIÉTÉ WILHELM FURTWÄNGLER XPMX first french issue - This item belongs to a private limited issue released only for the members of the french Société Wilhelm Furtwängler. 1000 copies were pressed. This copy holds n° 2 !!!. Wonderful luxury black velvet gatefold. Yvonne Lefébure Holy Grail ! (F) sleeve near mint, record mint & unplayed 1295€ (also concerto) -Yvonne LEFÉBURE - MOZART: Piano concerto n° 20 K. 466* / GLUCK: Iphigénie en Aulide, Alceste (overtures) - Wilhelm Furtwängler / Berlin Philharmonic* (Lugano, 17 May 1954) / Vienna Philharmonic (Vienna, 8 March 1954) SOCIÉTÉ WILHELM FURTWÄNGLER XPMX first french issue - This item belongs to a private limited issue released only for the members of the french Société Wilhelm Furtwängler. 1000 copies were pressed. This copy holds n° 21. Wonderful luxury black velvet gatefold. Yvonne Lefébure Holy Grail ! (F) sleeve near mint, record mint & unplayed 845€ (also concerto) -Yvonne LEFÉBURE - MOZART: Piano concerto n° 20 K. 466* / GLUCK: Iphigénie en Aulide, Alceste (overtures) - Wilhelm Furtwängler / Berlin Philharmonic* (Lugano, 17 May 1954) / Vienna Philharmonic (Vienna, 8 March 1954) SOCIÉTÉ WILHELM FURTWÄNGLER XPMX first french issue - This item belongs to a private limited issue released only for the members of the french Société Wilhelm Furtwängler. 1000 copies were pressed. This copy holds n° 396. Wonderful luxury black velvet gatefold. Yvonne Lefébure Holy Grail ! (F) sleeve near mint, record mint & unplayed 695€ (also concerto) -Theodor LESCHETIZKY piano recital (MOZART: Fantasy in C moll / CHOPIN: Polonaise in B flat major op. 71 n° 2 / LESCHETIZKY: Impromptu "Les deux Alouettes") (1906 recordings) 10-inch TELEFUNKEN WE 28009 first white/gold label (G) sleeve & record near mint 35€ -LA LIGNE D'OR DU CLAVECIN FRANCAIS (Works by Rameau, Couperin, d'Anglebert, d'Andrieu, Le Roux, Jacquet de la Guerre, Lebègue) - Aimée VAN DE WIELE (harpsichord) CRITÈRE CRD 130 first white label - original mono, no stereo exists - Limited issue- Our copy holds n° 1267 (F) gatefold near mint minus (minor wear), record mint & unplayed 75€ (also early) -Dinu LIPATTI "1917-1950" (BACH: Partita n° 1, "Jésus que ma joie demeure" from Cantata BWV 1947, "Nun komm der Heiden Heiland", "Ich ruf zu dir", Siciliana / MOZART: Piano sonata n°8 in A minor K. 310 / CHOPIN: 14 Waltzes, Piano sonata n° 3, Barcarolle, Nocturne n° 8, Mazurka n° 32 / ENESCO: Piano sonata n° 3 / RAVEL: Alborada del gracioso / SCARLATTI: Piano sonatas L. 23 & L. 413 / LISZT: Sonetto del Petrarca n° 104 / SCHUBERT: Impromptus n° 2 & 3 op. 90 / GRIEG: Piano concerto* / SCHUMANN: Piano concerto**) Philharmonia Orchestra / Alceo Galliera* / Herbert von Karajan** 5LP box-set COLUMBIA FCX 491/95 first blue/silver label - first french issue - original mono, no stereo exists - Wonderful box artwork by Atelier Cassandre, Paris - Wonderful booklet (F) box, booklet & records near mint 295€ -LISZT: Intégrale de l'oeuvre pour piano (complete piano works ) - France CLIDAT 6 box-sets VEGA 8009/32 (24 LPs) stereo - first french issue (no other issue exists) wonderful cloth boxes - France Clidat (1932-2012) was a Lazare-Lévy pupil (F) boxes near mint, booklets mint, records mint 895€ (also Clidat) -LES MAÎTRES DU PIANO JOUENT FRANZ LISZT (Piano masters play Franz Liszt) Ignaz FRIEDMAN: Hungarian Rhapsody n° 14 / Josef HOFMANN: Hungarian Rhapsody n° 12 / Alfred CORTOT: Hungarian Rhapsody n° 11 / Ignacy Jan PADEREWSKY: Hungarian Rhapsodis n° 2 & 10, Soirée de Vienne n° 6, Isolde's Liebestod / Ferruccio BUSONI: Polonaise n° 2, La Campanella, Feux follets / Rudolf GANZ: Hungarian Rhapsody n° 15 - 2LP box-set ADÈS "Visages de l'Art Musical" MS 30 LA 505-506 Original French issue, no other issue exists - Wonderful luxury box-set (F) box-set, booklet & records near mint 195€ -Aline van BARENTZEN "Récital Chopin-Liszt" (CHOPIN: Fantasie op. 49, Nocturne n° 7, Études n° 5 op. 10, n° 13 op. 25, & n° 23 op. 25 / LISZT: Méphisto-Valse, Saint Francois-de-Paule marchant sur les flots, Étude de concert n° 3) LA VOIX DE SON MAITRE FALP 472 first red/silver label - original mono, no stereo exists (F) sleeve mint, record mint & unplayed 495€ (also Barentzen & Chopin) -LISZT-BARTOK FESTIVAL BUDAPEST 1961 (Liszt: Sonata in B minor - Gabor Gabos / Liszt: Funérailles - Valentin Belcsenko / Liszt: Mazeppa - David Wilde / Bartok: Sounds of the Night, Hunt - Dino Ciani) DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON SLPEM 136292 First "alle Hersteller" tulip label - red stereo (G) sleeve & record near mint 195€ -LISZT: Hungarian rhapsodies (complete), Rhapsodie espagnole - CZIFFRA (first mono recording) 3LP box-set LA VOIX DE SON MAITRE FALP 517/19 first red/silver label - original mono, no stereo exists - wonderful box & booklet artwork by Atelier Cassandre, Paris (F) box, booklet & records near mint 155€ -LISZT: Hungarian rhapsodies (complete), Rhapsodie espagnole - CZIFFRA (first mono recording) 3LP set LA VOIX DE SON MAITRE FALP 517/19 first red/silver label - original mono, no stereo exists - wonderful cover artwork by Atelier Cassandre, Paris (F) dowel-spine sleeves & records near mint 155€ -LISZT: 12 Études d'exécution transcendante - CZIFFRA 2LP box-set LA VOIX DE SON MAITRE FALP 521/522 first red/silver label - original mono, no stereo exists (F) box-set, booklet & records near mint 125€ -LISZT: 12 Études d'exécution transcendante, Hungarian rhapsody n° 3, Rhapsodie espagnole - Lazar BERMAN 2LP gatefold DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 2721119 stereo - first german issue (G) gatefold near mint, records mint 50€ -LISZT: Années de pèlerinage (complete) - Aldo CICCOLINI (first recording) 3LP box-set COLUMBIA FCX 440/42 first blue/silver label - original mono, no stereo exists (F) box near mint minus (minor wear), booklet & records near mint 135€ -LISZT: Années de pèlerinage (complete) - Aldo CICCOLINI (second recording) 3LP set LA VOIX DE SON MAITRE ASDF 772, 773 & 774 stereo - first red/silver label (F) wooden-spine sleeves near mint, records mint box near mint minus (minor wear), booklet & records near mint 125€ -LISZT: Sonata in B minor, Funérailles - Vladimir HOROWITZ (1932 recording) LA VOIX DE SON MAÎTRE FJLP 5047 original mono, no stereo exists - first cream label (F) sleeve & record near mint 50€ -LISZT: Sonata in B minor / SCHUMANN: Symphonic studies - Vladimir SOFRONITZKY MELODIYA 5289-61 early blue/silver label (R) sleeve & record near mint 60€ (also Schumann) -LISZT: Sonata in B minor, Funérailles, 2 Sonnets de Pétrarque, Valse-Impromptu - Sigi WEISSENBERG LUMEN LD 3 - 404 First French issue - Original mono, no stereo exists (F) sleeve & record near mint 180€ -LISZT/BACH: Prélude & Fugue in A minor / HAYDN: Sonata n°1 / PADRE SOLER: 3 Sonatas / CZERNY: Variations "La Ricordanza" - Sigi WEISSENBERG LUMEN LD 3 - 400 First French issue - Original mono, no stereo exists (F) sleeve & record near mint 180€ -LISZT: Dante sonata (Après une lecture du Dante), Mephisto Waltz n° 1 / BUSONI: Chamber fantasy on Bizet's Carmen (Sonatina n° 6), Turandot's Frauengemach, Nine Variations on a Chopin prelude - John OGDON HIS MASTER'S VOICE ASD 434 stereophonic golden circle - first english issue (UK) sleeve near mint, record mint & unplayed 175€ (also Ogdon) -LISZT: Dante sonata (Après une lecture du Dante), Consolations n° 1-6, Polonaises n° 1 & 2 - Peter KATIN DECCA SXL 2183 first english issue - "Original recording by" at 10 o'clock (UK) sleeve near mint, record mint 245€ -LISZT: Sonata in B minor, Hungarian Rhapsody n° 6 - Alexander SLOBODYANIK MELODIYA 33 CM 02915-16 stereo - first blue/silver label (R) sleeve & record near mint 40€ -LISZT: Funérailles, Ballade n°2, Méphisto-Valse, Consolations - Aldo CICCOLINI COLUMBIA FCX 613 First blue/silver label - Original mono, no stereo exists - Wonderful cover artwork (F) wooden-spine sleeve & record near mint 75€ -LISZT: Sonata in B minor, Bénédiction de Dieu dans la solitude, Waldesrauschen, Gnomenreigen - Claudio ARRAU PHILIPS 6500043 (1967 recording) As for me, the best recorded performance (NL) sleeve & record near mint 25€ LISZT: Sonata in B minor / SCHUMANN: Sonata in G minor op.122 – Martha ARGERICH DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 2530193 First issue (G) sleeve & record near mint 40€ -LISZT: Sonata in B minor, Polonaise in E major, Don Juan Fantasy – Tamas VASARY DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON SLPEM 136258 red stereo – “Alle Hersteller” tulip label (G) EXTREMELY RARE! sleeve near mint, record mint 60€ -LISZT: Sonata in B minor / BEETHOVEN: Eroica variations - Vlado PERLEMUTER NIMBUS 2125 stereo - First english issue (UK) sleeve near mint, record mint 60€ -LISZT: Sonata in B minor, Funérailles, Csardas macabre - György SEBÖK ERATO LDE 3144 First french issue - Original LDE, no STE exists (F) sleeve & record near mint 65€ -LISZT: Mephisto-Valse, Rhapsodie espagnole, Variations after a theme by Bach, Pater Noster, Sursum Corda – György SEBÖK ERATO LDE 3067 first French issue - original LDE, no STE exists (F) sleeve & record near mint 65€ -LISZT: 4 Paraphrases (Marche nuptiale de Mendelssohn, Tannhäuser, Tarentelle de bravoure d'Auber, Rigoletto) - György CZIFFRA LA VOIX DE SON MAITRE FALP 520 original mono, no stereo exists - wonderful cover artwork by Éditions Mercure, Paris (F) wooden-spine sleeve & record near mint 45€ -LISZT: Hexameron (Grandes variations de bravoure sur la marche des "Puritains"), Grande valse infernale de "Robert le Diable", Choeur des fileuses du "Vaisseau Fantôme", Polonaise d'"Eugène Onéguine" - Sylvia KERSENBAUM (piano) EMI -LA VOIX DE SON MAITRE 2C065-12056 original french issue (F) sleeve near mint, record mint 40€ -LISZT: La Campanella, La Leggierezza, Ronde des lutins - Bernard RINGEISSEN (piano) 10-inch ERATO EFM "Fiori Musicali" 42082 (F) sleeve & record near mint 30€ -LISZT: La Notte, Sursum corda, Élégies n° 1 & 2, Aux cyprés de la Villa d'Este n° 1 & 2 - Reinbert DE LEEUW PHILIPS 6514248 (NL) sleeve near mint, recrd mint 35€ -Teresa LLACUNA piano recital "Trois Siècles de Musique Espagnole" (Scarlatti, Soler, Falla, Albeniz, Granados, Galles) SODER SOD 20520 first french issue - original mono, no stereo exists (F) sleeve & record near mint 70€ -Alexander LONQUICH piano recital (Schubert: Piano sonata in A minor D. 845 / Schoenberg: 3 Klavierstücke op. 11) DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 2535014 stereo (G) sleeve & record near mint 30€ -MENDELSSOHN: Romances sans paroles (complete) (Lieder ohne Worte / Songs without words) - Annie D'ARCO (piano) 2LP gatefold ERATO STU 70707/08 stereo - original STU, no STE exists (F) gatefold near mint, records mint 65€ -MENDELSSOHN: 3 Preludes op. 104 n°1, 3 Etudes op. 104 n° 2, 3 Caprices op. 33, Barcarolle, Albumblatt op. 117, Capriccio op. 118 - Annie D'ARCO (piano) ERATO STU 70790 stereo - original STU, no STE exists (F) gatefold near mint, records mint 35€ -MENDELSSOHN: Preludes & Fugues op. 35 - Annie D'ARCO (piano) ERATO STU 70542stereo - original STU, no STE exists (F) gatefold near mint, records mint 35€ -MENDELSSOHN: 17 Lieder ohne Worte (Songs without words) - Walter GIESEKING COLUMBIA FCX 605 First french issue - First blue/silver label - Original mono, no stereo exists - Wonderful cover artwork by Atelier Cassandre, Paris (F) wooden-spine sleeve, booklet & record near mint 70€ -MENDELSSOHN: Variations sérieuses op. 54 / BEETHOVEN: 32 Variations in C minor / BRAHMS: Haendel variations op. 24 - Eric HEIDSIECK LA VOIX DE SON MAITRE FALP 583 - first red/silver label - first french issue- original mono, no stereo exists (F) sleeve near mint, record mint & unplayed 50€ (also Beethoven & Brahms) -MESSIAEN: La Nativité du Seigneur – Olivier MESSIAEN (Orgue de l’Église de la Trinité) 2LP set DUCRETET-THOMSON 10-inch 260 C 075/76 (F) First issue ! sleeves & records mint 65€ -MESSIAEN: Les Corps glorieux – Olivier MESSIAEN (Orgue de l’Église de la Trinité) DUCRETET-THOMSON 10-inch 260 C 077 (F) First issue ! sleeve near mint& records mint 40€ -MESSIAEN: La Nativité du Seigneur, Le Banquet céleste, Apparition de l'Église éternelle - Pierre COCHEREAU (Organ of the Cathédrale Notre-Dame, Paris) PHILIPS "Trésors classiques" 6504068 stereo - first french issue (F) gatefold near mint, record mint 40€ -MESSIAEN: Catalogue d'oiseaux - Yvonne LORIOD (first mono recording) 3LP box-set VEGA VAL 11 - first french issue - original mono, no stereo exists (F) box-set & booklet near mint, records mint & unplayed 320€ -MESSIAEN: Catalogue d'oiseaux - Yvonne LORIOD (second stereo recording) 4LP box-set ERATO STU 70595/98 stereo - original STU, no STE exists (F) box-set & booklet near mint, records mint & unplayed 145€ -MESSIAEN: Preludes (complete) - Yvonne LORIOD 10-inch LA BOITE A MUSIQUE BAM LD 050 original mono, no stereo exists (F) sleeve & record near mint 85€ -MESSIAEN: Vingt Regards sur l'Enfant Jésus - Michel BEROFF (piano) 3LP box-set EMI - LA VOIX DE SON MAITRE 2C06510676/78 stereo - first french issue (F) box & booklet near mint, records mint 90€ (also Contemporary -MESSIAEN : Preludes & Etudes – Michel BEROFF EMI La Voix de son Maître C 06916229 original French issue Reference performance (G) sleeve & record mint 20€ -MIGOT: Le Zodiaque (12 études de concert pour le piano) - Jacqueline EYMAR (piano) 2LP set LUMEN LD 3443 & 3445 - first red label - original mono, no stereo exists - AUTOGRAPHED BY Georges MIGOT ! (F) sleeve & records near mint 345€ -MILHAUD: L'Album de Madame Bovary, Soirées de Petrograd* - Maxime CHAPIRO (piano), Jean-Christophe BENOIT*, Jacqueline Stip (piano)* 10-inch DUCRETET-THOMSON LP 8439 first white/gold Selmer label - original mono, no stereo exists (F) sleeve & record near mint 795€ (also lied) -MILHAUD: Saudades do Brasil, Romances sans paroles, Printemps, L'Automne - Jacques FÉVRIER (piano) DUCRETET-THOMSON 300 C 048 first yellow/white label - original mono, no stereo exists (F) sleeve near mint, record mint & unplayed 245€ -MILHAUD: Scaramouche, Concerto n° 2 for two pianos & percussion / POULENC: Sonata for two pianos - Jacqueline ROBIN-BONNEAU & Geneviève JOY (pianos) ERATO STE 50224 First french issue (F) sleeve & record near mint 70€ -MILHAUD: Scaramouche / POULENC: Sonata / RACHMANINOV: Suite n° 2 for two pianos / LUTOSLAWSKI: Variations on a theme of Paganini - Bracha EDEN & Alexander TAMIR (pianos) DECCA SXL 6158 Original recording by at 10 o'clock (UK) sleeve & record near mint 45€ (also Eden) -MOMPOU: El Carrer, el Guitarrista i el vell Cavall, Jeunes Filles au jardin, Preludes n° 9 & 10, Canciones y Danzas n° 1, 4, 5, 7 & 8, Impresiones intimas, La Fuente y la Campana, El Lago - Federico MOMPOU (piano) COLUMBIA FCX 184 (Recorded in 1929 & 1930) First blue/silver label - Original mono, no stereo exists - First LP issue! (F) sleeve & record near mint 295€ -MOZART: Complete works for piano solo (Oeuvres complètes pour piano solo) - Walter GIESEKING (piano) Recorded in 1953 - 11LP box-set COLUMBIA FCX 311/21 First blue/silver label - Original mono, no stereo exists - First french issue - Wonderful luxury box and booklet artwork by Mercure Éditeur, Paris (F) box, booklet & records near mint 990€ -MOZART: Complete works for piano solo (Oeuvres complètes pour piano solo) - Walter GIESEKING (piano) Recorded in 1953 - 11LP box-set ANGEL 3511 First red/silver label - Original mono, no stereo exists - First english limited edition (only 200 copies were made) - Wonderful luxury box and booklet artwork by Mercure Éditeur, Paris (F) box, booklet & records near mint 990€ -MOZART Complete piano sonatas - Marie-Antoinette PICTET (piano) 6LP-set BELVEDERE ELY 0840/42 & 0843/45 (two 3LP red cloth gatefolds) stereo - first issue - Recorded at the studio Acousti, Paris - Pressed by Deutsche Grammophon (F) gatefolds near mint, records mint & unplayed 995€ -MOZART: Complete piano sonatas - Glenn GOULD 5LP box-set CBS Masterworks 79501 stereo - first german issue (G) box & booklet near mint, records mint 90€ -MOZART: Complete piano sonatas - Ingrid HAEBLER 6LP box-set PHILIPS LY 839763/68 (NL) box & booklet near mint, record mint 85€ -MOZART: Piano sonata K. 333, Fantasy in C minor K. 396, Fantasy in D minor K. 397, Variations after a theme by Duport K. 573 - Gersende DE SABRAN (piano) VEGA 8.034 A stereo - first blue/white label - No other issue exists (F) gatefold near mint, record mint & unplayed 995€ (also Gersende de Sabran) -MOZART: Piano sonatas K. 283 & 457 – Sviatoslav RICHTER DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON VP 110-11 TEST-PRESSING OF A NEVER-ISSUED RECORDING! (These stereo recordings were made in the 60s at La Grange de Meslay, France, during the festival Fêtes Musicales en Touraine, founded and ruled by Sviatoslav Richter. Located near Tours, the Grange de Meslay is a wonderful barn dating from the thirteenth Century. All recordings are absolutely fabulous, but Richter, for unknown and mysterious reasons, finally refused their release. Like Carlos Kleiber, Sviatoslav Richter was known for being very rarely satisfied with his own interpretations. No need to say that these documents are absolute rarities!) (G) Deutsche Grammophon blank sleeve mint, record mint & unplayed 950€ -MOZART: Piano sonatas K. 280 & 333 – Sviatoslav RICHTER DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON VP 112-13 TEST-PRESSING OF A NEVER-ISSUED RECORDING! (These stereo recordings were made in the 60s at La Grange de Meslay, France, during the festival Fêtes Musicales en Touraine, founded and ruled by Sviatoslav Richter. Located near Tours, the Grange de Meslay is a wonderful barn dating from the thirteenth Century. All recordings are absolutely fabulous, but Richter, for unknown and mysterious reasons, finally refused their release. Like Carlos Kleiber, Sviatoslav Richter was known for being very rarely satisfied with his own interpretations. No need to say that these documents are absolute rarities!) (G) Deutsche Grammophon blank sleeve mint, record mint & unplayed 950€ -MOZART: Fantasia in C minor K. 475 / BEETHOVEN: Piano sonatas n° 31 op. 110 & n° 27 op. 90 – Sviatoslav RICHTER DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON VP 108-09 TEST-PRESSING OF A NEVER-ISSUED RECORDING! (These stereo recordings were made in Salzburg. The Beethoven sonatas were recorded on 21 August 1965, the Mozart Fantasy on January 28 1966. All recordings are absolutely fabulous, but Richter, for unknown and mysterious reasons, finally refused their release. Like Carlos Kleiber, Sviatoslav Richter was known for being very rarely satisfied with his own interpretations. No need to say that these documents are absolute rarities!) (G) Deutsche Grammophon blank sleeve mint, record mint & unplayed 950€ (also Beethoven) -MOZART: Piano sonatas K. 282, 283, 330, Variations "Salve tu Domine" K. 398 - Lili KRAUS (piano) LES DISCOPHILES FRANCAIS DF 91 first deep-groove France without Alsace label - original mono, no stereo exists - first beige cloth gatefold (F) gatefold near mint, record mint & unplayed 445€ -MOZART: Piano sonatas K. 333 & 545, Allegro K. 312, Variations "La belle Francaise" K. 353 - Lili KRAUS (piano) LES DISCOPHILES FRANCAIS DF 92 first deep-groove France without Alsace label - original mono, no stereo exists - first beige cloth gatefold (F) gatefold near mint, record mint & unplayed 445€ -MOZART: Piano sonatas K. 332 & 576, Fantasy in C minor K. 396, Variations "Come un agnello" K. 460 - Lili KRAUS (piano) LES DISCOPHILES FRANCAIS DF 93 first deep-groove France without Alsace label - original mono, no stereo exists - first beige cloth gatefold (F) gatefold near mint, record mint & unplayed 445€ -MOZART: Piano sonatas K. 284 & 457, Fantasy in C minor K. 475 - Lili KRAUS (piano) LES DISCOPHILES FRANCAIS DF 94 first deep-groove France without Alsace label - original mono, no stereo exists - first beige cloth gatefold (F) gatefold near mint, record mint & unplayed 445€ -MOZART: Piano sonatas K. 309 & 310, Adagio K. 540, Gigue K. 574, Menuet K. 355 - Lili KRAUS (piano) LES DISCOPHILES FRANCAIS DF 95 first deep-groove France without Alsace label - original mono, no stereo exists - first beige cloth gatefold (F) gatefold near mint, record mint & unplayed 445€ -MOZART: Piano sonatas K. 281, 311 & 331, Fantasy in D minor K. 397 - Lili KRAUS (piano) LES DISCOPHILES FRANCAIS DF 96 first deep-groove France without Alsace label - original mono, no stereo exists - first beige cloth gatefold (F) gatefold near mint, record mint & unplayed 445€ -MOZART: Piano sonatas K. 282, 283, 330, 332, Rondo K. 511 - Wilhelm BACKHAUS (piano) DECCA SXL 6301 "Made in England by" at 10 o'clock - first english issue (UK) sleeve mint, record mint & unplayed 295€ -MOZART: Piano sonatas K. 330, 457, Fantasia in C minor K. 475, Rondo K. 511 - Wilhelm BACKHAUS (piano) DECCA LXT 5167 first orange/silver label - original mono, no stereo exists (UK) sleeve & record mint 60€ -MOZART: Piano sonatas n° 4 in E flat major K. 282 & n°7 in C major K. 309 - Aldo CICCOLINI (piano) 10-inch COLUMBIA FC 1053 First blue/silver label - Original mono, no stereo exists - Wonderful cover artwork by Atelier Cassandre, Paris (F) wooden-spine sleeve near mint, record mint 295€ -MOZART: Piano sonatas K. 309 & 333 - Carl SEEMANN DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON LPM 18159 First "alle Hersteller" tulip label - Original mono, no stereo exists (G) sleeve & record near mint 75€ -MOZART: Piano sonatas K. 282, 494 & 533 - Carl SEEMANN DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON LPM 18025 First "alle Hersteller" tulip label - Original mono, no stereo exists (G) sleeve & record near mint 75€ -MOZART: Piano sonatas K. 54, 135 & 332, Fantasia in C minor K. 396, Variations o "Ah, vous dirais-je Maman" K. 265 - Carl SEEMANN DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON LPM 18290 First "alle Hersteller" tulip label - Original mono, no stereo exists (G) sleeve & record near mint 75€ -MOZART: Piano sonatas K. 280 & 570, Variation on a menuet by Duport K. 573 - Carl SEEMANN DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON LPM 18282 First "alle Hersteller" tulip label - Original mono, no stereo exists (G) sleeve & record near mint 75€ -MOZART: Piano sonatas K. 279 & 282, Variations on "Lison dormait" K. 264, Variations on an original theme K. 137 - Carl SEEMANN DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON LPM 18298 First "alle Hersteller" tulip label - Original mono, no stereo exists (G) sleeve & record near mint 75€ -MOZART: Piano sonatas K. 281, 283, 311, 576 - Carl SEEMANN DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON LPM 18508 First "alle Hersteller" tulip label - Original mono, no stereo exists (G) sleeve & record near mint minus 65€ -MOZART: Piano sonata K. 330, Fantasia in D minor K. 397, Menuet K. 355, Rondo K. 485 - Carl SEEMANN 10-inch DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON LPM 16113 First "alle Hersteller" tulip label - Original mono, no stereo exists (G) sleeve & record near mint 75€ -MOZART: Piano sonatas K. 331 "alla turca" & K. 310 - Carl SEEMANN DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON LPM 18140 First "alle Hersteller" tulip label - Original mono, no stereo exists (G) sleeve VG, record near mint 40€ -MOZART: Piano sonatas K. 281 & 310, Fantasia in D minor K. 397, 6 Variations on "Salve tu, Domine" - Emil GILELS (recorded in Salzburg on 28 January 1970) DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 2530061 stereo - first german issue (G) sleeve near mint, record mint & unplayed 35€ -MOZART: Piano sonatas K. 457 & 545, Fantasia in C minor K. 475, 10 Variations on "Unser dummer Pöbel meint" K. 455, Menuet K. 355 - Peter RÖSEL ETERNA 826865 stereo TEST-PRESSING (GDR) sleeve near mint, record mint & unplayed 50€ -MOZART: Piano sonatas K. 547a & 576, 12 variations K. 500, 8 Variations K. 613 - Peter RÖSEL ETERNA 827211 stereo - first black label (GDR) sleeve & record near mint 35€ -MOZART: Piano sonatas K. 533 & 570, 9 Variations on a menuet by Duport K. 573, Adagio K.540 - Peter RÖSEL ETERNA 827809 stereo - first black label (GDR) sleeve & record near mint 35€ -MOZART: Piano sonatas K.330 & 331 - Gerhard PUCHELT ETERNA 820018 first almond green label with 33 at 6 o'clock - first brown gatefold (GDR) gatefold VG++, record near mint 40€ -MOZART: Piano sonatas K.283, 545 & 331 "alla turca", Rondo K. 511 - Guiomar NOVAES (piano) PATHÉ-VOX PL9080 first cream label - original mono, no stereo exists (F) sleeve near mint minus (light wear), record near mint 70€ -MOZART: Piano sonata n° 17 K. 576, Piano concerto n° 26 K. 537 "Coronation" - Wanda LANDOWSKA (piano) / Walter Goehr / Orchestre de chambre (1936 & 1937 recordings) LA VOIX DE SON MAITRE "Gravures illustres" COLH 95 First grey label - First LP issue (F) wooden-spine sleeve near mint, record mint 75€ -MOZART: Piano sonatas K. 330 & 333, Fantasia in D minor K. 397, Variations on a menuet by Duport K. 573 - Michèle BOEGNER ERATO STU 70343 Original STU, no STE exists (F) sleeve & record mint 75€ -MOZART: 4 Fantasias, Adagio - György SEBÖK (piano) ERATO LDE 3084 First french issue - Original LDE, no STE exists (F) sleeve & record near mint 70€ -MOZART: Les dernières sonates pour le forte-piano (Fantasy in C minor K. 475, Sonatas K. 457, 533, 545, 570, & 576) - Paul BADURA-SKODA (fortepiano Schantz) 2LP box-set ASTRÉE AS 919 First french issue (F) box near mint, booklet & records mint 135€ -MOZART: Pièces pour le pianoforte (Fantasy & fugue in C major K. 394, Fantasy in D minor K. 397, Variations "Ah, vous dirai-je Maman" K. 265, Funeral march K. 453, Adagio in B minor K. 540, Menuet in D major K. 355, Petite gigue K. 574, Rondo in A minor K. 511) - Paul BADURA-SKODA (fortepiano Schantz) ASTRÉE AS 40 First french issue (F) gatefold near mint, record mint 70€ -MOZART: Fantasia in C minor K. 475, Piano sonatas K. 396, 457, 475 - Annerose SCHMIDT ETERNA 820293 First blue/white label - Original mono, no stereo exists (GDR) sleeve & record near mint 50€ -MOZART: Piano sonatas K. 331 “alla turca”, K. 332, Fantasy in D minor K. 397 – Mitsuko UCHIDA PHILIPS digital 4121231 (NL) sleeve near mint, record mint 70€ -MOZART: Piano sonatas K. 494, K. 545, Rondo K. 511 – Mitsuko UCHIDA PHILIPS digital 41212221 (NL) sleeve near mint, record mint 70€ -MOZART: Piano sonatas K. 279, 332, 570 (vol. 1) - Christian ZACHARIAS (piano) EMI 2702211 digital (G) sleeve near mint, record mint & unplayed 30€ -MOZART: Piano sonatas K. 283, 333, 545 (vol. 2) - Christian ZACHARIAS (piano) EMI 2702221 digital (G) sleeve near mint, record mint & unplayed 30€ -MOZART: Piano sonatas K. 282, 284, 457 (vol. 3) - Christian ZACHARIAS (piano) EMI 2702231 digital (G) sleeve near mint, record mint & unplayed 30€ -MOZART: Piano sonatas K. 280, 310, 311 (vol. 4) - Christian ZACHARIAS (piano) EMI 2702241 digital (G) sleeve near mint, record mint & unplayed 30€ -MOZART: Piano sonatas K. 330, 533, 576 (vol. 5) - Christian ZACHARIAS (piano) EMI 2702251 digital (G) sleeve near mint, record mint & unplayed 30€ -MOZART: Piano sonatas K. 280, 281, 283, 545 - Ingrid HAEBLER PHILIPS 835378 AY stereo (NL) sleeve & record near mint 30€ -MOZART: Piano sonata K. 330 / BEETHOVEN: Piano sonata n°26 "Les Adieux" - VAN CLIBURN RCA Dynagroove LSC 2931 stereo - First US issue (G) sleeve & record near mint 40€ -MOZART: Piano sonata K. 330 / BEETHOVEN: Piano sonata n°26 "Les Adieux" - VAN CLIBURN RCA Dynagroove LSC 2931 stereo - First German issue (G) sleeve & record near mint 30€ -MOZART: Complete variations for piano - Ingrid HAEBLER 3LP box-set PHILIPS 6703075 (NL) box near mint, booklet & records mint 80€ -MUSIK FÜR ZWEI KLAVIERE / MUSIC FOR TWO PIANOS (Schumann: Andante und Variationen / Chopin: Rondo / Saint-Saens: Beethoven Variations / Busoni: Duettino concertante after Mozart) - DUO KURT BAUER-HEIDI BUNG DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON SLPM 136018 TEST-PRESSING One of the first DGG stereo recordings - 1958 issue (G) gatefold near mint, record mint 95€ (also Schumann) -MUSIK FÜR ZWEI KLAVIERE / MUSIC FOR TWO PIANOS (Schumann: Andante und Variationen / Chopin: Rondo / Saint-Saens: Beethoven Variations / Busoni: Duettino concertante after Mozart) - DUO KURT BAUER-HEIDI BUNG DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON SLPM 136018 First "alle Hersteller" tulip label - stereo sticker - One of the first DGG stereo recordings - 1958 issue (G) gatefold near mint, record mint 75€ (also Schumann) -MUSSORGSKY: Pictures at an exhibition (Tableaux d'une exposition) - Evgeny MALININE (piano) 10-inch COLUMBIA FC 1050 first blue/silver label - original mono, no stereo exists - wonderful cover artwork by Atelier Cassandre, Paris (F) dowel-spine sleeve & record mint 275€ -MUSSORGSKY: Pictures at an exhibition - Peter RÖSEL ETERNA 826269 stereo TEST-PRESSING (GDR) sleeve near mint, record mint & unplayed 60€ -MUSSORGSKY: Pictures at an exhibition (Tableaux d'une exposition) - Alex de VRIES (piano) 10-inch VEGA C 35 S 280 first white/gold label - original mono, no stereo exists - Belgian pianist Alex de Vries (1919-1964) was an Arthur de Greef pupil (F) sleeve & record near mint 45€ -MUSSORGSKY: Pictures at an exhibition / RAVEL: Jeux d'eau, Alborada del gracioso, La Vallée des cloches - Rudolf FIRKUSNY DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON SLPM 138679 first "alle Hersteller" tulip label - red stereo (G) sleeve near mint minus (minor wear), record mint 70€ -MUSSORGSKY: Pictures at an exhibition / BEETHOVEN: Piano sonata n° 12 op. 26 - Alexander SLOBODYANIK MELODIYA CM 02671-2 stereo - First blue/silver label (R) sleeve & record near mint 40€ -MUSSORGSKY: Pictures at an exhibition / RACHMANINOV: 2 Preludes, Étude-Tableau n°4 - Victor ERESKO MELODIA CM 02075-6 stereo - First blue/silver label (R) sleeve & record near mint 35€ -MUSSORGSKY: Pictures at an exhibition (Horowitz version) / LISZT: Méphisto-valse - André MILLECAM (piano) ULTRA RARE PRIVATE RECORD made by ANDRÉ CHARLIN - stereo - copy n° 817 (1000 copies were pressed) André Millecam was a Lazare-Lévy pupil (F) sleeve near mint, record mint & unplayed 495€ -MUSSORGSKY: Pictures at an exhibition, 5 piano pieces - Bernard RINGEISSEN (piano) ERATO STE 50194 First french issue (F) sleeve & record near mint 75€ -MUSSORGSKY: Pictures at an exhibition – Vladimir ASKENAZY (piano) / MEHTA conducts the orchestral version with the Los Angeles Philharmonic DECCA SXL 6328 first "Made in England by" at 10 o'clock - first english issue (UK) sleeve near mint, record mint & unplayed 45€ (also orchestra) -HOMMAGE À YVES NAT (Nat: Sonatine*, Piano concerto / Schumann: Träumerei from Childhood Scenes / Chopin: Waltz in e minor / Yves Nat interview from March 12 1953) Yves NAT (piano), Élise Yves-Nat (piano)*, Orchestre National de l'ORTF, Pierre Dervaux (conductor) Élise Yves-Nat was Yves Nat's wife ERATO LDE 3187 First french issue - Original mono, no stereo exists (F) sleeve & record near mint 95€ -Elly NEY "Festausgabe zum 85. Geburtstag" vol. 1 (Edition for Elly Ney's 85th birthday) BEETHOVEN: Piano sonata n° 30 op. 109, Piano concerto n° 5 "Emperor"* / BRAHMS: Piano sonata n° 3 op. 5, Romanze in F major op. 118, Intermezzo in E flat minor op. 118, Intermezzo in E flat major op. 117 / CHOPIN: Nocturne op. 48 n° 1, Nocturne op. 37 n° 2, Nocturne op. 15 n° 2, Ballade n° 3 op. 47, Fantasia op. 49 / MOZART: Piano sonata in C major K. 330 / SCHUBERT: Wanderer-Fantasie, Impromptu in A flat major op. 142, Impromptu in F minor op. 142, Moments Musicaux n° 2, 3 & 4 - Nürnberger Symphoniker, Willem van Hoogstraten (conductor)* 5LP box-set COLOSSEUM COLOS STM 502, M 507, STM 522, STM 523, M 2003 Original german issue (G) box, booklet & records near mint 345€ -Varda NISHRY piano recital (FRANCK: Prélude, Aria & Finale / RAMEAU: Les Cyclopes, Les Tourbillons, La Poule / RAVEL: Sonatine) DECCA SXL 6194 first english issue (UK) sleeve near mint, record mint 45€ (also Franck) -John OGDON "Busoni-Liszt recital" (LISZT: Dante sonata (Après une lecture du Dante), Mephisto Waltz n° 1 / BUSONI: Chamber fantasy on Bizet's Carmen (Sonatina n° 6), Turandot's Frauengemach, Nine Variations on a Chopin prelude) HIS MASTER'S VOICE ASD 434 stereophonic golden circle - first english issue (UK) sleeve near mint, record mint & unplayed 175€ (also Liszt) -CARLO PESTALOZZA "La musica moderna e il pianoforte" (DALLAPICCOLA: Quaderno musicale di Annalibera / PETRASSI: Tre Invenzioni / BARTOK: 3 pieces from Mikrokosmos / STRAVINSKY: Piano sonata / SCHOENBERG: 6 pieces op. 19 / WEBERN: Variations op. 27 - Carlo PESTALOZZA (piano) LA VOCE DEL PADRONE QCLP 12020 original mono, no stereo exists - first italian issue, no other issue exists (I) sleeve & record mint 75€ (also contemporary, under Dallapiccola) -Frédérique PETERS "IN MEMORIAM" (CHOPIN: 12 Préludes, Nocturne op. 48 n° 1 / BEETHOVEN: Piano sonata n°31 op. 110 / FAURÉ: Impromptu n° 1) PATHÉ DTX 318 First french issue - Original mono, no stereo exists (French female pianist Frédérique Peters was born in 1938. She died tragically on 3 March 1962, aged 23. Undisputably one of the rarest and most mythical french piano records, it was issued posthumously in 1965. No other record exists from this fabulously gifted pianist. Our copy is accompanied by private documents of priceless value: a moving letter written by her mother shortly before the release and four unpublished poems written by Frédérique Peters) (F) wooden-spine sleeve & record near mint 995€ -PIERNÉ: Complete piano works – Diane ANDERSEN 5LP box-set EMI-LA VOIX DE SON MAÎTRE 2C 165-16221/25 - Recorded in Paris in 1976 & 1977 (F) factory-sealed 70€ -Francis PLANTÉ: Complete recordings (Pieces by Chopin, Mendelssohn, Schumann, Berlioz/Redon, Gluck/Planté & Boccherini/Planté) Recorded by French Columbia in 1928 in Mont-de-Marsan, France - LES AMIS DE MARQUÈZE AAM 1 - Private issue from 1984 - Luxury gatefold TEST-PRESSING (F) gatefold & record mint 1190€ -Francis PLANTÉ: Complete recordings (Pieces by Chopin, Mendelssohn, Schumann, Berlioz/Redon, Gluck/Planté & Boccherini/Planté) Recorded by French Columbia in 1928 in Mont-de-Marsan, France - LES AMIS DE MARQUÈZE AAM 1 - Private issue from 1984 - Luxury gatefold - (F) gatefold & record mint 990€ -Francis PLANTÉ: Complete recordings (Pieces by Chopin, Mendelssohn, Schumann, Berlioz/Redon, Gluck/Planté & Boccherini/Planté) Recorded by French Columbia in 1928 in Mont-de-Marsan, France - LES AMIS DE MARQUÈZE AAM 1 - Private issue from 1984 - TEST-PRESSING (F) blank sleeve & record mint 640€ -Ivo POGORELICH at the 1980 CHOPIN COMPETITION, WARSAW (Chopin: Piano sonata n° 2, Scherzo n° 3 op. 39, 3 Mazurkas op. 59) recorded live in October 1980 - MUZA Polskie Nagrania SX2063 stereo - first beige label - These are the famous interpretations that made Ivo Pogorelich a star overnight. 22-year-old Yugoslav pianist Pogorelich took part to the 1980 International Chopin Competition in Warsaw but was eliminated in the third round. A member of the jury, Martha Argerich was furious. She proclaimed Pogorelich a "genius" and resigned from the jury in protest. Shortly after, Pogorelich signed an exclusive recording contract with Deutsche Grammophon. (P) sleeve near mint, record mint 75€ (also Chopin) -Jean-Bernard POMMIER first recording ("Le 1er disque de Jean-Bernard Pommier") MOZART: Piano sonata n° 7 K. 309 / BEETHOVEN: Piano sonata n° 13 op. 27 "Quasi una fantasia" / HAYDN: Piano sonata n° 7 / SCHUBERT: Impromptu op. 90 n° 2 / BRAHMS: Intermezzo op. 117 n° 2 / SCHUMANN: Arabesque op. 18 LA VOIX DE SON MAITRE ASDF 805 stereo - first issue (F) wooden-spine sleeve near mint, record mint 95€ -POULENC: Sonata for two pianos / MILHAUD: Concerto for 2 piano & percussion, Scaramouche - Geneviève JOY & Jacqueline ROBIN-BONNEAU (pianos), Jean-Claude Casadesus, Jean-Pierre Drouet, Diego Masson, Jean-Charles Francois (percussions) ERATO STE 50224 first stereo issue (F) sleeve & record near mint 75€ (also Milhaud in Concerto) -POULENC: Aubade / PROKOFIEV: String quartet n° 2 / STRAVINSKY: 3 Pieces for string quartet - Sviatoslav RICHTER (piano) / BORODIN STRING QUARTET / Orchestre Jean-Francois Paillard DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON VP 114-15 TEST-PRESSING OF A NEVER-ISSUED RECORDING! These stereo recordings were made in the 60s at La Grange de Meslay, France, during the festival Fêtes Musicales en Touraine, founded and ruled by Sviatoslav Richter. Located near Tours, the Grange de Meslay is a wonderful barn dating from the thirteenth Century. All recordings are absolutely fabulous, but Richter, for unknown and mysterious reasons, finally refused their release. Like Carlos Kleiber, Sviatoslav Richter was known for being very rarely satisfied with his own interpretations. No need to say that these documents are absolute rarities! (G) Deutsche Grammophon blank sleeve mint, record mint & unplayed 540€ (also Chamber) -PROKOFIEV: Piano sonata n° 6 / WEBER: Piano sonata n° 3 - Sviatoslav RICHTER (piano) DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 2530086 TEST-PRESSING OF A NEVER-ISSUED RECORDING! (Recorded at The Locarno Festival in september 1966. These stereo recordings are absolutely fabulous, but Richter, for unknown and mysterious reasons, finally refused their release. Like Carlos Kleiber, Sviatoslav Richter was known for being very rarely satisfied with his own interpretations. No need to say that these documents are absolute rarities!) (G) Deutsche Grammophon blank sleeve mint, record mint & unplayed 950€ (also Weber) -PROKOFIEV: Piano sonatas n° 7 & 9 - Sviatoslav RICHTER LE CHANT DU MONDE LDX 78538 stereo - First French issue (F) sleeve & record near mint 40€ -PROKOFIEV: Piano sonata n° 6 / CHOPIN: Mazurkas n° 19, 20, 21 & 42 / HAYDN: Piano sonata n° 48 - Alexander SLOBODYANIK MELODIYA C 01711-12 stereo - first blue/silver label (R) sleeve & record near mint 40€ -PROKOFIEV: Piano sonatas n° 2 & 7* - Anton GINZBURG, Stanislav KNOR* SUPRAPHON SUA 10047 first blue/gold label - original mono, no stereo exists - Anton Ginzburg (born 1930) was an Heinrich Neuhaus pupil (C) sleeve near mint, record mint 40€ -PROKOFIEV: Piano sonata n° 3, Sonata for flute & piano - Alain BERNHEIM (piano), Fernand MARSEAU (flute) 10-inch VEGA "Présence de la musique contemporaine" C 35 A 92 - first white/gold label - Original mono, no stereo exists (F) sleeve near mint, record mint & unplayed 125€ (also chamber) -PROKOFIEV: Piano sonata n° 9 – Pierre BARBIZET 10-inch LE CHANT DU MONDE LDM 8149 original mono, there was no stereo – First issue (F) sleeve & record near mint 130€ -PROKOFIEV: Piano sonatas n° 2 & 3, Five pieces from "Romeo and Julia", Suggestion diabolique n° 4, March from "The Love for three oranges", Gavotte from the "Symphonie classique", Prelude n° 7 - Gabriel TACCHINO LA VOIX DE SON MAITRE FALP 839 first blue/silver label (F) wooden-spine sleeve & record near mint 55€ -PROKOFIEV: Piano sonata n° 7 / STRAVINSKY: 3 Movements from "Petrouchka" - Maurizio POLLINI DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 2530225 stereo - first german issue (G) sleeve near mint, record mint 35€ (also Stravinsky) -PROKOFIEV : Sonatas n° 3, 6 &7 – Michel BEROFF EMI LA VOIX DE SON MAÎTRE C 06973000 stereo - original French issue - Reference performance (G) sleeve & record mint 30€ -PROKOFIEV: Visions fugitives op. 22 / KABALEVSKY: Piano sonata n° 2 - Michel BEROFF EMI La Voix de son Maître 2C06310713 Original french issue (F) sleeve & record near mint 30€ -PROKOFIEV: 10 pieces op. 12 / TCHEREPNINE: 8 Pieces op. 88 / MOURAVIEFF: Strophe, Antistrophe, Épode - Thérèse DUSSAUT ARION ARN 38262 stereo - First issue - Thérèse Dussaut was a Marguerite Long and Jean Doyen pupil (F) gatefold & record mint 45€ -RACHMANINOV: 11 Preludes op. 32, 9 Preludes op. 23 - Yara BERNETTE DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON SLPM 2530007 stereo - first german issue (G) sleeve & record mint 45€ -RACHMANINOV: Études-Tableaux (complete), 2 Romances - Alexei NASEDKIN 2LP gatefold MELODIYA CM 04381-4 stereo . first blue/silver label (R) gatefold near mint, record mint 55€ -RAMEAU: L’Oeuvre de clavier – Marcelle MEYER (piano) 2LP gatefold EMI « Références » 2C151-10493/94 (F) gatefold & records mint 60€ -RAMEAU: Suite en mi (Suite in E) / COUPERIN: Passacaille - Wanda LANDOWSKA (harpsichord) LA VOIX DE SON MAITRE "Gravures illustres" COLH 302 (F) wooden-spine sleeve & record near mint 60€ -RAMEAU: L'Oeuvre de clavier, Pièces en concert, Les Indes Galantes, Les Fêtes d'Hébé - Thérèse DUSSAUT (piano) 5LP box-set FY 961 stereo - original french issue, no other issue exists (F) box & booklet near mint, records mint 175€ -RAMEAU: Complete works for harpsichord – Robert VEYRON-LACROIX 3LP box-set VEGA CB 246-248 original luxury french issue (F) box-set near mint, booklet & records mint 85€ -RAMEAU: Complete works for harpsichord - Kenneth GILBERT 3LP box-set ARCHIV PRODUKTION 2710020 stereo (G) box & booklet near mint, records mint 85€ -RAMEAU: Quatre grandes suites de clavecin (4 Suites for harpsichord) - William CHRISTIE (harpsichord) 2LP box-set HARMONIA MUNDI HM 1120/21 (F) box & booklet near mint, record mint 70€ -RAMEAU: 2 suites for harpsichord - Eta HARICH-SCHNEIDER (harpsichord) ARCHIV PRODUKTION SAPM 198024 First "alle Hersteller" label - stereo at 12 o'clock - stitched beige gatefold (G) gatefold & record mint 50€ -RAVEL: Miroirs, Le Tombeau de Couperin - Henriette FAURE PATHÉ DTX 292 First green/silver label - Original mono, no stereo exists (F) sleeve & record near mint 2995€ -RAVEL: Gaspard de la nuit, Jeux d'eau, Prélude - Henriette FAURE 10-inch DECCA FS 123639 first green/silver label - original mono, no stereo exists - original french issue, no other issue exists (F) sleeve & record near mint 1695€ -RAVEL: Valses nobles et sentimentales, Sonatine - Emile PASSANI 10-inch PATHÉ DT 1010 First green/silver label - Original mono, no stereo exists - French pianist Émile Passani (1905-1974) was an Isidore Philipp pupil (F) sleeve near mint, record VG++ 995€ -RAVEL: L'Oeuvre de piano - Marcelle MEYER 2LP gatefold LES DISCOPHILES FRANCAIS DF 100/01 first french issue - original mono, no stereo exists (F) gatefold near mint, records VG+ 850€ -RAVEL: L'Oeuvre de piano - Marcelle MEYER 2LP gatefold EMI "Références" 2909633 (F) FACTORY SEALED 80€ -RAVEL: Complete piano works - Vlado PERLEMUTER / Orchestre de l'Association des Concerts Colonne / Jascha Horenstein 3LP box-set VOX 410 First red/silver label - RVG (Rudy Van Gelder) in dead wax - Original mono, no stereo exists (US) box-set near mint minus, records near mint 140€ -RAVEL: Complete piano works - Vlado PERLEMUTER 3LP set NIMBUS 2101/02/03 stereo - first issue (UK) sleeves near mint, records mint 215€ -RAVEL: Complete solo piano works – Jacques FÉVRIER 4LP box-set ADÈS 7041/44 First issue (F) box-set, booklet & records mint 215€ -RAVEL: L'Oeuvre pour piano (complete solo piano works) - Samson FRANCOIS 3LP box-set LA VOIX DE SON MAITRE CVHS 2054/56 stereo - first french issue (F) box near mint, booklet & records mint 245€ -RAVEL: Complete solo piano works - Walter GIESEKING 3LP box-set COLUMBIA FCX 528/30 First blue/silver label - First French issue - Wonderful booklet (F) DREAM CONDITION 445€ -RAVEL: Complete solo piano works – Monique HAAS 3LP box-set ERATO STU 70435/37 first blue-white label – There was no STE edition – As for me the finest Ravel complete cycle ever recorded (F) box-set, booklet & records mint 135€ -RAVEL: Le Tombeau de Couperin, Valses nobles et sentimentales, Sonatine - Monique HAAS DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON LPM 18302 First "alle Hersteller" tulip label - Original mono, no stereo exists (G) gatefold & record near mint 85€ -RAVEL: Le Tombeau de Couperin, Sonatine, Jeux d'eau, Pavane pour une infante défunte - Monique HAAS (piano) ERATO STU 70645 First french issue - Original STU, no STE exists (F) sleeve & record near mint 30€ -RAVEL: Gaspard de la nuit, Le Tombeau de Couperin - Samson FRANCOIS COLUMBIA FCX 679 First blue/silver label - Original mono, no stereo exists (These mono recordings were made in 1958 and are not part of the complete Ravel cycle Samson Francois recorded in the 60s) Wonderful cover artwork by Atelier Cassandre, Paris (F) wooden-spine sleeve near mint, record mint 445€ -RAVEL: Gaspard de la nuit, Miroirs - Vlado PERLEMUTER PATHÉ-VOX VP 370 First cream label - Original mono, no stereo exists (F) sleeve near mint, record mint 695€ -RAVEL: Valses nobles et sentimentales, Jeux d'eau, Sonatine - Jean-Claude ENGLEBERT 10-inch PRETORIA 25 CL 8003 First french issue - One of the finest and rarest french piano records (F) sleeve & record near mint 415€ -RAVEL : Complete piano works – Jacques ROUVIER 3LP box-set CALLIOPE 1824/26 first french issue - luxury linen box-set (F) box-set, booklet & records mint 145€ -RAVEL : Complete piano works & 2 piano concertos – Samson FRANCOIS 4LP box-set LA VOIX DE SON MAÎTRE 2C 165-52281/84 C 2054/6 original french issue (F) box-set, booklet & records mint 95€ -RAVEL: Complete piano works - Jean-Philippe COLLARD 3LP box-set EMI-LA VOIX DE SON MAITRE C167-73025/27 (F) box-set near mint, booklet & records mint 70€ -RAVEL : Gaspard de la nuit, Miroirs – Bernard FLAVIGNY LE CHANT DU MONDE LDX-M-8162 First cream label issue - One of the finest and rarest french piano records (F) sleeve & record VG++ 240€ -RAVEL: Gaspard de la nuit, Valses nobles et sentimentales, Sonatine - Martha ARGERICH DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 2530540 stereo (G) sleeve & record mint 45€ -RAVEL : Le Tombeau de Couperin, Valses nobles et sentimentales, Sonatine – Jean-Charles RICHARD (Recorded in Copenhagen in 1961) VALOIS MB 937 stereo – Limited edition (only 1000 copies were made) This copy holds n° 234 - wonderful almond-green linen luxury gatefold (F) Fabulous interpretation! (F) gatefold mint & record near mint 120€ -RAVEL: Le Tombeau de Couperin, Ma Mère l’Oye, Jeux d’eau – Yvonne LEFÉBURE Solstice FY stereo 018 original issue (F) sleeve & record mint 100€ -RAVEL: Sonatine / DEBUSSY : Preludes – Pierre SANCAN 10-inch RCA F 230003 original mono, no stereo exists (F) sleeve & record near mint 215€ -RAVEL: Miroirs, Le Tombeau de Couperin - Anne QUEFFÉLEC ERATO STU 71038 stereo - first issue (F) gatefold near mint, record mint -RAVEL: Valses nobles et sentimentales / STRAVINSKY: 3 Movements from "Petrushka" - Alexis WEISSENBERG LA VOIX DE SON MAITRE ASDF 902 First French issue (F) wooden-spine sleeve & record near mint 45€ -RAVEL: Gaspard de la nuit, Sonatine, Jeux d’eau, Pavane pour une Infante défunte, Menuet sur le nom de Haydn – Daniel WAYENBERG DUCRETET-THOMSON 320 C 068 original mono French issue, there was no stereo – First white/gold label EXTREMELY RARE (F) sleeve & record near mint 60€ -RAVEL: Sonatine, Valses nobles et sentimentales / SCHUBERT: Wanderer-Fantasie - Nikolai PETROV MELODIYA CM 04123-4 stereo - first blue/silver label (R) sleeve near mint, record mint 35€ (also Schubert) -RAVEL: Ma Mère l'Oye / DEBUSSY: 6 Épigraphes antiques / FAURÉ: Dolly - Geneviève JOY & Jacqueline ROBIN-BONNEAU (pianos) ERATO STE 50154 (F) sleeve & record mint 55€ (see also Debussy) -RAVEL: Ma Mère l’Oye / POULENC: Histoire de Babar – Jacques Février, Gabriel Tacchino, Raymond Gérome (speaker) ADÈS 16027 stereo (F) sleeve & record nm 25€ -REGER: Bach-Variationen, Träume am Kamin - Dieter ZECHLIN (piano) ETERNA 826410 stereo TEST-PRESSING (GDR) sleeve near mint, record mint 85€ -REGER: Fantasy & Fugue on B-A-C-H op. 46, Introduction & Passacaglia in D minor, Sonata n°2 in D minor op. 60 - Hannes KÄSTNER / Organ of the Thomaskirche, Leipzig ETERNA 825402 stereo TEST-PRESSING (GDR) sleeve & record near mint 50€ -REGER: Fantasy & Fugue on B-A-C-H op. 46, Introduction & Passacaglia in D minor, Sonata n°2 in D minor op. 60 - Hannes KÄSTNER / Organ of the Thomaskirche, Leipzig ETERNA 825402 stereo black label (GDR) sleeve & record near mint 35€ -REGER: Organ pieces op. 59, Introduction & Passacaglia in F minor op. 63, Toccata & Fugue in D minor op. 129 - Hannes KÄSTNER / Organ of thee Thomaskirche, Leipzig ETERNA 826388 stereo TEST-PRESSING (GDR) sleeve & record near mint 50€ -REGER: Organ pieces op. 59, Introduction & Passacaglia in F minor op. 63, Toccata & Fugue in D minor op. 129 - Hannes KÄSTNER / Organ of thee Thomaskirche, Leipzig ETERNA 826388 stereo black label (GDR) sleeve & record near mint 35€ -REGER: Ein' feste Burg op. 27, Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme op. 52 n° 2, Wie leucht't uns der Morgenstern - Christoph ALBRECHT / Organ of the Thomaskirche, Leipzig ETERNA 826389 stereo black label (GDR) sleeve & record near mint 35€ -REUBKE: Organ sonata "The 94th Psalm" / LISZT: Fantasia & fugue on "Ad Nos, ad salutarem undam" - Simon PRESTON / Organ of the Westminster Abbey DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 4151391 digital (G) sleeve near mint, record mint 40€ -Sviatoslav RICHTER: Recital (Haydn: Sonata in G minor / Chopin: Ballade n°3 / Debussy: 3 preludes / Prokofiev: Sonata n°8) DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON SLPM 138766 - first "alle Hersteller" tulip label red stereo (G) sleeve near mint, record mint 55€ -Sviatoslav RICHTER: Recital (Bach: 5 Preludes & fugues from The Well-tempered Clavier / Schubert: Allegretto, Ländler / Schumann: Abegg Variations / Rachmaninov: Prelude in G sharp minor / Prokofiev: Visions fugitives n°3, 6 & 9) DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON SLPM 138950 - First "alle Hersteller" stereo tulip label (G) sleeve near mint, record mint 70€ -RICHTER IN ITALY (SCHUMANN: Carnaval de Vienne (Faschingschwank aus Wien), Piano sonata n° 2 , Papillons) - Sviatoslav RICHTER HIS MASTER'S VOICE ASD 520 stereophonic golden circle - first english issue (UK) sleeve near mint, record mint 295€ (also Schumann) -RICHTER EN ITALIE (SCHUMANN: Carnaval de Vienne (Faschingschwank aus Wien), Piano sonata n° 2 , Papillons) - Sviatoslav RICHTER LA VOIX DE SON MAITRE ASDF 761 stereo - first red/silver label (F) wooden-spine sleeve near mint, record mint 95€ (also Schumann) -Sviatoslav RICHTER at Carnegie Hall (25 October 1960) (HAYDN: Piano sonata n° 50 in C major / SCHUMANN: 3 Novelettes op. 21 / DEBUSSY: Suite bergamasque, Images (book I), L'Île joyeuse 2LP gatefold COLUMBIA RECORDS Masterworks M2L 274 first six-eye grey label - first US issue (US) gatefold & records near mint 65€ -Sviatoslav RICHTER à Paris (Recorded live at the Palais de Chaillot in October 1961) HAYDN: Piano sonata n° 49 in E flat major / DEBUSSY: 4 Preludes / PROKOFIEV: Suggestion diabolique op. 4 n° 4 LE CHANT DU MONDE LDX-S 8290 First French issue - Original mono, no stereo exists (F) sleeve & record near mint 65€ -Sviatoslav RICHTER TOKYO RECITAL 1979 (Chopin: 13 Preludes op. 28 / Schumann: Novelettes n° 2, 4 & 8) MELODIA-EURODISC 204004-425 digital (G) sleeve near mint, record mint & unplayed 50€ (also Chopin) -Sviatoslav RICHTER TOKYO RECITAL 1979 (Schubert: Piano sonatas n° 13 & 14) MELODIA-EURODISC 2951050 digital (G) sleeve near mint, record mint & unplayed 50€ (also Schubert) -Édouard RISLER (1873-1929) The complete 1917 Pathé recordings (works by Beethoven, Weber, Chopin, Liszt, Rameau, Couperin, Daquin, Saint-Saens, Chabrier, Granados, Godard) / Louis DIEMER (1843-1919) Chopin: Nocturne n° 2 (recorded in 1903) SYMPOSIUM 1020 first LP issue (UK) Édouard Risler was the teacher of Alfred Cortot and Jacques Février. Louis Diémer was the teacher of Lazare-Lévy, Édouard Risler and Alfred Cortot - sleeve & record near mint 85€ -Nicole ROSSI (recital) Works by Debussy, Chopin, Schumann, Albeniz, Granados, Liszt CNAI ST 12 (semi-private record) Original French issue Very rare item ! (F) Nicole Rossi was a pupil of Yvonne Lefébure – sleeve & record near mint 45€ -ROUSSEL: L’oeuvre pour piano (complete piano works) – Lucette DESCAVES 2LP gatefold VERSAILLES MEDX 12011/12 original mono, no stereo exists – Never seen in 15 years! - Lucette Descaves (1906-1993) was a Marguerite Long and Yves Nat pupil (F) gatefold & records near mint 780€ -ROUSSEL: L’oeuvre pour piano (complete piano works) – Jean BOGUET 2LP box-set BELVÉDÈRE first French issue - stereo EXTREMELY RARE (F) box-set, booklet & records near mint REFERENCE PERFORMANCE ! 145€ -SATIE: Pieces for piano (including Gymnopédie n°1) – Francis POULENC 10-inch LA BOITE A MUSIQUE BAM LD 023 first French issue (F) sleeve near mint minus, record near mint REFERENCE PERFORMANCE ! 70€ -SATIE: 3 Gymnopédies, 3 Gnossiennes, 3 Nocturnes, 3 Morceaux en forme de poire, Heures séculaires et instantanées, Les trois valses distinguées du précieux dégôuté, Avant-dernières pensées, Croquis et agaceries d'un gros bonhomme en bois - Aldo CICCOLINI COLUMBIA SAXF 998 first blue/silver label - wonderful cover artwork by Éditions Mercure, Paris (F) wooden-spine sleeve & record near mint 60€ -SATIE: Vexations – Reinbert DE LEEUW HARLEKIJN HOLLAND PRODUKTIES SAT 001 (NL) sleeve & record mint RARE ! 25€ -SCARLATTI: 20 sonatas (vol. 1) - Wanda LANDOWSKA (harpsichord) LA VOIX DE SON MAITRE "Gravures illustres" COLH 73 First french issue (F) wooden-spine sleeve & record near mint 45€ -SCARLATTI: 20 sonatas (vol. 2) - Wanda LANDOWSKA (harpsichord) LA VOIX DE SON MAITRE "Gravures illustres" COLH 304 First french issue (F) wooden-spine sleeve & record near mint 45€ -SCARLATTI: 11 sonatas - Danièle DECHENNE IRAMAC 6524 stereo First issue (NL) gatefold near mint, record mint 70€ -SCARLATTI: 15 sonatas (vol. 1) - Blandine VERLET (harpsichord Hemsch 1754) PHILIPS "Trésors classiques" 6504119 stereo - First french issue (F) gatefold near mint, record mint 60€ -SCARLATTI: 15 sonatas (vol. 2) - Blandine VERLET (harpsichord Hemsch 1754) PHILIPS "Trésors classiques" 6504139 stereo - First french issue (F) gatefold near mint, record mint 60€ -SCHOECK: Consolations, Toccata / HONEGGER: 7 Pièces brèves, Prélude, Arioso & Fughette sur le nom Bach / MARTIN: 8 Préludes pour le piano - Jürg von VINTSCHGER (piano) COLUMBIA ZCX 5053 Original swiss issue, no other issue exists - first blue/silver label - original mono, no stereo exists - Jürg von Vintschger (*1934) is a swiss pianist who made very few recordings, all fabulous (S) gatefold & record near mint 175€ (also Honegger & Vintschger) -SCHOENBERG: Suite op. 25, 2 Piano pieces / STRAVINSKY: Serenade in A, Piano sonata - Charles ROSEN (piano) COLUMBIA SAX 2480 blue/silver stereophonic / first english issue (UK) sleeve near mint, record mint 195€ (also Stravinsky) -SCHUBERT: Complete piano sonatas - Wilhelm KEMPFF 9LP box-set DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 2720024 stereo - first german issue (G) box near mint, booklet mint, records mint & unplayed 195€ -SCHUBERT: Piano sonatas n° 1-13, Impromptus - Noel LEE 5LP box-set VALOIS CMB 7 stereo - First french issue - Wonderful luxury linen-box (F) box, booklet & records near mint 185€ -SCHUBERT: 10 last piano sonatas - Noel LEE 5LP box-set VALOIS CMB 10 stereo - First french issue - Wonderful luxury linen-box (F) box, booklet & records near mint 185€ -SCHUBERT: 4 Impromptus op.90 / CHOPIN: Ballade n°1, Scherzo n°2 / WEBER: Invitation to the Dance - Nikita MAGALOFF (semi-private recital recorded on October 31 1986) SEMI-PRIVATE RECORD made for the German group Gerling B 6724 stereo - Wonderful interpretation - Fantastic sound (F) sleeve near mint, record mint TOP RARITY 145€ -SCHUBERT: Valses nobles, Valses sentimentales, Écossaises, Laendler - Alain MOTARD (piano) DISQUES CHARLIN CL-14 stereo - first french issue (F) sleeve near mint, record mint 395€ -SCHUBERT: Valses nobles et sentimentales, German Dances, Ländler – André TCHAIKOWSKY COLUMBIA SAXF 1057 STEREO original blue-silver label (F) wooden-spine sleeve & record mint 90€ -SCHUBERT: Valses nobles et sentimentales, German Dances, Ländler – André TCHAIKOWSKY COLUMBIA FCX 1057 original blue-silver mono label (F) wooden-spine sleeve & record mint 45€ -SCHUBERT: Moments Musicaux op. 94, Impromptus op. 90 n° 1 & 3, Impromptu op. 142 n° 2 - Vladimir SOFRONITSKY DOLGOIGRAYUSHAYA 08725-6 (pre-Melodiya) first blue label - original mono, no stereo exists (R) sleeve near mint, record mint 95€ -SCHUBERT: Wanderer-Fantasie, Impromptus op. 142 n° 2 & 4, Moments musicaux n° 2, 3 & 4 - Elly NEY COLOSSEUM STM 523 stereo - first german issue (G) sleeve & record mint 45€ -SCHUBERT: Wanderer-Fantasie op. 15 / BRAHMS: 4 Ballads op. 10 - Jürg VON VINTSCHGER COLUMBIA STC 80577 stereo - first white/gold label - Extraordinary record for both Brahms and Schubert. Only Michelangeli and Arrau match him in Brahms' Ballads. Only Arrau and Richter in Schubert's Wanderer-Fantasie. Jürg von Vintschger (*1934) is a swiss pianist who made very few recordings, all fabulous. (G) sleeve VG++ (wear), record near mint 235€ (also Brahms & Vintschger) -SCHUBERT: Wanderer-Fantasie, Sonata in A Dur D. 664 - Sviatoslav RICHTER HIS MASTER'S VOICE ASD 561 stereophonic golden circle - first english issue (UK) sleeve near mint, record mint 245€ -SCHUBERT: Wanderer-Fantasie, Sonata in A Dur D. 664 - Sviatoslav RICHTER LA VOIX DE SON MAITRE ASDF 788 stereo Original red/silver label (F) wooden-spine sleeve & record near mint 75€ -SCHUBERT: Moments Musicaux n° 1, 3 & 6, Impromptus D. 899 n° 2 & 4 / SCHUMANN: Fantasiestücke n° 5 "In der Nacht" & n° 7 " Traumeswirren" - Sviatoslav RICHTER (Tokyo recital 1979) MELODIYA C 10-16399 stereo (R) sleeve near mint, record mint 40€ -SCHUBERT: Moments Musicaux n° 1, 3 & 6, Impromptus D. 899 n° 2 & 4 / SCHUMANN: Fantasiestücke n° 5 "In der Nacht" & n° 7 " Traumeswirren" - Sviatoslav RICHTER (Tokyo recital 1979) MELODIA-EURODISC 204005425 digital (G) sleeve near mint, record mint 50€ -SCHUBERT: Piano sonatas n° 9 & 11 - Sviatoslav RICHTER (Tokyo recital 1979) MELODIA-EURODISC 203728425 digital (G) sleeve near mint, record mint 50€ -SCHUBERT: Piano sonatas n° 13 & 14 - Sviatoslav RICHTER (Tokyo recital 1979) MELODIA-EURODISC 2951050 digital (G) sleeve near mint, record mint & unplayed 50€ (also Richter) -SCHUBERT: Piano sonata in C minor n° 19 D. 958, Impromptu op. 142 n° 2 - Sviatoslav RICHTER LE CHANT DU MONDE-MELODIYA LDX 78560 stereo (F) gatefold near mint, record mint 40€ -SCHUBERT: Piano sonata n° 21 in B flat major D. 960, Impromptus n° 2 & 4 - Annie FISCHER COLUMBIA SAX 2402 blue/silver stereophonic - First english issue (UK) sleeve near mint, record mint 445€ -SCHUBERT: Piano sonata n° 21 D. 960, Impromptu op. 142 n° 2 - Clifford CURZON DECCA SXL 6580 first english issue - original narrow-band, no wide-band exists (UK) sleeve near mint, record mint & unplayed 85€ -SCHUBERT: Piano sonata in D major D. 850 op. 53, Impromptus op. 90 n° 3 & 4 - Clifford CURZON DECCA SXL 6135 first "Made in England" issue, no "Original recording by" exists (UK) sleeve & record near mint 85€ -SCHUBERT: Piano sonata n° 18 D. 894, 2 Scherzi - Radu LUPU DECCA SXL 6741 first narrow-band label, no wide-band exists (UK) sleeve near mint, record mint & unplayed 60€ -SCHUBERT: Piano sonata n° 21 D. 960 - Valery AFANASSIEV ECM New Series 1328 digital (G) gatefold near mint, record mint 45€ -SCHUBERT: Sonata n° 21 D. 960, Impromptu n° 2 D. 935, 15 Valses & Ländler - Yvonne LEFÉBURE (piano) FY 078 stereo - first issue (F) gatefold near mint, record mint & unplayed 175€ -SCHUBERT: Sonata n° 21 D. 960 / HAYDN: Sonata in E flat major – Hélène BOSCHI SUPRAPHON SUA ST 50537 first red stereo label (C) sleeve near mint, record mint 60€ -SCHUBERT: Piano sonata n° 21 D. 960, 3 Klavierstücke op. posth. D. 946 - Michèle BOEGNER (piano) ERATO STU 70413 First french issue - Original STU, no STE exists (F) sleeve & record near mint 65€ -SCHUBERT: Piano sonatas n° 21 D. 960 & n°16 D.784 - Ingrid HAEBLER PHILIPS 839700 LY stereo (NL) gatefold & record near mint 40€ -SCHUBERT: Piano sonata n° 10 in B flat major, Impromptu in A flat minor op. 90 n° 4 - Daniel WAYENBERG IRAMAC 6522 stereo (G) gatefold & record near mint 45€ -SCHUBERT: Piano sonata n° 21 D. 960, Allegretto in C minor - Artur SCHNABEL (piano) LA VOIX DE SON MAITRE "Gravures illustres" COLH 33 first grey label - original mono, no stereo exists (F) dowel-spine sleeve & record near mint 45€ -SCHUBERT: Piano sonata in D major D. 850 - Artur SCHNABEL (piano) LA VOIX DE SON MAITRE "Gravures illustres" COLH 83 first grey label - original mono, no stereo exists (F) dowel-spine sleeve & record near mint 45€ -SCHUBERT: Sonata n° 20 D. 959 & n° 5 D. 537 – Friedrich WÜHRER PARNASS 7258437 (D) sleeve & record near mint 40€ -SCHUBERT: Piano sonata in A major n° 20 D. 959 / SCHUMANN: Fantasiestücke op. 111 - Shura CHERKASSKY EURODISC 70556 KK First white label (G) 45€ -SCHUBERT: Piano sonatas D. 664 in A major & D. 784 in A minor - SOLOMON HIS MASTER'S VOICE ALP 1901 First red/gold label - Original mono, no stereo exists (UK) sleeve & record near mint 170€ -SCHUBERT: Sonata n° 21 D. 960 – Geza ANDA DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON SLPM 138880 red stereo, first “alle Hersteller” tulip label (G) sleeve & record mint 45€ -SCHUBERT: Piano sonata n° 21 D. 960 - Wilhelm KEMPFF DECCA LXT 2577 First orange/gold label - Original mono, no stereo exists (UK) sleeve near mint, record near mint minus 40€ -SCHUBERT: Moments Musicaux op. 94, Wanderer-Fantasie op. 15 – Adrian AESCHBACHER DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON LPM 18213 first “alle Hersteller” tulip label – mono, there was no stereo (G) sleeve & record near mint 45€ -SCHUBERT: Moments musicaux / SCHUMANN: Waldszenen - Wilhelm BACKHAUS DECCA LXT 5413 first orange/silver label - original mono, no stereo exists (UK) sleeve near mint, record mint & unplayed 65€ (also Schumann) -SCHUBERT: Wanderer-Fantasie / RAVEL: Sonatine, Valses nobles et sentimentales - Nikolai PETROV MELODIYA CM 04123-4 stereo - first blue/silver label (R) sleeve near mint, record mint 35€ (also Ravel) -SCHUBERT: Impromptus op. 90, Wanderer-Fantasie - Peter RÖSEL ETERNA 826217 stereo - first black label (GDR) sleeve & record near mint 35€ -SCHUBERT: Impromptus op. 90, Wanderer-Fantasie - Peter RÖSEL ETERNA 826217 stereo TEST-PRESSING (GDR) sleeve near mint, record mint & unplayed 50€ -SCHUBERT: 3 Klavierstücke D. 946, Allegretto D. 915, Grazer Fantasie, Menuett & Trio D. 334, Adagio D. 612, 2 Scherzi D. 593 - Peter RÖSEL ETERNA 826789 stereo TEST-PRESSING (GDR) sleeve near mint, record mint & unplayed 50€ -SCHUBERT: Impromptus op.142, 3 Klavierstücke op. posth – Jörg DEMUS DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON SLPM 136008 red stereo sticker - First "alle Hersteller" tulip label - One of the first DGG stereo recordings (G) gatefold & record near mint 50€ -SCHUBERT: Tänze / Dances (Waltzes, German dances, Ländler, Ecossaisen) - Jörg DEMUS (piano) DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 139121 first stereo tulip label (G) sleeve & record mint 45€ -SCHUBERT: Compositions for piano duet (Fantaisie in F minor D. 940, Allegro D. 947, Military March D. 733, Grand Rondeau D. 951, 2 Marches caractéristiques D. 886) - Jörg DEMUS & Paul BADURA-SKODA (piano) DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 139107 first stereo tulip label (G) sleeve & record mint 45€ -SCHUBERT: Wanderer-Fantasie, 6 Moments musicaux - Paul BADURA-SKODA (Hammerflügel Conrad Graf, Vienna 1824) ASTRÉE AS 53 First french issue (F) gatefold near mint, record mint 60€ -SCHUBERT: 4 Impromptus op. 142 - Karl ENGEL 10-inch COLUMBIA STC 60730 first white/gold stereo label - first german issue (G) sleeve near mint, record mint & unplayed 40€ -SCHUBERT: 4 Impromptus op. 142 - Annerose SCHMIDT 10-inch ETERNA 720196 First blue/white label - Original mono, no stereo exists (GDR) sleeve & record near mint 40€ -SCHUBERT: Sonata in A major op. 120 D. 664, Sonata in A major op. posth. D. 959 - Eduard ERDMANN (vol. I) ELECTROLA E 80946 “Unvergänglich Unvergessen” series - first German issue (G) sleeve & record near mint 115€ (also Erdmann) -SCHUBERT: Sonata in C minor op. posth. D. 958, Sonata in B flat major op. posth. D 960 - Eduard ERDMANN (vol. II) ELECTROLA E 80947 “Unvergänglich Unvergessen” series - first German issue (G) sleeve & record near mint 115€ (also Erdmann) -SCHUBERT: 4 Impromptus op. 90 / SCHUMANN: Fantasiestücke op. 12 - Eduard ERDMANN (vol. III) ELECTROLA E 80948 “Unvergänglich Unvergessen” series - first German issue (G) sleeve & record near mint 115€ (also Erdmann & Schumann) -SCHUBERT: 4 Impromptus op.90 / SCHUMANN: Fantasiestücke op.12 – Eduard ERDMANN ELECTROLA Dacapo C 05328947 G) sleeve & record near mint 40€ (also Erdmann & Schumann) -SCHUBERT: 4 Impromptus op. 90, 4 Impromptus op. 142 - Edwin FISCHER (piano) LA VOIX DE SON MAITRE "Gravures illustres" COLH 68 first grey label - first issue on LP (F) wooden-spine sleeve, booklet & record near mint 75€ -CLARA UND ROBERT SCHUMANN (ihr Leben - ihre Liebe - ihre Werke) Conrad HANSEN (piano), Margot GUILLAUME (soprano), Helmut KRETSCHMAR (tenor), Will QUADFLIEG, Gisela MATTISHENT, Hans PAETSCH (narrators) DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON LPEM 19102 "alle Hersteller" tulip label - Original mono, no stereo exists - Wonderful gatefold from 1957 (G) gatefold near mint, record mint EXTREMELY RARE 125€ -SCHUMANN: Phantasiestücke op. 12, Toccata op. 7, Intermezzi op. 4 - Agnelle BUNDERVOET DECCA 173.803 First orange/silver label - Original mono, no stereo exists (F) sleeve & record near mint 2595€ -SCHUMANN: Fantasiestücke op. 12 / SCHUBERT: 4 Impromptus op. 90 - Eduard ERDMANN (vol. III) ELECTROLA E 80948 “Unvergänglich Unvergessen” series - first German issue (G) sleeve & record near mint 115€ (also Erdmann & Schubert) -SCHUMANN: Fantasiestücke op.12 / SCHUBERT: 4 Impromptus op.90 – Eduard ERDMANN ELECTROLA Dacapo C 05328947 G) sleeve & record near mint 40€ (also Erdmann & Schubert) -SCHUMANN: Kinderszenen (Scenes from Childhood) op.15 / STRAUSS: Burleske for piano & orchestra - Elly NEY / Staatsoper Berlin Orchestra / Willem van Hoogstraten 10-inch ELECTROLA Dacapo WDLP 561 "Unvergänglich, Unvergessen" (G) sleeve & record near mint 95€ -SCHUMANN: Fantasy op. 17 / BRAHMS: Piano sonata n°3 op. 5 - Edwin FISCHER LA VOCE DEL PADRONE QALP 10188 first red/silver label - original mono, no stereo exists - first italian issue (I) sleeve near mint, record mint 50€ (also Brahms) -SCHUMANN: Fantasy op.17, Symphonic Studies op.13 – Geza ANDA DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON SLPM 138868 TEST-PRESSING red stereo (G) sleeve near mint, record mint 75€ -SCHUMANN: Fantasy op.17, Symphonic Studies op.13 – Geza ANDA DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON SLPM 138868 red stereo, first “alle Hersteller” tulip label (G) sleeve near mint, record mint 40€ -SCHUMANN: Davidsbündlertänze op.6, Kreisleriano op.16 - Geza ANDA DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON SLPM 139199 TEST-PRESSING (G) sleeve & record mint 75€ -SCHUMANN: Kreisleriana, Carnaval – Geza ANDA COLUMBIA 33CX 1283 first blue-silver label (G) sleeve & record near mint 45€ -SCHUMANN: Fantasia op. 17, Carnaval op. 9 - Claudio ARRAU PHILIPS 802746 LY (NL) sleeve & record near mint 25€ -SCHUMANN: Kreisleriana op. 16, Sonata n° 2 op. 22 - Claudio ARRAU PHILIPS 6500394 (NL) sleeve & record near mint 25€ -SCHUMANN: Waldszenen op. 82, Fantasiestücke op. 12 - Claudio ARRAU PHILIPS 6500423 (NL) sleeve & record near mint 25€ -SCHUMANN: Novelletten op. 21 - Claudio ARRAU PHILIPS 6500396 (NL) sleeve & record near mint 25€ -SCHUMANN: Davidsbündlertänze op. 6, Nachtstücke op. 23 - Claudio ARRAU PHILIPS 6500178 (NL) sleeve & record near mint 25€ -SCHUMANN: Symphonic studies op. 13, Abegg Variations - Claudio ARRAU PHILIPS 6500130 (NL) sleeve & record near mint 25€ -SCHUMANN: Sonata n° 1 op. 11, 3 Fantasiestücke op. 111 - Claudio ARRAU PHILIPS 802793 LY (NL) sleeve & record near mint 25€ -SCHUMANN: Faschingsschwank aus Wien op. 26, Humoreske op. 20, Arabeske op. 18 - Claudio ARRAU PHILIPS 839709 LY (NL) sleeve & record near mint 25€ -SCHUMANN: Carnaval, Faschingschwank aus Wien - Arturo BENEDETTI MICHELANGELI DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 2536415 stereo - first german issue (G) sleeve near mint, record mint 30€ -SCHUMANN: Carnaval op. 9, 3 Pieces from the "Album für die Jugend" - Arturo BENEDETTI MICHELANGELI EMI-ELECTROLA 1C06502613 (G) sleeve near mint, record mint 30€ -SCHUMANN: Carnaval, Piano sonata n° 1 – György SEBÖK ERATO LDE 3066 first French issue original LDE, no STE exists (F) sleeve & record near mint 65€ -SCHUMANN: Kinderszenen (Scenes from childhood), Fantasiestücke op. 12, Papillons - György SEBÖK ERATO LDE 3116 First issue - Original mono, no stereo exists (F) sleeve & record near mint 65€ -SCHUMANN: Davidsbündlertänze op. 6 - Thierry DE BRUNHOFF PATHÉ ASTX 338 stereo - First French issue - (F) wooden-spine sleeve & record near mint 125€ -SCHUMANN: Kinderszenen (Scenes from Childhood), Humoresque – Dominique MERLET CLUB NATIONAL DU DISQUE CND 37 original blue/silver label (F) sleeve & record near mint 85€ -SCHUMANN: 8 Novelettes op. 21 - Yvonne LORIOD VEGA C 30 S 170 first white label - original mono, no stereo exists (F) sleeve & record near mint 90€ -SCHUMANN: 8 Noveletten op. 21 – Jacqueline BLANCARD DECCA LXT 5120 original orange/gold label (UK) sleeve & record near mint 85€ -SCHUMANN: Carnaval op. 9 - Fabienne JACQUINOT 10-inch DUCRETET-THOMSON 270 C 094 First gold circle label - Original mono, no stereo exists (F) sleeve & record near mint 445€ -SCHUMANN: Davidsbündlertänze op. 6 - Fabienne JACQUINOT 10-inch DUCRETET-THOMSON 255 C 031 First gold circle label - Original mono, no stereo exists (F) sleeve VG+, record near mint 245€ -SCHUMANN: Fantasy op. 17, Davidsbündlertänze op. 6 – Catherine COLLARD ERATO STU 70814 there was no STE (F) gatefold & record mint 70€ -SCHUMANN: Sonata n° 2, Papillons, 3 Romances, Arabesque – Catherine COLLARD ERATO STU 71145 there was no STE (F) gatefold & record mint 65€ -SCHUMANN: Piano sonatas n° 1 & 2 - Peter RÖSEL ETERNA 827367 stereo - first black label (GDR) sleeve & record near mint 40€ -SCHUMANN: Piano sonata n° 1 / BRAHMS: Piano sonata n° 1 - Annerose SCHMIDT ETERNA 820214 First blue/white label - Original mono, no stereo exists (GDR) sleeve near mint minus (light wear), record near mint 45€ (also Brahms) -SCHUMANN: Fantasy op. 17, March op. 76 n° 2, Toccata - Annerose SCHMIDT ETERNA 826523 stereo TEST-PRESSING (GDR) sleeve near mint, record mint & unplayed 70€ -SCHUMANN: Carnaval, Humoreske - Annerose SCHMIDT ETERNA 826922 stereo TEST-PRESSING (GDR) sleeve near mint, record mint & unplayed 70€ -SCHUMANN: Kreisleriana, Faschingsschwank aus Wien - Annerose SCHMIDT ETERNA 826585 stereo TEST-PRESSING (GDR) sleeve near mint, record mint & unplayed 70€ -SCHUMANN: Davidsbündlertänze - Annerose SCHMIDT ETERNA 826921 stereo TEST-PRESSING (GDR) sleeve near mint, record mint & unplayed 70€ -SCHUMANN: Carnaval, Papillons - Annette WEISBROD HUG HC 8053 stereo - Original Swiss issue, no other issue exists - Swiss pianist Annette Weibrod (born in 1937) was a pupil of Adrian Aeschbacher & Paul Baumgartner AUTOGRAPHED BY THE ARTIST (S) sleeve & record near mint 95€ -SCHUMANN: Carnaval, Carnaval de Vienne (Faschingschwank aus Wien) – Brigitte ENGERER PHILIPS 4111471 (F) Nice cover featuring artist’s portrait - gatefold near mint, record mint 40€ -SCHUMANN: Kinderszenen (Scenes from Childhood), Sonata n°2, Bunte Blätter, Abegg Variations – Brigitte ENGERER PHILIPS 4111861 (F) Nice cover featuring artist’s portrait - gatefold & record mint 40€ -SCHUMANN: Kinderszenen (Scenes from Childhood), Sonata n°2, Bunte Blätter, Abegg Variations – Brigitte ENGERER LE CHANT DU MONDE LDX 78696 Same recording as Philips issue. This recital was recorded by Melodiya in Moscow in May 1979. It was issued firstly by Le Chant du Monde and then by Philips (F) Nice cover featuring artist’s portrait gatefold & record mint 50€ -SCHUMANN: Kreisleriana – Germaine LEROUX 10-inch SUPRAPHON LPM 322 – original blue/gold label – mono, no stereo exists (C) sleeve & record near mint 40€ -SCHUMANN: Kreisleriana, Blumenstück - Stanislav BUNIN MELODIYA C1021771004 stereo (R) sleeve & record mint 35€ -SCHUMANN: Waldszenen, Humoresque, Variations on "ABEGG" - Michel DALBERTO ERATO EPR 15534 First french issue (F) 30€ -SCHUMANN: Waldszenen / SCHUBERT: Moments musicaux - Wilhelm BACKHAUS DECCA LXT 5413 first orange/silver label - original mono, no stereo exists (UK) sleeve near mint, record mint & unplayed 55€ (also Schubert) -SCHUMANN: Kinderszenen (Scenes from Childhood), Kreisleriana - Martha ARGERICH DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 4106531 digital (G) sleeve near mint, record mint 35€ -SCHUMANN: Fantasy op. 17, Fantasiestücke op. 12 – Martha ARGERICH CBS MASTERWORKS 76713 (G) sleeve near mint, record mint 45€ -SCHUMANN: Carnaval op. 9, Carnaval de Vienne op. 26 (Faschingschwank aus Wien) - György CZIFFRA LA VOIX DE SON MAITRE FALP 481 first red/silver label - original mono, no stereo exists - wonderful cover artwork by Éditions Mercure, Paris (F) wooden-spine sleeve near mint, record mint 80€ -SCHUMANN: Carnaval op. 9 – Andor FOLDES 10-inch DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON LP 16108 original mono, there was no stereo - “alle Hersteller” tulip label (G) sleeve & record near mint 50€ -SCHUMANN: Carnaval op. 9, Symphonic studies op. 13 (Études symphoniques) – Alfred CORTOT HIS MASTER'S VOICE ALP 1142 - First red/gold label - first english issue (UK) sleeve near mint, record mint 70€ -SCHUMANN: Carnaval op. 9, Symphonic studies op. 13 (Études symphoniques) – Alfred CORTOT LA VOIX DE SON MAITRE FALP 321 first red-silver label (F) sleeve & record near mint minus 70€ -SCHUMANN: Symphonic studies op. 13 (Études symphoniques) / FRANCK: Prélude, Choral & Fugue - Alfred CORTOT LA VOIX DE SON MAITRE "Gravures illustres" COLH 69 first grey label - original mono, no stereo exists (F) wooden-spine sleeve near mint, record mint & unplayed 70€ (also Franck) -SCHUMANN: Symphonic studies, Warum, Schlummerlied, Novelette n° 1 - Elly NEY COLOSSEUM M 508 first german issue (G) sleeve near mint, record mint 50€ -SCHUMANN: Symphonic studies / LISZT: Sonata in B minor - Vladimir SOFRONITZKY MELODIYA 5289-61 early blue/silver label (R) sleeve & record near mint 60€ (also Liszt) -SCHUMANN: Symphonic studies op. 13 (Études symphoniques) / FRANCK: Variations symphoniques - Moura LYMPANY (piano) / Walter Susskind / Philharmonia Orchestra HIS MASTER'S VOICE CLP 1002 first plum/gold label - original mono, no stereo exists - first english issue (UK) sleeve & record near mint 50€ (also Franck) -SCHUMANN: Fantasy op. 17, Sonata n° 1 op. 11 – Lucienne DUMONT SOLSTICE FR 830915 first French issue Quite rare! (F) sleeve & record mint 50€ -SCHUMANN: Kinderszenen (Scenes from childhood), 3 Romances – Adrian AESCHBACHER 10-inch DETSCHE GRAMMOPHON LPE 17082 alle Hersteller (G) sleeve near mint, record mint 45€ -SCHUMANN: Kreisleriana – Yves NAT 10-inch DISCOPHILES FRANCAIS n°55 first issue (blue sleeve) (F) sleeve & record near mint 40€ -SCHUMANN: Piano sonata n°2, Novelette n°8, Fantasiestücke op.111 – Veronica JOCHUM VON MOLTKE DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON LPM 18878 Veronica Jochum von Moltke was Eugen Jochum’s daughter (G) VERY RARE ITEM! sleeve near mint, record mint 45€ -SCHUMANN: Fantasy op.17, Bunte Blätter op.99 – Dimitri BASHKIROV LA VOIX DE SON MAÎTRE ASDF 766 stereo (F) wooden-spine sleeve & record near mint 85€ -SCHUMANN : Noveletten op.21 – Dino CIANI DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 642102 (G) cover & record mint 12€ -SCHUMANN: Fantasy op. 17 / BEETHOVEN: Piano sonata n° 17 op. 31 n° 2 "Tempest" - Sviatoslav RICHTER LA VOIX DE SON MAITRE ASDF 245 stereo - first red/silver label (F) wooden-spine sleeve near mint, record mint 115€ -SCHUMANN: Carnaval de Vienne (Faschingschwank aus Wien), Piano sonata n° 2 , Papillons ("Richter in Italy") - Sviatoslav RICHTER HIS MASTER'S VOICE ASD 520 stereophonic golden circle - first english issue (UK) sleeve near mint, record mint 295€ (also Richter) -SCHUMANN: Carnaval de Vienne (Faschingschwank aus Wien), Piano sonata n° 2 , Papillons ("Richter en Italie") - Sviatoslav RICHTER LA VOIX DE SON MAITRE ASDF 761 stereo - first red/silver label (F) wooden-spine sleeve near mint, record mint 95€ (also Richter) -SCHUMANN: Waldszenen, Fantasiestücke, Marsch – Sviatoslav RICHTER DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON LPM 18355 "alle Hersteller" tulip label (G) sleeve & record near mint 40€ -SCHUMANN: Waldszenen, Fantasiestücke, Marsch – Sviatoslav RICHTER SUPRAPHON SUA 10279 (C) cover & record near mint 30€ -SCHUMANN: Symphonic studies / BEETHOVEN: Piano sonata n° 27 op. 90 - Sviatoslav RICHTER LE CHANT DU MONDE -MELODIYA LDX 78557 stereo (F) gatefold near mint, record mint 35€ -SCHUMANN: Bunte Blätter / BRAHMS: 3 Pieces from op. 118 - Sviatoslav RICHTER MELODIYA CM 03739/40 stereo - first blue/silver label (R) sleeve near mint, record mint & unplayed 35€ -SCHUMANN: Davidsbündlertänze, Papillons - Christian ZACHARIAS (piano) EMI 1C06330814 stereo (G) sleeve near mint, record mint & unplayed 25€ -SCHUMANN: Faschingsschwank aus Wien (Carnaval de Vienne) / SCHUBERT: Moments musicaux – Yves NAT EMI Références (F) sleeeve & record mint 25€ -SCHUMANN: Pièces pour petits et grands enfants op. 85, Images d'Orient (Bilder aus Osten) op. 66 - Hélène BOSCHI & Nadine DESOUCHES (four-hand piano) 10-inch LA BOITE A MUSIQUE BAM LD 031 first red/silver label - original mono, no stereo exists (F) sleeve & record near mint 50€ -SCHUMANN: Andante und Variationen / CHOPIN: Rondo / SAINT-SAENS: Beethoven Variations / BUSONI: Duettino concertante after Mozart - DUO KURT BAUER-HEIDI BUNG DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON SLPM 136018 TEST-PRESSING One of the first DGG stereo recordings - 1958 issue (G) gatefold near mint, record mint 95€ (also Musik) -SCHUMANN: Andante und Variationen / CHOPIN: Rondo / SAINT-SAENS: Beethoven Variations / BUSONI: Duettino concertante after Mozart - DUO KURT BAUER-HEIDI BUNG DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON SLPM 136018 First "alle Hersteller" tulip label - stereo sticker - One of the first DGG stereo recordings - 1958 issue (G) gatefold near mint, record mint 75€ (also Musik) -SCRIABIN: Piano sonatas n° 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9 & 10, 12 Etudes - Vladimir SOFRONITSKY (piano) 2LP gatefold LE CHANT DU MONDE LDX 78764/65 (F) gatefold near mint, records mint 45€ -SCRIABIN: Piano sonata n° 10 op. 70, 5 Etudes op. 8, Fantasy in B minor op. 28, 3 Preludes, 2 Poems op. 32 - Vladimir SOFRONITSKY MELODIYA 08779-80 original mono, no stereo exists (R) sleeve near mint, record mint & unplayed 45€ -SCRIABIN: Piano sonatas n° 1 & 3 - Lazar BERMAN (piano) MELODIYA C 10-09315-16 stereo (R) sleeve near mint, record mint 45€ -SCRIABIN: Piano sonatas n° 1 & 2, Fantasy - Igor ZHUKOV (piano) MELODIYA CM 03063-4 stereo - first black/silver label (R) sleeve & record near mint 45€ -SCRIABIN: Piano sonatas n° 3, 4, 7 & 9 - Igor ZHUKOV (piano) MELODIYA CM 03075-6 stereo - first black/silver label (R) sleeve & record near mint 45€ -SCRIABIN: Piano sonatas n° 5, 6, 8 & 10 - Igor ZHUKOV (piano) MELODIYA CM 03215-16 stereo - first black/silver label (R) sleeve & record near mint 45€ -SCRIABIN: Piano concerto, Piano sonata n° 4, 2 Etudes, Nocturne, Fragilité, Énigme - Stanislav NEUHAUS MELODIYA CM 03033-4 stereo - first blue/silver label (R) sleeve near mint, record mint 45€ (also Concerto) -SCRIABIN: Piano sonatas n° 3 & 5, 2 Poems op. 71, 2 Dances op. 73, 5 Preludes op. 74 - Marie-Catherine GIROD SOLSTICE SOL 6 stereo - First french issue (F) gatefold near mint , record mint 40€ -Déodat DE SÉVERAC: Piano pieces - Jean-Joel BARBIER (piano) ERATO LDE 3203 First french issue - Original LDE, no STE exists - Jean-Joel Barbier (1920-1994) was a Lazare-Lévy & Blanche Selva pupil (F) sleeve & record near mint 65€ -SIBELIUS: The complete piano music - Erik T. TAWASTSTJERNA (piano) 5LP set BIS LP 153, 169, 195, 196, 230 stereo - first issue - BIS records were pressed in Germany (G) gatefolds near mint, records mint & unplayed 145€ -SIBELIUS: 3 Sonatines, Kyllikki - Glenn GOULD CBS Masterworks 76674 stereo (NL) sleeve near mint, record mint 30€ -SMETANA: Piano pieces - Mirka POKORNA DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON SLPM 136023 First "alle Hersteller" tulip label - red stereo sticker - cover from 1959 (G) sleeve near mint, record mint 175€ -Padre Antonio SOLER: 7 piano sonatas - Frederick MARVIN (piano) ERATO STE 50282 First french issue (F) sleeve & record near mint 40€ -STRAVINSKY: Piano sonata / BARBER: Excursions op. 20 / COPLAND: Piano sonata - Andor FOLDES (piano) DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON LPM 18279 - first "alle Hersteller" tulip label - original mono, no stereo exists (G) gatefold & record near mint 80€ (also Barber & Copland) -STRAVINSKY: Serenade in A, Piano sonata / SCHOENBERG: Suite op. 25, 2 Piano pieces - Charles ROSEN (piano) COLUMBIA SAX 2480 blue/silver stereophonic / first english issue (UK) sleeve near mint, record mint 195€ (also Schoenberg) -STRAVINSKY: Sérénade en la, Piano sonata, Concerto for piano & wind instruments - Walter OLBERTZ (piano) / Vaclav Neumann / Gewandhausorchester Leipzig ETERNA 825566 early blue/white stereo label (GDR) sleeve near mint, record mint 100€ (also concerto) -STRAVINSKY: Sérénade en la, Piano sonata, Concerto for piano & wind instruments - Walter OLBERTZ (piano) / Vaclav Neumann / Gewandhausorchester Leipzig ETERNA 825566 TEST-PRESSING (GDR) sleeve near mint, record mint 145€ (also concerto) -STRAVINSKY: 3 Movements from "Petrouchka" / PROKOFIEV: Piano sonata n° 7 - Maurizio POLLINI DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 2530225 stereo - first german issue (G) sleeve near mint, record mint 35€ (also Prokofiev) -Magda TAGLIAFERRO “LE PIANO FRANCAIS DE CHABRIER À DEBUSSY” (Debussy: Pour le piano, Arabesques n° 1 & 2, L'Isle joyeuse / Chabrier: Scherzo-Valse, Idylle / Séverac: Le Retour des muletiers / Hahn: Les Rêveries du Prince Églantine / Saint-Saens: Etude en forme de valse) ERATO “Jardin des Arts” EJA 12 stereo – Recorded by Michel Garcin, on 9 & 11 October 1961, at the Studio Hoche, Paris - The “Jardin des Arts” collection was a luxury limited edition. Only 3000 copies were made (including mono issues). My stereo copy holds n° 93 – This marvelous gatefold includes a richly illustrated 11-page booklet – The gatefold is presented in an outer sleeve (like some Discophiles Francais items) RARE AS RARE CAN BE! (F) gatefold, booklet, outer-sleeve & record near mint 750€ -Magda TAGLIAFERRO “LE PIANO FRANCAIS DE CHABRIER À DEBUSSY” (Debussy: Pour le piano, Arabesques n° 1 & 2, L'Isle joyeuse / Chabrier: Scherzo-Valse, Idylle / Séverac: Le Retour des muletiers / Hahn: Les Rêveries du Prince Églantine / Saint-Saens: Etude en forme de valse) ERATO “Jardin des Arts” EJA 12 mono – Recorded by Michel Garcin, on 9 & 11 October 1961, at the Studio Hoche, Paris - The “Jardin des Arts” collection was a luxury limited edition. Only 3000 copies were made. My mono copy holds n° 739 – This marvelous gatefold includes a richly illustrated 11-page booklet – The gatefold is presented in an outer sleeve (like some Discophiles Francais items) RARE AS RARE CAN BE! (F) gatefold, booklet, outer-sleeve & record near mint 245€ -TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano pieces - Tatiana NIKOLAYEVA MELODIYA CM 04275-6 stereo - first yellow label (R) sleeve near mint, record mint 40€ -TCHAIKOVSKY: The Seasons - Igor ZHUKOV MELODIYA C 10-06007/8 stereo - first blue/silver label (R) sleeve near mint, record mint & unplayed 40€ -TCHAIKOVSKY: Great sonata in G major op. 37, Album for children op. 39 - Mikhail PLETNEV 2LP gatefold MELODIYA A 1000611009 stereo First issue (R) gatefold & record near mint 55€ -TCHEREPNIN: 8 Preludes op. 9, Voeux pour piano op. 39, 8 Pieces for piano op. 88, Piano sonata n° 2 op. 94 - Monique HAAS AULOS AUL 53573 stereo - first green label (G) sleeve near mint, record mint & unplayed 55€ -José TORDESILLAS recital "Musiques Ibériques" (Pieces by Albeniz, Granados, Mompou, Turina, Halffter, Larregla, Ruiz de Luna) 10-inch PHILIPS S 05-922 R first french issue - original mono, no stereo exists (F) sleeve & record near mint 40€ -VIERNE: 24 Pièces de fantaisie - Gaston LITAIZE (Great organ of the Église Saint-Francois-Xavier, Paris) 2LP gatefold EMI - LA VOIX DE SON MAITRE 2C16512117/18 first french issue (F) gatefold near mint, records mint 50€ -VILLA-LOBOS: Complete piano works - Anna-Stella SCHIC (piano) 10LP box-set EMI-LA VOIX DE SON MAITRE 2C165-16250/9 stereo - Brazilian pianist Anna-Stella Schic (1925-2008) was a former Villa-Lobos pupil (F) box near mint, booklet & records mint 185€ -VILLA-LOBOS: A Prole do bebe (The Baby's family) - Aline VAN BARENTZEN (piano) LA VOIX DE SON MAITRE FALP 417 First French issue - First blue/silver label - Original mono, no stereo exists - Wonderful cover artwork by Atelier Cassandre, Paris (F) wooden-spine sleeve & record near mint 125€ -Ricardo VINES recital (Pieces by Debussy, Scarlatti, Albeniz, Falla, Turina, Gluck, Borodin, Blancafort, Troiani, Lopez-Buchardo) 1930 & 1936 recordings EMI "Références" 1731791 (F) sleeve near mint, record mint & unplayed 40€ -Jürg VON VINTSCHGER (BRAHMS: 4 Ballads op. 10 / SCHUBERT: Wanderer-Fantasie op. 15) COLUMBIA STC 80577 stereo - first white/gold label - Extraordinary record for both Brahms and Schubert. Only Michelangeli and Arrau can match him in Brahms' Ballads. Only Arrau and Richter in Schubert's Wanderer-Fantasie. Jürg von Vintschger (*1934) is a swiss pianist who made very few recordings, all fabulous. (G) sleeve VG++ (wear), record near mint 235€ (also Brahms & Schubert) -Jürg von VINTSCHGER recital (SCHOECK: Consolations, Toccata / HONEGGER: 7 Pièces brèves, Prélude, Arioso & Fughette sur le nom Bach / MARTIN: 8 Préludes pour le piano - COLUMBIA ZCX 5053 Original swiss issue, no other issue exists - first blue/silver label - original mono, no stereo exists - Jürg von Vintschger (*1934) is a swiss pianist who made very few recordings, all fabulous (S) gatefold & record near mint 175€ (also Honegger & Schoeck) -VRONSKY-BABIN piano duo (CHOPIN: Rondo for 2 pianos / SCHUBERT: Fantasy in F minor / LISZT: Concerto pathétique / MILHAUD: Scaramouche DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON LPEM 19182 first "alle Hersteller" tulip label - original mono, no stereo exists (G) sleeve & record near mint 90€ (also Klavier-Duo) -WAGNER (Zoltan KOCSIS plays WAGNER) Transcriptions by Liszt & Kocsis PHILIPS 9500970 digital (NL) sleeve near mint, record mint 45€ (also Kocsis) -WAGNER: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (overture), Ride of the Valkyries, Tannhäuser (Pilgrims' chorus) / BOELLMANN: Suite gothique / RHEINBERGER: Cantilena / GIGOUT: Grand choeur dialogué - Daniel CHORZEMPA (Organ of the Cadets' Chapel, West Point) PHILIPS 416159-1 digital (NL) sleeve near mint, record mint 40€ (also Chorzempa) -WEBER: Piano sonata n° 3 / PROKOFIEV: Piano sonata n° 6 - Sviatoslav RICHTER (piano) DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 2530086 TEST-PRESSING OF A NEVER-ISSUED RECORDING! (Recorded at The Locarno Festival in september 1966. These stereo recordings are absolutely fabulous, but Richter, for unknown and mysterious reasons, finally refused their release. Like Carlos Kleiber, Sviatoslav Richter was known for being very rarely satisfied with his own interpretations. No need to say that these documents are absolute rarities!) (G) Deutsche Grammophon blank sleeve mint, record mint & unplayed 950€ (also Prokofiev) -WEBER: 4 piano sonatas - Janine DACOSTA (piano) 2LP set BELVEDERE ELY 0901 & 0902 - first plum/silver stereo label - original issue, pressed in Germany (no other issue exists) (G) gatefolds & records near mint 325€ -WEBER: Piano sonata n° 2, 12 Lieder - Hélène BOSCHI (piano), Irène JOACHIM (soprano) LA BOITE A MUSIQUE BAM LD 048 first white/red label - original mono, no stereo exists (F) sleeve & record near mint 175€ (also lied) -WEBER : Piano sonatas n° 2 op.39 & n°3 op.49 – Dominique MERLET CYCNUS AC 4-2 stereo (F) sleeve & record near mint 60€ -WEBER : Piano sonatas n° 2 op.39 & n° 3 op.49 – Dino CIANI DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 2530026 stereo - first german issue (G) sleeve & record mint 55€ -WEBERN: Variations op. 27 / BOULEZ: Piano sonata n° 2 - Maurizio POLLINI (piano) DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 2530803 stereo (G) sleeve near mint, record mint 35€ (also Contemporary) -Erik WERBA begleitet Sie (Erik Werba accompanies you) Lieder by Mozart, Strauss, Brahms, Wolf, Schubert, Schumann (Famous austrian pianist Erik Werba plays lied accompaniments) DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON SLPM 138809 first "alle Hersteller" tulip label (G) Extremely rare! (G) sleeve & record near mint 55€ (also lieder) -WIDOR: Symphonies for organ n° 5 & 10 "Romane" - Daniel CHORZEMPA (Organ of the Basilique Saint-Sernin, Toulouse) 2LP gatefold PHILIPS 6769085 digital (NL) gatefold near mint, records mint 60€ -WIDOR: Symphony for organ n°9 "Gothique" - Pierre COCHEREAU (Organ of Notre-Dame de Paris) PHILIPS "Trésors classiques" 6504027 stereo - First French issue (F) gatefold & record near mint 45€ -WIDOR: Symphony for organ n°10 "Romane" - Pierre COCHEREAU (Organ of Notre-Dame de Paris) PHILIPS "Trésors classiques" 6504105 stereo - First French issue (F) gatefold & record near mint 45€ -"Paul WITTGENSTEIN plays music for the left hand" (Ravel: Piano concerto for the left hand, pieces by Schubert, Bach & Reger) PERIOD SPL 742 first issue - original mono, no stereo exists (US) sleeve near mint, record mint 95€ (also Concerto Ravel) -Maria YUDINA "Portrait einer legendären Pianistin" (BACH: Prelude & Fugue BWV 882, Prelude & Fugue BWV 887, Chromatc Fantasy & Fugue BWV 903 / BEETHOVEN: Piano sonatas n° 27 op. 90, n° 28 op. 101 & n° 32 op. 111, Eroica variations op. 35, 12 Variations WoO 71 / MOZART: Adagio K. 540, Rondo K. 511 / MUSSORGSKY: Pictures at an exhibition / STRAVINSKY: Piano sonata, Serenade in A / BERG: Piano sonata op. 1) 4LP box-set MELODIA-EURODISC 301959445 first gold label (G) box & booklet near mint, records mint & unplayed 135€ (also Judina) -Maria JUDINA "Portrait einer legendären Pianistin" vol. 2 (BEETHOVEN: Piano sonatas n° 16 op. 31/1, n° 22, Diabelli Variations / BRAHMS: 6 Intermezzi / MOZART: Piano concerto n° 20 / SCHUBERT: Impromptus op 90 D. 899 / SHOSTAKOVICH: Piano sonata n° 2 / STRAVINSKY: Piano concerto) 4LP box-set MELODIA-EURODISC 301982445 first gold label (G) box & booklet near mint, records mint & unplayed 135€ (also Judina) |