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Wilhelm Backhaus
Backhaus (4CD SET)
Genre: Classical

Track Listings (16) - Disc #1
1. Piano Concerto No.3 In C Minor, Op.37
2. Piano Concerto No.4 In G Major, Op.58
3. Piano Sonata No.5 In C Minor, Op.10
4. Piano Sonata No.21 In C Major, Op.53 'Waldstein'
5. Piano Sonata No.25 In G Major, Op.79
6. Piano Sonata No.30 In E Major, Op.109
7. Piano Concerto In A Minor, Op.16
8. Piano Sonata No.2 In B Flat Major, Op.35 'Funeral March'
9. Ballade No.1 In G Minor, Op.23
10. Etude No.3 In E Major, Op.10
11. Mazurka No.17 In B Flat Minor, Op.24
12. Piano Concerto No.2 In B Flat Major, Op.83
13. Variations On An Original Theme, Op.21/1
14. Intermezzo No.2 In B Flat Major, , Op.117
15. Rhapsody No.1 In B Minor, Op.79
16. Rhapsody No.2 In G Minor, Op.79

CD Details

All Artists: Wilhelm Backhaus
Title: Backhaus (4CD SET)
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Artone
Release Date: 4/27/2006
Album Type: Box set, Import, Limited Edition
Genre: Classical
Style:
Number of Discs: 4
SwapaCD Credits: 4
UPC: 4011222223623

CD Reviews

Masterful perfromances, uneven and sometimes shoddy engineer

J. Gillon | North Carolina | 05/05/2007

(3 out of 5 stars)

"This set features some truly great performances by the legendary pianist Wilhelm Backhaus. Some of the performances have good sound, but the engineering is very uneven -- sometimes atrocious even on fifties recordings -- and editing is at best indelicate. Poor sound quality costs the set two stars (perhaps should cost three), but at this price one can stand some throwaway material, and it is still not a bad purchase. Backhaus deserves more thoughtful treatment, however."

Poor Recording Quality

Ching-hsi Nan | Honolulu, HI | 11/15/2007

(1 out of 5 stars)

"The pianist is awesome, while the recording/remaster quality is pretty bad. Piano sounds dim and distant."