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The Mindru Katz Collection
(8 CDs)


Recordings	Works	Reviews
BRAHMS: Sonata in D minor, Op. 108, Allegro	CD 105 Henryk Szeryng, Violin Mindru Katz, Piano BRAHMS: Sonata for piano and violin in D minor, Op. 108 FRANCK: Sonata for piano and violin in A major Total playing time: 53:06 Price: $13.50	"It is hard to be objective about this recording because the intimacy of the playing draws me so deeply into the music. Szeryng and Katz draw out phrases, filling every segment of every second with beauty and meaning. Their phrases are astoundingly long and extraordinarily interesting...It is interesting to compare it with Szeryng wonderful 1960 recording of the Brahms Sonata with Rubinstein (RCA). Though I love the RCA recording, I find that Szeryng's recording with Katz goes even deeper. It is simply unlike anything else. This is a very special recording." American Record Guide
PROKOFIEV: Concerto No. 1, Allegro-Brioso	CD 109 Mindru Katz, Piano Sir Adrian Boult conducting the London Philharmonic Orchestra in the celebrated concerto recordings, with never-before-issued solo works. PROKOFIEV: Piano Concerto No. 1, in D-flat major KHACHATURIAN: Piano Concerto in D-flat major Total playing time: 66:19 Price: $13.50	“I know of no one outside Horowitz who can produce such a thrilling brio.” Gramophone “Disc of The Month—The pianist is not only brilliant but has attained supreme control of the instrument, with a wonderful range of tonal colour.” The Daily Telegraph "This is Prokofiev ! as Horowitz, Lipatti or Hofmann might have executed the D-flat; for besides the clean, technical prowess and bravura, there is poetry and the unabashed love of the piano's colors. For that rare combination of steel and velvet, try Katz's Khachaturian Toccata, a rendition that rivals the Moiseiwitsch for elan and Lisztian brio." Gary Lemco Audaud.com
BACH: Chromatic Fantasy & Fugue BACH: Concerto in D minor, Adagio	CD 112 Mindru Katz , Piano Mindru Katz Plays Bach With Harry Newstone and the Pro Arte Orchestra Bach-Busoni: Organ Chorale-Prelude: Nun Komm' der Heiden Heiland (BWV 659) Chromatic Fantasy & Fugue (BWV 903) Toccata in D major (BWV 912) Italian Concerto (BWV 971) Concerto in F minor (BWV 1056) Concerto in D minor (BWV 1052) Total playing time: 79:32 Price: $13.50	"Mr. Katz manages to play with such bold imagination-in particular, such kaleidoscopic variety of touch-that you are apt to be spellbound." Fanfare “The Critics’ Choice—From every point of view this performance is way ahead of its rivals. The playing by Katz and the orchestra calls for superlatives. This is piano playing of the highest quality. It compels attention. It manages to be both technically brilliant and full of poetry.” Gramophone
CHOPIN: Etude Op. 10, No. 3 in E Major CHOPIN: Etude Op. 10, No. 4 in C-sharp minor	CD 132 Mindru Katz Plays Chopin The legendary pianist Mindru Katz in rare and some never-before-published performances of Chopin, including spoken words about Chopin. 1-4. Sonata in B-flat minor, Op. 35, No. 2 5. Etude in E Major, Op. 10, No. 3 6. Etude in C-sharp minor, Op. 10, No. 4 7. Etude in A-flat Major, Op. 10, No. 10 8. Etude in A minor, Op. 25, No. 11 9. Ballade No. 3 in A-flat Major, Op. 47 10. Ballade No. 4 in F minor, Op. 52 11. Mindru Katz speaks about dreams, Chopin, and musical revelations. 12. Etude in G-flat Major, Op. 10, No. 5 13. Etude in E-flat minor, Op. 10, No. 6 14. Etude in C minor, Op. 25, No. 12 Total playing time: 73:48 Price: $13.50
BEETHOVEN: Sonata in C-sharp minor, Op. 27, No. 2, "Moonlight" Third Movement, Presto BRAHMS: Intermezzo in B-flat minor, Op 117, No. 2	CD 136 Mindru Katz, Piano Plays Concert Favorites HAYDN Arietta and Variations in A Major, (Hoboken XVII:2) BEETHOVEN 32 Variations in C minor, (Wo 080) BEETHOVEN Sonata in C-sharp minor, Op. 27, No. 2 (Moonlight) BRAHMS Intermezzo in B-flat minor, Op. 117, No. 2 Rhapsody in G minor, Op. 79, No. 2, Rhapsody in E-flat Major, Op. 119, No. 4 LISZT Mephisto Waltz No. 1 Total playing time: 66:29 Price: $13.50
DEBUSSY: Prelude No. 4: Les sons et les parfums tournent dans l’air du soir (Sounds and Perfumes Turn in the Evening Air) DEBUSSY: Prelude No. 7: Ce qu’a vu le vent d’Ouest (What the West Wind Saw) RAVEL: Laideronette-Impératice de Pagôdes (Laideronette-Empress of the Pagodas, No. 3 from the suite Ma Mêre l’Oye)	CD 138 Mindru Katz, Piano Plays French Master Works The legendary pianist Mindru Katz in never-before-published performances of the Debussy Preludes of Book 1, Prelude No. 7 from Book 2 and the long out-of-print performances of works by Fauré and Ravel. FAURÉ 1. Nocturne in D-flat Major, Op. 63, No. 6 DEBUSSY 2-13. 12 Preludes, Book 1 14. Prelude No. 7 from Book 2 RAVEL 15. Laideronette-Impératice de Pagôdes (Laideronette-Empress of the Pagodas, No. 3 from the suite Ma Mêre l’Oye) 16-18. Sonatine Total playing time: 67:52 Price: $13.50
MOZART: Concerto No. 22 in E-flat Major, KV 482,Third Movt. Allegro CHOPIN: Concerto No. 2 in F Minor, Op. 21, Second Mvt. Larghetto	CD 142 Mindru Katz, Piano Yuval Zaliouk, Conductor BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra (Recorded live in Cardiff on December 31, 1974) W. A. MOZART Concerto No. 22 in E-flat Major, KV 482 (Cadenzas by Carl Reinecke) BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra (Recorded live in Scotland on May 31, 1975) CHOPIN Concerto No. 2 in F Minor, Op. 21 Total playing time:66:16 Price: $13.50
BEETHOVEN: Concerto No. 5, Allegro (Segment) SHOSTAKOVITCH: Prelude in E-flat Minor (Segment) ENESCO: Suite Op. 10, Toccata (Segment)	CD 148 Mindru Katz, Piano LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major, Op. 73, "Emperor" The Halle Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli, Conductor (Recorded April 1959, Manchester, England) DMITRI SHOSTAKOVITCH Prelude in E-flat Minor, Op. 34 (Recorded 1958, England) GEORGES ENESCO Suite for Piano, Op. 10 (Recorded 1958, England) FREDERIC CHOPIN Polonaise in A-flat Major, Op. 53, "Heroic"(Recorded 1959, England) Total playing Time: 71:51
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