The Mindru Katz Collection on Cembal d'amour

The Mindru Katz Collection
(17 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	f
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 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: Nocturne in D-flat Major, Op. 63, No. 6 DEBUSSY: 12 Preludes, Book 1 Prelude No. 7 from Book 2 RAVEL: Laideronette-Impératice de Pagôdes (Laideronette-Empress of the Pagodas, No. 3 from the suite Ma Mêre l’Oye) 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
LISZT: Piano Concerto No. 2 in A Major, Allegro animato TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Minor,Allegro con fuoco (Segment)	CD 154 Mindru Katz, Piano FRANZ LISZT Piano Concerto No. 2 in A Major Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra Harold Byrns, Conductor (Recorded 1961, Jerusalem, Israel) PETER ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Minor, Op. 23 Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra Sergiu Comissiona, Conductor (Recorded 10 January, 1969, Gothenburg, Sweden) Total playing Time: 54:53 Price: $13.50
SCHUMANN: Scenes from Childhood (Segment) 4. Pleading Child SCHUMANN: Fantasie in C Major (Segment)	CD 157 Mindru Katz, Piano Mindru Katz Plays Schumann Kinderszenen, Op. 15, (Scenes from Childhood) and the Fantasie in C Major, Op. 17 Total playing Time: 56:42 Price: $13.50
MOZART: Piano Concerto in D Minor, Allegro (Segment) MOZART: Piano Concerto in D Minor, Rondo (Segment) BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Minor, Allegro con brio (Segment) BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Minor, Cadenza (Segment) BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Minor, Largo (Segment)	CD 163 Mindru Katz, Piano Mindru Katz Plays Mozart and Beethoven Concertos MINDRU KATZ, PIANO (1925-1978) With the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra Conducted by Gary Bertini (1927-2005) (Tracks 1-3, recorded: Jerusalem, 1/7/1977) With the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra Conducted by Mendi Rodan (1929-2009) (Tracks 4-6, recorded: Jerusalem, 1/13/1970) MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 20 in D Minor, K. 466 (Cadenzas by Beethoven) BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 37 (Cadenzas by Beethoven) Total Playing Time: 69:24 Price: $13.50
Chopin: Prelude No. 3 in G Major (Segment) Chopin: Prelude No. 11 in B Major (Segment) Chopin: Prelude No. 16 in B-flat Minor (Segment) Kabalevsky: Prelude No. 14 in E-flat Minor (Segment)	CD 167 Mindru Katz, Piano Mindru Katz Plays Marcello-Bach, Chopin & Kabalevsky Never-Before-Published Live Recordings of the Legendary Pianist Mindru Katz MARCELLO—J.S. BACH: Adagio from Marcello’s Oboe Concerto in D Minor (Recorded 4 November 1974, Tel-Aviv, Israel) CHOPIN: 24 Preludes Op. 28 (Recorded 4 November 1974, Tel-Aviv, Israel) KABALEVSKY: 3 Preludes from Op. 38 Prelude No. 8 in F-sharp Minor Prelude No. 6 in B Minor Prelude No. 14 in E-flat Minor (Recorded 4 November 1974, Tel-Aviv, Israel) Total playing time: 51:34 Price: $13.50	“Mindru Katz, a pianist of unbounded strength, vitality, and assurance. It was supremely musical and poetic playing as well as a great technical tour de force.” The Times, London “I know of no one outside Horowitz who can produce such a thrilling brio, and Katz is a far better Beethoven player than Horowitz.” Gramophone Record Review “Mindru Katz Reveals his Genius” “A musician literally to his finger tips, Mr. Katz is an exception even in a world teeming with pianists of high repute.” Yorkshire Post
BEETHOVEN: "Tempest" Allegro (1st movt.) (Segment) BEETHOVEN: "Tempest" Allegretto (3rd movt. )(Segment) BEETHOVEN: "Hammerklavier" Allegro (1st Movt. (Segment) BEETHOVEN: "Hammerklavier" Fuga (4th Movt. (Segment)	CD 169 Mindru Katz, Piano Mindru Katz Plays Beethoven Sonatas, Vol. 1 Never-before-available live recordings by the legendary pianist Mindru Katz in unrivaled performances of Beethoven’s celebrated sonata: The Tempest and the formidable Hammerklavier. LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770-1827) Sonata No. 17 in D Minor, Op. 31, No. 2, “The Tempest” (1802) Recorded: 20 April, 1971, Jerusalem, Israel Sonata No. 29 in B-flat Major, Op. 106, “For the Hammerklavier” (1816-18) Recorded: 9 December, 1972, Jerusalem, Israel Total playing time: 69:50 Price: $13.50
SCHUMANN: Allegro affettuoso (Segment) SCHUMANN: Intermezzo-Andantino grazioso (Segment) SCHUMANN: Allegro vivace (Segment) GRIEG: Allegro molto moderato (segment) GRIEG: Adagio (segment) GRIEG: Allegro moderato e molto marcato (segment)	CD 171 Mindru Katz, Piano Mindru Katz Plays Schumann & Grieg ROBERT SCHUMANN Concerto for Piano & Orchestra in A Minor, Op. 54 The Israel Broadcast Authority Orchestra conducted by Mendi Rodan Recorded: 1963, Jerusalem, Israel EDVARD GRIEG Concerto for Piano & Orchestra in A Minor, Op. 16 The Israel Broadcast Authority Orchestra conducted by Sergiu Comissiona Recorded: 1962, Jerusalem, Israel Total playing time: 61:19 Price: $13.50
BEETHOVEN: Sonata in C Major, Op. 2, No. 3: Allegro con brio (segment) BEETHOVEN: Sonata in C Major, Op. 2, No. 3: Allegro assai (segment) BRAHMS: Piano Concerto No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 15: Maestoso (segment) BRAHMS: Piano Concerto No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 15: Adagio (segment)	CD 175 Mindru Katz, Piano Mindru Katz Plays Beethoven & Brahms, Vol. 1 Scintillating and powerful performances of two great master works of the piano repertoire. BEETHOVEN: Sonata in C Major, Op. 2, No. 3 (1795) (Recorded live: 20 April, 1971) BRAHMS: Piano Concerto No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 15 (1858) The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra Josef Krips, Conductor (Recorded live: 8 July, 1964) Total playing time: 76:55 Price: $13.50	“Katz was a very natural sounding musician. He never drew attention to himself, and never drew the ear away from the musical argument. He certainly did not lack for bravura in his playing, as a listen to his Khachaturian will attest, but he didn't lack for depth of utterance either, as one can hear in his Bach recordings. In the central concerto repertoire he proves a laudable exponent. His Grieg is dispatched with ardour and control, his rubati being pronounced without becoming too stretched, and his little caesuri hinting at the playfulness embedded in the music.” Musicweb-International
Beethoven: Sonata quasi una Fantasia, in C-Sharp Minor; Presto (Segment) Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 83; Allegro non troppo (segment) Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 83; Allegro appassionato (Segment) Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 83; Andante (Segment) Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 83; Allegretto grazioso (Segment)	CD 180 Mindru Katz, Piano Mindru Katz Plays Beethoven & Brahms, Vol. 2 BEETHOVEN: Sonata quasi una Fantasia, in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27, No. 2, "Moonlight" (Recorded live: 16 June, 1971, Tel-Aviv, Israel) BRAHMS: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 83 The Jerusalem Symphony, Mandi Rodan, Conductor (Recorded live: 3 October 1967, Jerusalem, Israel) Total playing time: 64:09 Price: $13.50
Sonata in B-Flat Major, Op. 22, Allegro con brio, (segment) Sonata in B-Flat Major, Op. 22, Menuetto, (segment) Sonata in E Major, Op. 109, Prestissimo, (segment) Sonata in E Major, Op. 109, Andante molto cantabile ed espressivo, (segment) Sonata in C Minor, Op. 111,Arietta-Adagio molto semplice cantabile, (segment)	CD 185 Mindru Katz, Piano Mindru Katz Plays Beethoven, Vol. 2 Sonata in B-Flat Major, Op. 22 (1799/80) Sonata in E Major, Op. 109 (1820) Sonata in C Minor, Op. 111 (1822) (Recorded live in recital, 7 July, 1971, Tel Aviv, Israel) Total playing time: 76:21 Price: $13.50
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