Robert Casadesus The Complete Columbia Album Collection 65 CD

Sony Classical is pleased to release the first ever collection of the great French pianist-composer Robert Casadesus's recordings for Columbia Masterworks. This must-have box set features 62 recordings that have been newly transferred, mixed and mastered from the original analogue discs and tapes using 24 bit/ 192 kHz technology. Included in the collection are stunning collaborations with some of the world's best musicians, and composers. This includes: 16-time Grammy winner, Leonard Bernstein; internationally renowned French virtuoso violinist, Zino Francescatti and British cellist and conductor Sir John Barbirolli. Featured on the box set are 61 CDs of Casadesus's recordings and 4 CDs with recordings from the exceptional pianist and wife to Robert, Gaby Casadesus and their son Jean Casadesus.

Ravel - Sonatine; Menuet from Le Tombeau de Couperin. Mozart - Piano Sonatas 12 & 18. Ravel - Valses nobles et sentimentales.

Mozart - Violin Sonata, K481; Menuet, K355; Gigue, K574. Milhaud - Le bal Martiniquais, op.

Ravel - Berceuse sur le nom de Gabriel Fauré. Beethoven - Piano Concerto no. Ravel - Piano Concerto for the left hand.

Franck - Violin Sonata in A major. CD 5 (1945 / 1946). Saint-Saëns - Piano Concerto no.

Satie - 3 Morceaux en forme de poire. CD 6 (1948 / 1949). D'Indy - Symphonie, op. Franck - Symphonic Variations for piano & orchestra.

CD 7 (1944 / 1951). Casadesus - 3 Danses méditerranéennes, op. Chabrier - 3 Valses romantiques. Fauré - Dolly Suite; Nocturne no. Beethoven - Violin Sonata no.

Casadesus - Violin Sonata no. Schumann - Symphonic Etudes, op. Beethoven - Piano Sonata no.

Bach - Concerto for 3 pianos & strings, BWV 1063; French Suite, BWV 817. Beethoven - Violin Sonatas 3 & 4. Ravel - Pavane pour une infante défunte; À la manière de Chabrier; À la manière de Borodine; Sonatine; Miroirs. Ravel - Ma mère l'Oye; Habanera; Jeux d'eau; Gaspard de la nuit; Menuet antique. Ravel - Le tombeau de Couperin; Valses nobles et sentimentales; Prelude in A minor; Menuet sur le nom d'Haydn. Liszt - Piano Concerto no. Weber - Konzertstück in F minor, op.

Beethoven - Piano Sonatas 2 & 23. Scarlatti - Keyboard Sonatas in E major, A major, D major, G major, B minor, D major. Rameau - Gavotte; Le Rappel des Oiseaux; Les Sauvages; Les Niais de Sologne. CD 18 (1948 / 1941). Mozart - Piano Concertos 21 & 27.

Chopin - Piano Sonata no. Beethoven - Violin Sonatas 7 & 8. Mozart - Piano Concertos 24 & 26. CD 22 (1953 / 1954). Debussy - Preludes Book 1; Six Epigraphes antiques; En blanc et noir.

Debussy - Preludes Book 2; 2 Arabesques; Children's Corner. Debussy - Images Books 1 & 2; Estampes; Masques; L'Isle joyeuse. Chausson - Concerto for violin, piano & string quartet, op. Mozart - Sonata for 2 pianos, K448; Variations, K501. Schubert - Fantasie, D940; Andantino & Variations for piano 4 hands. Fauré - Violin Sonatas 1 & 2. Falla - Nights in the Gardens of Spain.

Mozart - Piano Sonatas 12-14 & 17. Mozart - Piano Concertos 10 & 12. Beethoven - Piano Sonatas 14, 23, 24 & 26. Schmitt - Une semaine du petit elfe Ferme-l'Oeil, op.

Mozart - Piano Concertos 18 & 20. Bach - Italian Concerto, BWV 971; Toccata & Fugue, BWV 914; Partita, BWV 826. Beethoven - Piano Concertos 1 & 4. Beethoven - Violin Sonatas 1 & 9.

Mozart - Piano Concertos 22 & 23. Mozart - Concerto for 2 pianos & orchestra, K365. Faure - Dolly Suite, op. 19; Preludes 1, 3 & 5.

Mozart - Piano Concertos 26 & 27. Beethoven - Violin Sonatas 3-5. Mozart - Concerto for 3 pianos & orchestra, K242; Piano Quintet, K452. Bach - Concerto for 3 pianos & strings, BWV 1063. Beethoven - Violin Sonatas 2, 6 & 8.

Bartók - Sonata for 2 pianos & percussion. Debussy - En blanc et noir; 6 Epigraphes antiques. Mozart - Piano Concertos 21 & 24. Beethoven - Violin Sonatas 7 & 10. Mozart - Piano Sonata no.

CD 53 (1964 / 1944). Bach - Concerto for 3 pianos & strings, BWV 1064. Casadesus - Concerto for 3 pianos & strings, op. Mozart - Piano Concertos 15 & 17.

Bach - Concertos for 2 pianos & strings, BWV 1060 & 1061; Violin Sonata, BWV 1015. Casadesus - Homage à Chausson, op. Schumann - Vogel als Prophet. Ravel - Sonatine; Alborada del gracioso. Debussy - Preludes (excerpts); Arabesque no.

Brahms - Violin Sonatas 1-3. Debussy - Preludes Book 1 (Jean Casadesus, piano). Chabrier - Bourrée fantasque; 10 Pièces pittoresques; 5 Morceaux; Impromptu (Jean Casadesus, piano). Debussy - 5 Poèmes de Baudelaire; Fêtes Galantes; Voici que le printemps; L'âme évaporée; Mandoline; 3 Chansons de Bilitis (Anna Moffo, Jean Casadesus).

Casadesus - Piano Sonata no.