Credits:

Wilhelm Backhaus,Franz Schubert,Robert Alexander Schumann,Ludwig Van Beethoven,Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Description:

[Encore Press: Immortal Backhaus 1000] On June 28, 1969, five days after his last performance of Schubert's Improvisation, the great evangelist and giant star of German music, Backhaus, was taken to heaven. This CD is the complete record of the concert held on the 28th and the day before, the 26th, in Ossiachen, Austria. That performance to the point of being painful! But his appearance of not losing his dignity until the last moment of his death deeply impressed the audience. And at the moment of his death, Backhaus became an eternal legend. As if he were Beethoven.

Tracklisting:

1 PIANO SONATA NO.21 IN C MAJOR. OP.53 'WALDSTEIN' 1ST MOV.:ALLEGRO CON BRIO / Wilhelm Backhaus
2 PIANO SONATA NO.21 IN C MAJOR. OP.53 'WALDSTEIN' 2ND MOV.:INTRODUZIONE (MOLTO ADAGIO) / Wilhelm Backhaus
3 PIANO SONATA NO.21 IN C MAJOR. OP.53 'WALDSTEIN' 2ND MOV.:-RONDO (ALLEGRO MODERATO-PRESTISSIMO) / Wilhelm Backhaus
4 MOMENTS MUSICAUX. D.780 (OP.94) NO.1 IN C MAJOR / Wilhelm Backhaus
5 MOMENTS MUSICAUX. D.780 (OP.94) NO.2 IN A FLAT MAJOR / Wilhelm Backhaus
6 MOMENTS MUSICAUX. D.780 (OP.94) NO.3 IN F MINOR / Wilhelm Backhaus
7 MOMENTS MUSICAUX. D.780 (OP.94) NO.4 IN C SHARP MINOR / Wilhelm Backhaus
8 MOMENTS MUSICAUX. D.780 (OP.94) NO.5 IN F MINOR / Wilhelm Backhaus
9 MOMENTS MUSICAUX. D.780 (OP.94) NO.6 IN A FLAT MAJOR / Wilhelm Backhaus
10 PIANO SONATA NO.11 IN A MAJOR. K.331 (300I) 'ALLA TURCA' 1ST MOV.:ANDANTE GRAZIOSO / Wilhelm Backhaus
11 PIANO SONATA NO.11 IN A MAJOR. K.331 (300I) 'ALLA TURCA' 2ND MOV.:MENUETTO / Wilhelm Backhaus
12 PIANO SONATA NO.11 IN A MAJOR. K.331 (300I) 'ALLA TURCA' 3RD MOV.:ALLA TURCA (ALLEGRETTO) / Wilhelm Backhaus
13 IMPROMPTU IN A FLAT MAJOR. D.935-2 (OP.142-2) / Wilhelm Backhaus
1 PIANO SONATA NO.18 IN E FLAT MAJOR. OP.31-3 1ST MOV.:ALLEGRO / Wilhelm Backhaus
2 PIANO SONATA NO.18 IN E FLAT MAJOR. OP.31-3 2ND MOV.:SCHERZO (ALLEGRO VIVACE) / Wilhelm Backhaus
3 PIANO SONATA NO.18 IN E FLAT MAJOR. OP.31-3 3RD MOV.:MENUETTO (MODERATO E GRAZIOSO) / Wilhelm Backhaus
4 FANTASIESTUCKE. OP.12 NO.1:DAS ABENDS / Wilhelm Backhaus
5 FANTASIESTUCKE. OP.12 NO.3:WARUM? / Wilhelm Backhaus
6 IMPROMPTU IN A FLAT MAJOR. D.935-2 (OP.142-2) / Wilhelm Backhaus