Plays Bach

Rudolf Serkin (28 March 1903 – 8 May 1991) was a Bohemian-born American pianist. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest Beethoven interpreters of the 20th century. Serkin was born in Eger, Bohemia, Austro-Hungarian Empire (now Cheb, Czech Republic), to a Russian Jewish family. His father, Mordko Serkin, "had been a Russian basso, and taught him to read music before he could read words."

CD 1:

1. I. Allegro - Marlboro Festival Orchestra

2. II. Alla Siciliana

3. III. Allegro

4. I. Allegro - Marlboro Festival Orchestra

5. II. Adagio

6. III. Allegro

7. Thema (Aria from The Goldberg Variations)

8. No. 1 - Canon simplex

9. No. 2 - all' roverscio

10. No. 3 - Canons 1 & 2, motu recto e contrario

11. No. 4 - motu contrario e recto

12. No. 5 - Canon duplex a 4

13. No. 6 - Canon simplex über besagtes Fundament a 3

14. No. 7 - Canon simplex a 3

15. No. 8 - Canon simplex a 3, il soggetto in Alto

16. No. 9 - Canon in unisono post semifusam a 3

17. No. 10 - Alio modo, per syncopationes et per ligaturas a 2

18. No. 11 - Canon duplex übers Fundament a 5

19. No. 12 - Canon duplex über besagte Fundamentalnoten a 5

20. No. 13 - Canon triplex a 6

21. No. 14 - Canon a 4 per Augmentationem et Diminutionem

22. Theme da capo (Aria)

CD 2:

1. I. Allegro - Marlboro Festival Orchestra

2. II. Adagio - III. Allegro

3. IV. Menuetto - Trio I - Polacca - Trio II

4. I. Allegro - Marlboro Festival Orchestra / Schneider, Alexander

5. II. Andante

6. III. Presto

7. I. Allegro - Marlboro Festival Orchestra

8. II. Affettuoso

9. III. Allegro

CD 3:

1. Fantasia

2. Fugue

3. I. Allegro

4. II. Andante

5. III. Presto

6. Cappricio in B-Flat Major, BWV 992 'On the departure of his most beloved brother'

7. Toccata in E Minor, BWV 914

8. I. Adagio

9. II. Allegro

10. III. Adagio ma non tanto

11. IV. Allegro