Frédéric Chopin
24 Preludes, Op. 28
1. No. 1 in C major – Agitato
2. No. 2 in A minor – Lento
3. No. 3 in G major – Vivace
4. No. 4 in E minor – Largo
5. No. 5 in D major – Allegro molto
6. No. 6 in B minor – Lento assai
7. No. 7 in A major – Andantino
8. No. 8 in F sharp minor – Molto agitato
9. No. 9 in E major – Largo
10. No.10 in C sharp minor – Allegro molto
11. No.11 in B major – Vivace
12. No.12 in G sharp minor – Presto
13. No.13 in F sharp major – Lento
14. No.14 in E flat major – Allegro
15. No.15 in D flat major – Sostenuto
16. No.16 in B flat minor – Presto con fuoco
17. No.17 in A flat major – Allegretto
18. No.18 in F minor – Allegro molto
19. No.19 in E flat major – Vivace
20. No.20 in C minor – Largo
21. No.21 in B flat major – Cantabile
22. No.22 in G minor – Molto agitato
23. No.23 in F major – Moderato
24. No.24 in D minor – Allegro appassionato
Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11
25. I. Allegro maestoso
26. II. Romance. Larghetto
27. III. Rondo. Vivace
CD 2
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Sonata No. 11 in A major, K331 ”Alla Turca”
1. I. Tema (Andante grazioso) con variazioni
2. II. Menuetto
3. III. Rondo alla Turca. Allegretto
Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor, Op 27 No. 2 ”Moonlight”
4. I. Adagio sostenuto
5. II. Allegretto
6. III. Presto agitato
Franz Schubert
7. Der Wanderer, D493 (Ib Hansen, baritone) Television production, 1966
Robert Schumann
Kinderszenen, Op. 15
8. I. Von fremden Ländern und Menschen
9. II. Kuriose Geschichte
10. III. Hasche-Mann
11. IV. Bittendens Kind
12. V. Glückes genug
13. VI. Wichtige Begebenheit
14. VII. Träumerei
15. VIII. Am Kamin
16. IX. Ritter vom Steckenpferd
17. X. Fast zu ernst
18. XI. Fürchtenmachen
19. XII. Kind im Einschlummern
20. XIII. Der Dichter spricht
Johannes Brahms
3 Rhapsodies
21. Rhapsody in B minor, Op. 79 No. 1
22. Rhapsody in G minor, Op. 79 No. 2
23. Rhapsody in E flat major, Op. 119 No. 4
Victor Schiøler Vol. 7 ©
The first disc in the seventh volume contains music by Chopin, the composer with by far the greatest representation in Schiøler’s discography.
In the autumn of 1956, Schiøler made a complete recording of Chopin’s 24 preludes op. 28 for HMV, and the plans to issue yet another
installment in the Danacord Schiøler series arose not least from the desire to make this major achievement available to the public. According to
Niels Ravn’s and René Aagaard’s detailed Victor Schiøler discography, the recording was issued on a 12″ LP with the catalog number KBH 1021,
and since it was highly unlikely that such an important Danish record release had not found its way into the Royal Library’s record collection,
it should have been a simple matter to obtain it from there. However, the Royal Library came with the disheartening news that they did not
have the record. Neither did Danmarks Radio, Victor Schiøler’s son or various record collectors who were contacted in the hope of tracking it
down. It also turned out that the disc, very unusually, had not been mentioned, let alone reviewed, in the Danish Music Journal,
Furthermore, no one could recall having seen anything other than a 7″ release (HMV 7EBK 1009) of six of the preludes (nos 4-8, 15 and 16).
Reluctantly, one had to face the sad fact that the complete recording of all 24 preludes had for some reason never been released.
However, the disappointment was not to last. René Torning Andersen of the Royal Library had not given up hope and had searched through
large amounts of uncatalogued material in the Royal Library’s possession. And his efforts were crowned with success when a test pressing of the
record in question appeared from the piles. It turned out that the record had been rejected by the record company at the time due to overdrive,
but this error has now been corrected by Claus Byrith using editing tools that were not available in the 1950s. This means that for 18 of the 24
preludes, the present release – based on the test pressing – is not just a reissue, but the first release ever, and that Schiøler’s interpretation of
the preludes as an integral work can now be heard for the first time.
RELEASE DATE: OCTOBER 2025
CATALOGUE NUMBER:DACOCD 987-988
EAN: 5709499987889
