KRYSTIAN ZIMERMAN
Recorded Concerts & Recitals Compiled by Ateş TANIN
Previous Update: September 15, 2015
This Update: January 2, 2017
New entries for this update are marked with [N] and corrections with [C].
The following is a list of recorded concerts and recitals by the maestro in my collection that are commercially issued or Radio/TV broadcasts. Audience recordings also exist but they are not included. Your comments, additions and corrections will be appreciated.
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LOGO: ** = I have the original issue; * = I have a CD-R/DVD±R copy of the original issue; (PTA) = I have a Privately Taped Audio Recording; (PTV) = I have a Privately Taped Video Recording
BACEWICZ, G.
Piano Quintets No.1 and No.2
2/2009 - Katowice - Danczowska, Szymczewska, Groblewski, Kwiatkowski - DG 4778332 (CD)**
Piano Sonata No.2
18/1/1977 - Warsaw - (PTA) 28/5/1977 - Warsaw - Olympia OCD 392 (CD)** 30/7/1977 - Salzburg - 1st & 3rd mvts - (PTA) 2/2009 - Katowice - DG 4778332 (CD)**
BACH, J.S.
Chaconne from Partita No.2 for Solo Violin, BWV 1004 [Arranged for the Left-Hand by Brahms]
7/1980 - Munich - DG 2470 278 (11LP)*
Partita No.1, BWV 825
12/8/1984 - Salzburg - (PTA)
BARTOK, B. Piano Concerto No.1
11/2001 - Chicago - Chicago S.O./Boulez - DG 00289 477 5330 (CD)**
BEETHOVEN, L.v.
Piano Concerto No.1, Op.15
29/1/1988 - Geneva - O. de la Suisse Romande/Jordan - (PTA) 11/3/1988 - Stuttgart - Stuttgart Radio S.O./Marriner - (PTA) 12/1991 - Vienna - Vienna P.O./Zimerman - DG 435 467-2 (3CD)** & DG UCBG-1027 (DVD)**
Piano Concerto No.2, Op.19
12/1991 - Vienna - Vienna P.O./Zimerman - DG 435 467-2 (3CD)** & DG UCBG-1027 (DVD)**
Piano Concerto No.3, Op.37
9,21,22/9/1989 - Vienna - Vienna P.O./Bernstein - DG 435 467-2 (3CD)** & 9/1989 - DG UCBG-1038 (DVD)**
Piano Concerto No.4, Op.58
13/10/1982 - Tokyo - NHK P.O./Perick - (PTV) 1/3/1983 - Montreal - Montreal S.O./Dutoit - (PTA) 23/3/1984 - Stuttgart - Stuttgart Radio S.O./Kuhn - (PTA) 8/3/1985 - Boston - Boston S.O./Fischer - (PTA) 9,21/9/1989 - Vienna - Vienna P.O./Bernstein - DG 435 467-2 (3CD)** & 9/1989 - DG UCBG-1038 (DVD)**
Piano Concerto No.5, Op.73
16,17,20/9/1989 - Vienna - Vienna P.O./Bernstein - DG 435 467-2 (3CD)** & 9/1989 - DG UCBG-1016 (DVD)** 11/4/1991 - Boston - Boston S.O./Ozawa - (PTA)
Piano Sonata No.8, Op.13
18/1/1977 - Warsaw - (PTA) 28/5/1977 - Warsaw - Muza SX 1510 (LP)** 6/11/1977 - London - (PTA) 20/5&2/6/2006 - Tokyo - (PTV)
Piano Sonata No.21, Op.53
12/8/1984 - Salzburg - (PTA)
BERNSTEIN, L.
Symphony No.2 “The Age of Anxiety” 6/5/1986 - London - London S.O./Bernstein - DG 00440 073 4514 (DVD)**
BRAHMS, J.
4 Ballades, Op.10
7/1980 - Munich - DG 423 401-2 (2CD)** 9/10/1982 - Tokyo - (PTA)
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No.1, Op.15
18/8/1979 - Lucern - Schweizerisches Festspiel O./Kondrashin - Aulide Classiques AC 1139 (CD)** 19/12/1979 - Berlin - Berlin P.O./Abbado - (PTA) 10/10/1983 - Jerusalem - Jerusalem S.O./Bertini - Von-Z S-I-379 (CD)** 23-29/11/1983 - Vienna - Vienna P.O./Bernstein - DG 00440 073 4332 (DVD)** 24-28/11/1983 - Vienna - Vienna P.O./Bernstein - DG 413 472-2 (CD)** 21/11/1986 - Amsterdam - Concertgebouw O./Zinman - (PTA) 27/11/1986 - Berlin - Berlin P.O./Ozawa - (PTA) 9/2003&12/2004 - Berlin - Berlin P.O./Rattle - DG 4776021 (CD)**
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No.2, Op.83
1/3/1984 - Amsterdam - Concertgebouw O./Vonk - (PTA) 19/9/1984 - Stuttgart - Stuttgart Radio S.O./Eschenbach - Lucky Ball LB 052 (CD)** 5-22/10/1984 - Vienna - Vienna P.O./Bernstein - DG 00440 073 4332 (DVD)** 20,21/10/1984 - Vienna - Vienna P.O./Bernstein - DG 413 472-2 (CD)** 30/10/1984 - Madrid - Vienna P.O./Bernstein - (PTA) 2/4/1987 - New York - New York P.O./Skrowaczewski - (PTA) 7/5/1987 - Cleveland - Cleveland O./Dohnanyi - (PTA)
Piano Sonata No.1, Op.1
8-12/6/1979 - Munich - DG 423 401-2 (2CD)**
Piano Sonata No.2, Op.2
28/5/1977 - Warsaw - (PTA) 6/11/1977 - London - (PTA) 8-12/6/1979 - Munich - DG 423 401-2 (2CD)** 30/8/1979 - Edinburgh - (PTA)
Piano Sonata No.3, Op.5
17/11/1981 - Warsaw - (PTA) 2/1982 - Munich - DG 423 401-2 (2CD)** 21/9/1982 - Tokyo - (PTV)
Scherzo in e-flat, Op.4 6/1982 - Munich - DG 423 401-2 (2CD)**
Theme and Variations in d [From the 2nd mvt of Sextet No.1, Op.18]
6/1982 - Munich - DG 2470 278 (11LP)*
CHOPIN, F.
Andante Spianato and Grande Polonaise for Piano and Orchestra, Op.22
7/8/1975 - Katowice - Polish Radio S.O./Salwarowski - Grande Polonaise - Muza SX-0715 (LP)* 24/1/1976 - Stuttgart - Stuttgart Radio S.O./Zagrosek - (PTA) 14/11/1979 - Los Angeles - Los Angeles P.O./Giulini - DG 427 226-2 (3CD)** 9/5/1982 - Berlin - Berlin P.O./Ozawa - (PTA)
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No.1, Op.11
10/1975 - Polish Radio & TV S.O./Maksymiuk - Fidelio 1813 (CD)** 9/1/1976 - Warsaw P.O./Rowicki - (PTA) 1976 - Krakow - Krakow University O./Krenz - (PTV) 29/8/1977 - Helsinki - Krakow P.O./Katlewicz - (PTA) 30/8/1977 - Helsinki - Krakow P.O./Katlewicz - (PTV) 14/4/1978 - Stuttgart - Stuttgart Radio S.O./Bertini - GMP 154/5 (2CD)** 20/8/1978 - Edinburgh - London S.O./Svetlanov - (PTA) 29/9/1978 - Tokyo - NHK P.O./Asahina - (PTV) 11/1978 - Los Angeles - Los Angeles P.O./Guilini - DG 415 970-2 (CD)** 16/12/1978 - Berlin - Berlin P.O./Blomstedt - Fachmann FKM-CDR-188 (CD)** 1979 - Los Angeles - Los Angeles P.O./Guilini - (PTA) 1979 - Amsterdam - Concertgebouw O./Kondrashin - DG 431 580-2 (CD)** 10/5/1983 - Montreal - Montreal S.O./Dutoit - (PTA) 7/11/1986 - Munich - Bavarian Radio S.O./Salonen - (PTA) 8/1999 - Turin - Polish Festival Orchestra/Zimerman - DG 459684-2 (CD)**
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No.2, Op.21
24/10/1977 - Hamburg - North German Radio S.O./Inbal - Eternities ETCD-101/2-S (CD)** 1/11/1979 - New York - New York P.O./Mehta - (PTA) 12/11/1979 - Los Angeles - Los Angeles P.O./Guilini - (PTA) 11/1979 - Los Angeles - Los Angeles P.O./Guilini - DG 415 970-2 (CD)** 23/3/1980 - Los Angeles - Los Angeles P.O./Giulini - (PTA) 1/9/1980 - Lucerne - Berlin P.O./Karajan - Exclusive EX92T41 (CD)** 4/9/1980 - Hilversum - Hilversum Radio P.O./Kondrashin - Rehearsal - (PTA) 22/6/1982 - Berlin - Berlin P.O./Ozawa - (PTA) 8/1999 - Turin - Polish Festival Orchestra/Zimerman - DG 459684-2 (CD)**
Andante Spianato and Grande Polonaise, Op.22
10/1975 - Warsaw - Polskie Nagrania PNCD 008 (CD)** 10/1975 - Warsaw - Grande Polonaise - (PTV) 27/5/1976 - Bergen - V on-Z S-I-406 (CD)** 30/7/1977 - Salzburg - (PTA) 12/9/1978 - Tokyo - GMP 154/5 (2CD)** 13/12/1978 - Paris - (PTA)
Ballade No.1, Op.23
17/11/1981 - Warsaw - (PTA) 21/9/1982 - Tokyo - (PTV) 2/1987 - Rosenhugel - DG 00440 073 4449 (DVD)** 7/1987 - Bielefeld - DG 423 090-2 (CD)**
Ballade No.2, Op.38
21/9/1982 - Tokyo - (PTV) 2/1987 - Rosenhugel - DG 00440 073 4449 (DVD)** 7/1987 - Bielefeld - DG 423 090-2 (CD)**
Ballade No.3, Op.47
27/5/1976 - Bergen - V on-Z S-I-406 (CD)** 26/6/1976 - Venice - (PTA) 30/7/1977 - Salzburg - (PTA) 21/9/1982 - Tokyo - (PTV) 30/9/1986 - Geneva - CBS MK 42404 (CD)** 2/1987 - Rosenhugel - DG 00440 073 4449 (DVD)** 7/1987 - Bielefeld - DG 423 090-2 (CD)**
Ballade No.4, Op.52
21/10/1975 - Warsaw - Polskie Nagrania PNCD 004 (CD)** 13/12/1978 - Paris - (PTA) 21/9/1982 - Tokyo - (PTV) 2/1987 - Rosenhugel - DG 00440 073 4449 (DVD)** 7/1987 - Bielefeld - DG 423 090-2 (CD)**
Barcarolle, Op.60
2/1987 - Rosenhugel - DG 00440 073 4449 (DVD)** 7/1987 - Bielefeld - DG 423 090-2 (CD)**
Etude in C, Op.10/7
15/10/1975 - Warsaw - Polskie Nagrania PNCD 004 (CD)**
Etude in F, Op.10/8
29/10/1975 - Warsaw - Polskie Nagrania PNCD 004 (CD)**
Etude in a, Op.25/4
15/10/1975 - Warsaw - Polskie Nagrania PNCD 004 (CD)**
Fantaisie in f, Op.49 2/1987 - Rosenhugel - DG 00440 073 4449 (DVD)** 7/1987 - Bielefeld - DG 423 090-2 (CD)**
Impromptu No.2 in F-sharp, Op.36
10/1975 - Warsaw - (PTA)
Mazurka in c#, Op.6/2
27/5/1976 - Bergen - (PTA) 26/6/1976 - Venice - (PTA) 13/12/1978 - Paris - (PTA)
4 Mazurkas, Op.24
21/10/1975 - Warsaw - No.1,2,4 - Polskie Nagrania PNCD 007 (CD)** & No.1 - (PTV) 27/5/1976 - Bergen - No.2 - V on-Z S-I-406 (CD)** 27/5/1976 - Bergen - No.4 - (PTA) 26/6/1976 - Venice - No.4 - (PTA)
Mazurka in c#, Op.41/1
13/12/1978 - Paris - (PTA)
3 Mazurkas, Op.56
9/10/1982 - Tokyo - (PTA)
Mazurka in c#, Op.63/3
10/1975 - Warsaw - (PTV) 19/3/1976 - Warsaw - (PTA) 27/5/1976 - Bergen - V on-Z S-I-406 (CD)** 26/6/1976 - Venice - (PTA) 12/9/1978 - Tokyo - GMP 154/5 (2CD)** 13/12/1978 - Paris - (PTA)
Nocturne in F-sharp, Op.15/2
12/9/1978 - Tokyo - GMP 154/5 (2CD)** 2/1987 - Rosenhugel - DG 00440 073 4449 (DVD)**
Nocturne in E-flat, Op.55/2
10/1975 - Warsaw - Muza SX 1309 (LP)*
Piano Sonata No.2, Op.35
17/11/1981 - Warsaw - (PTA) & (PTV) 21/9/1982 - Tokyo - 1st mvt - (PTV) 9/10/1982 - Tokyo - (PTA) 12/8/1984 - Salzburg - (PTA)
Piano Sonata No.3, Op.58
10/1975 - Warsaw - (PTA) 27/5/1976 - Bergen - V on-Z S-I-406 (CD)** 30/7/1977 - Salzburg - (PTA) 6/11/1977 - London - (PTA) 13/12/1978 - Paris - (PTA) 30/8/1979 - Edinburgh - (PTA)
Preludes, Op.28
10/1975 - Warsaw - No.16-19 - Polskie Nagrania PNCD 004 (CD)**
Scherzo No.2 in b-flat, Op.31
27/5/1976 - Bergen - (PTA) 26/6/1976 - Venice - (PTA) 30/7/1977 - Salzburg - (PTA) 13/12/1978 - Paris - (PTA) 2/1987 - Rosenhugel - DG 00440 073 4449 (DVD)**
Scherzo No.4 in E, Op.54
21/10/1975 - Warsaw - Polskie Nagrania PNCD 004 (CD)** 1977 - Warsaw - DG 431 580-2 (CD)**
14 Waltzes
28/4-1/5/1978 - Munich - DG 2530 965 (LP)** 12/9/1978 - Tokyo - GMP 154/5 (2CD)** 21/10/1975 - Warsaw - No.2 - Polskie Nagrania PNCD 004 (CD)** 27/5/1976 - Bergen - No.2 - V on-Z S-I-406 (CD)** 30/7/1977 - Salzburg - No.6 and No.7 - (PTA) 14/4/1978 - Stuttgart - No.6 - (PTA) 12/8/1984 - Salzburg - No.6 - (PTA) 28/5/1977 - Warsaw - No.14 - (PTA)
DEBUSSY, C.
Preludes, Book I
25/9/1990 - Ludwigsburg - Vibrato VLL 435 (CD)** 8/1991 - Kassel - DG 435 773 (2CD)**
Preludes, Book II
25/9/1990 - Ludwigsburg - Vibrato VLL 435 (CD)** 8/1991 - Kassel - DG 435 773 (2CD)**
FRANCK, C.
Sonata for Violin and Piano
7/1980 - Munich - Danczowska - DG 477 5903 (CD)**
GERSHWIN, G.
3 Preludes
20/5&2/6/2006 - Tokyo - (PTV)
GRIEG, E.
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, Op.16
3/3/1982 - Berlin - Berlin P.O./Karajan - DG 439 015-2 (CD)**
LISZT, F.
Concerto No.1 for Piano and Orchestra
4/1987 - Boston - Boston S.O./Ozawa - DG 423 571-2 (CD)** 25/6/1987 - Boston - Boston S.O./Ozawa - (PTA)
Concerto No.2 for Piano and Orchestra
19/3/1976 - Warsaw - Warsaw Philharmonic S.O./Pijarowski - (PTA) 7/2/1979 - Berlin - Berlin P.O./Skrowaczewski - Coup d’Etat CD 505 (CD)** 12/1/1982 - Paris - O. National de France/Bertini - Live Classic Best LCB 124 (2CD)** 7/4/1983 - New York - New York P.O./Mehta - (PTA) 23/4/1983 - Chicago - Chicago S.O./Leppard - (PTA) 10/5/1983 - Montreal - Montreal S.O./Dutoit - (PTA) 31/7/1986 - Bayreuth - Bayreuth Festival O./Barenboim - (PTA) & (PTV) 4/1987 - Boston - Boston S.O./Ozawa - DG 423 571-2 (CD)**
Funerailles from Harmonies poetiques et religieuses
3/1990 - Copenhagen - DG 431 780-2 (CD)**
La Leggierezza
8/1975 - Katowice - (PTA)
La lugubre gondola II 12/8/1984 - Salzburg - (PTA) 3/1990 - Copenhagen - DG 431 780-2 (CD)**
La notte [No.2 from Trois odes funebres]
12/8/1984 - Salzburg - (PTA) 3/1990 - Copenhagen - DG 431 780-2 (CD)**
Nuages gris
12/8/1984 - Salzburg - (PTA) 3/1990 - Copenhagen - DG 431 780-2 (CD)**
Piano Sonata in b
2&3/1990 - Copenhagen - DG 431 780-2 (CD)**
Totentanz for Piano and Orchestra
4/1987 - Boston - Boston S.O./Ozawa - DG 423 571-2 (CD)** 24/4/1987 - Boston - Boston S.O./Ozawa - (PTA)
LUTOSLAWSKI, W.
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra
19/8/1988 - Salzburg - ORF S.O./Lutoslawski - (PTA) 11/1989 - London - BBC S.O./Lutoslawski - DG 431 664-2 (CD)** 9/2013 - Berlin - Berlin P.O./Rattle - DG 479 4518 (CD)**
MOZART, W.A.
Sonata for Violin and Piano in C, K.404
23-26/5/1979 - Warsaw - Danczowska - Wifon WCD-007 (CD)**
Sonata for Violin and Piano in E-flat, K.481
23-26/5/1979 - Warsaw - Danczowska - Wifon WCD-007 (CD)**
Sonata for Violin and Piano in F, K.547
23-26/5/1979 - Warsaw - Danczowska - Wifon WCD-007 (CD)**
Das Butterbrot [Probably not by Mozart]
9/10/1982 - Tokyo - (PTA)
Piano Sonata in F, K.280 10-13/1/1978 - Munich - DG 2531 052 (LP)**
Piano Sonata in B-flat, K.281
10-13/1/1978 - Munich - DG 2531 052 (LP)**
Piano Sonata in D, K.311
10-13/1/1978 - Munich - DG 2531 052 (LP)**
Piano Sonata in C, K.330
10-13/1/1978 - Munich - DG 2531 052 (LP)** 30/8/1979 - Edinburgh - (PTA) 9/10/1982 - Tokyo - (PTA) 20/5&2/6/2006 - Tokyo - (PTV)
PROKOFIEV, S.
Piano Sonata No.3. Op.28
18/1/1977 - Warsaw - (PTA) 28/5/1977 - Warsaw - Muza SX 1510 (LP)**
RACHMANINOFF, S.
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No.1, Op.1
22/1/1978 - London - London S.O./Previn - (PTA) 12/1997 - Boston - Boston S.O./Ozawa - DG B0001858-02 (CD)**
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No.2, Op.18
12/2000 - Boston - Boston S.O./Ozawa - DG B0001858-02 (CD)**
RAVEL, M.
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in G
13-14/11/1994 - Cleveland - Cleveland O./Boulez - DG 449 213-2 (CD)**
Concerto for the Left Hand in D
8-9/7/1996 - London - London S.O./Boulez - DG 449 213-2 (CD)**
Miroirs 8/1975 - Katowice - No.5 - (PTA)
Valses nobles et sentimentales
20/5&2/6/2006 - Tokyo - (PTV)
RESPIGHI, O.
Sonata for Violin and Piano in b
7/1988 - Bielefeld - Chung - DG 427 617-2 (CD)**
SCHUBERT, F.
4 Impromptus, D.899
2/1987 - Rosenhugel - DG 00440 073 4449 (DVD)** 2/1990 - Bielefeld - DG 423 612-2 (CD)**
4 Impromptus, D.935
2/1990 - Bielefeld - DG 423 612-2 (CD)**
7 Easy Variations in G, D.Anh I:12
16/1/1975 - Katowice - (PTA)
SCHUMANN, R.
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, Op.54
25/9/1981 - Ludwigsburg - Stuttgart Radio S.O./Soudant - (PTA) 27-28/9/1981 - Berlin - Berlin P.O./Karajan - DG 439 015-2 (CD)** 28/8/1984 - Salzburg - Vienna P.O./Karajan - Pandora’s Box CDPB 211 (CD)* 31/8/1984 - Lucerne - Vienna P.O./Karajan - GMP 59 (CD)**
STRAUSS, R.
Sonata for Violin and Piano in E-flat, Op.18
7/1988 - Bielefeld - Chung - DG 427 617-2 (CD)**
STRAVINSKY, I.
Les Noces
22/3/1977 - London - Soloists, English Bath Festival Chorus & Percussion Ensemble/Bernstein - DG 423 251-2 (CD)** Pieces for Piano 3-Hands & Piano 4-Hands
9/5/1982 - Berlin - Engerer - (PTA)
SZYMANOWSKI, K.
3 Mythes for Violin and Piano, Op.30
7/1980 - Munich - Danczowska - DG 477 5903 (CD)**
Piesn kurpiowska & Piesn Roksany [Arranged for Violin and Piano by Pavel Kochanski]
7/1980 - Munich - Danczowska - DG 477 5903 (CD)**
Mazurkas, Op.50
30/8/1977 - Helsinki - No.13 - (PTV)
TCHAIKOVSKY, P.
“Potpouri”
9/5/1982 - Berlin - Menuhin, etc. - (PTA)
WEBERN, A.
Kinderstück
10/1995 - Hunawihr - DG 457 657-2 (6CD)**
Klavierstück
10/1995 - Hunawihr - DG 457 657-2 (6CD)**
Variations, Op.27
10/1995 - Hunawihr - DG 457 657-2 (6CD)**
WEISSENBERG, A.
“Mon Destin” for Soprano and Piano Duet
9/5/1982 - Berlin - Auger, Weissenberg - (PTA)
INTERVIEWS, etc. 10/1975 - Warsaw - Scenes from the Chopin Competition & Excerpts from Op.34/1 and Op.22 for Piano and Orchestra - (PTV) 1975 - Warsaw - Documentary “Young Krystian Zimerman” - (PTV) 1978 - Katowice - (PTA) 1981 - Katowice - (PTA) 28/2/1983 - CBC Montreal - Interview - (PTA) 7/5/1987 - Cleveland - Part of an interview - (PTA) 1996 - CBC Toronto - Interview - (PTA) 1997 - France - Documentary “Nocturnales L’Integrale Chopin” including Chopin Sonata No.2 - (PTV) 10/5/2008 - BBC - Interview by Tom Service - (PTA) 2009 - Katowice - In Polish - (PTA) 2010 - BBC - (PTA)