CMYK NAXOS HistoricalNAXOS 8.111294 ADD W. A. MOZART Playing ൿ THIS COMPACTAND COPYING OF BROADCASTING DISC PROHIBITED. UNAUTHORISED PUBLIC PERFORMANCE, RESERVED. TRANSLATIONS ALLAND TEXTS ARTWORK, THIS SOUND RECORDING, RIGHTS IN 8.111294 & Artur Schnabel (1882-1951) Time Ꭿ 65:13 2008 Naxos Rights International Ltd. Piano Concerto No. 27 in B flat major, K.595 31:31 Not long after his February 1934 1 Allegro 12:57 London Queen’s Hall concert 2 Larghetto 10:53 comprising three Mozart concertos, 3 Allegro 7:41 Schnabel made his first recording of a London Symphony Orchestra • John Barbirolli Mozart piano concerto, No. 27 in B flat Recorded 2nd May, 1934 major, K.595, at the recently opened and SCHNABEL: W. A. Mozart in EMI Abbey Road Studio No. 1, London well equipped Abbey Road Studios. Completed in one session, this recording 4 Rondo in A minor, K.511 9:41 is notable not only for the excellence of Recorded 4th June, 1946 its sound but for the moulding of the in EMI Abbey Road Studio No. 3, London slow movement, taken at a slow tempo, but without any loss of the tension Concerto in E flat major for Two Pianos between successive notes or of the and Orchestra, K.365 24:01 coherence of harmonic progressions. 5 Allegro 9:12 Schnabel’s recording of the Concerto for 6 Andante 8:21 two pianos, with his son Karl Ulrich, is SCHNABEL: W. A. Mozart 7 Rondeau: Allegro 6:28 made up entirely of first takes. In the with Karl Ulrich Schnabel, piano Rondo in A minor, K.511, Schnabel London Symphony Orchestra • Adrian Boult beautifully shapes the phrases and Recorded 28th October, 1936 avoids sentimentality or overt intensity in EMI Abbey Road Studio No. 1, London MADE IN of expression. GERMANY Producer and Audio Restoration Engineer: Mark Obert-Thorn Special thanks to Nathan Brown, Donald Manildi, Charles Niss and the International Piano Archives at the University of Maryland (IPAM) 8.111294 www.naxos.com Cover Image: Artur Schnabel, 1947 (Private Collection) NAXOS HistoricalNAXOS.