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    Isaac Albéniz

    • Malagueña, op. 71 n. 8,
      • in The early recordings, Emi 7644902 ADD.

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    • Concerto italiano,
      • Teldec 450993671-2 ADD.
    • Bach/Busoni, Chaconne in D,
    • Partita n. 2 BWV 1004 - Ciaccona,
      • Emi 7692412 AAD;
      • in The early recordings, Emi 7644902 ADD.

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    • Sonata Op. 2 n. 3,
      • in The early recordings, Emi 7644902 ADD;
      • Arkadia GI 903 ADD;
      • Ermitage ERM 123 ADD (Città del Vaticano, live[?], 1962).
    • Sonata n. 4 Op. 7,
      • Deutsche Grammophon 419248-2 AAD.
    • Sonata n. 32 Op. 111,
      • Decca 417772-2 ADD;
      • 2 CD Memories HR 4368/9 ADD.
      • CD Ermitage ERM 432-2 DDD (London, live, May 10, 1990).
    • Concerto n. 1 Op. 15 in C Major for piano and orchestra,
      • Wiener Symphoniker, Carlo Maria Giulini, Dir., Deutsche Grammophon 419248-2 AAD; Deutsche Grammophon 2531302.

    • Concerto n. 3 Op. 37 in C Minor for piano and orchestra,
      • Wiener Symphoniker, Carlo Maria Giulini, Dir., Deutsche Grammophon 423230-2 AAD.
    • Concerto n. 4 Op. 58 in G Major for piano and orchestra, Belgrad Philarmonic Orchestra, Zivojin Zdravkovic, Dir., 07.10.1973, Live.
      • Rococo 2113 (33);
      • Rococo Japan OW 7223/4 RC (33);
      • Discocorp IGI 359 (33) Exclusive EX92T17;
      • Legend LGD 100.
    • Concerto n. 5 Op. 73 in E flat Major for piano and orchestra ``Emperor'',
      • Wiener Symphoniker, Carlo Maria Giulini, Dir., Deutsche Grammophon 419249-2 AAD.
      • Prague Symphony Orchestra, Václav Smetácek, Dir., Praga PR 250021 ADD;
      • New York Philharmonic Orchestra, William Steinberg, Dir., 2 CD Memories HR 4368/9 ADD;
      • Orchestra Sinfonica RAI di Roma, Massimo Freccia, Dir. (Città del Vaticano, 28.04.1960), Memoria ABM-990001;
      • [fragment] Radio Suisse Romande Orchestra, Ernest Ansermet, Dir., Ermitage, in The unknown recordings, ERM 138-2 ADD.
      • Orchestre Radio Television Française, Sergiu Celibidache, Dir., (1974), Arkadia HP601.1.
      • Orchestra Sinfonica di Torino della RAI, Mario Rossi, Dir., (1947), Arkadia HP601.1.

    Johannes Brahms

    • Variazioni su un tema di Paganini Op. 35,
      • Emi 7692412 AAD;
      • in The early recordings, Emi 7644902 ADD;
      • Arkadia GI 903 ADD;
      • Music & Arts [Koch CD-817(2), Michelangeli in performance] (Lugano, 21.05.1973).
    • Balladen Op. 10,

    Fryderyk Chopin

    • Ballade n. 1 Op. 23 in G Minor,
      • Deutsche Grammophon 413449-2 ADD;
      • CD Ermitage ERM 122 ADD (1962).
      • ARCD 01 Cetra (3 CDs) ADD (Torino, 1963).
      • Music & Arts [Koch CD-924(1), Michelangeli plays Chopin] (Torino, 1962).
    • Berceuse Op. 57 in D flat,
      • Teldec 450993671-2 ADD;
      • Music & Arts [Koch CD-924(1), Michelangeli plays Chopin] (Torino, 1962).
      • CD Ermitage ERM 122 ADD (1962).
    • Fantasia Op. 49 in F flat,
    • Mazurka Op. 30 n.3 in D flat,
      • CD Ermitage ERM 122 ADD (1962).
      • ARCD 01 Cetra (3 CDs) ADD (Torino, 1963);
      • Music & Arts [Koch CD-924(1), Michelangeli plays Chopin] (Torino, 1962).
    • Mazurka Op. 33 n. 4 in B Minor,
      • Teldec 450993671-2 ADD;
      • CD Ermitage ERM 432-2 DDD (London, live, May 10, 1990).
      • CD Ermitage ERM 122 ADD (1962).
      • ARCD 01 Cetra (3 CDs) ADD (Torino, 1963);
      • Music & Arts [Koch CD-924(1), Michelangeli plays Chopin] (Torino, 1962).
    • Mazurka n. 47 Op. 68 n. 2 in A Minor,
      • Ermitage, in The unknown recordings, ERM 138-2 ADD.
    • Mazurka Op 68 n. 2 in A Minor,
      • CD Ermitage ERM 122 ADD (1962).
      • ARCD 01 Cetra (3 CDs) ADD (Torino, 1963);
      • Music & Arts [Koch CD-924(1), Michelangeli plays Chopin] (Torino, 1962).
    • Ten Mazurkas,
      • Deutsche Grammophon 413449-2 ADD.
    • Prélude in C diesis Minor Op. 45,
      • Deutsche Grammophon 413449-2 ADD.
    • Grande Polonaise Brillante, preceduta da un Andante Spianato, Op. 22,
      • CD Ermitage ERM 432-2 DDD (London, live, May 10, 1990).
      • CD Ermitage ERM 122 ADD (1962).
      • Music & Arts [Koch CD-924(1), Michelangeli plays Chopin] (Torino, 1962).
    • Scherzo n. 1 Op. 31 in B flat,
      • Music & Arts [Koch CD-924(1), Michelangeli plays Chopin] (Torino, 1962).
      • CD Ermitage ERM 122 ADD (1962).
      • CD Ermitage ERM 432-2 DDD (London, live, May 10, 1990).
    • Scherzo n. 2 Op. 31 in B flat Minor,
      • Deutsche Grammophon 413449-2 ADD;
      • Ermitage, in The unknown recordings, ERM 138-2 ADD;
      • ARCD 01 Cetra (3 CDs) ADD (Torino, 1963).
    • Sonata n. 2 Op. 35 in B flat,
      • Arkadia GI 903 AD.
      • Le chant du Monde ``Praga'' PR 250042 ADD;
      • Music & Arts CD-955 (London, live, 30.06.1959).
    • Valse Op. 69 n. 1 in A flat Major,
      • Ermitage, in The unknown recordings, ERM 138-2 ADD;
      • ARCD 01 Cetra (3 CDs) ADD (Torino, 1963).
    • Valzer brillante Op. 69 n. 1,
      • ARCD 01 Cetra (3 CDs) ADD (Torino, 1963).
    • Valzer Op. post.,
      • CD Ermitage ERM 122 ADD (1962).
      • ARCD 01 Cetra (3 CDs) ADD (Torino, 1963).
    • Waltzer post. in E flat,
    • Three Waltzers,
    • Waltzer Op. 34 n. 1 in A flat,
    • Waltzer Op. 69 n. 1 in A flat,

    Muzio Clementi

    • Sonata in B flat Op. 12 n. 1,
      • Music & Arts CD-955 (London, live, 30.061959).

    Czerny

    Claude Debussy

    • Préludes Livre I,
      • Deutsche Grammophon 413450-2 ADD.
    • Préludes Livre II,
      • Deutsche Grammophon 427391-2 ADD.
    • Images I et II,
      • Deutsche Grammophon 415372-2 ADD;
      • Ermitage ERM 123 ADD (Città del Vaticano, live[?], 1962).
    • Reflets dans l'eau, from Images,
      • Ermitage, in The unknown recordings, ERM 138-2 ADD.
    • Children's Corner,
      • Deutsche Grammophon 415372-2 ADD;
      • 2CD Memories HR 4368/9 ADD.

    César Auguste Franck

    Baldassarre Galuppi

    • Sonata in C Major,
      • Arkadia GI 904 ADD.
    • Sonata n. 5 in C Major,
      • Decca 417772-2 ADD.
    • Presto in B flat Major,
      • Ermitage, in The unknown recordings, ERM 138-2 ADD.

    Enrique Granados

    • Andaluza, Danza española, Op. 37 n. 5,
      • in The early recordings, Emi 7644902 ADD;
      • Ermitage, The unknown recordings, ERM 138-2 ADD.

    Edvard Grieg

    • Erotik,
      • Teldec 450993671-2 ADD.
    • At the cradle Op. 68 n. 5,
      • in The early recordings, Emi 7644902 ADD.
    • Melancholy,
      • in The early recordings, Emi 7644902 ADD.
    • Concerto Op. 16 in A Minor for piano and orchestra,
      • Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala du Milano, Antonio Pedrotti, Dir., Teldec 9031-76439-2 ADD;
      • Orchestra della Rai di Roma, Mario Rossi, Dir., in 2 CD Memories HR 4368/9 ADD;
      • [fragment] Radio Suisse Romande Orchestra, Ernest Ansermet, Dir., Ermitage, in The unknown recordings, ERM 138-2 ADD.

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    • Concerto n. 4 for piano and orchestra,
      • Züricher Kammerorchester, Edmond De Stoutz, Dir., Emi 7493242 ADD.
    • Concerto n. 11 for piano and orchestra,
      • Züricher Kammerorchester, Edmond De Stoutz, Dir., Emi 7493242 ADD.

    Franz Liszt

    • Concerto n. 1 R.455 in E flat Major for piano and orchestra,
      • Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Ernest Ansermet, Dir., Arkadia HP 624.1 (Genève, live, 08.07.1939);
      • Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Ernest Ansermet, Dir., Ermitage ERM 171-2;
      • Ermitage, in The unknown recordings, ERM 138-2 ADD;
      • Orchestra Sinfonica della RAI di Torino, Rafael Kubelik, Dir., ARCD 01 Cetra (3 CDs) ADD (Torino, 28.4.1961).

    André François Marescotti

    • Fantasque,
      • Ermitage, in The unknown recordings, ERM 138-2 ADD.

    Federico Mompou

    • Canción y danza n. 1,
      • in The early recordings, Emi 7644902 ADD.

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    • Concerto n. 13 for piano and orchestra K. 415,
      • Orchestra ``Alessandro Scarlatti,'' Franco Caracciolo, Dir., Emi 7638192 ADD;
      • NDR-Sinfonieorchester, Cord Garben, Dir., Deutsche Grammophon 431097-2 DDD;
      • Orchestra Sinfonica della RAI, Carlo Maria Giulini, Dir., ARCD 01 Cetra (3 CDs) ADD (Roma, 15.12.1951).
    • Concerto n. 15 for piano and orchestra K. 450,
      • Orchestra Sinfonica da Camera dell'Ente dei Pomeriggi Musicali di Milano, Ettore Gracis, Dir., Emi 7638192 ADD;
      • Emi 7692412 AAD;
      • NDR-Sinfonieorchester, Cord Garben, Dir., Deutsche Grammophon 431097-2 DDD.
    • Concerto n. 20 for piano and orchestra K. 466,
      • NDR-Sinfonieorchester, Cord Garben, Dir., Deutsche Grammophon 429353-2 DDD;
      • Orchestra Sinfonica della RAI, Carlo Maria Giulini, Dir., ARCD 01 Cetra (3 CDs) ADD (Roma, 15.12.1951).
    • Concerto n. 23 for piano and orchestra K. 488,
      • Orchestra ``Alessandro Scarlatti,'' Franco Caracciolo, Dir., Emi 7638192 ADD.
    • Concerto n. 25 for piano and orchestra K. 503,
      • NDR-Sinfonieorchester, Cord Garben, Dir., Deutsche Grammophon 429353-2 DDD.

    Sergej Rachmaninov

    • Concerto n. 4 for piano and orchestra Op. 40,
      • Philharmonia Orchestra, Ettore Gracis, Dir., Emi 7493262 ADD.

    Maurice Ravel

    • Concerto in G Major for piano and orchestra,
      • Philharmonia Orchestra, Ettore Gracis, Dir., Emi 7493262 ADD;
      • Orchestra Sinfonica della Rai di Torino, Nino Sonzogno, Dir., Arkadia GI 904 ADD.
    • Valses nobles et sentimentales,
      • Arkadia GI 904 ADD.
    • Gaspard de la nuit,
      • Arkadia GI 904 ADD;
      • 2 CD Memories HR 4368/9 ADD;
      • Music & Arts CD-955 (London, live, 30.06.1959);
      • Music & Arts [Koch CD-817(2), Michelangeli in performance] (Prague, Spring 1960).

    Domenico Scarlatti

    • Sonata Kk. 9 (L. 413) in D Minor,
      • in The early recordings, Emi 7644902 ADD.
    • Sonata Kk. 11 (L. 352) in C Minor,
      • in The early recordings, Emi 7644902 ADD.
    • Sonata Kk. 159 (L. 104) in C Major,
      • Decca 417772-2 ADD.
    • Sonata Kk. 322 (L. 483) in A Major,
      • Decca 417772-2 ADD.
    • Due Sonate, Kk. 96 (L. 465) in D Major, and Kk. 27 (L. 449) in B Minor,
      • Teldec 450993671-2 ADD.

    Franz Schubert

    • Sonata D. 537 in A Minor,
      • Deutsche Grammophon 400043-2 DDD.

    Robert Schumann

    • Carnaval Op. 9,
    • Carnevale di Vienna Op. 26,
      • Deutsche Grammophon 423231-2 ADD.
    • Album per la gioventù Op. 68 n. 37, 39,
      • Emi 7493252 ADD.
    • Concerto per pianoforte e orchestra,
      • Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Alceste Galliera, Dir., Teldec 9031-764339-2 ADD.
    • Concerto in A Minor per pianoforte e orchestra Op. 54,
      • Orchestra Sinfonica della RAI di Roma, Gianandrea Gavazzeni, Dir., ARCD 01 Cetra (3 CDs) ADD (Città del Vaticano, 28.4.1962).

    Pellegrino Tomeoni

    Antonio Vivaldi

    • Concerto in B Minor (Tr. Alessandro Tamburini),
      • [fragment] Radio Suisse Romande Orchestra, Ernest Ansermet, Dir., Ermitage 171-2 and Ermitage, in The unknown recordings, ERM 138-2 ADD (Genève, 11.11.1942).

    Collections

    • Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli Plays Schumann, Chopin, Debussy, and Mompou,
      • The unpublished EMI live recordings, London 1957.

See also Aura.