Artur Schnabel
Artur Schnabel (17 April 1882 – 15 August 1951) was an Austrian-American classical pianist, composer and pedagogue. Schnabel was known for his intellectual seriousness as a musician, avoiding pure technical bravura. Among the 20th century's most respected and important pianists, his playing displayed marked vitality, profundity and spirituality in the Austro-German classics, particularly the works of Beethoven and Schubert. Music critic Harold C. Schonberg described Schnabel as "the man who invented Beethoven". Between 1932 and 1935, he produced the first recording of the complete Beethoven piano sonatas. In 2018, the Library of Congress selected this recording to be placed in the National Recording Registry for its historical significance. |
Birth and Death Data: Born April 17, 1882 (Bielsko-Biała), Died August 15, 1951 (Morschach)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1932 - 1937
Roles Represented in DAHR: piano
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Recordings (Results 26-33 of 33 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Gramophone | 2B6009 | 12-in. | 2/11/1934 | Quintet in A major | Laurent Halleux ; Marcel Maas ; Alphonse Onnou ; Germain Prévost ; Pro Arte Quartet ; Artur Schnabel | Instrumental quintet | instrumentalist, piano | |
Gramophone | 2B6010 | 12-in. | 2/11/1934 | Quintet in A major | Laurent Halleux ; Marcel Maas ; Alphonse Onnou ; Germain Prévost ; Pro Arte Quartet ; Artur Schnabel | Instrumental quintet | instrumentalist, piano | |
Gramophone | 2B6011 | 12-in. | 2/11/1934 | Quintet in A major | Laurent Halleux ; Marcel Maas ; Alphonse Onnou ; Germain Prévost ; Pro Arte Quartet ; Artur Schnabel | Instrumental quintet | instrumentalist, piano | |
Gramophone | 2B6012 | 12-in. | 2/11/1934 | Quintet in A major | Laurent Halleux ; Marcel Maas ; Alphonse Onnou ; Germain Prévost ; Pro Arte Quartet ; Artur Schnabel | Instrumental quintet | instrumentalist, piano | |
Gramophone | 2B6013 | 12-in. | 2/11/1934 | Quintet in A major | Laurent Halleux ; Marcel Maas ; Alphonse Onnou ; Germain Prévost ; Pro Arte Quartet ; Artur Schnabel | Instrumental quintet | instrumentalist, piano | |
Gramophone | 2B6014 | 12-in. | 2/11/1934 | Quintet in A major | Laurent Halleux ; Marcel Maas ; Alphonse Onnou ; Germain Prévost ; Pro Arte Quartet ; Artur Schnabel | Instrumental quintet | instrumentalist, piano | |
Gramophone | 2B6015 | 12-in. | 2/11/1934 | Quintet in A major | Laurent Halleux ; Marcel Maas ; Alphonse Onnou ; Germain Prévost ; Pro Arte Quartet ; Artur Schnabel | Instrumental quintet | instrumentalist, piano | |
Gramophone | 2B6016 | 12-in. | 2/11/1934 | Quintet in A major | Laurent Halleux ; Marcel Maas ; Alphonse Onnou ; Germain Prévost ; Pro Arte Quartet ; Artur Schnabel | Instrumental quintet | instrumentalist, piano |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Schnabel, Artur," accessed May 19, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/101879.
Schnabel, Artur. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved May 19, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/101879.
"Schnabel, Artur." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 19 May 2024.
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