Josef Hofmann, Vol.2: The Golden Jubilee Concert (CD)

The Golden Jubilee Concert (1937) with additional live recordings. Transfers by Ward Marston from original source material in the Hofmann archives at the International Piano Archives at Maryland, University of Maryland.
[1992, 2-CD, 153 minutes]

"The fleetness of his fingerwork is unparalleled, and nobody made the piano sing like Hofmann." American Record Guide

The Golden Jubilee Concert
Brahms: Academic Festival Overture
Rubinstein: Piano Concerto No. 4 in D minor
Chopin: Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23
Chopin: Nocturne in E-flat, Op. 9/2
Chopin: Waltz in A-flat, Op. 42
Chopin: Andante spianato and Grande Polonaise, Op. 22
Chopin: Nocturne in F-sharp, Op. 15/2
Chopin: Waltz in D-flat, Op. 64/1 "Minute"
Chopin: Etude in G-flat, Op. 25/9 "Butterfly"
Chopin: Berceuse, Op. 57
Hofmann: Chromaticon, for Piano & Orchestra
Mendelssohn: Spinning Song, Op. 67/4
Rachmaninoff: Prelude in G minor, Op. 23/5
Beethoven-Rubinstein: Turkish March
Moszkowski: Caprice Espagnole,Op. 37

The Curtis Institute Student Orchestra, conducted by Fritz Reiner
(Recorded November 28, 1937 at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York)

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Chopin: Nocturne in C minor, Op. 48/1
Chopin: Mazurka in C, Op. 33/3
Chopin: Waltz in A-flat, Op. 34/1
Chopin: Andante spianato and Grande Polonaise, Op. 22
(Recorded March 24, 1945 at Carnegie Hall, New York City)

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Hofmann: Chromaticon, for Piano & Orchestra

The Curtis Institute Student Orchestra, conducted by Ignace Hilsberg
(Recorded September 6, 1937)