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Rudolf Serkin (28 Mar 1903 - 08 May 1991)

Male Person - Czechia pianist

 Also known as (1)

Releases (5)

Official

Album

  1. Mendelssohn: Prelude and Fugue in E / Brahms: Klavierstücke / Beethoven: 32 Diabelli Variations 2007
  2. The Art of Rudolf Serkin 26 Jul 2020

Album - Live

  1. Rudolf Serkin on Television: The 75th Birthday Concert at Carnegie Hall 2016

Album - Compilation

  1. The Complete Columbia Album Collection 25 Aug 2017

Promotion

Album

  1. Rudolf Serkin - Philadelphia Orchestra - Eugene Ormandy : Beethoven : Concertos Nos. 3 & 5

Relationships (15)

Students

  1. Ronald Brautigam (1982 - 1983) piano
  2. Adrian Ruiz piano
  3. Eugene Istomin
  4. George Fischoff
  5. Peter Orth
  6. Lee Luvisi piano
  7. Richard Robert
  8. Yaltah Menuhin
  9. Anton Kuerti
  10. Monique Haas
  11. Katsunori Ishii piano
  12. María Luisa López-Vito piano
  13. Susan Starr piano

Member Of

  1. Busch-Serkin Trio piano

Children

  1. Peter Serkin

Recordings by (453)

  1. First Movement (Grave; Allegro di molto e con brio) from Sonata No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 13, "Pathetique" 9:23 (1972)
  2. Sonata no. 8 in C minor op. 13. “Pathetique” 2nd Movement ?:?? (1973)
  3. Piano Sonata no. 26 in E-flat major, op. 81a "Les Adieux": I. Das Lebewohl. Adagio - Allegro "Les Adieux" 7:32 (1983)
  4. Piano Sonata no. 26 in E-flat major, op. 81a "Les Adieux": II. Die Abwesenheit. Andante espressivo "L'Absence" 3:22 (1983)
  5. Piano Sonata no. 26 in E-flat major, op. 81a "Les Adieux": III. Das Wiedersehn. Vivacissimamente "Le Retour" 6:03 (1983)
  6. Moment Musical no. 3 in F minor 1:55 (1984)
  7. Mailuefte (May Breezes), op. 61, No. 2 3:23 (1984)
  8. Spinnerlied (Spinning Song), op. 76 no. 4 1:41 (1984)
  9. Sonata for Piano no. 14 in C‐sharp minor, op. 27 no. 2 “Moonlight”: II. Allegretto 2:17 (13 May 1986)
  10. Sonata for Piano no. 14 in C‐sharp minor, op. 27 no. 2 “Moonlight”: III. Presto agitato 7:01 (13 May 1986)
  11. Sonata for Piano no. 8 in C minor, op. 13 “Pathétique”: I. Grave – Allegro di molto e con brio 9:28 (13 May 1986)
  12. Sonata for Piano no. 8 in C minor, op. 13 “Pathétique”: II. Adagio cantabile 5:51 (13 May 1986)
  13. Sonata for Piano no. 8 in C minor, op. 13 “Pathétique”: III. Rondo. Allegro 4:20 (13 May 1986)
  14. Sonata for Piano no. 23 in F minor, op. 57 “Appassionata”: I. Allegro assai 9:19 (13 May 1986)
  15. Sonata for Piano no. 23 in F minor, op. 57 “Appassionata”: II. Andante con moto 7:03 (13 May 1986)
  16. Sonata for Piano no. 23 in F minor, op. 57 “Appassionata”: III. Allegro ma non troppo. Presto 8:04 (13 May 1986)
  17. Piano Sonata no. 14 in C-sharp minor, op. 27 no. 2 "Moonlight": I. Adagio sostenuto 6:30 (13 May 1986)
  18. Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Johann Sebastian Bach, op. 81: Theme 1:31 (1986)
  19. Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Johann Sebastian Bach, op. 81: Variation I 1:20 (1986)
  20. Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Johann Sebastian Bach, op. 81: Variation II 1:16 (1986)
  21. Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Johann Sebastian Bach, op. 81: Variation III 2:49 (1986)
  22. Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Johann Sebastian Bach, op. 81: Variation IV 1:03 (1986)
  23. Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Johann Sebastian Bach, op. 81: Variation V 1:33 (1986)
  24. Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Johann Sebastian Bach, op. 81: Variation VI 1:30 (1986)
  25. Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Johann Sebastian Bach, op. 81: Variation VII 2:08 (1986)
  26. Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Johann Sebastian Bach, op. 81: Variation VIII 1:15 (1986)
  27. Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Johann Sebastian Bach, op. 81: Variation IX 2:20 (1986)
  28. Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Johann Sebastian Bach, op. 81: Variation X 0:57 (1986)
  29. Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Johann Sebastian Bach, op. 81: Variation XI 1:00 (1986)
  30. Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Johann Sebastian Bach, op. 81: Variation XII 2:26 (1986)
  31. Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Johann Sebastian Bach, op. 81: Variation XIII 0:46 (1986)
  32. Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Johann Sebastian Bach, op. 81: Variation XIV 1:40 (1986)
  33. Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Johann Sebastian Bach, op. 81: Fugue 8:34 (1986)
  34. Piano Sonata in C major, Hoboken XVI: I. Allegro 9:47 (1986)
  35. Piano Sonata in C major, Hoboken XVI: II. Adagio 5:43 (1986)
  36. Piano Sonata in C major, Hoboken XVI: III. Allegro molto 2:40 (1986)
  37. Sonate pour piano N°14 en ut dièse mineur op 27 - N°2 "Clair de lune" I. Mouvement 6:26 (1988)
  38. 33 Variations: On A Waltz By Diabelli, Op. 120 50:55 (1988)
  39. 11 Bagatelles, Op. 119: I In G Minor / II In C Major / III In D Major / IV In A Major / V In C Minor / VI In G Major / VII In C Major / VIII In C Major / IX In A Minor / X In A Major / XI In B-flat Major 15:08 (1988)
  40. Piano Sonata no. 30 in E major, op. 109: I. Vivace ma non troppo - Adagio espressivo 4:06 (27 Sep 1989)
  41. Piano Sonata no. 30 in E major, op. 109: II. Prestissimo 2:29 (27 Sep 1989)
  42. Piano Sonata no. 30 in E major, op. 109: III. Tema. Gesangvoll, mit innigster Empfindung 1:54 (27 Sep 1989)
  43. Piano Sonata no. 30 in E major, op. 109: Variation I. Molto espressivo 1:39 (27 Sep 1989)
  44. Piano Sonata no. 30 in E major, op. 109: Variation II. Leggiermente 1:26 (27 Sep 1989)
  45. Piano Sonata no. 30 in E major, op. 109: Variation III. Allegro vivace 0:29 (27 Sep 1989)
  46. Piano Sonata no. 30 in E major, op. 109: Variation IV. Etwas langsamer als das Thema 2:28 (27 Sep 1989)
  47. Piano Sonata no. 30 in E major, op. 109: Variation V. Allegro, ma non troppo 1:11 (27 Sep 1989)
  48. Piano Sonata no. 30 in E major, op. 109: Var VI 3:23 (27 Sep 1989)
  49. Piano Sonata no. 31 in A-flat major, op. 110: I. Moderato cantabile molto espressivo 6:13 (27 Sep 1989)
  50. Piano Sonata no. 31 in A-flat major, op. 110: II. Allegro molto 5:41 (27 Sep 1989)
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On Recordings (50)

Arranged

  1. Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 21 in C major, K. 467: III. Allegro vivace assai (cadenza: Rudolf Serkin) 6:40 Murray Perahia, English Chamber Orchestra (1978)

Instruments

  1. Third Movement: Rondo (Beginning) ?:?? Rudolf Serkin, New York Philharmonic, Bruno Walter (1941) piano
  2. First Movement: Allegro (Continuation) ?:?? Rudolf Serkin, New York Philharmonic, Bruno Walter (1941) piano
  3. Third Movement: Rondo (Conclusion) ?:?? Rudolf Serkin, New York Philharmonic, Bruno Walter (1941) piano
  4. First Movement: Allegro (Beginning) ?:?? Rudolf Serkin, New York Philharmonic, Bruno Walter (1941) piano
  5. First Movement: Allegro (Conclusion) ?:?? Rudolf Serkin, New York Philharmonic, Bruno Walter (1941) piano
  6. Second Movement: Adagio Un Poco Mosso (Beginning) ?:?? Rudolf Serkin, New York Philharmonic, Bruno Walter (1941) piano
  7. Second Movement: Adagio Un Poco Mosso (Conclusion) ?:?? Rudolf Serkin, New York Philharmonic, Bruno Walter (1941) piano
  8. Third Movement: Rondo (Continuation) ?:?? Rudolf Serkin, New York Philharmonic, Bruno Walter (1941) piano
  9. Concerto for Piano No. 17 in G major, K. 453 "Second Ployer": I. Allegro 11:45 Rudolf Serkin, Columbia Symphony Orchestra, George Szell (1957) piano
  10. Concerto for Piano No. 25 in C major, K. 503: II. Andante 8:14 Rudolf Serkin, Columbia Symphony Orchestra, George Szell (1957) piano
  11. Concerto for Piano No. 25 in C major, K. 503: III. Allegretto 8:11 Rudolf Serkin, Columbia Symphony Orchestra, George Szell (1957) piano
  12. Concerto for Piano No. 17 in G major, K. 453 "Second Ployer": II. Andante 11:28 Rudolf Serkin, Columbia Symphony Orchestra, George Szell (1957) piano
  13. Concerto for Piano No. 17 in G major, K. 453 "Second Ployer": III. Allegretto & Finale. Presto 7:25 Rudolf Serkin, Columbia Symphony Orchestra, George Szell (1957) piano
  14. Concerto for Piano No. 25 in C major, K. 503: I. Allegro maestoso 14:24 Rudolf Serkin, Columbia Symphony Orchestra, George Szell (1957) piano
  15. Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 1 in D minor, op. 15: I. Maestoso - Poco più moderato - Tempo I 20:43 Rudolf Serkin, Cleveland Orchestra, George Szell (1959) piano
  16. Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 1 in D minor, op. 15: II. Adagio 15:06 Rudolf Serkin, Cleveland Orchestra, George Szell (1959) piano
  17. Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 1 in D minor, op. 15: III. Rondo. Allegro non troppo 10:50 Rudolf Serkin, Cleveland Orchestra, George Szell (1959) piano
  18. Piano Concerto no. 4, op. 53 (for the Left Hand): 2nd Movement. Andante 10:24 Rudolf Serkin, The Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy (1963) piano
  19. Piano Concerto no. 4, op. 53 (for the Left Hand): 4th Movement. Vivace 1:26 Rudolf Serkin, The Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy (1963) piano
  20. Piano Concerto no. 4, op. 53 (for the Left Hand): 1st Movement. Vivace 4:15 Rudolf Serkin, The Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy (1963) piano
  21. Piano Concerto no. 1: 1st Movement. Allegro moderato - 2nd Movement. Andante ?:?? Rudolf Serkin, Columbia Symphony Orchestra, George Szell (1963) piano
  22. Piano Concerto no. 4, op. 53 (for the Left Hand): 3rd Movement. Moderato 8:05 Rudolf Serkin, The Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy (1963) piano
  23. Piano Concerto no. 1: 3rd Movement. Allegro molto 6:31 Rudolf Serkin, Columbia Symphony Orchestra, George Szell (1963) piano
  24. Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G major, BWV 1049: I. Allegro 6:55 Alexander Schneider, Peter Serkin, Rudolf Serkin, Marlboro Festival Orchestra, Pau Casals (1965) piano, piano
  25. An Historic Document: Casals Rehearses Bach; A Living Portrait of a Great Artist 27:25 Marlboro Festival Orchestra, Pablo Casals (1965) piano
  26. Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G major, BWV 1049: III. Presto 4:38 Alexander Schneider, Rudolf Serkin, Marlboro Festival Orchestra, Pau Casals (1965) piano
  27. Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major, BWV 1050: I. Allegro 10:50 Alexander Schneider, Peter Serkin, Rudolf Serkin, Marlboro Festival Orchestra, Pau Casals (1965) solo, piano
  28. Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major, BWV 1050: II. Affettuoso 5:38 Alexander Schneider, Peter Serkin, Rudolf Serkin, Marlboro Festival Orchestra, Pau Casals (1965) solo, piano
  29. Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major, BWV 1050: III. Allegro 5:31 Alexander Schneider, Peter Serkin, Rudolf Serkin, Marlboro Festival Orchestra, Pau Casals (1965) solo, piano
  30. Brandenburg Concerto no. 1 in F major, BWV 1046: I. Allegro 4:23 Alexander Schneider, John Mack, Ronald Richards, Peter Christ, Myron Bloom, Robert Johnson, Donald MacCourt, Rudolf Serkin, Marlboro Festival Orchestra, Pablo Casals (1965) piano
  31. Brandenburg Concerto no. 1 in F major, BWV 1046: II. Adagio – III. Allegro 8:47 Alexander Schneider, John Mack, Ronald Richards, Peter Christ, Myron Bloom, Robert Johnson, Donald MacCourt, Rudolf Serkin, Marlboro Festival Orchestra, Pablo Casals (1965) piano
  32. Brandenburg Concerto no. 1 in F major, BWV 1046: IV. Menuetto – Trio I – Polacca – Trio II 8:28 Alexander Schneider, John Mack, Ronald Richards, Peter Christ, Myron Bloom, Robert Johnson, Donald MacCourt, Rudolf Serkin, Marlboro Festival Orchestra, Pablo Casals (1965) piano
  33. Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 15: III. Rondo: Allegro non troppo 11:28 Rudolf Serkin, The Cleveland Orchestra, George Szell (1972) piano
  34. Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 2 in B-flat major, op. 83: III. Andante - Più Adagio - Tempo I 12:38 Rudolf Serkin, The Cleveland Orchestra, George Szell (1972) piano
  35. Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 2 in B-flat major, op. 83: IV. Allegretto grazioso - Un poco più presto 9:36 Rudolf Serkin, The Cleveland Orchestra, George Szell (1972) piano
  36. Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 15: I. Maestoso 21:08 Rudolf Serkin, The Cleveland Orchestra, George Szell (1972) piano
  37. Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 2 in B-flat major, op. 83: I. Allegro non troppo 17:10 Rudolf Serkin, The Cleveland Orchestra, George Szell (1972) piano
  38. Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 15: II. Adagio 14:27 Rudolf Serkin, The Cleveland Orchestra, George Szell (1972) piano
  39. Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 2 in B-flat major, op. 83: II. Allegro appassionato 8:40 Rudolf Serkin, The Cleveland Orchestra, George Szell (1972) piano, piano
  40. Sonata no. 8 in C minor op. 13. “Pathetique” 2nd Movement ?:?? Rudolf Serkin (1973) piano
  41. Piano Concerto no. 4 in G major, op. 58: I. Allegro moderato 18:53 Rudolf Serkin, The Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy (1978) piano
  42. Capriccio Brilliant for piano and orchestra, op.22 11:33 Rudolf Serkin, The Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy (1978) piano
  43. Piano Concerto no. 4 in G major, op. 58: II. Andante con moto 5:30 Rudolf Serkin, The Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy (1978) piano
  44. Piano Concerto no. 4 in G major, op. 58: III. Rondo: Vivace 9:33 Rudolf Serkin, The Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy (1978) piano
  45. Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 5 in E-flat major, op. 73 "Emperor": I. Allegro 19:35 Rudolf Serkin, New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein (1979) piano
  46. Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 5 in E-flat major, op. 73 "Emperor": II. Adagio un poco moto 8:45 Rudolf Serkin, New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein (1979) piano
  47. Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 5 in E-flat major, op. 73 "Emperor": III. Rondo. Allegro 9:59 Rudolf Serkin, New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein (1979) piano
  48. Horn Trio in E flat major, op. 40: III. Adagio mesto 8:26 Aubrey Brain, Adolf Busch, Rudolf Serkin (1981) piano
  49. Horn Trio in E flat major, op. 40: IV. Finale: Allegro con brio 5:57 Aubrey Brain, Adolf Busch, Rudolf Serkin (1981) piano

Credited as (184)

  1. Rudolf Serkin
  2. Beethoven; Rudolf Serkin
  3. Beethoven; Rudolf Serkin, Seiji Ozawa, Boston Symphony Orchestra
  4. Ludwig van Beethoven; Rudolf Serkin
  5. Rudolf Serkin, Jaime Laredo, Philipp Naegele, Leslie Parnas, Julius Levine
  6. Schubert, Schumann; Rudolf Serkin
  7. Beethoven, Mozart; Rudolf Serkin
  8. Myron Bloom, Rudolf Serkin, Michael Tree
  9. Bach, Reger, Beethoven; Serkin
  10. Johannes Brahms; Adolf Busch, Rudolf Serkin, Aubrey Brain
  11. Rudolf Serkin, The Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy
  12. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Rudolf Serkin, London Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado
  13. Rudolf Serkin, London Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado
  14. Franz Schubert; Rudolf Serkin
  15. Beethoven; New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein, Rudolf Serkin
  16. Beethoven, Haydn; Leonard Bernstein, Rudolf Serkin, New York Philharmonic, London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra
  17. Brahms; Cleveland Orchestra, George Szell, Rudolf Serkin
  18. Rudolf Serkin, The Cleveland Orchestra, George Szell
  19. Felix Mendelssohn; Rudolf Serkin, Isaac Stern
  20. Felix Mendelssohn; Rudolf Serkin, Isaac Stern, Eugene Ormandy
  21. Franz Schubert; Rudolf Serkin, Adolf Busch, Hermann Busch
  22. Johannes Brahms; Mstislav Rostropovich, Rudolf Serkin
  23. Mstislav Rostropovich, Rudolf Serkin
  24. Johann Sebastian Bach; Marlboro Festival Orchestra, Pablo Casals, Rudolf Serkin, Alexander Schneider
  25. Mozart; Pablo Casals, Stern, Serkin, Primrose, Perpignan Festival Orchestra
  26. Emanuel Ax, Juilliard String Quartet, Kim Kashkashian, Gidon Kremer, Jaime Laredo, Yo‐Yo Ma, Jean-Pierre Rampal, Mstislav Rostropovich, Rudolf Serkin, Isaac Stern, Tal & Groethuysen
  27. Reger, Haydn; Rudolf Serkin
  28. Beethoven; Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa, Rudolf Serkin
  29. Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa, Rudolf Serkin
  30. Mendelssohn; Rudolf Serkin
  31. Mozart; Rudolf Serkin
  32. Rudolf Serkin, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa
  33. Ludwig van Beethoven; Pablo Casals, Rudolf Serkin
  34. Mozart; Rudolf Serkin, Columbia Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra, George Szell, Eugene Ormandy
  35. Schubert; Rudolf Serkin
  36. Schubert; Serkin, Laredo, Naegele, Parnas, Levine
  37. Rudolf Serkin, Budapest String Quartet
  38. Adolf Busch, Rudolf Serkin
  39. Rudolf Serkin, NBC Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini
  40. Rudolf Serkin, Columbia Symphony Orchestra, George Szell
  41. Alexander Schneider, Rudolf Serkin, Marlboro Festival Orchestra, Pau Casals
  42. London Symphony Orchestra, Rudolf Serkin, Claudio Abbado
  43. Rudolf Serkin, The Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Claudio Abbado
  44. Pau Casals, Rudolf Serkin
  45. Alexander Schneider, Peter Serkin, Rudolf Serkin, Marlboro Festival Orchestra, Pau Casals
  46. Peter Serkin, Rudolf Serkin, Marlboro Festival Orchestra, Pau Casals
  47. Jaime Laredo, Leslie Parnas, Rudolf Serkin, Marlboro Festival Orchestra, Alexander Schneider
  48. Rudolf Serkin, Marlboro Festival Orchestra, Alexander Schneider
  49. Adolf Busch, Hermann Busch, Rudolf Serkin
  50. Busch Quartet, Rudolf Serkin
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