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| Recordings of the Complete Chopin Waltzes | This is always a work in progress, suggestions are welcome | ||||
| Pianist | Waltzes included | Original Label | Rec. Date | CD Issue? | |
| Alexeev, Dimitri | 19 | Melodyia A10 397 (LP) | |||
| Alexeev, Dimitri | 19 | EMI Seraphim | 1985 | Seraphim | |
| Anda, Geza | 14 | Eurodisc | 1975 | RCA | |
| Anievas, Augustin | 19 | EMI Seraphim | 1969 | Seraphim | |
| Arad, Avner | 14 | MSR 1133 (54 min; Distributed by Albany Records) | 3/2005 | MSR | |
| Arrau, Claudio | 14 | Philips | 1980's | Philips | |
| Ashkenazy, Vladimir | 19 | Decca | 1975 | Decca | |
| Askenase, Stefan | 14 | DG (LPEM 19,397) | 1951 | DG Legends | |
| Askenase, Stefan | 14 | DG Heliodor 2548 146 | 1964 | ||
| Auer, Edward | 19 | Camerata Records #586 | 1999 | Camerata | |
| Barbosa, Antonio | 14 | Connoisseur Society | 1971 | - | |
| Bianca, Sondra | 14 | Musical Masterpiece Society - MMS 2131 (LP) | c.1958 | - | |
| Biret, Idil | 19 | Naxos | 1991 | Naxos | |
| Blumenthal, Felecja | 17 | Brana Recrods BR 0017 (also Claudio Records) | 1959 | Brana | |
| Brailowsky, Alexander | 14 | Columbia. Philips ABL 3311? | 1961 | Sony EC | |
| Bunin, Stanislav | 13? | Melodyia LP A10 00317 006 | 1987 | - | |
| Ciccolini, Aldo | 18 | Seraphim S-60252 | - | ||
| Collard, Jean-Philippe | 19 | EMI | 1986 | EMI | |
| Cortot, Alfred (1st version) | 14 | HMV (EMI) | 1934 | EMI, Arkadia | |
| Cortot, Alfred (2nd version) | 14 | HMV (EMI) | 1943 | ||
| Cziffra, Gyrogy | 14 | PHILIPS 6515 004 (also 6768 019 - 3 LP) | 1963 | - | |
| Cziffra, Gyrogy | 19 | EMI CDM 4 78107 2 (rec. Paris, Salle Wagram) | 1978-9 | EMI | |
| d'Arco, Annie | 14 | Calliope | 1978 | Callope | |
| Darre, Jeanne-Marie | 14 | Vanguard VCS 10115 LP | 1966 | Vanguard | |
| Davidovich, Bella | 14 | Melodyia D011653/4 | 1960's | - | |
| Dorfmann, A. | 14 | Victor 'Bluebird' LBC 1050 | 1950's | - | |
| Doyen, Jean | 14 | EPIC LC 3468 (same as PHILIPS- L 77.405 L ?) | 1958 | - | |
| el Bacha, Abdel Rahman | 19? | Forlane (France) - in 12 CD set | 1990's | ||
| Entremont, Philippe | 14 | Columbia | 1969 | CBS Odyssey | |
| Favre-kahn, Laure | 15 | Tranart 123 (rec. live Reims Summer Festival) | 2002 | Transart | |
| Fiorentino, Sergio | 19 | Saga, Classics Club, other labels (issued under Pseudonymous pianists Paul Procopolis, Hannes Bruno Lindstrom, Giuseppe Parolini) rec. Hamburg | 1958 | [Is this authentic?] | |
| Fiorentino, Sergio | 19 | Delta, Summit (rec. Paris, Salle Wagram) | 1962 | - | |
| Fowke, Philip | 19 | Classics for Pleasure | 1983 | CFP | |
| Francois, Samson | 14 | EMI | 1950's | EMI | |
| Freund, Etelka | 12 | Plymouth P12-125 | 1950's | - | |
| Gianoli, Rene | 19 | Ades | 1974 | Ades | |
| Grychtolowna, Lidia | 19 | ? | 1989 | ||
| Haas, Werner | 14 | Epic BC 1104 | 1960 | - | |
| Haebler, Ingrid | 17 | Vox GBY 11970 | 1959 | Allegretto & Tuxedo | |
| Haebler, Ingrid | 19 | Philips 442 755-2 (rec. Salzburg) | 6/1970 | ||
| Harasiewicz, Adam | 16 | Philips | Philips | ||
| Hess-Bukowska, Barbara | 14 | Whitehall WH 20034 (WESTMINSTER XWN 18883) | 1950's | - | |
| Igoshina, Valentina | 19 | Lontano/Warner Classics | 2008 | Lontano | |
| Jablonski, Peter | 19 | Decca | 1996 | Decca | |
| Jelasic, James | 15 | Water's Edge Records | Water's Edge | ||
| Kahn, Claude | 14 | EPIDAURE - EPI 1937 | 1960's | - | |
| Katin, Peter | 19 | Olympia (UK) OCD289 | 2000 | Olympia | |
| Katin, Peter | 16 | Decca | 1972 | Decca | |
| Katsaris, Cyprien | 19 | Teldec | 1984 | Teldec | |
| Kilenyi, Edward | 14 | Remington (R 199-82) | c.1952 | - | |
| Kocsis, Zoltan | 19 | Philips | 1983 | Philips CD | |
| Kovacevich, Stephen | 14 | EMI (with Ravel Valses nobles) | 2006 | EMI CD | |
| Laforet, Marc | 19 | Arion (France) | 1999 | Arion | |
| Lipatti, Dinu | 14 | EMI - Angel | 1950 (june) | EMI CD | |
| Lipatti, Dinu | 13 (omits 34/1) | EMI - Angel (Final recital - Besancon) | 1950 (Dec) | EMI CD | |
| Lortat, Robert | 14 | Columbia LFX 214-18 (78 rpm) | 1930 | - | |
| Luisada, Jean-Marc | 19 * | DG Chopin Edition | 1991 | DG | |
| Lympany, Moura | 14 | Capitol EMI G 7169 | 1958 | Dutton | |
| Magaloff, Nikita | 19 | Philips | 1970's | Philips CD | |
| Magin, Milosz | 14 | Decca no. 7606. also ACCORD no. 140 078 | 1984 | Universal | |
| Malcuzynski, Witold | 14 | Angel. Columbia 33CX 1685 | 1960 | ||
| Metro, Roberto | 20 ** | Vermeer Digital 99TDC004 | 1999 | Vermeer CD | |
| Mohovich, Maria Cristina | 19 | Agora Musica (Italy) AG286.1 | Agora Musica | ||
| Moreira-Lima, Arthur | 19 | Denon | 1977 | Denon | |
| Mursky, Eugene | 19 | Hanssler Profil (includes alternate early vers. Of 34/1) | 2007 | Hanssler CD | |
| Northington, David | 14 | Centaur CRC 2791 | 1993 | Centaur CD | |
| Novaes, Guiomar | 15 | Vox | 1965 | - | |
| Ohlsson, Garrick | 20 ** | Arabesque (on Bosendorfer Imperial piano) | 1995 | Arabesque | |
| Osinska, Eva | 14 | CASSIOPEE cas 9 | 1980's | CASSIOPEE | |
| Pennario, Leonard | 14 | Capitol : P-8172 (Angel) | 1980 | ||
| Perlemuter, Vlado | 14 | Concert Hall CM2337 - LP | - | ||
| Pires, Maria-Joao | 14 | Erato | Erato | ||
| Pommier, Jean-Bernard | 18 | Erato | 1993 | Erato | |
| Rauch, Frantisek | 14 | Supraphon SUA 10168 | |||
| Raymond, Richard | 19 | Analekta (Canada) | 2001 | Analekta | |
| Rev, Livia | 15 | London Decca DTL 93088 | |||
| Rigutto, Bruno | 19 | Forlane (France) | Forlane | ||
| Rubinstein, Artur (1) | 14 | RCA (mono) | 1953 | RCA CD, AR vol.29 | |
| Rubinstein, Artur (2) | 14 | RCA | 1963 | RCA CD | |
| Schiller, Alan | 17 | ASV Quicksilva | 1994 | ASV CD | |
| Schmalfuss, Peter | 14 | Vienna Master | Vienna Master | ||
| Setrakian, Setrak | 19 | Disques du Solstice SOL 13 | 1981 | SOCD 13 | |
| Shebanova, Tatiana | 17 | Melodiya, Stereo C10-10501 GOST 5289-73 (2LP Set) | 1978 | - | |
| Shebanova, Tatiana | 19 | Canyon EC3635-2 | 1990 | Canyon | |
| Shebanova, Tatiana | ?? | NIFC Chopin Institute (on 1849 Erard Piano) | 2007 | NIFC | |
| Shtarkman, Naum | 14 | Amur, ZR 001 CD (Russia) | 1996 | Amur | |
| Simon, Abbey | 19 | Vox Turnabout TV 34580S | 1974 | Vox CD | |
| Slenczynska, Ruth | 16 | Decca ST7-10017 | 1959 | - | |
| Son, Dang Thai | 19 | Victor JVC (Japan) VDC-1356 | 1989 | Victor JVC | |
| Smedzianka, Regina | 15 | POLSKIE NAGRANIA (PNCD 302) | 1959, 1961 | PN CD | |
| Sterczynski, Jerzy | 20 *** | Selene 930512 | 1993 | Selene | |
| Swann, Jeffrey | 19 | Agora Musica (Italy) AG024 | 1995 | Agora Musica | |
| Szekely, Istvan | 19 | Amadis (HNH) | 1987 | Amadis | |
| Szilasi, Alex | 19 | Hungaraton HCD 32468 (on modern Pleyel piano) | 2006 | Hungaraton | |
| Tharaud, Alexandre | 19 | Harmonia Mundi HMC901927 | 2006 | Harmonia Mundi | |
| Uninsky, Alexander | 14 | Philips ABL 3216 | Philips | ||
| van den Hoek, Martijn | 18 | Brilliant Classics | 1998 | Brilliant Classics | |
| Vasary, Tamas | 17 | DG (LP) | 1966 | - | |
| Von Schilhawsky, Paul | 14 | CLUB FRANCAIS DU DISQUE 165 | 1950's | - | |
| Weissenberg, Alexis | 14 | EMI Angel | 1983 | EMI | |
| Zimerman, Krystian | 14 | DG (LP) | 1978 | - | |
| FOOTNOTES | |||||
| * Reissued in DG Chopin edition where L. Zilberstein plays 18-19 | |||||
| ** No.20 in F-sharp minor, op. posth. [KK Anh. Ib, Nr. 7]. "Valse mélancolique" (Of doubtful authenticity.) | |||||
| To my knowledge, only 3 recordings include this waltz (Metro, Ohlsson, and Sterczynski) | |||||
| *** Sterczynski includes Waltzes 1-20, plus variants of op.69/1-2, op.70/2. | |||||
| Tomsic, Dubravka CD on Point Classics - Eclipse of 14 Waltzes is reportedly NOT Tomsic playing | |||||
| Joyce Hatto's recording on Concert Artists is a fraud - stolen from Moreira-Lima, and Sterczynski (in #'s 19-20) | |||||
| Chopin's Waltzes - as referenced above | |||||
| Year Published | Brown Index | ||||
| 1834 | BI 62 | Waltz no.1 - Op.18: E-flat major (1831) | |||
| 1838 | BI 94 | Waltz no.2 - Op.34 no.1: A-flat major (1835) | |||
| 1838 | BI 64 | Waltz no.3 - Op.34 no.2: A-minor (1834) | |||
| 1838 | BI 118 | Waltz no.4 - Op.34 no.3: F-major (1838) | |||
| 1840 | BI 131 | Waltz no.5 - Op.42: A-flat major (1840) | |||
| 1847 | BI 164 | Waltz no.6 - Op.64 no.1: D-flat major (1847) | |||
| 1847 | BI 164 | Waltz no.7 - Op.64 no.2: C-sharp minor (1847) | |||
| 1847 | B 164 | Waltz no.8 - Op.64 no.3: A-flat major (1847) | |||
| 1855 | B 95 | Waltz no.9 - Op.69 no.1: A-flat major (1835). Exists in two versions: Version autographe and Version de Fontana | |||
| 1855 | BI 135 | Waltz no.10 - Op.69 no.2: B-minor (1829). Exists in two versions: Version autographe and Version de Fontana | |||
| 1855 | BI 92 | Waltz no.11 - Op.70 no.1: G-flat major (1833). Exists in two versions: Version autographe and Version de Fontana | |||
| 1855 | BI 138 | Waltz no.12 - Op.70 no.2: F-minor (1841). Exists in two versions: Version autographe and Version de Fontana | |||
| 1855 | BI 40 | Waltz no.13 - Op.70 no.3: D-flat major (1829) | |||
| 1868 | BI 56 | Waltz no.14 - Op.posth: E-minor (1830) | |||
| 1871 | BI 44 | Waltz no.15 - Op.posth: E-major (1829) | |||
| 1902 | BI 21 | Waltz no.16 - Op.posth: A-flat major (1827) | |||
| 1902 | BI 46 | Waltz no.17 - Op.posth: E-flat major, 'Moderato' (1829-30) | |||
| 1955 | BI 133 | Waltz no.18 - Op.posth: E-flat major, 'Sostenuto' (1840) | |||
| 1955 | BI 150 | Waltz no.19 - Op.posth: A-minor (c.1843) | |||
| 1932 | - | Waltz no.20 - Op.posth: F#-minor "Valse mélancolique" (1838?) | |||
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