Van Cliburn discography

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Harvey Lavan "Van" Cliburn Jr. (/ˈklaɪbɜːrn/; July 12, 1934 – February 27, 2013)^[1] was an American pianist who achieved worldwide recognition in 1958, at the age of 23, when he won the inaugural quadrennial International Tchaikovsky Piano Competition in Moscow during the Cold War.

List of recordings

Most of Van Cliburn's recordings were originally issued on LP records, with many also available on reel-to-reel, cassette, and 8-track. During the 1980s, RCA Victor reissued most of Cliburn's recordings on compact disc in remasterings of variable quality. Shortly before Cliburn's death, a newly remastered, Original Jacket Collection boxed set of Cliburn's complete RCA Victor recordings was issued, with the exception of the album Van Cliburn Conducts (LSC-2807), Cliburn's sole recording as a conductor.

A number of recordings, mostly originating from live concerts, have been issued on some smaller labels, including Testament.

Year of issue	Album title and details	Recording date(s)	US BB ^[4]	LP catalog no.	Record label
1958	Tchaikovsky Concerto No. 1 Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23 RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra / Kirill Kondrashin, conductor	May 30, 1958	1	LSC-2252	RCA Victor
1959	Rachmaninoff Concerto No. 3 Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30 Symphony of the Air / Kirill Kondrashin, conductor	May 19, 1958	10	LSC-2355	RCA Victor
1960	Schumann Concerto Schumann: Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54 Chicago Symphony Orchestra / Fritz Reiner, conductor	April 16, 1960	134	LSC-2455	RCA Victor
1961	Prokofiev and MacDowell Concertos Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major, Op. 26 MacDowell: Piano Concerto No. 2 in D minor, Op. 23 Chicago Symphony Orchestra / Walter Hendl, conductor	October, 1960	—	LSC-2507	RCA Victor
	Beethoven “Emperor” Concerto Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 73 Chicago Symphony Orchestra / Fritz Reiner, conductor \|	May, 1961	—	LSC-2562	RCA Victor
	My Favorite Chopin Chopin: Polonaise in A-flat major, Op. 53 "Heroic" / Nocturne in B major, Op. 62, No. 1 / Fantasie in F minor, Op. 49 / Etude in A minor, Op. 25, No. 11 "Winter Wind" / Etude in E major, Op. 10, No. 3 / Ballade in A-flat major, Op. 47 / Waltz in C-sharp minor, Op. 64, No. 2 / Scherzo in C-sharp minor, Op. 39	May, 1961	71	LSC-2576	RCA Victor
1962	Brahms Concerto No. 2 Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 83 Chicago Symphony Orchestra / Fritz Reiner, conductor / Robert La Marchina, cello solo	May, 1961	25	LSC-2581	RCA Victor
1962	Rachmaninoff Concerto No. 2 Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18 Chicago Symphony Orchestra / Fritz Reiner, conductor	March–April, 1962	—	LSC-2601	RCA Victor
1963	Beethoven Concerto No. 4 Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58 Chicago Symphony Orchestra / Fritz Reiner, conductor	April, 1963	—	LSC-2680	RCA Victor
1964	Brahms Piano Concerto No. 1 Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15 Boston Symphony Orchestra, / Erich Leinsdorf, conductor	March, 1964	—	LSC-2724	RCA Victor
1965	Van Cliburn Conducts Vaughan Williams: Serenade to Music Interlochen Youth Orchestra and Chorus / Van Cliburn, conductor	August, 1964	—	LSC-2807	RCA Victor
1966	Beethoven: “Les Adieux” Sonata, Mozart, Sonata in C Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 26 in E-flat major, Op. 81a "Les Adieux" W. A. Mozart: Piano Sonata in C major, K. 330	March, August 1966	—	LSC-2931	RCA Victor
1968	Chopin Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 35 Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58	August, 1967	—	LSC-3053	RCA Red Seal
1969	Grieg, Liszt Concertos Grieg: Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16 Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-flat major, S. 124 Philadelphia Orchestra / Eugene Ormandy, conductor	August 12, 1968	—	LSC-3065	RCA Red Seal
1970	Chopin: Concerto No. 1 Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11 Philadelphia Orchestra / Eugene Ormandy, conductor	August 18, 1969	—	LSC-3147	RCA Red Seal
1970	My Favorite Encores Chopin: Etude in C minor, Op. 10, No. 12 "Revolutionary" / Nocturne in E major, Op. 62, No. 2 / Scherzo in B-flat minor, Op. 31 Debussy: Reflections on the Water (from Images, book II) Szymanowski: Etude in B-flat minor, Op. 4, No. 3 Scriabin: Etude in D-sharp minor, Op. 8, No. 12 Rachmaninoff: Etude-Tableaux in E-flat minor, Op. 39, No. 5	August, 1970	—	LSC-3185	RCA Red Seal
1971	Rachmaninoff, Liszt Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43 Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 2 in A major, S. 125 Philadelphia Orchestra / Eugene Ormandy, conductor	May 7, 1970	—	LSC-3179	RCA Red Seal
	Prokofiev, Barber Sonatas Prokofiev: Piano Sonata No. 6 in A major, Op. 82 Barber: Piano Sonata in E-flat minor, Op. 26	August, 1967; August 1970	—	LSC-3229	RCA Red Seal
	Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 3 Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37 Philadelphia Orchestra / Eugene Ormandy, conductor	March, 1971	—	LSC-3238	RCA Red Seal
	My Favorite Brahms Brahms: Rhapsody in B minor, Op. 79, No. 1 / Rhapsody in G minor, Op. 79, No. 2 / Intermezzo in B-flat minor, Op. 117, No. 2 / Intermezzo in C major, Op. 119, No. 3 / Waltz in A-flat major, Op. 39, No. 15 / Intermezzo in A minor, Op. 118, No. 1 / Ballade in G minor, Op. 118, No. 3 / Intermezzo in E-flat minor, Op. 118, No. 6 / Intermezzo in E major, Op. 116, No 6 / Capriccio in G minor, Op. 116, No. 3	August, 1970; July–August, 1971	—	LSC-3240	RCA Red Seal
	Beethoven Sonatas Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor, Op. 27, No. 2 “Moonlight” Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13 “Pathétique” Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 “Appassionata”	August, 1970	—	LSC-4013	RCA Red Seal
1972	Chopin's Greatest Hits Chopin: Polonaise in A-flat major, Op. 53 "Heroic" / Mazurka in B-flat major, Op. 7, No 1 / Nocturne in E-flat major, Op. 9, No. 2 / Waltz in D-flat major, Op. 64, No. 1 "Minute" / Fantasie-Impromptu in C-sharp minor, Op. 66 / Waltz in C-sharp minor, Op. 64, No. 2 / Etude in C minor, Op. 10 No. 12 "Revolutionary" / Etude in E major, Op. 10, No. 3 / Prelude in A major, Op. 28, No. 7 / Prelude in D-flat major, Op. 28, No. 15 "Raindrop" / Scherzo in B-flat minor, Op. 31	May, 1961; August, 1970; August, 1971	—	LSC-5014	RCA Red Seal
	My Favorite Debussy Debussy: Etude pour lex octaves (from Etudes, Book I) / La Terasse des audiences du clair de lune (from Preludes, Book II) / Claire de Lune (from Suite Bergamasque) / La plus que lente / Jardins sous la pluie (from Estampes) / Reverie / Reflets dand l'eau / Feax d'artifice (from Preludes, Book II) / La Fille aux cheveaux de lin (from Preludes, Book I) / La Soiree dans Grenade (from Estampes) / L'Isle Joyeuse	January, 1972	—	LSC-3283	RCA Red Seal
	The World's Favorite Piano Music Liszt: Liebestraum No. 3, S. 541 Chopin: Waltz in D-flat major, Op. 64, No, 1 "Minute" / Fantasie-Impromptu in C-sharp minor, Op. 66 Beethoven: Bagatelle in A minor, WoO 59 "Fur Elise" W. A. Mozart: Turkish March, from Sonata, K. 331 Debussy: Reverie / Claire de lune Rachmaninoff: Prelude in C-sharp minor, Op. 3, No. 2 Brahms: Waltz in A-flat major, Op. 39, No. 15 Schubert: Moment Musical in F minor, D. 780, No. 3 Schumann: Traumerai, from Kinderszenen, Op. 15 Tchaikovsky: Barcarolle, Op. 37a, No. 6, from The Seasons MacDowell: To a Wild Rose, Op 51, No. 1, from Woodland Sketches	July–August, 1971; January–February, 1972	—	LSC-3323	RCA Red Seal
1973	Rachmaninoff Rachmaninoff: Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 36 (original version) / Etude-Tableaux in E-flat minor, Op. 39, No. 5 / Prelude in D major, Op. 23, No. 4 / Prelude in G major, Op. 32, No. 5 / Prelude in G minor, Op. 23, No. 5 / Prelude in E-flat major, Op. 23, No. 7 / Prelude in C minor, Op. 23, No. 7	June, 1960; August, 1970; August, 1971; August, 1972	—	ARL1-0352	RCA Red Seal
1976	A Romantic Collection Schumann: Romance in F-sharp major, Op. 28, No. 2 Chopin: Barcarolle in F-sharp major, Op. 60 Granados: The Maiden and the Nightingale, from Goyescas Debussy: L'Isle Joyeuse Liszt: Consolation No. 3 in D-flat major, S. 172 Rachmaninoff: Prelude in G-sharp minor, Op. 32, No. 12 / Prelude in G minor, Op. 23, No. 5 Tchaikovsky: Song of the Lark, from the Seasons, Op. 37a Ravel: Pavanne for a Dead Princess / Toccata	August, 1971; July–August, 1975	—	ARL1-1176	RCA Red Seal
1976	Van Cliburn plays Liszt Liszt: Sonata in B minor, S. 178 / Un sospiro in D-flat major, S. 144, No. 3 / Sonetto 123 del Petrarca, S. 158, No. 3 / Consolation No. 5 in E major, S. 172, No. 5 / Mephisto Waltz, S. 514	August, 1973; July, 1975	—	ARL1-1173	RCA Red Seal
1977	Van Cliburn plays Brahms Brahms: Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel, Op. 24 / Intermezzo in E-flat major, Op. 117, No. 1 / Intermezzo in B-flat minor, Op. 117, No. 2 / Intermezzo in C-sharp minor, Op. 117, No. 3 / Intermezzo in B minor, Op. 119, No. 1 / Intermezzo in E minor, Op. 119, No. 2 / Intermezzo in C major, Op. 119, No. 3 / Rhapsody in E-flat major, Op. 119, No. 4	August, 1970; August, 1972; August, 1973; July- August, 1975;	—	ARL1-2280	RCA Red Seal
1994	Van Cliburn in Moscow Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43 Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 83 Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra / Kirill Kondrashin, conductor	1972	—	09026 62695 2	RCA Victor
2008	1958 Tchaikovsky Competition Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23 Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30 Kabalevsky: Rondo in A minor, Op. 59 Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra / Kirill Kondrashin, conductor	1958	—	SBT 1440	Testament
2009	Recital W. A. Mozart: Piano Sonata in C major, K. 330 Chopin: Scherzo in C-sharp minor, Op. 39 / Ballade in A-flat major, Op. 47 / Fantasie in F minor, Op. 49 Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 "Appassionata" Prokofiev: Piano Sonata No. 6 in A major, Op. 82 Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 12 in C-sharp minor, S. 244	June, 1959	—	SBT2 1445	Testament

Van Cliburn discography

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