01. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso (Remastered)
02. Andantino simplice (Remastered)
03. Allegro con fuoco (Remastered)
04. I. Allegro ma non tanto
05. II. Intermezzo - Adagio
06. III. Finale - Alla breve
07. I. Allegro affettuoso
08. II. Intermezzo - Andantino grazioso
09. III. Allegro vivace
10. Andante
11. Theme: Andantino - Five Variations
12. Allegro ma non troppo
13. Larghetto calmato
14. Presto giocoso
15. Largo - Molto allegro
16. I. Allegro
17. II. Adagio un poco mosso
18. III. Rondo - Allegro
19. Nocturne in B, Op. 62, No. 1
20. Fantaisie in F Minor, Op. 49
21. Etude in A Minor, Op. 25, No. 11 "Winter Wind" (Remastered)
22. Ballade No. 3 in A-Flat, Op. 47 (1997 Remastered)
23. Waltz in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 64, No. 2 (1997 Remastered)
24. Scherzo No. 3 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 39 (1997 Remastered)
25. I. Allegro non troppo
26. II. Allegro appassionato
27. III. Andante
28. Allegretto grazioso
29. I. Moderato - Allegro
30. II. Adagio sostenuto
31. III. Allegro scherzando
32. I. Allegro moderato
33. II. Andante con moto
34. III. Rondo. Vivace
35. I. Maestoso - Poco più moderato
36. II. Adagio
37. III. Rondo. Allegro non troppo
38. I. Adagio - Allegro (Les Adieux)
39. II. Andante espressivo (L'Absence)
40. III. Vivacissimamente (Le Retour)
41. I. Allegro moderato
42. II. Andante cantabile
43. III. Allegretto
44. Grave - Doppio Movimento (1991 Remasterd)
45. Scherzo (1991 Remasterd)
46. Marche funèbre: Lento (1991 Remasterd)
47. Presto (1991 Remasterd)
48. Allegro maestoso (1991 Remastered)
49. Scherzo: Molto vivace (1991 Remastered)
50. Largo (1991 Remastered)
51. Finale: Presto, non tanto (1991 Remastered)
52. I. Allegro molto moderato
53. II. Adagio
54. III. Allegro moderato molto e marcato - Quasi presto - Andante maestoso
55. I. Allegro maestoso - Tempo giusto
56. II. Quasi adagio - Allegretto vivace - Allegro animato
57. III. Allegro marziale animato
58. Allegro maestoso
59. II. Romanze - Larghetto
60. Rondo: Vivace
61. Widmung
62. Reflets dans l'eau, No. 1
63. Etude No. 3 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 4
64. Etude No. 12 in D-Sharp Minor, Op.8
65. Etude tableau No. 5 in E-Flat Minor, Op. 39
66. Nocturne E, Op. 62 No. 2
67. Introduction: Allegro vivace
68. Variation I: (Precedente)
69. Tema: L'istesso tempo
70. Variation II: L'istesso tempo
71. Variation III: L'istesso tempo
72. Variation IV: Più vivo
73. Variation V: Tempo precedente
74. Variation VI: L'istesso tempo
75. Variation VII: Meno mosso, a tempo moderato
76. Variation VIII: Tempo I
77. Variation IX: L'istesso tempo
78. Variation X: Poco marcato
79. Variation XI: Moderato
80. Variation XII: Tempo di minuetto
81. Variation XIII: Allegro
82. Variation XIV: L'istesso tempo
83. Variation XV: Più vivo scherzando
84. Variation XVI: Allegretto
85. Variation XVII: (Allegretto)
86. Variation XVIII: Andante cantabile
87. Variation XIX: L'istesso tempo
88. Variation XX: Un poco più vivo
89. Variation XXI: Un poco più vivo
90. Variation XXII: Un poco più vivo (Alla breve)
91. Variation XXIII: L'istesso tempo
92. Variation XXIV: A tempo un poco meno mosso
93. Adagio sostenuto assai
94. Allegro agitato assai
95. Allegro moderato
96. Allegro deciso
97. Marziale un poco meno allegro
98. Allegro animato
99. Allegro moderato
100. Allegretto
101. Tempo di valzer lentissimo
102. Vivace
103. Allegro energico
104. Allegro vivace e leggero
105. Adagio mesto
106. Fuga: Allegro con spirito
107. Allegro con brio (Remastered)
108. Largo (Remastered)
109. Rondo: Allegro (Remastered)
110. No. 1
111. No. 2
112. No. 15, in A-Flat
113. No. 1
114. No. 2, in A
115. No. 3
116. No. 6
117. No. 6
118. No. 3
119. Adagio sostenuto
120. Allegretto
121. Presto
122. Grave: Allegro di molto e con brio
123. Adagio contabile
124. Rondo: Allegro
125. Allegro assai
126. Andante con moto
127. Allegro ma non troppo
128. Polonaise in A-Flat, Op. 53 "Heroic"
129. Mazurka No. 1 in B-Flat, Op. 7
130. Nocturne in E-Flat, Op. 9, No. 2
131. Waltz in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 64, No. 2
132. Etude No. 12 "Revolutionary" in C Minor, Op. 10
133. Etude in E Major, Op. 10, No. 3 (Remastered)
134. Prelude in A, Op. 28 No. 7
135. Prelude in D-Flat, Op. 28 No. 15 "Raindrop"
136. Scherzo No. 2 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 31
137. Etude pour les octaves
138. La Terrasse des audiences du clair de lune
139. Clair de lune
140. La plus que lente
141. Jardins sous la pluie
142. Reverie
143. Reflets dans l'eau
144. Feux d'artifice
145. No. 8, La fille aux cheveux de lin
146. La Soirée dans Grenade
147. L'Isle joyeuse
148. Liebestraum No. 3 in A-Flat
149. Waltz No. 1 "Minute" in D-Flat, Op. 64
150. Für Elise
151. Rondo alla turca (Turkish March)
152. Rêverie
153. Prelude in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 3, No. 2
154. Clair de lune (No. 3)
155. Waltz in A-Flat, Op. 39, No. 15
156. No. 3 in F Minor, D.780
157. Träumerei, No. 7
158. Barcarolle (No. 6)
159. To a Wild Rose
160. Fantaisie-Impromptu in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 66
161. Allegro agitato
162. Non allegro
163. L'istesso tempo; Allegro molto
164. Étude-tableau in E-Flat Minor, Op. 39 No. 5
165. Prelude in D, No. 4
166. Prelude in G, Op. 32 No. 5
167. Prelude in G Minor, No. 5
168. Prelude in E-flat, No. 6
169. Prelude in C Minor, No. 7
170. Romance, Op. 28, No. 2
171. Barcarolle in F-Sharp, Op. 60
172. La maja y el ruiseñor/The maiden and the Nightingale (Goyescas, No. 4)
173. L'isle joyeuse
174. Consolation No. 3
175. Prelude in G-Sharp Minor, Op. 32, No. 12
176. Song of the Lark (The Seasons, Op. 37b: March)
177. Pavane pour une infante défunte
178. Toccata (Le tombeau de Couperin, No. 6)
179. Sonata in B Minor (Remastered 1999)
180. Un sospiro
181. Sonetto 123 del Petrarca (Remastered 1999)
182. Consolation No. 5 (Remastered 1999)
183. Mephisto Waltz
184. Aria
185. Variation I: (Più vivo)
186. Variation II: Animato
187. Variation III: Dolce
188. Variation IV: Risoluto
189. Variation V: Espressivo
190. Variation VI: Sempre legato
191. Variation VII: Con vivacità
192. Variation VIII: (Con vivacità)
193. Variation IX: Poco sostenuto
194. Variation X: Energico
195. Variation XI: Dolce
196. Variation XII: Soave
197. Variation XIII: Largamente, ma non troppo
198. Variation XIV: Sciolto
199. Variation XV: (Sciolto)
200. Variation XVI: Piano ma marcato
201. Variation XVII: Più mosso
202. Variation XVIII: Grazioso
203. Variation XIX: Leggiero e vivace
204. Variation XX: (Andante)
205. Variation XXI: Dolce
206. Variation XXII: (Alla musette)
207. Variation XXIII: Vivace e staccato
208. Variation XXIV: (Vivace)
209. Variation XXV: (Vivace)
210. Fugue (Moderato)
211. No. 1
212. No. 2
213. No. 3
214. No. 1
215. No. 2
216. No. 3
217. No. 4
218. Introduction: Allegro vivace
219. Variation I (Precedente)
220. Tema: L'istesso tempo
221. Variation II: L'istesso tempo
222. Variation III: L'istesso tempo
223. Variation IV: Più vivo
224. Variation V: Tempo precedente
225. Variation VI: L'istesso tempo
226. Variation VII: Meno mosso, a tempo moderato
227. Variation VIII: Tempo I
228. Variation IX: L'istesso tempo
229. Variation X: Poco marcato
230. Variation XI: Moderato
231. Variation XII: Tempo di minuetto
232. Variation XIII: Allegro
233. Variation XIV: L'istesso tempo
234. Variation XV: Più vivo scherzando
235. Variation XVI: Allegretto
236. Variation XVII: (Allegretto)
237. Variation XVIII: Andante cantabile
238. Variation XIX: A tempo vivace
239. Variation XX: Un poco più vivo
240. Variation XXI: Un poco più vivo
241. Variation XXII: Un poco più vivo (Alla breve)
242. Variation XXIII: L'istesso tempo
243. Variation XXIV: A tempo un poco meno mosso
244. Allegro non troppo
245. Allegro appassionato
246. Andante
247. Allegretto grazioso
Considered to be one of the greatest pianists of the 20th century, Harvey Lavan ‘Van’ Cliburn (b. 1934) came from a musical family: his mother was an accomplished concert pianist who had studied in New York with Arthur Friedheim (Franz Liszt’s personal & musical secretary). Cliburn studied at Juilliard with Rosina Lhévinne who trained him in the Russian Romantic style and soon everyone became aware of his extraordinary talent. A jury made up of such stars as Nadia Reisenberg, Rudolf Serkin, Dimitri Mitropoulos, Leonard Bernstein, Eugene Istomin & George Szell bestowed the annual Leventritt Foundation Award upon him when he was just 20. This victory led to immediate engagements as a soloist with leading American orchestras. Cliburn was encouraged to apply for the USSR’s First International Tchaikovsky Competition, established in 1958 to showcase the country’s greatest talent. The Russian audiences fell in love with Cliburn’s playing and quickly embraced his open, authentic personality. He won the competition at the age of 23 at the height of the Cold War and returned to America a hero, complete with a ticker-tape parade in New York City, overnight superstar status and a RCA Victor recording contract.
Naturally he recorded the Tchaikovsky First and Rachmaninov Third Concertos right away and RCA asked Kyrill Kondrashin to accompany him. It is to Cliburn’s credit that he sought out recordings with prominent conductors of his era that also were under contract to RCA Victor. In 1962, the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition was founded.
The Van Cliburn Album Collection brings together for the first time all the live and studio recordings the legendary pianist made for RCA, from his 1958 debut recordings of Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 and Rachmaninov's No. 3 to his personal selections of favorite Chopin, Brahms and Debussy pieces, the popular album of Favorite Encores to his last record for RCA with Brahms pieces, released in 1977. The edition also contains a CD with selections from his performances in Moscow in 1972 as well as the DVD Van Cliburn: Concert Pianist, a film by Peter Rosen.
