Vinyl records
Wilhelm Backhaus vinyl records
12 albums with 209 vinyl pressings between them. Open an album to see all its pressings and how to spot the first one.
Wilhelm Backhaus ('Bachaus' on some record labels) was a German pianist and pedagogue (* 26 March 1884 in Leipzig, Germany; † 05 July 1969 in Villach, Austria). Backhaus studied at the conservatoire in Leipzig with Alois Reckendorf until 1899, later taking private lessons with Eugen d'Albert in Frankfurt am Main. He made his first concert tour at the age of sixteen. In 1905 he won the Anton Rubinstein Competition with Béla Bartók taking second place. He toured widely throughout his life - in 1921 he gave seventeen concerts in Buenos Aires in less than three weeks. Backhaus made his U.S.
Most collected Wilhelm Backhaus albums
Wilhelm Backhaus discography on vinyl
- 1950Sonata No. 12 In A Flat Major Op. 26 / Sonata No. 21 In C Major Op. 5312 pressings
- 1952Concerto No. 2 In B Flat Major For Piano And Orchestra - Opus 8335 pressings
- 1953Sonata No. 13 In E Flat Major Op. 27, No. 1 / Sonata No. 19 In G Minor Op. 49, No. 1 / Sonata No. 14 In C Sharp Minor Op. 27, No. 2 (Moonlight) / Sonata No. 20 In G Major Op.49, No. 211 pressings
- 1954Sonata No. 8 In C Minor, Op. 13 ("Pathétique") / Sonata No. 9 In E Major, Op. 14, No. 1 / Sonata No. 15 In D Major, Op. 2810 pressings
- 1957Bach Recital20 pressings
- 1959Haydn Recital11 pressings
- 1962Beethoven Sonatas: No. 30 In E; No. 32 In C Minor11 pressings
- 1963Sonatas 12 & 1815 pressings
- 1963Sonatas 17 & 2812 pressings
- 1964Sonatas 1, 5, 6 & 710 pressings
- 1965Wilhelm Backhaus Spielt Beethoven48 pressings
- 1967Sonatas K.282, 283, 330 & 332 / Rondo K.51114 pressings