A 10-CD box set featuring ten original albums by world-class pianist Clara Haskil, recorded 1934-1960. Highlights from the history of interpretation, including concertos and solo works by Bach, Scarlatti, Haydn, Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann and Ravel. Features appearances by such contemporaries as Igor Markevitch, Ernest Ansermet, Alceo Galliera and Géza Anda.

According to the conductor Gustave Doret, Haskil was "one of those extraordinarily gifted individuals whose very being is filled with music, who has that wonderful instinct for musical expression that can be achieved neither by hard work nor by effort of will alone". These 10 original albums with bonus tracks dating from 1934 to 1960 constitute a fine documentation of the highly cultivated and sensitive playing of an exceptional pianist.

Her legendary reputation as an interpreter of Mozart is in keeping with the large proportion of excellent Mozart recordings. Further highlights in the history of interpretation, here taken from the violin repertoire, are the Beethoven sonatas that Haskil and Arthur Grumiaux recorded (a selection). Concertos as well as solo works by Bach, Scarlatti, Haydn, Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann and Ravel can also be heard, and taking part are several of her great contemporaries, such as Igor Markevitch, Ernest Ansermet, Alceo Galliera, Géza Anda among others.

Contents:

CD 1
Mozart - Piano Concerto no.20 in D minor, K466
Mozart - Piano Concerto no.24 in C minor, K491

CD 2
Mozart - Piano Sonata in B flat major, K454
Mozart - Piano Sonata in A major, K526

CD 3
Mozart - Piano Sonata in C major, K330
Mozart - 9 Variations in D major on a Menuet by Jean-Pierre Duport, K573
Haydn - Variations in F minor, Hob.XVII:6
Haydn - 12 Variations in C major on the French song "Ah, vous dirai-je Maman"

CD 4
Schubert - Piano Sonata no.21 in B flat major, D960
Schumann - Bunte Blätter, op.99 (excerpts)

CD 5
Scarlatti - Keyboard Sonata in C sharp minor, K247
Scarlatti - Keyboard Sonata in G major, K2
Scarlatti - Keyboard Sonata in C major, K132
Scarlatti - Keyboard Sonata in G minor, K35
Scarlatti - Keyboard Sonata in E flat major, K193
Scarlatti - Keyboard Sonata in F minor, K386
Scarlatti - Keyboard Sonata in F minor, K519
Scarlatti - Keyboard Sonata in A major, K322
Scarlatti - Keyboard Sonata in B minor, K87
Scarlatti - Keyboard Sonata in C major, K515
Scarlatti - Keyboard Sonata in F major, K437
Mozart - Piano Concerto no.9 in E flat major, K271 "Jeunehomme"
Mozart - Rondo in A major for piano and orchestra, K386

CD 6
Beethoven - Violin Sonata no.9 in A major, op.47 "Kreutzer"
Beethoven - Violin Sonata no.6 in A major, op.30

CD 7
Beethoven - Violin Sonata no.5 in F major, op.24 "Spring"
Beethoven - Violin Sonata no.4 in A minor, op.23
Beethoven - Violin Sonata no.1 in D major, op.12 no.1

CD 8
Beethoven - Piano Concerto no.3 in C minor, op.37 (2 performances)

CD 9
Schumann - Piano Concerto in A minor, op.54
Schumann - Kinderszenen, op.15
Schumann - Waldszenen, op.82
Ravel - Sonatina in F sharp minor

CD 10
JS Bach - Concerto for 2 pianos and orchestra in C major, BWV 1061
Mozart - Concerto for 2 pianos and orchestra in E flat major, K365