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Wilhelm Backhaus realized the significance of the gramophone record early on, making his first solo recording in 1908 and going on to record many more, each tantamount to a live performance. These recordings, offered up here, represent the earliest ever recordings of works by composers like Mozart, Strauss, Chopin, Brahms, and Liszt. Album Tracks 1. Allegro 2. Larghetto 3. Allegretto 4. Ständchen 5. Ständchen 6. Olaf's Tanz, Op. 33, No. 2 7. Satz - Romanze 8. Liebeslied 9. Walzer 10. La Leggierezza in F minor 11. Paraphrase Über Hochzeismarsch Und Elfenreigen 12. Variationen, Op. 35, 'Über Ein Thema Von N. Paganini' 1. Prelude Cis-Moll, Op. 3, No. 1 2. Liebestraum No. 3 in a Flat Major 3. Rondo Presto, 'Moto Perpetuo' 4. Fantaisie-Impromptu in C Sharp minor, Op. 66 5. Ungarische Rhapsodie NR. 2 in Cis-Moll. S244 6. Walzer 7. Militärmarsch Es-Dur, Op. 51, NR. 1 8. Berceuse Des-Dur, Op. 57 9. Caprice Espagnol, Op. 37 10. Sommernachtstraum 11. Triana No. 6 12. Konzertetüde, 'Waldesrauschen' 13. Walzer Des-Dur, Op. 64, No. 1, 'Minutenwalzer' 14. Variationen Über Ein Eigenes Thema, Op. 21, No. 1 15. Paganini-Variationen, Op. 35
