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Kurt Leimer, Concerto for Piano (Left Hand) and Orchestra

Kurt Leimer (piano), Herbert von Karajan (conductor), Philharmonia Orchestra London.
Recording: Electrola, EMI F 65 348 (1954)
Reissue: Colosseum Records, Nuremberg, COL 9200.2 (2005)
Richard Strauss, Panathenäenzug op. 74

Symphonic Etudes in the form of a passacaglia for piano (left hand) and orchestra (cadenza by Kurt Leimer)
Kurt Leimer (piano), Günter Neidlinger (conductor), Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra.
Recording: Colosseum Records, Colos SM 562 (1972)
Reissue: Colosseum Records, Nuremberg, COL 9200.2 (2005)
Frédéric Chopin, 12 Études Op. 25

Kurt Leimer (piano).
Recording: Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft, LPEM 119 379 (1962)
Reissue: Colosseum Records, Nuremberg, COL 9201.2 (2006)
George Gershwin, Concerto in F

Kurt Leimer (piano), Skyline Symphony Orchestra, Günter Neidlinger (conductor).
Recording: EMI-Electrola C 063-29093
Reissue: Colosseum Records, Nuremberg, COL 9202.2 (2008)
Kurt Leimer, Piano Concerto No. 4 in One Movement (1955)

Kurt Leimer (piano), Symphony of the Air Orchestra, New York, Leopold Stokowski (conductor).
Recording: EMI-Electrola C 063-29030
Reissue: Colosseum Records, Nuremberg, COL 9202.2 (2008)
Pyotr I. Tchaikovsky, Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23 (1st movement) (Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso – Allegro con spirito)

Kurt Leimer (piano), Symphony of the Air Orchestra, Günter Neidlinger (conductor).
Recording: EMI-Electrola F C 063-29093
Reissue: Colosseum Records, Nuremberg, COL 9203.2 (2008)
Johannes Brahms, Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 83 (3rd movement – Andante)

Kurt Leimer (piano), Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra, Erich Kloss (conductor).
Recording: Colosseum Nuremberg, Colos SM 579
Reissue: Colosseum Records, Nuremberg, COL 9203.2 (2008)

List of Recordings by Kurt Leimer

EMI-Electrola C 053-28900

Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111
Chopin: Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 35

EMI-Electrola F 65 349

Brahms: Paganini Variations
Rubinstein: Grand Étude No. 2 in C major, Op. 23
Scriabin: Études No. 1 in C-sharp minor, Op. 2 & No. 12 in G-sharp minor, Op. 8
Chopin: Scherzo No. 1 in B minor, Op. 20

EMI-Electrola F C 063-29093

Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1
Gershwin: Concerto in F
with Skyline Symphony Orchestra, conductor: Günter Neidlinger

EMI-Electrola SME 91 753

Leimer: Piano Concerto in C minor
Leimer: Piano Concerto for the Left Hand
with Philharmonia Orchestra London, conductor: Herbert von Karajan

EMI-Electrola C 063-29030

Leimer: Piano Concerto No. 4
with Symphony of the Air Orchestra, New York, conductor: Leopold Stokowski

Deutsche Grammophon LPEM 19 379

Chopin: Études Op. 10 & Op. 25

Deutsche Grammophon 002 209 45

Kurt Leimer: Improvisations, Capriccio

Colosseum Nuremberg Colos SM 572

Richard Strauss: Panathenäenzug, Op. 74
with Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra, conductor: Günter Neidlinger

Colosseum Nuremberg Colos SM 579

Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2
with Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra, conductor: Erich Kloss

Colosseum Nuremberg Colos SM 581

Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30
with Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra, conductor: Zsolt Deaky

Colosseum Nuremberg Colos SM 562 “In Memoriam Kurt Leimer”

Richard Strauss: Panathenäenzug, Op. 74
with Kurt Leimer, Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra, conductor: Günter Neidlinger
Richard Strauss: Metamorphosen, Study for 23 Solo Strings
with Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra, conductor: Leopold Hager

Links

Zürcher Hochschule der Künste, Departement Musik
https://www.zhdk.ch/departemente/dmu

Fonoteca Nazionale
http://www.fonoteca.ch

Music Department of the Zurich Central Library (Zentralbibliothek Zürich ZBZ)
General link to ZBZ Music Catalog:
https://www.zb.uzh.ch/de/collections/musik#erschliessung-kataloge

Link to the Kurt Leimer Archive/Estate in ZBCollections:
https://www.zbcollections.ch/home/#/content/7062f5faebe749d78fd7abd3487942de#%2F

Nicolas Slonimsky Collection – The Library of Congress (Washington, D.C.)
https://www.loc.gov/item/2003561017/

Youtube Channel von Kurt Leimer und den von ihm gespielten Werken
https://www.youtube.com/@kurtleimer3141/videos

Clips on YouTube of Kurt Leimer

You can find numerous impressions and audio samples of Kurt Leimer and his performances here:

Overview of videos and musical impressions on the Kurt Leimer YouTube Channel