Wilhelm Kempff
German pianist and composer
Wilhelm Walter Friedrich Kempff (25 November 1895 – 23 May 1991) was a German pianist, teacher and composer. Although his repertoire included Bach, Mozart, Chopin, Schumann, Liszt and Brahms, Kempff was particularly well known for his interpretations of the music of Ludwig van Beethoven and Franz Schubert, recording the complete sonatas of both composers. He is considered to have been one of the chief exponents of the Germanic tradition during the 20th century.
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Works
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- Alle, op. 52/6
- Cadenza for the First Movement of Beethoven's Piano Concerto no. 4 (op. 58)
- Quartet in G major, op. 15
- Trio in G minor for Violin, Cello and Piano
- Vier Lieder nach Gedichten von C.F. Meyer = Four songs to poems by C.F. Meyer ii. All op. 56 No2 / Kempff.
- Vier Lieder nach Gedichten von C.F. Meyer, op. 53: III. Der Gesang des Meeres
- Vier Lieder nach Gedichten von C.F. Meyer, op. 55: IV. In einer Sturmnacht
- Vier Lieder nach Gedichten von C.F. Meyer, op. 56: I. Liederseelen
Box sets & recent recordings
- Wilhelm Kempff, Piano (Vol. 2) — Wilhelm Kempff (2011) box set · 252 tracks Spotify
- Brahms: Complete Piano Music — Johannes Brahms, Daniel Barenboim, Wilhelm Kempff, Johann Sebastian Bach, Anatol Ugorski (2013) box set · 123 tracks Spotify
- Beethoven: The Piano Sonatas — Ludwig van Beethoven, Wilhelm Kempff (1995) box set · 102 tracks Spotify
- Schumann / Brahms: Complete 1950s Solo Recordings — Wilhelm Kempff (2003) box set · 82 tracks Spotify
- Wilhelm Kempff Plays Bach. Transcriptions For Piano — Johann Sebastian Bach, Wilhelm Kempff, Christoph Willibald Gluck (1994) box set · 60 tracks Spotify
- Wilhelm Kempff - The Complete 1950s Concerto Recordings — Wilhelm Kempff (2002) box set · 35 tracks Spotify
- Originals Beethoven Box — Ludwig van Beethoven, Gundula Janowitz, Hilde Rössel Majdan, Waldemar Kmentt, Walter Berry, Wilhelm Kempff, Berliner Philharmoniker, Wiener Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan, Carlos Kleiber (1995) box set · 32 tracks Spotify
- Bach: Harpsichord Concerto No. 5 in F Minor, BWV 1056: II. Largo (Arr. for Solo Piano by Wilhelm Kempff) — Johann Sebastian Bach, Vadim Chaimovich (2025) Spotify
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