Webster Aitken / Aaron Copland

Walden 101 (LP)

Webster Aitken

Discography & Album Gallery

Discography

Composer & Work Record Company & Catalog No. Date
Beethoven (1770-1827)  
Piano Sonata No. 28 in A Major Op. 101 Bandoneon BDN-6703 7/11/62*
Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-flat Major Op. 106 'Hammerklavier' Bandoneon BDN-6703 7/11/62*
Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-flat Major Op. 106 'Hammerklavier' Delos DEL-24101/2 LP 7/11/61*
Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-flat Major Op. 110 Bandoneon BDN-6703 7/05/61*
Diabelli Variations Op. 120 Delos DEL-24101/2 LP 7/25/62*
Copland (1900-1990)    
Passacaglia (1922) Lyrichord LL104 LP 1951
(reissued on Walden 101 LP)
Piano Variations (1930) Lyrichord LL104 LP 1951
(reissued on Walden 101 LP)
Piano Sonata (1940) Lyrichord LL104 LP 1951
(reissued on Walden 101 LP)
Handel (1685-1759)    
The Six Grand Fugues (1735) Delos DEL-25407 LP 1961
Mozart (1756-1791)    
Fantasy in C minor K. 475 Gamut GT12.132 '78rpm 1933
(This recording is available to audition on the Bandoñeon home page)
Piano Concerto No. 15 in B-flat Major K. 450 (National Orchestral Association/Léon Barzin) Note: only movements II & III survive. Held at Rodgers & Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, NY 2/27/39*
Schubert (1797-1828)    
Piano Sonata No. 16 in A minor D. 845 EMS 107 LP Vol. 7 of Schubert Ed. 1950
Piano Sonata No. 17 in D Major D. 850 EMS 108 LP Vol. 8 of Schubert Ed. 1950
Delos DEL-25407 LP 6/28/61*
Piano Sonata No. 18 in G Major D. 894 EMS 109 LP Vol. 9 of Schubert Ed. 1950
Piano Sonata No. 19 in C minor D. 958 Gamut MS 9 '78rpm 1936
Piano Sonata No. 19 in C minor D. 958 EMS 110 LP Vol. 10 of Schubert Ed. 1950
Piano Sonata No. 20 in A Major D. 959 EMS 111 LP Vol. 11 of Schubert Ed.
Bandoneon BDN-6703
1950
Piano Sonata No. 21 in B-flat Major D. 960 EMS 112 LP Vol. 12 of Schubert Ed.
Bandoneon BDN-6703
1950
Die Wintereisse D. 911, with Baritone Bruce Foote U. of Illionis Sound Archives 8/9/61*
Webern (1883-1945)    
Variations Op. 27 Delos DEL-25407 LP 1961

Album Gallery

Webster Aitken / Beethoven

Delos DEL-24101/2: 2LP set, issued 1974
The covert art reproduces a drawing of Aitken made by Oscar Kokoschka (undated)

Webster Aitken / Aaron Copland

Walden 101: Lyrichord license, issued 1953

Webster Aitken / Schubert, Handel, Webern

Delos DEL-25407: issued 1978

Webster Aitken / Schubert

EMS 110: issued 1950
The cover art reproduces a drawing of Aitken made by Paul Cadmus (undated) Only 6 of the projected 12 Volume Schubert 'Complete Pianoforte' series were completed.
Founded in 1973 by Amelia Haygood, Delos Music boasts a 30-year history of providing great American artists an international platform, and remains among the most intrepid of the indendents. On the web at:
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EMS (Elaine Music Shop) was founded in 1949 by Jack Skunick, former editor of Just Records Magazine. EMS introduced the young Charles Rosen and recorded an early Varèse album under the supervision of the composer.