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Biography
Webster Aitken

...born Los Angeles, CA 6.17.1908

....died Santa Fe, NM 5.11.1981

Mozart
Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Fantasy in C minor K. 475
Mozart
Aitken
Bach (1685-1750) Bach
Goldberg Variations BWV 988 Bach
Concerto for Two Pianos BWV 1061 ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss Appelbaum/Stiedry/Friends of New Music Orchestra, Carnegie Hall 3/19/39
Concerto for Three Pianos BWV 1064 ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss Tureck/Sheridan/Stiedry/Friends of New Music Orchestra, Carnegie Hall 3/5/39
Four Duets BWV 802 - 805 Aitken
Toccata in F sharp minor BWV 910 Aitken
Toccata in C minor BWV 911 Bach
Toccata in D Major BWV 912 Aitken
Toccata in E minor BWV 914 Aitken
Sonata for Violin & Keyboard in C minor BWV 1017 Aitken
Beethoven (1770-1827) Record Company & No.
Bagatelles Op. 126 Aitken
Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat Major Op. 19 Klemperer/LAPO 2/27/37
Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major Op. 73 'Emperor'
During the 1961/62 season, Aitken presents all of Beethoven's Late Sonatas, as well as the Diabelli Variations, at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, at Harvard University in Boston, and at the Frick Collection in New York City.
Piano Sonata No. 26 in E-flat Major Op. 81a 'Les Adieux'
Piano Sonata No. 28 in A Major Op. 101
Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-flat Major Op. 106 'Hammerklavier'
Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major Op. 109
Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-flat Major Op. 110
Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor Op. 111
Diabelli Variations Op. 120 Delos DEL-24101/2 LP
Brahms (1833-1897) Brahms
Piano Trio in B Major Op. 8 with Felix Galimir & Robert Maas 11/18/45
Carter (1908- ) Carter
Piano Sonata World premiere (NY broadcast) 2/16/47
Chopin (1810-1849) Aitken
24 Preludes Op. 28 Aitken
Piano Sonata in B minor Op. 58 Aitken
Clementi (1752-1832) Aitken
Piano Sonata in B-flat Major Op. 47 No. 2 Aitken
Copland (1900-1990) Record Company & No.
Passacaglia (1922) Lyrichord LL104 LP
Piano Variations (1930) Lyrichord LL104 LP
Piano Sonata (1940) Lyrichord LL104 LP
Debussy (1862-1918) Aitken
12 Etudes Aitken
Images Book I Aitken
Jardins sous la pluie (from Estampes) Aitken
L'Isle Joyeuse Aitken
La Soiree Dans Grenade (from Estampes) Aitken
Fauré (1845-1924)
Thème et Variations Op. 73 Aitken
Anis Fuleihan (1900-1970) Aitken
Piano Sonata No. 1 Aitken
Handel (1685-1759) Handel
The Six Grand Fugues (1735) Delos DEL-25407 LP
Haydn (1732-1809) Aitken
Variations in F minor Hob. XVII: 6 Aitken
Ives (1874-1954) Ives
Four Transcriptions from Emerson 1st known compl. perf., Town Hall 3/12/48
Menotti (1911- ) Menotti
Ricercare and Toccata New York premiere 3/12/48
Messiaen (1908-1992) Aitken
Fantasie Burlesque Aitken
Mozart (1756-1791) Mozart
Fantasy in C minor K.475 Gamut GT12.132 '78rpm
Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-flat Major K. 271 Barzin/National Orchestral Association
Piano Concerto No. 15 in B-flat Major K. 450 Koussevitzky/BSO 3/4/1940
Piano Concerto No. 25 in C Major K. 503 Goossens/Cincinnati SO 1/31/42
Piano Concerto No. 27 in B-flat Major K. 595 Walter/NYPO 2/1/41
Piano Sonata No. 17 in B-flat Major K. 570 Aitken
Rondo in A minor K. 511 Aitken
Ravel (1875-1937) Aitken
Gaspard de la Nuit Aitken
Le Tombeau de Couperin Aitken
Schubert (1797-1828) Schubert
Piano Sonata No. 4 in A minor D. 537
In a 4 recital series (10, 17, 22, and 29 November 1938) at London's Æolian Hall, Aitken performs all 12 of the 'finished' Sonatas, including No. 15 in C Major D. 840, in a completion by composer Ernst Krenek.

This marks the first time all 12 Sonatas have been heard as a cycle in London, prompting an article by Richard Capell for the Daily Telegraph and Morning Post entitled "Revaluation of a Neglected Heritage" that for many years was held as a landmark in Schubertian literature.

Piano Sonata No. 8 in E-flat Major D. 568
Piano Sonata No. 10 in B Major D. 575
Piano Sonata No. 13 in A Major D. 664
Piano Sonata No. 14 in A minor D. 784
Piano Sonata No. 15 in C Major D. 840 (compl. by Krenek)
Piano Sonata No. 16 in A minor D. 845
Piano Sonata No. 17 in D Major D. 850
Piano Sonata No. 18 in G Major D. 894
Piano Sonata No. 19 in C minor D. 958
Piano Sonata No. 20 in A Major D. 959
Piano Sonata No. 21 in B-flat Major D. 960
Die Winterreise D. 911 baritone Bruce Foote at U. of I. 8/9/61
Schubert/Liszt (1797-1828 / 1811-1886) Aitken
Wanderer Fantasy Kerby/VSO 3/27/32 - Aitken's European debut
Stravinsky (1882-1971) Stravinsky
Piano Sonata Stravinsky
Thomson (1896-1989) Thomson
Piano Sonata Thomson
Weber (1786-1826) Aitken
Concertstuck Op. 79 Aitken
Webern (1883-1945) Webern
Variations Op. 27 Delos DEL-25407 LP
Aitken