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PAUL BAUMGARTNER (ALTSTÄTTEN, SWITZERLAND, 21 JULY, 1903 – LOCARNO, SWITZERLAND, 19 OCTOBER, 1976)

Born in Altstätten, Switzerland, he studied piano and composition with Walter Braunfels in the Hochschule für Musik und Theater München and with Eduard Erdmann in Köln where he subsequently taught. Fleeing from the rise of the Nazis he took up residence in Basel, in Switzerland again, where he taught in the conservatory. A fine pianist, he was one of the musicians who rallied around the cellist Casals and played in the first Casals festival. He recorded the Bach sonatas for viola da gamba with Casals. However, he is nowadays now mainly remembered as a teacher, numbering among his pupils Alfred Brendel, Karl Engel, Arie Vardi, Peter Efler and the conductor Günter Wand. In 1962 he was awarded the Kunstpreis der Stadt St. Gallen. He died, in 1976, in Locarno, Switzerland. The Swiss painter Urban Zacharias Wick drew his lifesize portrait which is now exhibited and owned by the Kunstmuseum Rheintal.

TRACKLIST

1. Romance in A Major ( Bartolomeo Campagnoli) with Pablo Casals (cello)
2. Sonata for Cello and Piano No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1027 I. Adagio – Allegro non tanto  (Bach) with Pablo Casals (cello)
3. Sonata for Cello and Piano No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1027 II. Andante (Bach) with Pablo Casals (cello)
4. Sonata for Cello and Piano No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1027 III. Allegro moderato (Bach) with Pablo Casals (cello)
5. Sonata for Cello and Piano No. 2 in D Major, BWV 1028 I. Adagio – Allegro (Bach) with Pablo Casals (cello)
6. Sonata for Cello and Piano No. 2 in D Major, BWV 1028 II. Andante (Bach) with Pablo Casals (cello)
7. Sonata for Cello and Piano No. 2 in D Major, BWV 1028 III. Allegro (Bach) with Pablo Casals (cello)
8. Sonata No. 3 in G Minor, BWV 1029 I. Vivace with Pablo Casals (cello)
9. Sonata No. 3 in G Minor, BWV 1029 II. Adagio with Pablo Casals (cello)
10. Sonata No. 3 in G Minor, BWV 1029 III. Allegro (Bach) with Pablo Casals (cello)
11. Tema (Vivace) (Beethoven)
12. Variation 1 (Alla marcia maestoso) (Beethoven)
13. Variation 2 (Poco allegro) (Beethoven)
14. Variation 3 (L’istesso tempo) (Beethoven)
15. Variation 4 (Un poco piu vivace) (Beethoven)
16. Variation 5 (Allegro vivace) (Beethoven)
17. Variation 6 (Allegro ma non troppo e serioso) (Beethoven)
18. Variation 7 (Un poco piu allegro) (Beethoven)
19. Variation 8 (Poco vivace) (Beethoven)
20. Variation 9 (Allegro pesante e risoluto) (Beethoven)
21. Variation 10 (Presto) (Beethoven)
22. Variation 11 (Allegretto) (Beethoven)
23. Variation 12 (Un poco piu moto) (Beethoven)
24. Variation 13 (Vivace) (Beethoven)
25. Variation 14 (Grave e maestoso) (Beethoven)
26. Variation 15 (Presto scherzando) (Beethoven)
27. Variation 16 (Allegro) (Beethoven)
28. Variation 17 (Beethoven)
29. Variation 18 (Poco moderato) (Beethoven)
30. Variation 19 (Presto) (Beethoven)
31. Variation 20 (Andante) (Beethoven)
32. Variation 21 (Allegro con brio – Meno allegro – Tempo I) (Beethoven)
33. Variation 22 (Allegro molto) Alla Notte e giorno faticar di Mozart (Beethoven)
34. Variation 23 (Allegro assai) (Beethoven)
35. Variation 24 Fughetta (Andante) (Beethoven)
36. Variation 25 (Allegro) (Beethoven)
37. Variation 26 (Beethoven)
38. Variation 27 (Vivace) (Beethoven)
39. Variation 28 (Allegro) (Beethoven)
40. Variation 29 (Adagio ma non troppo) (Beethoven)
41. Variation 30 (Andante, sempre cantabile) (Beethoven)
42. Variation 31 (Largo, molto espressivo) (Beethoven)
43. Variation 32 Fuga (Allegro – Poco adagio) (Beethoven)
44. Variation 33 (Tempo di minuetto moderato, ma non tirarsi dietro) (Beethoven)
45. Violin Sonata No. 10 in G Major, Op. 96 I Allegro moderato (Beethoven) with  Sandor Vegh (violin)
46. Violin Sonata No. 10 in G Major, Op. 96 II Adagio espressivo (Beethoven) with  Sandor Vegh (violin)
47. Violin Sonata No. 10 in G Major, Op. 96 III Scherzo. Allegro – Trio (Beethoven) with  Sandor Vegh (violin)
48. Violin Sonata No. 10 in G Major, Op. 96 IV. Poco Allegretto – Adagio espressivo – Allegro (Beethoven) with  Sandor Vegh (violin)