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- AErl King
- BPrelude in G Minor Rachmaninoff
Josef Hofmann, one of the supreme pianists of the early twentieth century, performing Schubert's 'Erlkönig' (in piano transcription) and Rachmaninoff's Prelude in G Minor on Columbia L1416 — a 12-inch pressing. Hofmann's recordings are seriously collected by devotees of historical piano playing.AI summary
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- ALiebestraume
- BWaltz in E Minor Chopin
Josef Hofmann, one of the supreme pianists of the early twentieth century, performing Liszt's 'Liebesträume' and Chopin's Waltz in E Minor on Columbia L1082 — a 12-inch pressing. Hofmann's recordings are seriously collected by devotees of historical piano playing.AI summary
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- ALiebestraume
- BWaltz in E Minor Chopin
Josef Hofmann, one of the supreme pianists of the early twentieth century, performing Liszt's 'Liebesträume' and Chopin's Waltz in E Minor on Columbia L1082 — a 12-inch pressing. This is a duplicate of id 17575 in this collection; both copies should be compared for condition before sale.AI summary
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- AMy Joys
- BPrelude in G Minor Rachmaninoff
Josef Hofmann, the legendary Austrian pianist, performing 'My Joys' and Rachmaninoff's 'Prelude in G Minor' on Brunswick 50045. Hofmann was one of the greatest pianists of the early 20th century.AI summary
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- APastorale & Capriccio
- BMagic Fire Spell
Josef Hofmann was one of the greatest concert pianists of the twentieth century, a child prodigy and lifelong recording artist. 'Pastorale & Capriccio' and 'Magic Fire Spell' (from The Valkyrie) are piano recital pieces. This Brunswick 50035 pressing is from the 1920s–1930s.AI summary
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- APolonaise Militaire
- BMelody in F
Josef Hofmann, the legendary Polish pianist, performing Chopin's 'Polonaise Militaire' and Rubinstein's 'Melody in F' on Brunswick 15098.AI summary
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- APrelude in C Sharp Minor
- BPolonaise in A Major
Josef Hofmann, one of the supreme pianists of the early twentieth century, performing Rachmaninoff's Prelude in C Sharp Minor and Chopin's Polonaise in A Major on Columbia L1092 — a 12-inch pressing. Hofmann's recordings are seriously collected by devotees of historical piano playing.AI summary
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- APrelude in C Sharp Minor
- BPolonaise in A Major
Josef Hofmann performing Rachmaninoff's Prelude in C Sharp Minor and Chopin's Polonaise in A Major on Columbia L1092 — a duplicate of id 17576 in this collection. Both copies should be compared for condition before sale.AI summary
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- APrelude in C Sharp Minor Rachmaninoff
- BMarche Militaire
Josef Hofmann performing Rachmaninoff's Prelude in C Sharp Minor and Schubert's Marche Militaire on Columbia catalogue 258 — an extremely low catalogue number suggesting one of the very earliest Columbia pressings. A Columbia catalogue number as low as 258 is characteristic of the very first years of the label's operation and warrants close examination.AI summary
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- APrelude in C sharp minor Rachmaninoff
- BNocturne Hoffmann
Josef Hofmann, one of the greatest concert pianists of the early twentieth century, on Brunswick 15053, performing the Rachmaninoff Prelude in C sharp minor and a Hoffmann nocturne; an extremely scarce piano recording.AI summary
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- ASpring Song
- BWarum
Josef Hofmann, one of the supreme pianists of the early twentieth century, performing Mendelssohn's 'Spring Song' and Schumann's 'Warum?' on Columbia D9701. Hofmann's recordings are seriously collected by devotees of historical piano playing; this is the same disc as id 21572 in this collection.AI summary
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- ASpring Song
- BWarum
Josef Hofmann, a legendary pianist of the early 20th century, recorded solo classical repertoire on Columbia, likely 1920s.AI summary
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- ASpring Song
- BWarum
Josef Hofmann was one of the supreme pianists of the early twentieth century, a Polish-born prodigy who became a defining figure of the golden age of piano playing. This Columbia disc, catalogue D9701, contains Mendelssohn's 'Spring Song' and Schumann's 'Warum?' — two of the most characteristic salon pieces in the piano repertoire. Hofmann's recordings are seriously collected by devotees of historical piano playing.AI summary
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- AValse brillante
- BBerceuse
Josef Hofmann, one of the supreme pianists of the early twentieth century, performing a Valse brillante and Berceuse on Columbia L1392 — a 12-inch pressing. Hofmann's recordings are seriously collected by devotees of historical piano playing.AI summary
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- AWaltz in C sharp minor
- BTurkish march
Josef Hofmann was a legendary pianist and composer, one of the greatest pianists of the 20th century. This Brunswick recording of Chopin and Rachmaninoff—'Waltz in C Sharp Minor' and 'Turkish March'—represents the artistry of a canonically important musician captured on disc.AI summary