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1.
1957 RCA Ravel/Prokofiev 
2.
1958 RCA Mozart Concerto
3.
1958 RCA Bach Concerto
4.
1959 RCA Mozart
5.
1959 RCA Chopin
6.
1964 Columbia Bach
7.
1965 Columbia Schubert
8.
1966 Columbia Haydn
9.
1966 Columbia Mozart
10.
1967 Columbia Chopin
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Recording
Career Summary
André
Tchaikowsky made a combined total of ten records for RCA Victor and
Columbia Records. Each recording is listed below and on the panel to
the left by the recording date. Click any image or link to learn more
about each recording and to hear the music from the selected recording.
1. 1957
RCA Ravel/Prokofiev
Ravel: Gaspard de la Nuit
Prokofiev: Visions Fugitives
2.
1958 RCA Mozart Concerto
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 25 in C (K.503)
André Tchaikowsky, Piano
Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO)
Fritz Reiner, Conductor
3. 1958
RCA Bach Concerto
Bach: Concerto for Clavier No. 5, F minor
(BWV 1056)
André Tchaikowsky, Piano
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Fritz Reiner, Conductor
4. 1959
RCA Mozart
Mozart: Fantasia in C minor (K475)
Mozart: Sonata No. 14 in C minor (K457)
Mozart: Sonata No. 10 in C major (K330)
5. 1959
RCA Chopin
Chopin: Prelude No. 18, Opus 28
Chopin: Prelude No. 2, Opus 28
Chopin: Prelude No. 14, Opus 28
Chopin: Prelude No. 4, Opus 28
Chopin: Prelude No. 5, Opus 28
Chopin: Prelude No. 8, Opus 28
Chopin: Prelude No. 19, Opus 28
Chopin: Prelude No. 20, Opus 28
Chopin: Prelude No. 23, Opus 28
Chopin: Prelude No. 24, Opus 28
Chopin: Barcarolle in F-sharp, Opus 60
Chopin: Etude in A-flat, Opus 10, No. 10
Chopin: Etude in C, Opus 10, No. 7
Chopin: Mazurka in A-minor, Opus 59, No.
1
Chopin: Mazurka in A-flat, Opus 59, No. 2
Chopin: Mazurka in B, Opus 56, No. 1
Chopin: Ballade No. 3 in A-flat, Opus 47
6. 1964
Columbia Bach
Bach: Goldberg Variations (BWV 988)
7. 1965
Columbia Schubert
12 Ländler, Opus 171
Valses, Opus 18, No. 1, 2, 6, 8, 9, 10
Dances allemandes, Opus 33, No. 7
"Ländler" en mib mineur, D.
366
Deux danses allemandes, D. 769
Valses nobles, Opus 77, No. 9, 10
Valses, Opus 9, No. 19, 21, 22, 26, 29, 30,
32, 34, 35, 36
"Letzte Walzer" Opus 127, No. 15,
18
Valses sentimentales, Op 50, No 1, 3, 7,
12, 13, 15, 19, 27
Fauré [Danté reissue only] Quatuor No. 1, Op. 15
8. 1966
Columbia Haydn
Haydn - Sonata No. 49 in mib majeur, Opus
66
Haydn - Andante et variations en fa mineur,
Opus 83
Haydn - Sonata No. 23 in fa majeur, Opus
13, No. 3
9. 1966
Columbia Mozart
Sonate K533 - Allegro
Sonate K533 - Andante
Sonate K494 - Rondo | Andante
Sonate K312 - Allegro
Rondo K511 - Andante
Marche K408
Menuet K355
Gigue K574 - Allegro
Adagio K540
10. 1967
Columbia Chopin
Mazurka, Op. 50, No.1 in Sol Majeur
Mazurka, Op. 50, No.2 in la Bémol Majeur
Mazurka, Op. 50, No.3 in Do Dièse Mineur
Mazurka, Op. 56, No.1 in Si Majeur
Mazurka, Op. 56, No.2 in Do Majeur
Mazurka, Op. 56, No.3 in Do Mineur
Mazurka, Op. 59, No.1 in La Mineur
Mazurka, Op. 59, No.2 in La Bémol Majeur
Mazurka, Op. 59, No.3 in Fa Dièse Mineur
Mazurka, Op. 63, No.1 in Si Majeur
Mazurka, Op. 63, No.2 in Fa Mineur
Mazurka, Op. 63, No.3 in Do Dièse Mineur
Mazurka, No. 43 in G minor, Op. 67/2
Mazurka, No. 49 in F minor, Op. 68/4
Mazurka, in A minor ("à Émile Gaillard")
For more
examples of André at the keyboard, see the Pianist link
above. For André at the keyboard playing his own compositions,
see the Composer link above.
André
Tchaikowsky began his recording career with RCA records after the path
to his recording contract was paved by pianist Arthur Rubinstein and
impresario Sol Hurok. However, after a few years, when it became clear
that André was not particularly interested in making recordings
and did little to cooperate with RCA, RCA dropped him as a recording
artist. Rubinstein dropped him as his possible some-day replacement,
and Sol Hurok ended his association with André as well, which
neatly ended André's performance career in the USA. Some years
later, Columbia Records in France (Pathé) made recordings with
André but they, too, found him too difficult to work with and
also dropped him as an artist. The result of all this is four recordings
for RCA and five recordings for Columbia, the last recording being made
in 1967 when André was 32 years old. He never made another commercial
recording.
There is
one additional RCA recording session that was released by the Chicago
Symphony Orchestra (CSO) as part of a fund raising program in 1980 called
Marathon V "Mostly Bach," which featured André playing
the Bach piano concerto No. 5 with the CSO. Normally fundraising recordings,
given as premiums to contributors, come from radio broadcast archive
tapes, however, the CSO had ceased radio broadcasts and had to derive
fundraising recordings from unreleased recording sessions, thus, the
Bach recording featuring André came to light.
Recording
Re-Releases
All
five of the Columbia recordings (EMI France) were re-released as CDs
by Danté Productions as part of their Historical Piano Collection
(HPC) series of vintage performances. Each Danté Volume I to
V corresponds to an original Columbia release, with one exception: Danté
release Volume 4 includes a recording of the Fauré Piano Quartet
No 1 in C minor, Op 15, which was never released by Columbia. This Fauré
recording features André on the piano, Michael Belmgrain, violin,
Lars Grund, Viola, and Ino Jansen, Cello.
Another
re-release is the Mozart Piano Concerto No. 25 recording by RCA with
André and the CSO, with Fritz Reiner conducting, by Idlewild
Re-issues.
Unreleased
Recording Sessions
While
there may have been unreleased Columbia (France) recording sessions,
these are unknown to us at this time. However, the unreleased RCA recording
sessions are known:
Bach -
Goldberg Variations (87 takes total)
Recorded for RCA 13, 17, 23 December 1957 - RCA paid André $280
(estimate) [Union Scale]
Prokofieff
- Sonata No. 7, Opus 83
1st Movement (5 takes)
2nd Movement (1 take)
3rd Movement (3 takes)
Szymanowski - Mazurka No. 3 (2 takes)
Szymanowski - Mazurka No. 14 (2 takes)
Szymanowski - Mazurka No. 5 (1 take)
Recorded for RCA 21 February 1958 - RCA paid André $165 [Union
Scale]
Mozart
- Sonata No. 11 in A major (K331)
Mozart - Sonata No. 12 in F major (K332)
Mozart - Sonata No. 13 in B flat major (K333)
Recorded for RCA 26-28 January, 1959 - RCA paid André $388 [Union
Scale]*
Chopin
- Preludes, Opus 28, Nos. 1, 3, 6-7, 9-13, 15-17, 21-22 (1 take)
Recorded for RCA 10-12 March 1959 - RCA paid André $236 [Union
Scale]**
Scarlatti
- Sonata in A minor, L. 429 (10 takes)
Scarlatti - Sonata in D minor, L. 422 (6 takes)
Scarlatti - Sonata in F, L. 432 (11 takes)
Scarlatti - Sonata in D minor, L. 366 (2 takes)
Recorded
for RCA 21 April 1959 - RCA paid André $97 [Union Scale]
* These
sessions also recorded Mozart for RCA release LSC-2354/LM-2354.
** These
sessions also recorded Chopin for RCA release LSC-2360/LM-2360.
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