Wilhelm Backhaus in Carnegie Hall -- Four Encores (1956)

Wilhelm Backhaus at age 72 in splendid form, giving four encores during a Carnegie Hall recital in New York in 1956. Starting with some preluding to establish the key of the next piece, he plays: - Schubert’s Impromptu in B flat major Opus 142 no. 3, D935; - Chopin’s Etude Opus 25 no. 2 in F minor; - Schumann’s “Vogel als Prophet“, from his Waldszenen Opus 82; - Mozart’s Rondo alla Turca from his Sonata no. 11 in A major, KV331