The Complete Warner Classics Edition (CD27)

CD1     Beethoven: Variations WoO 80 ∙ Piano Sonatas Nos. 5 & 32

CD2     Beethoven: Sonata for horn and piano;

             Schumann: Adagio & Allegro Op. 70;

             Hindemith: Sonata for horn and piano;

             Kirchner: Tre poemi

CD2-3  Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 (2 versions) & 2

CD4     Brahms: Piano Sonatas Nos. 1 & 2 ∙ Scherzo Op. 4

CD5     Brahms: Piano Sonata No. 3 ∙ Ballades Op. 10

CD6     Brahms: Intermezzi Op. 117 ∙ Stücke Opp. 118 & 119

CD7*   Brahms: Sonatas for piano & violin Nos. 1-3 ∙ Scherzo-Allegro WoO 2

CD8*   Brahms: Sonatas for cello and piano Nos. 1-2 ∙ Wie Melodien zieht es mir;

            Schumann: Romanzen Op. 94 ∙ Fantasiestücke Op. 73

CD9*   Brahms: Sonatas for clarinet and piano Nos. 1-2 ∙ Vergebliches Ständchen Op. 84 No. 4;

            Berg: Piano Sonata ∙ 4 Stücke for clarinet and piano

CD10* Brahms: Piano Trio Op. 8

            Haydn: Trio for flute, cello and piano Hob.XV:15

CD11* Brahms: Quartets for piano, violin, viola and cello Nos. 1 & 3

CD12* Brahms: Quartet for piano, violin, viola and cello No. 2;

            Saint-Saens: Le Carnaval des animaux;

            Milhaud: Scaramouche

CD13* Dvoržak: Sonatina for violin and piano “Indian Lament”;

            Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio Op. 50

CD14* Dvoržak: Piano Trio Op. 65;

            Shostakovich: Piano Trio No. 2

CD15* Dvoržak: Quintet Op. 81 ∙ Piano Quartet Op. 87;

            Komarova: Trio

CD16   Franck: Violin Sonata;

            Saint-Saens: Violin Sonata No. 1;

            Ravel: Violin Sonata

CD17  Haydn: Keyboard Sonatas Nos. 15, 33, 36, 50 ∙ Piano Trio Hob.XV:27*

CD18  Haydn: Keyboard Sonata No. 60;

            Brahms: 4 Klavierstücke Op. 119;

            Lachenmann: 5 Variationen über ein Thema von Schubert;

            Schubert: Sonata D. 894 “Fantasie”

CD19   Hindemith: Kammermusik No. 2;

            Messiaen : Quatuor pour la fin du Temps*

CD20  Mozart: Piano Sonatas Nos. 10-12

CD21  Mozart: Fantasias KV 385g & KV 475 ∙ Rondos KV 485 & KV 511 ∙ Adagio KV 540

CD22* Mozart: Piano Quartet No. 1 ∙ Piano Trio No. 4 ∙ Quintet for piano, oboe, clarinet, horn and bassoon

CD23   Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition;

             Komarova: Sonata;

             Tchaikovsky: Dumka ∙ The Seasons Nos. 6, 10 & 11

CD24* Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition (Urtext version from 1874 with literary correspondences narrated by Konrad Beikircher)

CD25   Schumann: Bunte Blätter ∙ Kreisleriana

CD26   Schumann: Piano Concerto;

             Grieg: Piano Concerto

CD27  Shostakovich:  Cello Sonata;

            Stravinsky: Suite italienne for cello and piano;

            Prokofiev: Cello Sonata

*Live recordings

Lars Vogt (1970-2022) early recordings collected here provide a document of an artist who always remained authentic, both to himself and to music. Lars Vogt never sought absolute truth, but truthfulness instead meant all the more to him. The man and the artist were always very close, never currying favour and never detached from the world. He was, instead, open and natural.

“It’s incredibly gratifying when you notice that you can perhaps light a little spark, a little flame for music in people, and when music helps you to find the path to your own soul.”

Born in Düren on 8 September 1970 Lars Vogt began taking piano lessons at the age of six and then studied in Hannover with Karl-Heinz Kämmerling, who produced several generations of renowned piano students. In 1990 he won second prize in the Leeds International Piano Competition and came to the attention of both EMI Classics executive who arranged a recording contract and Simon Rattle with whom he became close. In 1997 he founded in Heimbach the Spannungen chamber music festival, which is regularly attended by renowned artists such as Christian Tetzlaff, Truls Mørk, Tanja Tetzlaff, Heinrich Schiff, Sabine Meyer, Julia Fischer, Daniel Hope, Kim Kashkashian, Daniel Harding…

As conducter (he is self-taught) he took over the direction of the Royal Northern Sinfonia in 2015 and was appointed chief conductor of the Orchestre de Chambre de Paris in 2020. On 5 September 2022 he died of cancer diagnosed two years earlier.

Lars Vogt was one of the world’s most sought-after pianists and conductors due to his attentive musicianship, near flawless execution and a touch of earnestness.