Since he first entered the studio in 1931, Karl Ulrich Schnabel has made relatively few recordings. Yet the artistic quality of his small discographic output is nothing to be modest about. All the works with his father have been reissued on CD, although Schwann no longer lists the 1937 Schubert four hand sessions. Save for the two Schubert CDs with Joan Rowland, all other performances listed here can be found only on out-of-print LPs (or 78s where indicated).
I wish to thank Raymond Donnell and the Gryphon Record Shop
in New York City for generously providing research materials,
as well as Gregor Benko, Harris Goldsmith, and Karl Ulrich Schnabel
for their invaluable contributions.
with Joan Rowland:
Schubert: Fantasy in F Minor, D.940. Four Polonaises, D. 824. Variations in Ab on an Original Theme, D.814. Four Laendler, D.814, Rondo in D,D.608. (CD: Sheffield Lab 10054-2F).
Schubert: Introduction and Variations in Bb,D.603. Grand Duo, Op. 140. (CD: Town Hall THCD 37)
Beethoven: Variations on a theme by Count Waldstein; March in C Major, Op. 45, No. 4; Mozart: Sonata, F Major, K. 497 (LP: Sonic Arts)
with Artur Schnabel:
Schubert: Marches Militaires (3) D.733. Marches, D.819: Nos. 2+3.
Rondo in A, D.951. Divertissement a l'hongroise, D.818. Andantino Varie, D.823 No.2.
Allegro in A Minor (Lebenssturme), D.947 (CD: Arabesque Z-6571/5--"Schnabel Plays Schubert" Volumes 1 through 5)
Bach: Concerto for Two Pianos in C, BWV 1061. London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Sir Adrian Boult. (CD Pearl 9399)
Mozart: Concerto for Two Pianos in Eb, K.365. London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Sir Adrian Boult. (CD Arabesque Z 6590)
with Helen Schnabel:
Schubert: Sonata, Bb Major; Four Polonaises, D. 824. (LP SPA 49)
Mendelssohn: Allegro Brilliante; Andante and Variations; Weber: Five Pieces, Op. 10, No. 5 and Op. 60, Nos. 5, 6, 7, and 8. (LP SPA 50)
Mozart: Concerto for Two Pianos in Eb, K.365; Concerto for Three Pianos in F, K.365 (Ilse von Alpenheim, piano). Vienna Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Bernhard Paumgartner. (LP Epic LC 3259)
Mozart: Sonata, D Major, for four hands, K. 381; Andante with Five Variations in G Eb, K.501; Sonata, D Major, for two pianos. (LP Philips)
Schubert: Four Polonaises, D. 824; Debussy: Epigraphes Antiques, Nos. 1, 2 and 4. (LP Philips NBE 11004, Philips 402024 E)
Schubert: Eight Variations in Ab, D. 813; Four Variations in Bb, D. 603; Eight Variations in C, D. 908. (LP Philips 06046 R)
Schubert: Fantasy in F Minor, D.940; Brahms: Hungarian Dances Nos. 4, 3, 2, 11, 1, 12, 13, and 17. (LP Philips N 00255 L, Epic LC 3183)
Mozart: Andante with Five Variations in G Eb, K.501; Mendelssohn: Andante and Variations; Brahms: Hungarian Dances Nos. 1 & 2; Bizet: Five Pieces from "Jeux D'enfants;" Weber: Rondo, Op. 60, No. 8; Adagio, Op. 10, No. 5; Dvorak: Legend, C Major, Op. 59, No. 4. (LP Sheffield/Town Hall)
Schubert: Fantasy in F Minor, D.940; Sonata, Bb Major; Mozart: Sonata, C Major, for four hands, K. 529; (LP Sheffield/Town Hall S-19--2 LP set)
with Leonard Shure:
Chopin: Rondo in C, for two pianos (78 Victor 11618)
with Alphonse Onnou, violin and Robert Maas, cello:
Piano Solo:
Bach: Capriccio on the departure of a beloved brother, BWV 992; Paradies: Sonata No. 10 in D (78 Victor 4293/4)
Mendelssohn: Songs Without Words, Nos. 12, 22, 23, 24, 28, 30, 32, 34, 35, 45, 47, 48 (78 Victor Set M-226)
Schubert: Wanderer Fantasy; Twenty Dances (LP WCFM-Washington 17, McIntosh MM 1104)
Schumann: Papillons, Op. 2; Chopin: Scherzo No. 3 in C# Minor, Op. 39; Liszt: Annees de Pelerinage: Canzonetta del Salvador Rosa, Au bord d'une source, Sonetto de Petrarca No. 123, La Chapelle de Guilliaume Tell (LP Urania 8001)
Chopin: Polonaise in Eb Minor, Op. 26, No. 2; Nocturne in B, Op. 32, No. 1; Liszt: Il Penseroso; Debussy: Preludes Book 1, Le Serenade Interrompue, Le Danse de Puck. (LP VIS Radio)
Mendelssohn: Sonata, Op. 6; Schubert: Twenty Dances. (LP Sheffield/Town Hall S-8)
Schubert: Sonata, a minor, Op. 42; Six Moments Musicaux. (LP Musical Heritage Society MHS 1245)
Mozart: Fantasy, K. 475 and Sonata in C Minor, K. 457; Andante, K. 616. (LP Musical Heritage Society MHS 1700)
Beethoven: Sonata, D major, Op. 28 ("Pastorale");
Sonata, E Major, Op. 109. (LP Musical Heritage Society MHS 3296L)