Born July 10, 1923, in Tiflis (later named Tbilisi), Georgia, Rudolf Kerer (also spelled Kehrer) was descended from Swabian immigrants and grew up within the Pietist community in Georgia. He began piano studies at six, and by twelve qualified for the gifted class at the Tbilisi Conservatory. In 1938, he performed in public Tchaikovsky's first Piano Concerto. In October 1941, Kerer and his surviving family were deported as enemy aliens to Kazakhstan. Without a piano, he devised a "table piano, " a table on which he painted a keyboard, so he could "practice." By 1949-at 26-he had given up his dream of a musical career but in 1954, in Uzbekistan, he was accepted at the state conservatory as a student in the class of Zelma Slonim-Tamarkina. Three years later, Kerer graduated, and began teaching piano in Tashkent. Four years later, in 1961, he competed in the second All-Union Competition in Moscow and won the first prize. Following this winning, Kerer became a professor at the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory. He performed throughout the Soviet Union but was not allowed to concertize abroad. In 1988, at 65, he was allowed to serve on the jury of the Beethoven competition in Vienna. He remained there to teach at the Musikhochschule for eight years. Later, he moved to live in Zurich, where he died on October 29, 2013. This release hears him performing some of music's most beautiful piano concertos and sonatas.

Tracklist:

Piano Concerto No. 1 In D Minor, Op. 15: I. Maestoso
Piano Concerto No. 1 In D Minor, Op. 15: II. Adagio
Piano Concerto No. 1 In D Minor, Op. 15: III. Rondo. Allegro Non Troppo
Piano Concerto No. 2 In C Minor, Op. 18: I. Moderato
Piano Concerto No. 2 In C Minor, Op. 18: II. Andante Sostenuto
Piano Concerto No. 2 In C Minor, Op. 18: III. Allegro Scherzando
Piano Concerto In C Major, K. 467: I. Allegro Maestoso
Piano Concerto In C Major, K. 467: II. Andante
Piano Concerto In C Major, K. 467: III. Allegro Vivace Assai
Piano Concerto No. 5 In E-Flat Major, Op. 73 "Emperor": I. Allegro
Piano Concerto No. 5 In E-Flat Major, Op. 73 "Emperor": II. Adagio Un Poco Mosso
Piano Concerto No. 5 In E-Flat Major, Op. 73 "Emperor": III. Rondo. Allegro
Mephisto Waltz No. 1, S. 514
Piano Concerto No. 1 In E-Flat Major, S. 124: I. Allegro Maestoso
Piano Concerto No. 1 In E-Flat Major, S. 124: II. Quasi Adagio
Piano Concerto No. 1 In E-Flat Major, S. 124: III. Allegro Vivace - Allegro Animato
Piano Concerto No. 1 In E-Flat Major, S. 124: IV. Allegro Marziale Animato
Piano Concerto No. 1 In D-Flat Major, Op. 10
Piano Concerto No. 2 In A Minor: I. Andante Pesante
Piano Concerto No. 2 In A Minor: II. Presto Energico
Ouvertüre Zu Tannhäuser, S. 442 (After Wagner's Wwv 70)
Piano Sonata In A Minor, K. 310: I. Allegro Maestoso
Piano Sonata In A Minor, K. 310: II. Andante Cantabile
Piano Sonata In A Minor, K. 310: III. Presto
Piano Sonata No. 8 In C Minor, Op. 13 "Pathétique": I. Grave - Allegro Di Molto E Con Brio
Piano Sonata No. 8 In C Minor, Op. 13 "Pathétique": II. Adagio Cantabile
Piano Sonata No. 8 In C Minor, Op. 13 "Pathétique": III. Rondo. Allegro
Piano Sonata No. 14 In C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27 No. 2 "Moonlight": I. Adagio Sostenuto
Piano Sonata No. 14 In C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27 No. 2 "Moonlight": II. Allegretto
Piano Sonata No. 14 In C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27 No. 2 "Moonlight": III. Presto Agitato
Piano Sonata: I. Allegro Vivo E Risoluto
Piano Sonata: II. Largo
Piano Sonata: III. Allegro Vivo
Allegro Agitato Molto, S. 139 No. 10
Années De Pèlerinage II, S. 161 "Italie": I. Sposalizio
Piano Trio: I. Elegy. Allegro Moderato
Piano Trio: II. Scherzo. Allegro Vivo
Piano Trio: III. Funeral March. Andante
Piano Trio: IV. Idyll. Allegretto
Symphonic Etudes, Op. 13
Arabesque In C Major, Op. 18

UPC: 061297808694
Label: Doremi Records
Release Date: 3.20.20
Format: CD

Rudolf Kerer 1 / Various Box - Rudolf Kerer 1 (5 CD)