Artist

Robert Casadesus

Genre: Classical ,Keyboard ,Concerto

Origin: U.S.A

Active: 1924 - 1971

Biography

Born into the storied French musical lineage, Robert Casadesus, nephew of Francis Casadesus, trained at the Paris Conservatoire and captured the premier prix for piano as well as harmony. His pianistic career earned widespread praise for interpretive lucidity paired with unfaltering technical command, establishing him among Europe’s leading keyboard artists of the era. In addition to performing, he produced six symphonies along with multiple concertos, vocal pieces, and chamber compositions, the majority of which stayed unpublished. These works characteristically employ contrapuntal textures and dissonant harmonies while pushing technical boundaries.

Albums

Pianistas Famosos, Robert Casadesus

Herbert von Karajan - The Early Lucerne Years

Saint-Saëns, D’indy, Mozart, Liszt & Chabrier

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.1, Op. 15 - Piano Concerto No. 4, Op. 58

De Falla: noches en los Jardines de España - El Sombrero Des Tres Picos: suite NO.2 - La Vida Breve, G. 35

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-Flat Major, Op. 73 "Emperor" (Remastered 2022)

Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 17 & 23

Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 23 & 27

Mitropoulos, Francescatti and Casadesus in Concert

The Great Classical Music #56 : Le Grandi Composizioni per Clavicembalo • Jean-Philippe Rameau // François Couperin // Johann Sebastian Bach // Domenico Scarlatti // Maurice Ravel

The Great Classical Music #145 : Ernest Chausson // Claude Debussy // Francis Poulenc

Francescatti & Casadesus - Beethoven: The Violin Sonatas

Beethoven: Violin Sonatas Nos. 5 in F Major"Spring" & 6 in A Major

The Complete French Columbia Recordings (1928-1939)

Milestones of a Piano Legend: Robert Casadesus, Vol. 6

Milestones Of A Piano Legend - Robert Casadesus, Vol. 5

Milestones of a Piano Legend: Robert Casadesus, Vol. 3

Milestones of a Piano Legend: Robert Casadesus, Vol. 4

Milestones of a Piano Legend: Robert Casadesus, Vol. 9

Milestones of a Piano Legend: Robert Casadesus, Vol. 8

Milestones Of A Piano Legend - Robert Casadesus, Vol. 2

Milestones of a Piano Legend: Robert Casadesus, Vol. 7

Milestones of a Piano Legend: Robert Casadesus, Vol. 1

Milestones of a Piano Legend: Robert Casadesus, Vol. 10

George Szell: Concertos & Symphonies

Beethoven, Fauré, Franck & Debussy: Violin Sonatas

Mozart, Chopin, Debussy & Ravel: Piano Works

Casadesus Plays Piano Music of Debussy

Casadesus Plays Piano Music of Ravel

Robert Casadesus - The Early Recordings

Casadesus Plays Mozart, Beethoven, Schumann, Ravel, Debussy and Mussorgski

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 - Falla: Noches en los Jardines de España, IMF 8

Mozart: Piano Sonatas Nos. 12, 13, 14 & 18

Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 21 & 27

Bartók: Sonata for 2 Pianos and Percussion - Debussy: En blanc et noir & 6 Épigraphes antiques

Bach & Casadesus: Concertos for 3 Pianos

Schumann: Papillons & Waldszenen & Symphonic Etudes

Schumann: Carnaval, Op. 9 & Fantasie, Op. 17

Casadesus Plays Sonatas by Chopin, Mozart & Haydn

Casadesus: 3 Danses méditerranéennes - Chabrier: 3 Valses romantiques - Fauré: Dolly Suite

Schumann: Fantasia - Chopin: Berceuse - Casadesus: 7 Préludes for Piano

Chopin: Piano Sonata No. 2 & Ballades Nos. 1-4

Mozart: Sonata for 2 Pianos, K. 448 & Andante with 5 Variations, K. 501 - Schubert: Fantasia, D. 940 & Andantino varié, D. 823

Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 4 - Fauré: Ballade & Préludes 1, 3 & 5

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 - Ravel: Piano Concerto for the left Hand

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3, Op. 37 - Mozart: 9 Variations on a Minuet by Jean Pierre Duport, K. 573

Chopin: Ballades 1-4 - Schumann: Papillons

Ravel: Left Hand Concerto - Mozart: Concerto for 2 Pianos

Casadesus: Nonetto, Op. 45 & Sextuor, Op. 58

Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 2 & No. 23

Schumann: Symphonic Etudes for Piano - Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 31

Franck: Variations symphoniques, FWV 46 & D'Indy: Symphonie sur un chant montagnard français, Op. 25

Bach: Italian Concerto & Toccata and Fugue in E Minor & Partita No. 2

Chausson: Concerto for Violin, Piano and String Quartet, Op. 21

Schmitt: Une semaine du petit elfe Ferme-l'oeil, Op. 58 & 3 Rapsodies, Op. 53

Scarlatti: Sonatas - Reameau: Gavotte es six doubles & Les Niais de Sologne

Bach: Concertos for 2 Pianos

Bach: Concerto for 3 Keyboards & French Suite No. 6

Casadesus: Hommage á Chausson - Francescatti: 3 Preludes for Piano - Bach: Violin Sonata No. 2

Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 4

Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 15 & 17

Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 26 & 27

Jean-Philippe Rameau: Pièces de clavecin

Liszt, Ravel & Brahms: Casadeus

Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 10, 12, 18 & 20

Schumann: Fantasy in C major, Op. 17 - Chopin: Four Ballads

Blacher: Music for Cleveland - Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 27 - Brahms: Symphony No. 2 - Stravinsky: Fireworks

Relax With Ravel

Ravel: Piano Concerto for the Left Hand in D Major etc.

The Essential Halloween Album

Robert Casadesus plays Mozart - Sony Classical Masters

Ravel: Bolero - Dukas: Sorcerer's Apprentice

Mozart: Symphony No. 33 & Piano Concerto No. 27

Ravel: Gaspard de la Nuit & Le Tombeau de Couperin

Schumann: Davidsbündlertänze

Beethoven, L.: Piano Concerto No. 4 / Haydn, J.: Symphony No. 92, "Oxford" / Bach, J.S.: Violin Concerto, Bwv 1041

Beethoven, Mozart & Bach: Violin Sonatas

Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra; Sonata for Two Piano and Percussion; Improvisations, Op. 20 [Classic Library]

Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 21, 24 & Piano Sonata No. 12

Beethoven: Violin Sonatas Nos. 5, 9 & 10

Beethoven: Violin Sonatas Nos. 7-9

Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 14, 23, 24 & 26

Mozart: Piano Concertos 18 & 20

Barbirolli Society, Vol. 1

Mozart: Super Hits

Masterworks Heritage: Ravel - Complete Solo Piano Music

Franck: Symphony in D Minor, M. 48, Symphonic Variations, M. 46 & Pièce héroïque in B Minor, M. 37

Bach: Concertos for 2 & 3 Pianos

Beethoven: Violin Sonatas

Beethoven: Sonatas for Piano Nos. 14, 26, 24 & 23

Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 14, 26, 24 & 23

Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major, K. 467 "Elvira Madigan" & Piano Concerto No. 24 in C Minor, K. 491

Mozart: Piano Concerto Nos. 21 & 24

Singles

Lizst: Piano Concerto No. 2 in A Major

Live

Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 20 & 24 (Live)

Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 24 & 27 (Live)

Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 4 & 5

Ravel: Piano Concerto for the Left Hand, M. 82 - Strauss: Eine Alpensinfonie, Op. 64, TrV 233 (Live)

Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major, K. 467 (Live recording, Lausanne 1971)

Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 26 in D Major, K. 537 "Coronation" - Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 2 in A Major, S. 125 - Falla: Nights in the Garden of Spain, G. 49 (Live)