Consists of previously released recordings; originally released as 45 rpm discs or LPs.
1st, 5th, 7th-8th works recorded Town Hall, New York City 1952 January 3.
2nd-4th, 6th works recorded Town Hall, New York City 1953 January 12-13.
Papillons : op. 2 / Robert Schumann (11:46) -- Rondo capriccioso in E major : op. 14 (6:41) ; Song without words in G major, op. 62/1 : "May breezes" (3:18) ; Song without words in C major, op. 67/4 : "Spinning song" (1:46) / Felix Mendelssohn -- 3 écossaises, op. posth. 72/3 / Frédéric Chopin (3:00) -- Concert study in D-flat major, S. 144/3 : "Un sospiro" / Franz Liszt (5:32) -- Sonatine / Maurice Ravel (10:00) -- Ricercare and toccata on a theme from The old maid and the thief : for Ania Dorfmann / Gian Carlo Menotti (6:18)