"Seldom Heard" Works without catalogue numbers

Cadenza for Piano Concerto Nr. 1 (not included in Biamonti 506, which is the three cadenzas written in 1809), contained on the Toscanini/Horowitz sketch leaves which likely belong to the sketchbook Autograph 19e, dating from late spring/early summer 1800. CBS MK 42177, Murray Perahia, piano, Bernard Haitink conducting the Concertgebouw Orchestra.

String Quintet in A after the Kreutzer Sonata, op. 47, described as a "contemporary anonymous arrangement, possibly by Ludwig van Beethoven or Ferdinand Ries," played by L'Archibudelli on period instruments, Sony SK 48076.

8 short sketchbook fragments:
Fugue Exposition C minor (1796)
Menuet in C major (1794-5)
Piano Piece C major (1793-4)
Andante in B flat major (1793-4)
Piano Piece D minor (1793)
Menuet in D major (1793)
Piano Piece A major (1793)
Piano Piece (Menuet) in D minor (179-2?)
appear played by Anatol Karemacher, piano on Raptus Records 389.02.88 recorded 1988

The following uncatalogued pieces are performed by Steven Beck on Beethoven: Cameos for Piano, Monument Records 03.04.01:
Piano Piece in C (Kafka Miscellany, folio 119v)
Piano Piece in A (Kafka Miscellany, folio 41v)
Piano Piece in A (Kafka Miscellany, folio 160r)
Piano Piece in A (Kafka Miscellany, folio 47v)
Piano Piece in G (Fischhof Miscellany, folio 53v)
"Bagatelle Nr. 7"
"Bagatelle Nr. 11"
This CD can be obtained directly from Monument Records.

An uncatalogued Minuet in D(Kafka Miscellany 39r) appears on Dance Music for Piano, played by Steven Beck, Monument Records 02.03.01

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