0028948438297

Piano Library - Westminster & American Decca Edition

Various Artists

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Format: 21CD

Cat No: ELQ4843829

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Release Date:  13 September 2024

Label:  Australian Eloquence

Packaging Type:  Box Set

No of Units:  21

Barcode:  0028948438297

Genres:  Classical  Solo Instrumental  

  • Description

    An Original Jackets treasury of analogue-era pianism by legendary and lesser-known names from the catalogues of American Decca and Westminster released as a Limited Edition.

    Spanning 1950 to 1963 - Clara Haskil in Scarlatti to Guiomar Novaes in Chopin and Debussy - the recordings in this set document the end of some distinguished careers (notably Benno Moiseiwitsch and Egon Petri) and the early flourishing of others, such as Jorg Demus and Nina Milkina. Classic examples of German, Russian, French, Hungarian, Romanian and American pianism illustrate the characteristics of their national schools, but most of all underline the personal artistry of musicians such as Haskil and Moiseiwitsch who always turned a phrase or a chord and made it their own.

    The four solo LPs for Westminster recorded in 1956 by Raymond Lewenthal marked his return to the studio after an assault which had left him unable to play for several years. He would go on to become an early champion on record of the late-Romantic, ultra-virtuoso style, but these Westminster LPs capture him in repertoire from Beethoven sonatas and Scriabin preludes to popular encores.

    Excerpts from some of these LPs have appeared on CD before, but not the full albums as originally sequenced. This is also true of the treasurable August 1961 sessions in New York made by Benno Moiseiwitsch, playing inimitably inflected accounts of Beethoven, Schumann and Mussorgsky. There is a first-time CD release for Petri's 'Moonlight' Sonata, alongside its original LP couplings of the 'Pathetique' and 'Appassionata', plus the 'Hammerklavier' and Busoni's Fantasia contrappuntistica from the same sessions in June 1956.

    *First Release on CD

    "The contents are fascinating, including many pianists who have since faded from the limelight, others caught in the early stages of glittering careers, and some lesser-known gems that never secured a lasting place in the catalogue." – International Piano

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Jorg Demus: FRANCK Prelude, Choral et Fugue
      • 3. Prelude, Aria et Final

      Disc 2

      • 1. Jorg Demus: FAURE Impromptus Op. 25*, 31, 34*, 91 & 102
      • 6. Theme et Variations
      • 7. Barcarolle, Op. 70
      • 8. Nocturne, Op. 63 No. 6

      Disc 3

      • 1. Edith Farnadi: LISZT Soirees de Vienne

      Disc 4

      • 1. Edith Farnadi: Johann Strauss Waltz Paraphrases
      • 2. GODOWSKY Symphonic Metamorphosis on Kunstlerleben
      • 3. Symphonic Metamorphosis on Die Fledermaus
      • 4. Symphonic Metamorphosis on Wein, Weib und Gesang
      • 5. DOHNANYI Schatz-Walzer (Der Zigeunerbaron)
      • 6. SCHULHOF Pizzicato Polka

      Disc 5

      • 1. Clara Haskill: SCARLATTI Keyboard Sonatas
      • 2. Kk. 247, 2, 132, 35, 193, 386, 519, 322, 87, 515, 437
      • 13. Youra Guller: CHOPIN Mazurkas F minor, Op. 7 No. 3
      • 14. D flat major, Op. 30 No. 3
      • 15. C major, Op. 56 No. 2

      Disc 6

      • 1. Raymond Lewenthal: BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata Nos. 8, 14 & 23

      Disc 7

      • 1. SCRIABIN Fantasy; Vers la flamme
      • 3. 5 Preludes, Op. 74
      • 8. 24 Preludes, Op. 11

      Disc 8

      • 1. Moonlight and Keyboard - DEBUSSY Clair de lune
      • 2. LISZT Liebestraum No. 3 in A flat major
      • 3. SAINT-SAENS-GODOWSKY Le Cygne (from Carnaval des animaux)
      • 4. RACHMANINOFF-LEWENTHAL Zdes' khoroso
      • 5. BRAHMS Waltz in A flat major, Op. 39 No. 15*
      • 6. CHOPIN Nocturne in F sharp major, Op. 15 No. 2*
      • 7. CHOPIN Nocturne in E flat major, Op. 9 No. 2*
      • 8. TRADITIONAL/LEWENTHAL Greensleeves
      • 9. CHOPIN Waltz in C sharp minor, Op. 64 No. 2*
      • 10. MASSENET Elegie (from Les Erinnyes)
      • 11. RUBINSTEIN Romance in E flat major, Op. 44 No. 1
      • 12. SCHUMANN Traumerei (from Kinderszenen, Op. 15)*
      • 13. BEETHOVEN Adagio sostenuto (from Piano Sonata, Op. 27 No. 2 'Moonlight')*
      • 14. SCHUBERT-LISZT Standchen (from Schwanengesang, D. 957)
      • 15. MENDELSSOHN-LISZT Auf Flugeln des Gesanges
      • 16. CHOPIN Impromptu No. 4 in C sharp minor, Op. 66 'Fantaisie-Impromptu'*

      Disc 9

      • 1. Toccatas for Piano - DELLA CIAIA Toccata in G minor
      • 2. J.S. BACH Toccata in C minor BWV 911
      • 3. CZERNY Toccata in C major, Op. 92
      • 4. ALKAN Toccatina in C minor, Op. 75
      • 5. SCHUMANN Toccata in C major, Op. 7
      • 6. PROKOFIEV Toccata, Op. 11
      • 7. DEBUSSY Toccata (from Pour le Piano)
      • 8. RAVEL Toccata (from Le Tombeau de Couperin)
      • 9. JELOBINSKY Toccata in C major, Op. 19, No. 1
      • 10. LEWENTHAL Toccata alla Scarlatti
      • 11. MENOTTI Ricercare and Toccata on a theme from 'The Old Maid and the Thief'

      Disc 10

      • 1. Nina Milkina: SCARLATTI Keyboard Sonatas
      • 2. Kk. 190, 208, 396, 481, 447, 507, 450, 161, 29, 107, 125, 527

      Disc 11

      • 1. C.P.E. BACH Keyboard Sonatas
      • 2. F minor, H.173; A minor, H.247; A major, H.186; D major, H.286

      Disc 12

      • 1. Benno Moiseiwitch: BEETHOVEN Piano Sonatas Nos. 14 & 26; Andante favori
      • 4. SCHUMANN Vogel als Prophet

      Disc 13

      • 1. SCHUMANN Kreisleriana; Kinderszenen
      • 3. Romance, Op. 28 No. 2; Arabeske

      Disc 14

      • 1. MUSSORGSKY Pictures at an Exhibition
      • 2. SCHUMANN Carnaval

      Disc 15

      • 1. Guiomar Novaes: CHOPIN Barcarolle, Op. 60
      • 2. DEBUSSY Les collines d'Anacapri (Preludes, Livre I No. 5)
      • 3. La soiree dans Grenade (from Estampes)
      • 4. Poissons d'or (from Images, Livre II)
      • 5. Minstrels (Preludes, Livre I No. 12)
      • 6. LISZT Etudes de Concert, S.145
      • 7. Liebestraum No. 3
      • 8. Valse oubliee No. 1
      • 9. Hungarian Rhapsody No. 10

      Disc 16

      • 1. Egon Petri: BEETHOVEN Piano Sonatas Nos. 8, 14* & 23

      Disc 17

      • 1. BEETHOVEN Piano Sonatas No. 29

      Disc 18

      • 1. BUSONI Fantasia contrappuntistica
      • 2. BACH-BUSONI Chorale Preludes:
      • 3. Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme
      • 4. In dir ist Freude
      • 5. Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ
      • 6. Nun freut euch, liebe Christen g'mein
      • 7. BUXTEHUDE-PETRI Wir danken dir, Herr Jesu Christ
      • 8. BACH-PETRI
      • 9. Vor deinen Thron tret' ich hiermit
      • 10. Minuet from Klavierbuchlein fur Wilhelm Friedmann Bach
      • 11. Schafe konnen sicher weiden (Sheep may safely graze)

      Disc 19

      • 1. BACH-BUSONI Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565
      • 2. Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C major, BWV 564
      • 3. Prelude and Fugue in E flat major, BWV 552
      • 4. Prelude and Fugue in D major, BWV 532

      Disc 20

      • 1. Liszt - The Famous Piano Transcriptions - MENDELSSOHN-LISZT Wedding March and Elfin Chorus
      • 2. GOUNOD-LISZT Valse de l'opera Faust de Gounod, S. 407 - Paraphrase de concert
      • 3. BEETHOVEN-LISZT Adelaide
      • 4. LISZT-BUSONI Mephisto Waltz No. 1
      • 5. Fantasia on two themes from Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro, S. 697

      Disc 21

      • 1. Carlo Zecchi: SCARLATTI Sonatas, Kk. 159 & 259
      • 2. J.S. BACH Prelude and Fugue No. 13 in F sharp major, BWV 858 (Well-Tempered Clavier Book I)
      • 3. Two-Part Invention No. 11 in G minor, BWV 782
      • 4. MOZART Piano Sonata No. 9 in D major, K. 311
      • 5. CHOPIN Mazurkas Op. 41 No. 1 & Op. 17 No. 4
      • 6. SCHUMANN Kinderszenen