A Rhapsody in Blue: The Extraordinary Life of Oscar Levant - His Complete Piano Recordings | Sony 88985471862

A Rhapsody in Blue: The Extraordinary Life of Oscar Levant - His Complete Piano Recordings

Label: Sony

Cat No: 88985471862

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 8

Release Date: 24th August 2018

Contents

Works

Albeniz, Isaac

Espana: Album Leaves (6), op.165 B37 (Seis hojas de album)
» II Tango

Bach, Johann Sebastian

Partita no.1 in B flat major, BWV825

Beethoven, Ludwig van

Piano Sonata no.8 in C minor, op.13 'Pathetique'
» II Adagio cantabile
Piano Sonata no.14 in C sharp minor, op.27 no.2 'Moonlight'
Piano Sonata no.20 in G major, op.49 no.2
» II Tempo di Menuetto

Brahms, Johannes

Klavierstucke (6), op.118
» no.2 Intermezzo in A major
Waltzes (16), op.39
» no.15 in A flat major

Chopin, Frederic

Berceuse in D flat major, op.57
Etudes (12), op.10
» no.3 in E major 'Tristesse'
» no.4 in C sharp minor
» no.5 in G flat major 'Black Key Study'
» no.12 in C minor 'Revolutionary'
Mazurkas (51)
» no.13 in A minor, op.17 no.4
» no.17 in B flat minor, op.24 no.4
» no.41 in C sharp minor, op.63 no.3
» no.45 in A minor, op.posth 67 no.4
Nocturnes (21)
» no.2 in E flat major, op.9 no.2
» no.5 in F sharp major, op.15 no.2
Polonaise no.3 in A major, op.40 no.1 'Military'
Waltzes (19)
» no.7 in C sharp minor, op.64 no.2
» no.11 in G flat major, op.posth.70 no.1

Copland, Aaron

Billy the Kid
» Celebration
» Street Scene
» The Open Prairie

Debussy, Claude

Arabesques (2)
Children's Corner
» III Serenade for the Doll
» VI Golliwogg's Cake-Walk
» V The Little Shepherd
Estampes (3)
» no.2 La soiree dans Grenade (Evening in Granada)
» no.3 Jardins sous la pluie (Gardens in the rain)
Images pour piano, Book 1
» I Reflets dans l'eau
Preludes (12), Book 1
» no.5 Les collines d'Anacapri
» no.8 La fille aux cheveux de lin (The girl with the flaxen hair)
» no.10 La Cathedrale engloutie
» no.12 Minstrels
Preludes (12), Book 2
» no.6 General Lavine - eccentric
Suite bergamasque
» III Clair de Lune

Falla, Manuel de

El amor brujo (version for piano)
» Ritual Fire Dance
El sombrero de tres picos (The three-cornered hat): Suite no.2
» II The Miller's Dance: Farruca

Gershwin, George

I Got Rhythm Variations
Piano Concerto in F major
Preludes (3)
Rhapsody in Blue
Rhapsody no.2 'Second Rhapsody'

Honegger, Arthur

Concertino for piano and orchestra

Khachaturian, Aram

Gayaneh: Ballet Suite
» Lullaby
» Sabre Dance
Piano Concerto in D flat major, op.38

Lecuona, Ernesto

Suite Andalucia
» VI Malaguena

Levant, Oscar

Blue Plate Special
Sonatina
» I Con ritmo

Liszt, Franz

Annees de Pelerinage, 2nd Year, S161
» no.5 Sonetto 104 del Petrarca
Hungarian Rhapsodies (19), S244
» no.4 in E flat major
» no.10 in E major (Preludio)
» no.12 in C sharp minor
» no.13 in A minor
Valses oubliees (4), S215
» no.1 in F sharp major

Mompou, Federico

Scenes d'enfants

Poulenc, Francis

L'Eventail de Jeanne
» no.8 Pastourelle
Mouvements perpetuels (3)

Prokofiev, Sergei

Visions fugitives, op.22
» no.1 Lentamente
» no.3 Allegretto
» no.6 Con eleganza
» no.10 Ridicolosamente
» no.11 Con vivacita
» no.16 Dolente

Rachmaninov, Sergei

Preludes (10), op.23
» no.3 in D minor
» no.6 in E flat major
Preludes (13), op.32
» no.5 in G major
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, op.43
» Variation 18

Ravel, Maurice

Le Tombeau de Couperin
» III Forlane
» V Menuet
Pavane pour une infante defunte (piano)
Sonatine

Rubinstein, Anton

Piano Concerto no.4 in D minor, op.70

Schumann, Robert

Kinderszenen, op.15
» no.7 Traumerei

Scott, Cyril

Lotus Land, op.47 no.1

Shostakovich, Dmitri

Preludes (24), op.34
» no.2 in A minor
The Golden Age: Suite, op.22a
» Polka

Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich

Piano Concerto no.1 in B flat minor, op.23

Waxman, Franz

Tristan and Isolde Fantasia

Zhelobinsky, Valery

Short Etudes (6), op.19
» no.1
» no.2

Artists

Oscar Levant (piano)
The Columbia Concert Orchestra
Columbia Symphony Orchestra
Morton Gould Orchestra
New York Philharmonic Orchestra
The Philadelphia Orchestra

Conductors

Lou Bring
Morton Gould
Andre Kostelanetz
Efrem Kurtz
Dimitri Mitropoulos
Eugene Ormandy
Fritz Reiner
Franz Waxman

Works

Albeniz, Isaac

Espana: Album Leaves (6), op.165 B37 (Seis hojas de album)
» II Tango

Bach, Johann Sebastian

Partita no.1 in B flat major, BWV825

Beethoven, Ludwig van

Piano Sonata no.8 in C minor, op.13 'Pathetique'
» II Adagio cantabile
Piano Sonata no.14 in C sharp minor, op.27 no.2 'Moonlight'
Piano Sonata no.20 in G major, op.49 no.2
» II Tempo di Menuetto

Brahms, Johannes

Klavierstucke (6), op.118
» no.2 Intermezzo in A major
Waltzes (16), op.39
» no.15 in A flat major

Chopin, Frederic

Berceuse in D flat major, op.57
Etudes (12), op.10
» no.3 in E major 'Tristesse'
» no.4 in C sharp minor
» no.5 in G flat major 'Black Key Study'
» no.12 in C minor 'Revolutionary'
Mazurkas (51)
» no.13 in A minor, op.17 no.4
» no.17 in B flat minor, op.24 no.4
» no.41 in C sharp minor, op.63 no.3
» no.45 in A minor, op.posth 67 no.4
Nocturnes (21)
» no.2 in E flat major, op.9 no.2
» no.5 in F sharp major, op.15 no.2
Polonaise no.3 in A major, op.40 no.1 'Military'
Waltzes (19)
» no.7 in C sharp minor, op.64 no.2
» no.11 in G flat major, op.posth.70 no.1

Copland, Aaron

Billy the Kid
» Celebration
» Street Scene
» The Open Prairie

Debussy, Claude

Arabesques (2)
Children's Corner
» III Serenade for the Doll
» VI Golliwogg's Cake-Walk
» V The Little Shepherd
Estampes (3)
» no.2 La soiree dans Grenade (Evening in Granada)
» no.3 Jardins sous la pluie (Gardens in the rain)
Images pour piano, Book 1
» I Reflets dans l'eau
Preludes (12), Book 1
» no.5 Les collines d'Anacapri
» no.8 La fille aux cheveux de lin (The girl with the flaxen hair)
» no.10 La Cathedrale engloutie
» no.12 Minstrels
Preludes (12), Book 2
» no.6 General Lavine - eccentric
Suite bergamasque
» III Clair de Lune

Falla, Manuel de

El amor brujo (version for piano)
» Ritual Fire Dance
El sombrero de tres picos (The three-cornered hat): Suite no.2
» II The Miller's Dance: Farruca

Gershwin, George

I Got Rhythm Variations
Piano Concerto in F major
Preludes (3)
Rhapsody in Blue
Rhapsody no.2 'Second Rhapsody'

Honegger, Arthur

Concertino for piano and orchestra

Khachaturian, Aram

Gayaneh: Ballet Suite
» Lullaby
» Sabre Dance
Piano Concerto in D flat major, op.38

Lecuona, Ernesto

Suite Andalucia
» VI Malaguena

Levant, Oscar

Blue Plate Special
Sonatina
» I Con ritmo

Liszt, Franz

Annees de Pelerinage, 2nd Year, S161
» no.5 Sonetto 104 del Petrarca
Hungarian Rhapsodies (19), S244
» no.4 in E flat major
» no.10 in E major (Preludio)
» no.12 in C sharp minor
» no.13 in A minor
Valses oubliees (4), S215
» no.1 in F sharp major

Mompou, Federico

Scenes d'enfants

Poulenc, Francis

L'Eventail de Jeanne
» no.8 Pastourelle
Mouvements perpetuels (3)

Prokofiev, Sergei

Visions fugitives, op.22
» no.1 Lentamente
» no.3 Allegretto
» no.6 Con eleganza
» no.10 Ridicolosamente
» no.11 Con vivacita
» no.16 Dolente

Rachmaninov, Sergei

Preludes (10), op.23
» no.3 in D minor
» no.6 in E flat major
Preludes (13), op.32
» no.5 in G major
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, op.43
» Variation 18

Ravel, Maurice

Le Tombeau de Couperin
» III Forlane
» V Menuet
Pavane pour une infante defunte (piano)
Sonatine

Rubinstein, Anton

Piano Concerto no.4 in D minor, op.70

Schumann, Robert

Kinderszenen, op.15
» no.7 Traumerei

Scott, Cyril

Lotus Land, op.47 no.1

Shostakovich, Dmitri

Preludes (24), op.34
» no.2 in A minor
The Golden Age: Suite, op.22a
» Polka

Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich

Piano Concerto no.1 in B flat minor, op.23

Waxman, Franz

Tristan and Isolde Fantasia

Zhelobinsky, Valery

Short Etudes (6), op.19
» no.1
» no.2

Artists

Oscar Levant (piano)
The Columbia Concert Orchestra
Columbia Symphony Orchestra
Morton Gould Orchestra
New York Philharmonic Orchestra
The Philadelphia Orchestra

Conductors

Lou Bring
Morton Gould
Andre Kostelanetz
Efrem Kurtz
Dimitri Mitropoulos
Eugene Ormandy
Fritz Reiner
Franz Waxman

About

Special 8-CD edition celebrating the musical genius of multi-talented Hollywood star Oscar Levant (An American in Paris). His complete recordings meticulously restored from the original analogue masters using 24-bit/192kHz technology. More than 90 works appearing on CD for the first time as well as two recordings previously unreleased. Richly illustrated 124-page book with photos and facsimiles, Alex Steinweiss cover gallery, session discography and release listing. New essay by “the Ambassador of the Great American Songbook” Michael Feinstein.

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