Alexander Brailowsky: The Chopin Marathon Man | Documents 600544

Alexander Brailowsky: The Chopin Marathon Man

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Cat No: 600544

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 10

Release Date: 8th November 2019

Contents

Works

Chopin, Frederic

Berceuse in D flat major, op.57
Ecossaises (3), op.72
» no.3
Etudes (12), op.10
Etudes (12), op.25
Impromptu no.1 in A flat major, op.29
Impromptu no.4 in C sharp minor, op.66 'Fantaisie-Impromptu'
Nocturnes (21)
» no.1 in B flat minor, op.9 no.1
» no.2 in E flat major, op.9 no.2
» no.3 in B major, op.9 no.3
» no.4 in F major, op.15 no.1
» no.5 in F sharp major, op.15 no.2
» no.6 in G minor, op.15 no.3
» no.7 in C sharp minor, op.27 no.1
» no.8 in D flat major, op.27 no.2
» no.9 in B major, op.32 no.1
» no.11 in G minor, op.37 no.1
» no.12 in G major, op.37 no.2
» no.13 in C minor, op.48 no.1
» no.14 in F sharp minor, op.48 no.2
» no.15 in F minor, op.55 no.1
» no.16 in E flat major, op.55 no.2
» no.17 in B major, op.62 no.1
» no.18 in E major, op.62 no.2
» no.19 in E minor, op.72 no.1
Piano Concerto no.1 in E minor, op.11
Piano Concerto no.2 in F minor, op.21
Piano Sonata no.2 in B flat minor, op.35 'Funeral March'
Piano Sonata no.3 in B minor, op.58
Preludes (24), op.28
Waltzes (19)
» no.1 in E flat major, op.18 'Grande valse brillante'
» no.2 in A flat major, op.34 no.1
» no.3 in A minor, op.34 no.2
» no.4 in F major, op.34 no.3
» no.5 in A flat major, op.42
» no.6 in D flat, op.64 no.1 'Minute'
» no.7 in C sharp minor, op.64 no.2
» no.8 in A flat major, op.64 no.3
» no.9 in A flat major, op.posth.69 no.1
» no.10 in B minor, op.posth.69 no.2
» no.11 in G flat major, op.posth.70 no.1
» no.12 in F minor, op.posth.70 no.2
» no.13 in D flat major, op.posth.70 no.3
» no.14 in E minor, B56, KK IVa:15, P1:15

Liszt, Franz

Concert Etudes (2), S145
» no.2 Gnomenreigen (Dance of the Gnomes)
Grandes Etudes (6) de Paganini, S141
» no.3 in G sharp minor 'La campanella'
Hungarian Rhapsodies (19), S244
» no.2 in C sharp minor
» no.7 in D minor
Liebestraume (3), S541
» no.3 Nocturne in A flat major
Mephisto Waltz no.1
Piano Concerto no.1 in E flat major, S124
Spinnerlied (Spinning Song) from 'Der fliegende Hollander' (Wagner), S440
Tannhauser Overture, S422 (Wagner trans. Liszt for piano)
Valse Impromptu, S213

Rachmaninov, Sergei

Piano Concerto no.2 in C minor, op.18

Saint-Saens, Camille

Piano Concerto no.4 in C minor, op.44

Artists

Alexander Brailowsky (piano)
Boston Symphony Orchestra
RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra
San Francisco Symphony Orchestra
Berliner Philharmoniker

Conductors

Charles Munch
William Steinberg
Enrique Jorda
Julius Pruwer

Works

Chopin, Frederic

Berceuse in D flat major, op.57
Ecossaises (3), op.72
» no.3
Etudes (12), op.10
Etudes (12), op.25
Impromptu no.1 in A flat major, op.29
Impromptu no.4 in C sharp minor, op.66 'Fantaisie-Impromptu'
Nocturnes (21)
» no.1 in B flat minor, op.9 no.1
» no.2 in E flat major, op.9 no.2
» no.3 in B major, op.9 no.3
» no.4 in F major, op.15 no.1
» no.5 in F sharp major, op.15 no.2
» no.6 in G minor, op.15 no.3
» no.7 in C sharp minor, op.27 no.1
» no.8 in D flat major, op.27 no.2
» no.9 in B major, op.32 no.1
» no.11 in G minor, op.37 no.1
» no.12 in G major, op.37 no.2
» no.13 in C minor, op.48 no.1
» no.14 in F sharp minor, op.48 no.2
» no.15 in F minor, op.55 no.1
» no.16 in E flat major, op.55 no.2
» no.17 in B major, op.62 no.1
» no.18 in E major, op.62 no.2
» no.19 in E minor, op.72 no.1
Piano Concerto no.1 in E minor, op.11
Piano Concerto no.2 in F minor, op.21
Piano Sonata no.2 in B flat minor, op.35 'Funeral March'
Piano Sonata no.3 in B minor, op.58
Preludes (24), op.28
Waltzes (19)
» no.1 in E flat major, op.18 'Grande valse brillante'
» no.2 in A flat major, op.34 no.1
» no.3 in A minor, op.34 no.2
» no.4 in F major, op.34 no.3
» no.5 in A flat major, op.42
» no.6 in D flat, op.64 no.1 'Minute'
» no.7 in C sharp minor, op.64 no.2
» no.8 in A flat major, op.64 no.3
» no.9 in A flat major, op.posth.69 no.1
» no.10 in B minor, op.posth.69 no.2
» no.11 in G flat major, op.posth.70 no.1
» no.12 in F minor, op.posth.70 no.2
» no.13 in D flat major, op.posth.70 no.3
» no.14 in E minor, B56, KK IVa:15, P1:15

Liszt, Franz

Concert Etudes (2), S145
» no.2 Gnomenreigen (Dance of the Gnomes)
Grandes Etudes (6) de Paganini, S141
» no.3 in G sharp minor 'La campanella'
Hungarian Rhapsodies (19), S244
» no.2 in C sharp minor
» no.7 in D minor
Liebestraume (3), S541
» no.3 Nocturne in A flat major
Mephisto Waltz no.1
Piano Concerto no.1 in E flat major, S124
Spinnerlied (Spinning Song) from 'Der fliegende Hollander' (Wagner), S440
Tannhauser Overture, S422 (Wagner trans. Liszt for piano)
Valse Impromptu, S213

Rachmaninov, Sergei

Piano Concerto no.2 in C minor, op.18

Saint-Saens, Camille

Piano Concerto no.4 in C minor, op.44

Artists

Alexander Brailowsky (piano)
Boston Symphony Orchestra
RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra
San Francisco Symphony Orchestra
Berliner Philharmoniker

Conductors

Charles Munch
William Steinberg
Enrique Jorda
Julius Pruwer

About

With his "Chopin Marathon" Alexander Brailowsky (b. 1896, Kiev; d. 1976, New York) carved his name into European concert history: for the first time ever he played about 170 Chopin compositions on six consecutive evenings in Paris in 1924. The reaction of the public was as overwhelming, as when he repeated the feat in New York later that year. On the occasion of Chopin’s 150th birthday in 1960 Brailowsky performed this marathon a third and fourth time in New York and Brussels. It was in the Belgian capital that a special Brailowsky Prize for pianists had been awarded in 1936 and also where, marked by illness, he made his last public appearance in 1972 as a jury member of the Queen Elisabeth Competition. After graduating with a gold medal at the Conservatory in Kiev and special praise from Sergei Rachmaninov, who heard him during a student audition, Brailowsky continued his studies with Theodor Leschetizky after his family moved to Vienna in 1911, where he also gave his successful public debut two years later. After his triumphant concerts in New York's Carnegie Hall, he settled permanently in the United States in 1924. Due to his declining health, he ended his career with two farewell concerts there in 1967.

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