Rachmaninov – Variations on a Theme of Chopin, Piano Sonata No. 2 – Yevgeny Sudbin

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943):
Variations on a Theme of Chopin Op.22
Lilacs (Siren), Op.21 No.5 (song transcription)
Daisies (Margaritki), Op.38 No.3 (song transcription)
Piano Sonata No.2 Op.36
Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962):
Liebesleid (transcription by Rachmaninoff)
Liebesfreud (transcription by Rachmaninoff)

Yevgeny Sudbin - piano

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Great Pianists of the 20th Century – Earl Wild

Transcriptions

CD 1:
Gluck-Sgambati:
Mélodie d'Orphée
Rameau-Godowsky:
Rigaudon
Elegie
Tambourin
Bach-Tausig:
Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565
Wagner-Moszkowksi:
Isoldens Tod
Rimsky-Korsakov-Rachmaninov:
The flight of the Bumble-Bee
Kreisler-Rachmaninov:
Liebesleid
Mendelssohn-Rachmaninov:
Scherzo from "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
Rossini-Thalberg:
Grande Fantaisie on "Semiramide"
Chopin-Liszt:
Chants Polonais
Tchaikovsky-Wild:
Pas de quatre from "Swan Lake"

CD 2:
J.Strauss-Schulz-Evler:
Arabesques on "An der schoenen, blauen Donau"
Glinka-Balakirev:
Fantasy on "A Life for the Tsar"
Rossini-Herz:
Variations on "Non piu mesta"
Donizetti-Thalberg:
Fantasy on "Don Pasquale", Op. 67
J.Strauss-Godowsky:
Symphonic Metamorphosis on "Kuenstlerleben"
Gershwin-Wild:
The Man I Love
I Got Rhythm
Embraceable You
Fascinatin' Rhythm
Somebody Loves Me
Liza
Oh, Lady Be Good

Earl Wild - piano

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Tchaikovsky – Violin Concerto – Itzhak Perlman

Piotr Ilitch Tchaikovsky (1840-1893):
Violin Concerto in D major, op.35 *
Giuseppe Tartini (1692-1770):
Sonata for Violin and Piano "The Devil's trill" +
Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962):
Liebesleid +
Serguei Prokofiev (1891-1953):
March from "The Love for Three Oranges" +
Ernest Bloch (1880-1959):
Nigun +
Henryk Wieniawski (1835-1880):
Caprice in A minor (arr. Kreisler) +
Piotr Ilitch Tchaikovsky (1840-1893):
Andante cantabile from String Quartet, op.11 (arr. Kreisler) +
Antonio Bazzini (1818-1897):
La Ronde des Lutins, op.25 +

Itzhak Perlman - violin
Janet Goodman Guggenheim - piano +
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra *
Zubin Mehta - conductor *

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Fritz Kreisler – Works for Violin and Piano – Shlomo Mintz

Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962):
Polichinelle
La gitana
Tango (Albéniz arr.Kreisler)
Rondino über ein Thema von Beethoven
Caprice viennois
Larghetto (C.M. von Weber arr.Kreisler)
Zigeuner Capriccio
Caprice in E flat major (H. Wieniawski arr.Kreilser)
Liebesleid
Tambourin chinois
Slavonic Dance in E minor (Dvorak arr.Kreisler)
Recitativo und Scherzo-Caprice
Sérénade espagnole (Glazunov arr.Kreisler)
Danse espagnole (Granados arr.Kreisler)
La Précieuse
Syncopation
Liebesfreud

Shlomo Mintz - violin
Clifford Benson - piano

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Vivaldi – Le quatro stagioni; Kreisler Concerto for violin – Gil Shaham

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741):
Le quatro stagioni
Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962):
Concerto for Violin in the Style of Vivaldi

Gil Shaham - violin
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

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Kreisler – Works for Violin and Piano, String Quartet – Kennedy

remembering Fritz Kreisler on the anniversary of his death

(February 2, 1875 – January 29, 1962)

Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962):
Danse espagnole (Falla)
Liebesleid
Tambourin chinois
Lotus Land
Hymn to the Sun
Midnight Bells
Danse espagnole (Granados)
Londonderry Air *
String Quartet in A minor +
Praeludium and Allegro

Kennedy - violin
John Lenehan - piano
Katharine Gowers - (2nd) violin *
Rosemary Furnis - (2nd violin) +
Bill Hawkes - viola +
Caroline Dale - cello +

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La Valse – Nikita Magaloff

Moritz Moszkowski (1854-1925):
Valse, for piano, Op. 34/1
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957):
Valse Triste (from Kuolema), Op. 44/1
Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826):
Invitation to the Dance, rondo brillant for piano, (transcribed by K. Tausig)
Mischa Levitzki (1898-1941):
Arabesque valsante, Op 06
Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849):
Waltz for piano No. 1 in E flat major, Op. 18
Franz Schubert (1797-1828):
Waltz for piano ("Valses Nobles"), D. 969 (Op. 77)
Johann Strauss II (1825-1899):
Frühlingsstimmen Op. 410 (transcr.: A. Grünfeld)
Leopold Godowsky (1870-1938):
Alt-Wien
Emmanuel Chabrier (1841-1894):
Scherzo Valse (Pièces pittoresques)
Claude Debussy (1862-1918):
La plus que lente, L. 121
Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962):
Liebesleid (transcr.: S. Rachmaninov)
Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915):
Waltz for piano in A flat major, Op. 38
Franz Liszt (1811-1886):
Valse de l'opéra Faust, transcription for piano (after Gounod)

Nikita Magaloff - piano

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My Favourite Kreisler' – Itzhak Perlman

Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962):
Caprice viennois, op.2
Schön Rosmarin
Slavonic Dance in E minor (Dvořák, op.46 no2, arr. Kreisler)
Romance, op.4
Songs my mother taught me (Dvořák, op.55 no.4)
Moto perpetuo (Paganini, op.11, arr. Kreisler)
Fugue in A major (Tartini, arr. Kreisler)
La Chasse (Caprice)
Preghiera
Marguerite (Daisies) (Rachmaninov, op.38 no.3, arr. Kreisler)
Liebesleid
Melodie (Gluck, arr. Kreisler)
Viennese Melodie (Gärtner, arr. Kreisler)
Mazurka in A minor (Chopin, op.67 no.4., arr. Kreisler)
Liebesfreud

Itzhak Perlman - violin
Samuel Sanders - piano

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