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Great Pianists - Vol. 2, Brailowsky, Cherkassky, Serkin
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Item No. GHCD 2367
Price
GBP 6.75
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Release Date: |
15.01.2011 |
This second release in Guild’s series of Historic ‘Three Great Pianists’ recordings features live performances from Alexander Brailowsky, Shura Cherkassky and Rudolf Serkin, recorded between 1945 and 1958, and intriguingly including two performance of Liszt’s virtuoso ‘Don Giovanni’ Fantasy played by Cherkassky. Throughout this CD, here is pianism of a consistently high quality, from three masters of the keyboard from the latter half of the 20th-century. The conductors – Serge Koussevitsky in the Mozart, and Dmitri Mitropoulos in the Richard Strauss - were themselves amongst the greatest to hold senior positions with two great American orchestras, lending artistry to this release which is quite unique.
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Composer |
Artist |
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01 |
Piano Concerto No.23 in A major, K.488 - I. Allegro |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) |
Alexander Brailowsky (piano), Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Serge Koussevitsky |
9:46 |
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Piano Concerto No.23 in A major, K.488 - II. Adagio (Andante) |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) |
Alexander Brailowsky (piano), Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Serge Koussevitsky |
6:18 |
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03 |
Piano Concerto No.23 in A major, K.488 - III. Allegro assai (Presto) |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) |
Alexander Brailowsky (piano), Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Serge Koussevitsky |
7:08 |
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04 |
Announcer |
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0:12 |
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05 |
Don Giovanni Fantasy (recorded 7 February, 1952) |
Franz Liszt (1811-1886) |
Shura Cherkassky (piano) |
17:25 |
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06 |
Don Giovanni Fantasy (recorded 5 March, 1953) |
Franz Liszt (1811-1886) |
Shura Cherkassky (piano) |
16:59 |
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07 |
Burleske in D minor, for piano and orchestra |
Richard Strauss (1864-1949) |
Rudolf Serkin (piano), Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra of New York conducted by Dimitri Mitropoulos |
19:30 |
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