Alexis Weissenberg: The Champagne Pianist

~ Release by Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Brahms, Mussorgsky, Rachmaninov, Chopin, Prokofiev, Schumann; Alexis Weissenberg (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

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EMI Classics ICON Series

Annotation last modified on 2012-08-01 15:46 UTC.

Tracklist

1▶CD: Mozart: Piano Concertos no.9 & no. 21
2▶CD: Chopin: Piano Concertos no. 1 & no. 2
3▶CD: Brahms: Piano Concerto no. 1; Franck: Symphonic Variations / Prelude, Fugue and Variation
4▶CD: Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto no. 1; Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto no. 2
5▶CD: Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto no. 3; Prokofiev: Piano Concerto no. 3
6▶CD: Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue / Variation on "I Got Rhythm"; Ravel: Piano Concerto in G; Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
7▼CD: J. S. Bach: Choral Preludes and transcriptions / Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue / Italien Concerto
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1Cantata, BWV 147: Chorale Prelude: Jesus bleibet meine Freude (Transcription: Hess)
solo piano:
Alexis Weissenberg
recording of:
Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desire, from BWV 147 (for piano, Myra Hess)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
piano arranger:
Dame Myra Hess (pianist)
arrangement of:
Kantate, BWV 147 „Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben“: Teil II, X. Choral „Jesus bleibet meine Freude“ (Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring)
Johann Sebastian Bach3:35
2Chorale Prelude: Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland (Transcription: Busoni)
piano:
Alexis Weissenberg
recording of:
Nun komm' der Heiden Heiland, BWV 659, BV B 27/3 (for piano, Busoni)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician) (in 1723)
piano arranger:
Ferruccio Busoni (Italian composer, pianist, conductor, editor, writer, and teacher) (in 1898)
publisher:
Breitkopf & Härtel
arrangement of:
Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 659.2 (Chorale Prelude for organ in G minor, BWV 659 “Nun komm’ der Heiden Heiland”, former BWV 659)
part of:
10 Choral Preludes, BV B 27
Johann Sebastian Bach4:20
3Chorale Prelude: Nun freut euch, lieben Christen g'mein (Transcription: Busoni)
piano:
Alexis Weissenberg
recording of:
Nun freut euch lieben Christen, BWV 734, BV B 27/4 (for piano, Busoni)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
piano arranger:
Ferruccio Busoni (Italian composer, pianist, conductor, editor, writer, and teacher)
arrangement of:
Nun freut euch, lieben Christen g’mein, BWV 734
part of:
10 Choral Preludes, BV B 27
Johann Sebastian Bach1:57
4Siciliano in G minor (from Flute Sonata no. 2 in E-flat major, BWV 1031) (Transcription: Lüstner)
piano:
Alexis Weissenberg
Johann Sebastian Bach1:44
5Prelude and Fugue in A minor, BWV 543 (Transcription: Liszt): I. Prelude
piano:
Alexis Weissenberg
recording of:
Preludes and Fugues by J. S. Bach, S. 462: No. 1 in A minor, BWV 543: Prelude (for piano, Liszt)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
piano arranger:
Franz Liszt (Hungarian composer, pianist and conductor) (in 1850)
arrangement of:
Präludium und Fuge a-Moll, BWV 543.2: I. Präludium (former BWV 543)
part of:
Preludes and Fugues by J. S. Bach, S. 462: No. 1 in A minor, BWV 543 (for piano, Liszt)
Johann Sebastian Bach3:06
6Prelude and Fugue in A minor, BWV 543 (Transcription: Liszt): II. Fugue
piano:
Alexis Weissenberg
recording of:
Preludes and Fugues by J. S. Bach, S. 462: No. 1 in A minor, BWV 543: Fugue (for piano, Liszt)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
piano arranger:
Franz Liszt (Hungarian composer, pianist and conductor) (in 1850)
arrangement of:
Präludium und Fuge a-Moll, BWV 543.2: II. Fuge (former BWV 543)
part of:
Preludes and Fugues by J. S. Bach, S. 462: No. 1 in A minor, BWV 543 (for piano, Liszt)
Johann Sebastian Bach5:38
7Chorale Prelude: Ich ruf' zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ (Transcription: Busoni)
piano:
Alexis Weissenberg
recording of:
Ich ruf' zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 639, BV B 27/5 (for piano, Busoni)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
piano arranger:
Ferruccio Busoni (Italian composer, pianist, conductor, editor, writer, and teacher)
publisher:
Breitkopf & Härtel
arrangement of:
Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 639
part of:
10 Choral Preludes, BV B 27
Johann Sebastian Bach3:21
8Chaconne in D minor (from Partita no. 2, BWV 1004) (Transcription: Busoni)
piano:
Alexis Weissenberg
recording of:
Chaconne, BWV 1004, BV B24 (for piano, Busoni)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
piano arranger:
Ferruccio Busoni (Italian composer, pianist, conductor, editor, writer, and teacher)
part of:
Busoni-Verzeichnis (number: BV B 24)
arrangement of:
Violin Partita no. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004: V. Chaconne
Johann Sebastian Bach13:13
9Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565 (Transcription: Busoni): Toccata
piano:
Alexis Weissenberg
Johann Sebastian Bach2:30
10Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565 (Transcription: Busoni): Fugue
piano:
Alexis Weissenberg
Johann Sebastian Bach5:54
11Prelude in B minor (from the Notebook of Wilhelm Friedemann Bach) (Transcription: Siloti)
piano:
Alexis Weissenberg
Johann Sebastian Bach2:22
12Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue, BWV 903: Fantasia
piano:
Alexis Weissenberg
Johann Sebastian Bach7:51
13Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue, BWV 903: Fugue
piano:
Alexis Weissenberg
Johann Sebastian Bach4:14
14Italian Concerto in F major BWV 971: I. Allegro moderato
piano:
Alexis Weissenberg
Johann Sebastian Bach3:30
15Italian Concerto in F major BWV 971: II. Andante
piano:
Alexis Weissenberg
Johann Sebastian Bach6:37
16Italian Concerto in F major BWV 971: III. Presto
piano:
Alexis Weissenberg
Johann Sebastian Bach2:57
8▶CD: Schumann: Kinderszenen Op. 15 / Fanatsie Op. 17 / Humoreske Op. 20
9▶CD: Schumann: Album für die Jugend Op. 68
10▶CD: Encores by: Beethoven, Chopin, Schumann, Liszt, Tchaikovsky, Debussy, Scriabin, Séverac, Rachmaninov and Vladigerov

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