Oscar Levant - A Rhapsody in Blue - The Extraordinary Life of Oscar Levant

Sony Classical zaprasza do wysłuchania 8-płytowego zestawu nagrań Oscara Levant – amerykańskiego pianisty, aktora i kompozytora.
Ten wszechstronnie uzdolniony artysta był niezwykle popularny ze względu na doskonałe poczucie humoru w radio, filmach i programach telewizyjnych. Występował z powodzeniem w musicalach u boku takich gwiazd jak: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Gene Kelly. Jako pianista występował pod batutą takich mistrzów dyrygentury jak: Arturo Toscanini, Sir Thomas Beecham, Dimitri Mitropoulos, Fritz Reiner czy Eugene Ormandy.
Uchodził również za niezrównanego interpretatora dzieł swego przyjaciela George' a Gershwina...
Lista utworów:
CD 1
1. Gershwin: Piano Concerto in F major (André Kostelanetz)
2. Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue (Eugene Ormandy)
3. Gershwin: Second Rhapsody for Piano and Orchestra (Morton Gould)
4. Gershwin: I Got Rhythm – Variations for Piano and Orchestra (Morton Gould)
CD 2
1. Gershwin: Preludes
2. Debussy: Les Collines d'Anacapri from Préludes, Book I
3. Debussy: Jardins sous la pluie from Estampes
4. Zhelobinsky: Études op. 19
5. Shostakovich: Prelude in A minor op. 34/2
6. Shostakovich: Polka from The Age of Gold Suite op. 22a
7. Ravel: Mouvement de menuet from Sonatine M 40
8. Levant: Con ritmo from Sonatina
9. Falla: Fire Dance from El amor brujo
10. Lecuona: Malagueńa from Andalucia
11. Poulenc: Pastourelle from L'Eventail de Jeane
12. Debussy: Golliwog's Cakewalk from Children's Corner Suite
13. Debussy: La Fille aux cheveux de lin from Préludes, Book I
14. Debussy: Clair de lune from Suite bergamasque
15. Poulenc: Mouvements perpetuels Nos. 1–3
16. Falla: Miller's Dance from The Three-Cornered Hat
17. Albéniz: Tango in D major op. 165/2
18. J. S. Bach, arr. Samuels: Partita No. 1 in B-flat major BWV 825 (previously unreleased)
CD 3
1. Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor “Moonlight" op. 27/2
2. Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 20 in G major op. 49/2: Il tempo di menuetto
3. Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor “Pathetique" op. 13: Adagio cantabile
4. Wagner, arr. Waxman: Tristan und Isolde for Violin, Piano and Orchestra
5. Brahms: Waltz No. 15 in A-flat major op. 39
6. Schumann: Träumerei from Kinderszenen op. 15
7. Brahms: Intermezzo in A major op. 118/2
8. Rachmaninoff: Prelude in D minor op. 23/3
9. Rachmaninoff: Prelude In E-flat major op. 23/6
10. Rachmaninoff: Prelude in G major op. 32/5
11. Khachaturian: Sabre Dance from Gayaneh (Bring)
12. Khachaturian: Lullaby from Gayaneh (Bring)
13. Copland, arr. Foss: Billy the Kid
14. Levant: Blue Plate Special (previously unreleased)
CD 4
1. Chopin: Etude in G-flat major “Black Key Etude" op. 10/5
2. Chopin: Etude in C minor “Revolutionary" op. 10/12
3. Chopin: Etude in E major op. 10/3
4. Chopin: Nocturne in E-flat major op. 9/2
5. Chopin: Nocturne in F-sharp major op. 15/2
6. Chopin: Berceuse in D-flat major op. 57
7. Chopin: Polonaise No. 3 in A major “Military" op. 40/1
8. Chopin: Waltz in G-flat major op. 70/1
9. Chopin: Etude in C-sharp minor op. 10/4
10. Chopin: Waltz in C-sharp minor op. 64/2
11. Debussy: Reflets dans l'eau from Images, Set I
12. Debussy: La Soirée dans Grenade from Estampes
13. Debussy: General Lavine from Préludes, Book II
14. Debussy: Minstrels from Préludes, Book I
15. Debussy: La Cathédrale engloutie from Préludes, Book I
16. Debussy: Serenade of the Doll from Children's Corner
17. Debussy: The Little Shepherd from Children's Corner
18. Debussy: La plus que lente
19. Debussy: Deux Arabesques
CD 5
1. Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor op. 23 (Ormandy)
2. Grieg: Piano Concerto in A minor op. 16 (Kurtz)
3. Honegger: Concertino for Piano and Orchestra (Reiner)
CD 6
1. Khachaturian: Piano Concerto in D-flat major op. 38 (Mitropoulos)
2. Rubinstein: Piano Concerto No. 4 in D minor op. 70 (Mitropoulos)
CD 7
1. Liszt: Sonetto 104 del Petrarca S 161/5
2. Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 12 in C-sharp minor
3. Liszt: Valse oubliée No. 1 in F-sharp minor
4. Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 10 in E major
5. Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 4 in E-flat major
6. Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 13 in A minor
7. Ravel: Pavane pour une infante défunte
8. Ravel: Forlane & Minuet from Le Tombeau de Couperin
9. Mompou: Scenes of Childhood
CD 8
1. Chopin: Waltz in C-sharp minor op. 64/2
2. Chopin: Mazurka in A minor op. 17/4
3. Chopin: Mazurka in B-flat minor op. 24/4
4. Chopin: Mazurka in C-sharp minor op. 63/3
5. Chopin: Mazurka in A minor op. 67/4
6. Chopin: Etude in C minor “Revolutionary" op. 10/12
7. Debussy: Minstrels from Préludes, Book I
8. Debussy: General Lavine from Préludes, Book II
9. Debussy: Jardins sous la pluie from Estampes
10. Debussy: Serenade of the Doll from Children's Corner
11. Ravel: Sonatine M 40
12. Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini: Var. 18
13. Shostakovich: The Age of Gold - Suite, Pp. 22a: Polka
14. Scott: Lotus Land
15. Prokofiev: Visions fugitives op. 22: Nos. 1, 3, 6, 10, 11 & 16