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UPC: 889854999926
RELEASE DATE: 09/21/18
GENRE: Classical Artists
RECORD LABEL: Sony Masterworks
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Alexander Brailowsky - Alexander Brailowsky Plays Chopin (CD)
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Alexander Brailowsky - Alexander Brailowsky Plays Chopin (CD)
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Details: Sony Classical is pleased to announce the first release of Alexander Brailowsky's complete RCA Victor recordings, many of them never before available in the digital medium. Born in 1896 in Kiev, Brailowsky studied at the conservatory in his native city, which was then part of the Russian empire. In 1911, he went to Vienna to become a pupil of the legendary Theodor Leschetizky, who taught many of the 20th century's outstanding pianists, including Artur Schnabel. During World War I Brailowsky also studied with Busoni in Switzerland and in 1919 he made his debut in Paris. Five years later came his first appearance in New York where he settled, then making regular coast-to-coast tours of North America while continuing to visit Europe. There was one composer with whom Alexander Brailowsky was associated throughout his career - and has remained associated through recordings since his death in 1976: Frederic Chopin. Brailowsky was the first pianist to present Chopin's entire 169 solo works as a cycle, performing this feat before capacity audiences in New York, Brussels, Zurich, Mexico City, Buenos Aires, Montevideo and Paris. At the end of his 1938 Chopin series in New York, one reviewer noted that "there are few enough pianists who have the prodigious memory, the physical strength, the comprehensive technique required for such an undertaking; there are far fewer who have - plus all these - the requisite musicianship. Mr. Brailowsky is one of these latter few." Not surprisingly, Sony Classical's new comprehensive reissue of Brailowsky's RCA albums largely comprises music by Chopin. Both piano concertos are included - No. 1 with William Steinberg conducting the RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra in 1949 and No. 2 with Charles Munch and the Boston Symphony Orchestra from 1954. High Fidelity later wrote of these two performances: "Brailowsky's energetically contoured, sharply etched clarity represents an emerging modernity of outlook that points to present-day Chopin players." The set also features Brailowsky's two traversals of the Waltzes, as well as his complete recordings of the etudes, Preludes and Nocturnes, plus Sonatas Nos. 2 and 3 and the ecossaises and Berceuse. Of Brailowsky's Nocturnes recording, Gramophone's reviewer wrote: "He could sing beautifully at the keyboard. His nocturnes as a whole have a touching humanity and simplicity... The mono RCA sound is quite velvety."
TRACK LIST
Tracklist:
- Disc 1: The Early Chopin Recordings
- Chopin: Waltz No. 1 in E-Flat Major Op. 18 "Grand Valse Brillante"
- Chopin: Waltz No. 2 in A-Flat Major Op. 34 No. 1 "Valse Brillante"
- Chopin: Waltz No. 3 in a Minor Op. 34 No. 2 "Valse Brillante"
- Chopin: Waltz No. 5 in A-Flat Major Op. 42 "Two-Four"
- Chopin: Waltz No. 4 in F Major Op. 34 No. 3 "Valse Brillante"
- Chopin: Waltz No. 6 in D-Flat Major Op. 64 No. 1 "Minute"
- Chopin: Waltz No. 7 in C-Sharp minor Op. 64 No. 2
- Chopin: Waltz No. 8 in A-Flat Major Op. 64 No. 3
- Chopin: Waltz No. 9 in A-Flat Major Op. 69 No. 1 "L'adieu"
- Chopin: Waltz No. 10 in B minor Op. 69 No. 2
- Chopin: Waltz No. 11 in G-Flat Major Op. 70 No. 1
- Chopin: Waltz No. 12 in F minor Op. 70 No. 2
- Chopin: Waltz No. 13 in D-Flat Major Op. 70 No. 3
- Chopin: Waltz No. 14 in E minor Op. Posth
- Chopin: Impromptu Op. 29 in A-Flat
- Chopin: Nocturne Op. 15 No. 2 in F-Sharp
- Chopin: Fantaisie-Impromptu Op. 66 in C-Sharp
- Chopin: Nocturne Op. 9 No. 2 in E-Flat
- Chopin: Nocturne Op. 27 No. 2 in D-Flat
- Disc 2: Chopin: 12 Études Op. 10
- Chopin: 12 Études Op. 25
- Chopin: Étude No. 12 in C minor
- Chopin: 12 Études Op. 25
- Chopin: Étude No. 9 in G-Flat Major "Butterfly"
- Chopin: Trois Nouvelles Études
- Schumann: Symphonic Etudes Op. 13
- Disc 3: Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1 Op. 11 in E minor
- Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2 Op. 21 in F minor
- Disc 4: Chopin: Waltz No. 1 in E-Flat Major Op. 18 "Grand Valse Brillante"
- Chopin: Waltz No. 2 in A-Flat Major Op. 34 No. 1 "Valse Brillante"
- Chopin: Waltz No. 3 in a Minor Op. 34 No. 2 "Valse Brillante"
- Chopin: Waltz No. 4 in F Major Op. 34 No. 3 "Valse Brillante"
- Chopin: Waltz No. 9 in A-Flat Major Op. 69 No. 1 "L'adieu"
- Chopin: Waltz No. 10 in B minor Op. 69 No. 2
- Chopin: Waltz No. 6 in D-Flat Major Op. 64 No. 1 "Minute"
- Chopin: Waltz No. 7 in C-Sharp minor Op. 64 No. 2
- Chopin: Waltz No. 8 in A-Flat Major Op. 64 No. 3
- Chopin: Waltz No. 5 in A-Flat Major Op. 42 "Two-Four"
- Chopin: Waltz No. 11 in G-Flat Major Op. 70 No. 1
- Chopin: Waltz No. 12 in F minor Op. 70 No. 2
- Chopin: Waltz No. 13 in D-Flat Major Op. 70 No. 3
- Chopin: Waltz No. 14 in E minor Op. Posth
- Disc 5: Chopin: 24 Preludes
- Disc 6: Chopin: Sonata No. 2 Op. 35 in B-Flat minor "Funeral March"
- Chopin: Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor Op. 58
- Disc 7: Chopin: Nocturne No. 1 in B-Flat minor Op. 9 No. 1
- Chopin: Nocturne No. 2 in E-Flat Op. 9 No. 2
- Chopin: Nocturne No. 3 in B Op. 9 No. 3
- Chopin: Nocturne No. 4 in F Op. 15 No. 1
- Chopin: Nocturne No. 5 in F-Sharp Op. 15 No. 2
- Chopin: Nocturne No. 6 in G minor Op. 15 No. 3
- Chopin: Nocturne No. 7 in C-Sharp minor Op. 27 No. 1
- Chopin: Nocturne No. 8 in D-Flat Op. 27 No. 2
- Chopin: Nocturne No. 9 in B Major Op. 32 No. 1
- Chopin: Nocturne No. 10 in A-Flat Op. 32 No. 2
- Disc 8: Chopin: Nocturne No. 11 in G minor Op. 37 No. 1
- Chopin: Nocturne No. 12 in G Op. 37 No. 2
- Chopin: Nocturne No. 13 in C minor Op. 48 No. 1
- Chopin: Nocturne No. 14 in F-Sharp Op. 48 No. 2
- Chopin: Nocturne No. 15 in F minor Op. 55 No. 1
- Chopin: Nocturne No. 16 in E-Flat Op. 55 No. 2
- Chopin: Nocturne No. 17 in B Op. 62 No. 1
- Chopin: Nocturne No. 18 in E Op. 62 No. 2
- Chopin: Nocturne No. 19 in E minor Op. 72 No. 1
- Chopin: Three Ecossaises Op. 72 No. 3
- Chopin: Berceuse in D-Flat Major Op. 57
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