A Rhapsody In Blue - The Extraordinary Life Of Oscar Levant

Tracklist

• CD 1: Oscar Levant Plays George Gershwin
• 1
  Concerto in F: I Allegro

  George Gershwin
  12:18
• 2
  Concerto in F: II Adagio – Andante Con Moto

  George Gershwin
  11:53
• 3
  Concerto in F: III Allegro Agitato

  George Gershwin
  6:25
• 4
  Rhapsody In Blue

  George Gershwin
  12:46
• 5
  Second Rhapsody For Orchestra And Piano

  George Gershwin
  13:25
• 6
  “I Got Rhythm” Variations

  George Gershwin
  8:51
• CD 2: Oscar Levant Plays Popular Moderns
• 1
  Preludes For Piano: no. 1: Allegro Ben Ritmato E Deciso

  George Gershwin
  1:21
• 2
  Preludes For Piano: no. 2: Andante Con Moto E Poco Rubato

  George Gershwin
  3:12
• 3
  Preludes For Piano: no. 3: Allegro Ben Ritmato E Deciso

  George Gershwin
  1:03
• 4
  Les Collines D’Anacapri

  Claude Debussy
  2:35
• 5
  Jardins Sous la Pluie

  Claude Debussy
  2:46
• 6
  Toccata in C major op. 19/1

  Valery Zhelobinsky
  0:54
• 7
  Nocturne op. 19/2

  Valery Zhelobinsky
  2:25
• 8
  Prelude in A minor op. 34/2

  Dmitri Shostakovich
  0:51
• 9
  The Age Of Gold – Suite op. 22a: III Polka. Allegretto

  Dmitri Shostakovich
  1:49
• 10
  Sonatine: II Mouvement de Menuet

  Maurice Ravel
  2:48
• 11
  Sonatina: I Con Ritmo
  2:46
• 12
  Danza Ritual Del Fuego

  Manuel de Falla
  3:46
• 13
  Malagueña

  Ernesto Lecuona
  2:45
• 14
  Pastourelle Fp 45b

  Francis Poulenc
  1:36
• 15
  Golliwog’s Cakewalk

  Claude Debussy
  2:17
• 16
  La Fille Aux Cheveux de Lin

  Claude Debussy
  2:19
• 17
  Clair de Lune

  Claude Debussy
  4:24
• 18
  3 Mouvements Perpétuels Fp 14

  Francis Poulenc
  4:19
• 19
  Danza Del Molinero (Farruca)

  Manuel de Falla
  1:50
• 20
  Tango op. 165/2

  Isaac Albéniz
  2:27
• 21
  Partita no. 1 in B-flat major Bwv 825: I Praeludium

  Johann Sebastian Bach
  1:36
• 22
  Partita no. 1 in B-flat major Bwv 825: II Allemande

  Johann Sebastian Bach
  1:21
• 23
  Partita no. 1 in B-flat major Bwv 825: IV Sarabande

  Johann Sebastian Bach
  3:12
• 24
  Partita no. 1 in B-flat major Bwv 825: V Menuet I – Menuet II

  Johann Sebastian Bach
  1:56
• 25
  Partita no. 1 in B-flat major Bwv 825: VI Gigue

  Johann Sebastian Bach
  2:30
• CD 3: Oscar Levant Plays The Music Of German, Russian And American Composers
• 1
  Piano Sonata no. 14 in C-sharp minor “Moonlight” op. 27/2: I Adagio Sostenuto Attacca

  Ludwig van Beethoven
  5:08
• 2
  Piano Sonata no. 14 in C-sharp minor “Moonlight” op. 27/2: II Allegretto – Trio

  Ludwig van Beethoven
  2:06
• 3
  Piano Sonata no. 14 in C-sharp minor “Moonlight” op. 27/2: III Presto Agitato

  Ludwig van Beethoven
  5:16
• 4
  Piano Sonata no. 20 in G major op. 49/2: II Tempo Di Menuetto

  Ludwig van Beethoven
  3:42
• 5
  Piano Sonata no. 8 in C minor: II Adagio Cantabile

  Ludwig van Beethoven
  5:40
• 6
  Tristan Und Isolde: Liebestod

  Richard Wagner
  9:56
• 7
  Waltz in A-flat major op. 39/15

  Johannes Brahms
  1:40
• 8
  Träumerei op. 15/7

  Robert Schumann
  2:55
• 9
  Intermezzo in A major op. 118/2

  Johannes Brahms
  4:35
• 10
  Prélude in D minor op. 23/3

  Sergei Rachmaninov
  2:40
• 11
  Prélude in E-flat major op. 23/6

  Sergei Rachmaninov
  3:54
• 12
  Prélude in G major op. 32/5

  Sergei Rachmaninov
  2:51
• 13
  Sabre Dance

  Aram Khatchaturian
  2:27
• 14
  Lullaby

  Aram Khatchaturian
  3:11
• 15
  Billy The Kid: Introduction. The Open Prairie

  Aaron Copland
  2:52
• 16
  Billy The Kid: Street In A Frontier Town

  Aaron Copland
  1:38
• 17
  Billy The Kid: Celebration (after Billy’s Capture)

  Aaron Copland
  1:53
• 18
  Blue Plate Special
  1:17
• CD 4: Oscar Levant Plays Chopin And Debussy
• 1
  Étude in G-flat major “Black Keys” op. 10/5

  Fryderyk Chopin
  1:34
• 2
  Étude in C minor “Revolutionary” op. 10/12

  Fryderyk Chopin
  2:16
• 3
  Étude in E major op. 10/3

  Fryderyk Chopin
  4:31
• 4
  Nocturne in E-flat major op. 9/2

  Fryderyk Chopin
  4:23
• 5
  Nocturne in F-sharp major op. 15/2

  Fryderyk Chopin
  3:13
• 6
  Berceuse in D-flat major op. 57

  Fryderyk Chopin
  4:11
• 7
  Polonaise in A major “Military” op. 40/1

  Fryderyk Chopin
  4:20
• 8
  Waltz in G-flat major op. posth. 70/1

  Fryderyk Chopin
  2:12
• 9
  Étude in C-sharp minor op. 10/4

  Fryderyk Chopin
  1:55
• 10
  Waltz in C-sharp minor op. 64/2

  Fryderyk Chopin
  3:14
• 11
  Reflets Dans L’eau

  Claude Debussy
  4:24
• 12
  La Soirée Dans Grenade

  Claude Debussy
  4:33
• 13
  General Lavine – Eccentric

  Claude Debussy
  2:12
• 14
  Minstrels

  Claude Debussy
  2:06
• 15
  La Cathédrale Engloutie

  Claude Debussy
  4:33
• 16
  Serenade For The Doll

  Claude Debussy
  2:31
• 17
  The Little Shepherd

  Claude Debussy
  2:02
• 18
  La Plus Que Lente

  Claude Debussy
  4:13
• 19
  2 Arabesques: no. 1 in E major

  Claude Debussy
  3:22
• 20
  2 Arabesques: no. 2 in G major

  Claude Debussy
  3:07
• CD 5: Oscar Levant Plays Tchaikovsky, Grieg And Honegger
• 1
  Concerto For Piano And Orchestra no. 1 in B-flat minor op. 23: I Allegro Non Troppo E Molto Maestoso – Allegro Con Spirito

  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  18:23
• 2
  Concerto For Piano And Orchestra no. 1 in B-flat minor op. 23: II Andantino Semplice – Prestissimo – Tempo I

  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  6:35
• 3
  Concerto For Piano And Orchestra no. 1 in B-flat minor op. 23: III Allegro Con Fuoco

  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  6:16
• 4
  Concerto For Piano And Orchestra in A minor op. 16: I Allegro Molto Moderato

  Edvard Grieg
  12:31
• 5
  Concerto For Piano And Orchestra in A minor op. 16: II Adagio Attacca

  Edvard Grieg
  5:35
• 6
  Concerto For Piano And Orchestra in A minor op. 16: III Allegro Moderato Molto E Marcato – Quasi Presto – Andante Maestoso

  Edvard Grieg
  9:39
• 7
  Concertino For Piano And Orchestra

  Arthur Honegger
  10:20
• CD 6: Oscar Levant Plays Khatchaturian And Rubinstein
• 1
  Concerto For Piano And Orchestra in D-flat major op. 38: I Allegro Ma Non Troppo E Maestoso

  Aram Khatchaturian
  14:55
• 2
  Concerto For Piano And Orchestra in D-flat major op. 38: II Andante Con Anima

  Aram Khatchaturian
  10:57
• 3
  Concerto For Piano And Orchestra in D-flat major op. 38: III Allegro Brillante

  Aram Khatchaturian
  8:57
• 4
  Concerto For Piano And Orchestra no. 4 in D minor op. 70: I Moderato Assai

  Anton Rubinstein
  12:38
• 5
  Concerto For Piano And Orchestra no. 4 in D minor op. 70: II Andante

  Anton Rubinstein
  11:27
• 6
  Concerto For Piano And Orchestra no. 4 in D minor op. 70: III Allegro

  Anton Rubinstein
  10:06
• CD 7: Oscar Levant Plays The Music Of Liszt, Ravel And Mompou
• 1
  Sonetto 104 Del Petrarca S 161/5

  Franz Liszt
  7:02
• 2
  Hungarian Rhapsody no. 12

  Franz Liszt
  9:59
• 3
  Valse Oubliée no. 1

  Franz Liszt
  3:06
• 4
  Hungarian Rhapsody no. 10

  Franz Liszt
  5:59
• 5
  Hungarian Rhapsody no. 4

  Franz Liszt
  5:49
• 6
  Hungarian Rhapsody no. 13

  Franz Liszt
  9:27
• 7
  Pavane Pour Une Infante Défunte

  Maurice Ravel
  5:29
• 8
  Le Tombeau de Couperin: II Forlane. Allegretto

  Maurice Ravel
  6:13
• 9
  Le Tombeau de Couperin: III Menuet. Allegro Moderato

  Maurice Ravel
  5:00
• 10
  Scènes D’enfants

  Federico Mompou
  5:59
• CD 8: Osar Levant Plays The Music Of Chopin, Rachmaninoff, Shostakovich, Scott And Prokofiev
• 1
  Waltz in C-sharp minor op. 64/2

  Fryderyk Chopin
  3:43
• 2
  Mazurka in A minor op. 17/4

  Fryderyk Chopin
  4:48
• 3
  Mazurka in B-flat minor op. 24/4 5

  Fryderyk Chopin
  5:29
• 4
  Mazurka in C-sharp minor op. 63/3

  Fryderyk Chopin
  2:27
• 5
  Mazurka in A minor op. Posth. 67/4

  Fryderyk Chopin
  3:28
• 6
  Étude In C minor “Revolutionary” op. 10/12

  Fryderyk Chopin
  2:32
• 7
  Minstrels

  Claude Debussy
  2:24
• 8
  General Lavine – Eccentric

  Claude Debussy
  2:43
• 9
  Jardins Sous la Pluie

  Claude Debussy
  3:29
• 10
  Serenade For The Doll

  Claude Debussy
  2:25
• 11
  Sonatine: I Modéré

  Maurice Ravel
  4:35
• 12
  Sonatine: II Mouvement de Menuet

  Maurice Ravel
  3:29
• 13
  Sonatine: III Animé

  Maurice Ravel
  4:19
• 14
  Rhapsody On A Theme Of Paganini For Piano And Orchestra op. 43

  Sergei Rachmaninov
  2:51
• 15
  The Age Of Gold – Suite op. 22a: III Polka. Allegretto

  Dmitri Shostakovich
  2:05
• 16
  Lotus Land op. 47/1

  Cyril Scott
  4:45
• 17
  Visions Fugitives op. 22 (Selections)

  Sergei Prokofiev
  6:13

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Release credits

• André Kostelanetz
  conductor [1-3]
• Columbia Concert Orchestra
  performing orchestra [13-14]
• Columbia Symphony Orchestra
  performing orchestra [7]
• Dimitri Mitropoulos
  conductor [1-6]
• Efrem Kurtz
  conductor [4-6]
• Eugene Ormandy
  conductor [1.4, 5.1-3]
• Franz Waxman
  conductor [6]
• Fritz Reiner
  conductor [7]
• Isaac Stern
  violin [6]
• Lou Bring
  conductor [13-14]
• Morton Gould
  conductor [5-6]
• Morton Gould and His Orchestra
  performing orchestra [5-6]
• New York Philharmonic
  performing orchestra [5.4-6, 1.1-3, 6.1-6]
• Oscar Levant
  piano
• The Philadelphia Orchestra
  performing orchestra [1.4, 5.1-3]

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  A Rhapsody In Blue - The Extraordinary Life Of Oscar Levant

  8x CD
  24 August 2018