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Delius: Piano Concerto; Ravel: Jeux d'eau; Debussy: Clair de lune |  | Creators: Abram Chasins, Claude Debussy, Frederick Delius, Leopold Godowsky, Enrique Granados, Jacques Ibert, Selim Palmgren, Francis Poulenc, Sergey Prokofiev, Maurice Ravel, Igor Stravinsky, John Vallier, Constant Lambert, Philharmonia Orchestra of London, Benno Moiseiwitsch
Label: Naxos
Category: Music
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Sales Rank: 404315
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
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Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 636943168929
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ASIN: B00007DWLO
Release Date: January 21, 2003
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| Tracks:
| • | Jardins sous la pluie, for piano, L. 100/3 | | • | Clair de lune, for piano (Suite Bergamasque No. 3), L. 75/3 | | • | Pour le piano, suite for piano, L. 95: Toccata | | • | Jeux d'eau, for piano | | • | Le tombeau de Couperin, for piano: Toccata | | • | Spanish Dances (12), in 4 volumes for piano, Op. 37, H. 142, DLR 1:2: No. 5: Playera | | • | Spanish Dances (12), in 4 volumes for piano, Op. 37, H. 142, DLR 1:2: No. 6: Jota | | • | The Little White Donkey, for piano (No.2 from 'Histories'): Le petit âne blanc | | • | Trois mouvements perpétuels, for piano, FP 14: No. 1 in C | | • | Vivo, for piano (Four Etudes No. 4), Op. 7/4 | | • | Pieces (4) for piano, Op. 4: No. 4. Suggestion diabolique | | • | Toccatina, for piano | | • | Symphonic Metamorphosis on Themes from J. Strauss II's 'Die Fledermaus, ' for piano | | • | Flirtation in a Chinese Garden, for piano | | • | Rush Hour in Hong Kong | | • | Rococo, for piano | | • | Refrain de Berceau | | • | West Finnish Dances | | • | Piano Concerto in C minor, RT vii/4: Allegro non troppo | | • | Piano Concerto in C minor, RT vii/4: Largo | | • | Piano Concerto in C minor, RT vii/4: Tempo primo |
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| Customer Reviews:
A great Russian pianist of former times. July 2, 2003
John Austin (Kangaroo Ground, Australia)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Unlike Artur Schnabel, who scorned the giving of encores at his recitals, Benno Moiseiwitsch was very generous in providing delectable extras at the end of his recitals. I can remember such recitals, the delight that Moiseiwitsch took in sharing favorite miniatures with his audience and, in particular, Moiseiwitsh as soloist in the best performance I have ever heard of Beethoven's Emperor Concerto.This concerto is not heard here, but there is a sympathetic and lyrical performance of the rarely heard Delius Piano Concerto. The rest of the program comprises a cosmopolitan and interesting collection of smaller recital pieces, recorded between 1925 and 1950. Listen to the slightly abridged performance of Godowsky's "Die Fledermaus" concert paraphrase and you'll think you are listening to several pianists and several pianolas at work. I especially like the cultured, controlled performance of Debussy's "Clair de lune". Audio quality, sometimes of demonstration quality at the time the recordings were first issued, is top class in this Ward Marston restoration. Sometimes more surface noise is heard than in other reissues of these items, but that makes me feel (and believe) that I am hearing a full reproduction of the original recording. This is the sixth Moiseiwitsch CD in a Naxos "Great Pianists" series, a series I can heartily recommend.
This series continues and adds a real rarity February 24, 2003
J Scott Morrison (Middlebury VT, USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is the sixth of the Moisewitsch reissues on Naxos. It contains mostly short pieces often played by him as encores. This release contains a couple of high points, for me. The Ravel 'Jeux d'eaux,' while not one of my favorite pieces, is played to a fare-the-well here by Moisewitsch. By far the most interesting thing here is the Delius Piano Concerto with Constant Lambert conducting the Philharmonia Orchestra, recorded in 1946. First of all, the Delius is a rarity in itself. Second, Moisewitsch, who championed this concerto throughout his career, plays it lovingly and makes as much as can be made of this admittedly somewhat loosely constructed piece. And if you're a Delius fan - and you know who you are - you must have this performance. The sound, as one has come to expect in the historical releases series from Naxos, is quite good, thanks to the meticulous engineering of Ward Marston.
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