Raymond Lewenthal - The Complete RCA And Columbia Album Collection (2019) [CD-Rip]

In his own words, Raymond Lewenthal was an octave thrower, long-distance arpeggioer and general producer of volcanic rumbles. This hugely talented, extroverted pianist was also a key figure in the revival of a great deal of 19th-century piano music, most of all that of Charles-Valentin Alkan. Sony Classicals new collection of Lewenthals complete recordings for RCA and Columbia Masterworks celebrates this maverick pianists recorded legacy, with three LPs of material specially remastered from the analogue tapes. Its release comes thirty years after Lewenthals death in November 1988. Both a showman and a scholar, Lewenthal was born in San Antonio, Texas, in 1923, working as a child movie actor in Hollywood before beginning formal piano study at the age of 15. Though his early career in the US flourished after a debut with Dmitri Mitropoulos and the Philadelphia Orchestra in 1948, he withdrew from public performance a few years later after being attacked in Central Park. By the time he returned to concertizing in the 1960s, he had become a champion of Alkans, much of whose music he edited for publication. His enthusiasm for obscure Romantic repertoire was not limited to Alkan. He revived Adolf von Henselts little-known Piano Concerto in F minor, a spectacularly difficult work, recording it with Sir Charles Mackerras and the LSO alongside his own version of Liszts Totentanz. The sheer virtuoso bravura of it all is dazzling, wrote Gramophone. With the same orchestra and conductor Eleazar de Carvalho, he also recorded Anton Rubinsteins Fourth Piano Concerto in D minor, and the dazzling finale to Franz Xaver Scharwenkas Second Concerto in C minor. Two albums of Alkans solo piano music are a fitting tribute to Lewenthals obsession; they include his Symphonie, Grande Sonatine and many studies and miniatures. Lewenthal also recorded the Hexaméron, a work written collaboratively by five pianists and put together by Liszt, and Liszts Réminiscences de Norma. This vital, vivacious communicator still has a lot to say to us today, about a repertoire that continues to benefit from his passionate advocacy.

Tracklist
CD1
01. Etudes Dans Les Tons Mineurs, Op. 39 - No. 12 Le Festin d'Esope In E Minor
02. Recueil De Chants Assez Lentement, Op. 65 - No. 6 Barcarolle In G Minor
03. Grande Sonate, Op. 33 'Les Quatre Ages' - II. 30 Ans. Quasi-Faust: Assez Vite
04. Etudes Dans Les Tons Mineurs, Op. 39 - No. 4 Symphonie Pour Piano Seul - I. Allegro (Allegro Moderato)
05. Etudes Dans Les Tons Mineurs, Op. 39 - No. 5 Symphonie Pour Piano Seul - II. Marche Funebre (Andantino)
06. Etudes Dans Les Tons Mineurs, Op. 39 - No. 6 Symphonie Pour Piano Seul - IV. Symphonie Pour Piano Seul - III. Menuet (Tempo Di Minuetto)
07. Etudes Dans Les Tons Mineurs, Op. 39 - No. 7 Finale (Presto)

CD2
01. Hexameron, S392 (Variations On The March Theme 'Suoni La Tromba' From Bellini's I Puritani) - Introduction (Liszt): Extremement Lent - Allegro Vivace Doppio Movimente
02. Hexameron, S392 (Variations On The March Theme 'Suoni La Tromba' From Bellini's I Puritani) - Tema (Bellini/Liszt): Allegro Marziale
03. Hexameron, S392 (Variations On The March Theme 'Suoni La Tromba' From Bellini's I Puritani) - Variation I (Thalberg): Ben Marcato
04. Hexameron, S392 (Variations On The March Theme 'Suoni La Tromba' From Bellini's I Puritani) - Variation II (Liszt): Moderato
05. Hexameron, S392 (Variations On The March Theme 'Suoni La Tromba' From Bellini's I Puritani) - Variation III (Pixis): Di Bravura
06. Hexameron, S392 (Variations On The March Theme 'Suoni La Tromba' From Bellini's I Puritani) - Interlude I (Liszt)
07. Hexameron, S392 (Variations On The March Theme 'Suoni La Tromba' From Bellini's I Puritani) - Variation IV (Herz): Legato E Grazioso
08. Hexameron, S392 (Variations On The March Theme 'Suoni La Tromba' From Bellini's I Puritani) - Variation V (Czerny): Vivo E Brillante - Fuocoso Molto Energico
09. Hexameron, S392 (Variations On The March Theme 'Suoni La Tromba' From Bellini's I Puritani) - Interlude II (Liszt)
10. Hexameron, S392 (Variations On The March Theme 'Suoni La Tromba' From Bellini's I Puritani) - Variation VI (Chopin): Largo
11. Hexameron, S392 (Variations On The March Theme 'Suoni La Tromba' From Bellini's I Puritani) - Interlude III (Liszt)
12. Hexameron, S392 (Variations On The March Theme 'Suoni La Tromba' From Bellini's I Puritani) - Finale (Liszt): Molto Vivace Quasi Prestissimo - Allegro Animato
13. Reminiscences De Norma, S394

CD3
01. Concerto For Piano And Orchestra In F Minor, Op. 16 - I. Allegro Patetico - Maestoso - Religioso: Tempo I
02. Concerto For Piano And Orchestra In F Minor, Op. 16 -II. Larghetto
03. Concerto For Piano And Orchestra In F Minor, Op. 16 -III. Allegro Agitato
04. Totentanz For Piano And Orchestra, S126[Edited Lewenthal]

CD4
01. Concerto For Piano And Orchestra No. 4 In D Minor, Op. 70 - I. Moderato Assai
02. Concerto For Piano And Orchestra No. 4 In D Minor, Op. 70 - II. Andante
03. Concerto For Piano And Orchestra No. 4 In D Minor, Op. 70 - III. Allegro
04. Concerto For Piano And Orchestra No. 2 In C Minor, Op. 56 - III. Allegro Non Troppo

CD5
01. Alkan: Sonatine For Piano, Op. 61 - I. Allegro Vivace
02. Alkan: Sonatine For Piano, Op. 61 - II. Allegramente
03. Alkan: Sonatine For Piano, Op. 61 - III. Scherzo - Menuetto
04. Alkan: Sonatine For Piano, Op. 61 - IV. Tempo Giusto
05. Alkan: Petit Conte: Andantino
06. Alkan: Le Tambour Bat Aux Champs, Op. 50bis: Andante - Cantabile
07. Alkan: Esquisses (Suite I), Op. 63 - No. 1 La Vision: Assez Lentement
08. Alkan: Marcia Funebre, Sulla Morte D'un Pappagallo For Choir, 3 Oboes And Bassoon: Andante
09. Alkan: Esquisses (Suite IV), Op. 63 - No. 45 Les Diablotins: Lentement
10. Alkan: 12 Etudes Dans Les Tons Majeurs, Op. 35 - No. 8 In A-Flat Major: Lento-Appassionato - Poco Piu Lento
11. Alkan: Esquisses (Suite IV), Op. 63 - No. 47 Scherzetto: Presto
12. Alkan: Les Mois, Op. 74 - No. 10 Gros Temps: Andantino
13. Alkan: Esquisses (Suite I), Op. 63 - No. 11 Les Soupirs: Assez Lentement
14. Alkan: Esquisses (Suite I), Op. 63 - No. 12 Barcarollette: Lentement
15. Alkan: Esquisses (Suite IV), Op. 63 - No. 39 Heraclite Et Democrite: Andantino-Mesto
16. Alkan: Esquisses (Suite I), Op. 63 - No. 7 Le Frisson: Andantino

CD6
01. Années de pèlerinage I, S. 160: I. Chapelle de Guillaume Tell
02. Années de pèlerinage I, S. 160: II. Au lac de Wallenstadt
03. Années de pèlerinage I, S. 160: III. Pastorale
04. Années de pèlerinage I, S. 160: IV. Au bord d'une source
05. Années de pèlerinage I, S. 160: V. Orage
06. Années de pèlerinage I, S. 160: VI. Vallée d'Obermann
07. Années de pèlerinage I, S. 160: VII. Eglogue
08. Années de pèlerinage I, S. 160: VIII. Le mal du pays
09. Années de pèlerinage I, S. 160: IX. Les cloches de Genève

CD7
01. Années de pèlerinage II, S. 161: I. Sposalizio
02. Années de pèlerinage II, S. 161: II. Il Pensieroso
03. Années de pèlerinage II, S. 161: III. Canzonetta del Salvator Rosa
04. Années de pèlerinage II, S. 161: IV. Sonetto 47 del Petrarca
05. Années de pèlerinage II, S. 161: V. Sonetto 104 del Petrarca
06. Années de pèlerinage II, S. 161: VI. Sonetto 123 del Petrarca
07. Années de pèlerinage II, S. 161: VII. Après une lecture du Dante - Fantasia quasi Sonata

CD8
01. Lewenthal Discusses And Illustrates At The Keyboard The Henselt Piano Concerto (Remastered)
02. Lewenthal Discusses And Illustrates At The Keyboard Liszt Totentanz (Remastered)
03. Lewenthal Discusses And Illustrates At The Keyboard Rubinstein's Piano Concerto No. 4 (Remastered)
04. Lewenthal Discusses And Illustrates At The Keyboard Scharwenka's Finale From Piano Concerto No. 2 (Remastered)
05. Lewenthal Discusses And Illustrates At The Keyboard The Music Of Charles-Valentin Alkan (Remastered)