Mischa Levitzki: Complete Works for Solo Piano

Mischa Levitzki: Complete Works for Solo Piano
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Catalogue No: TOCC0334
EAN/UPC: 5060113443342
Release Date: 01.05.2016
Composer: Ignaz Friedman, Mischa Levitzki, Ossip Gabrilowitsch
Artists: Margarita Glebov

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With works by OSSIP GABRILOWITSCH and IGNAZ FRIEDMAN

What was called ‘the Golden Age of Pianism’ – the last decades of the nineteenth century and the first of the twentieth – also saw the final flourish of the composer-pianist, a tradition that had begun with Mozart and Beethoven. This recording presents music by three of these last lions. The handful of works left by Mischa Levitzki (1898–1941) are charming miniatures; those by Ossip Gabrilowitsch (1878–1936) are slightly more ambitious; and the compositions of Ignaz Friedman (1882–1948) – both original pieces and transcriptions – point to a substantial body of music that has yet to be fully explored.

Margarita Glebov, pianist

Listen To This Recording:

    Mischa Levitzki

  1. Valse de Concert, Op. 1
  2. Valse, Op. 2
  3. Gavotte, Op. 3
  4. Arabesque valsante, Op. 6
  5. The Enchanted Nymph
  6. Valse Tzigane, Op. 7
  7. Dance of the Doll, Op. 8

    8. Ossip Gabrilowitsch

  8. Romance, Op. 1 No. 4

    9. Three Piano Pieces, Op. 2:

  9. No. 1 Fantaisie-Nocturne
  10. No. 2 Gavotte
  11. No. 3 Feuillet d’Album

    12. Ignaz Friedman (transcriptions)

  12. Franck: Prelude, Fugue and Variation
  13. Grazioli: Adagio
  14. Stamitz: Symphony in G major: Prestissimo
  15. Couperin: La Tendre Fanchon

    16. Ignaz Friedman (original works)
    Four Preludes, Op. 61:

  16. No. 1 Pensieroso
  17. No. 2 Vivo e molto leggiero
  18. No. 3 Con abandono
  19. No. 4 Molto appassionato ed animato

    20. Etudes, Op. 63:

  20. No. 1 Allegro, molto leggiero
  21. No. 2 Vivo e con delicatezza
  22. No. 4 Andante molto cantabile
  23. No. 9 Allegro, con abandono
  24. No. 10 Allegretto, sempre leggiero
  25. No. 11 Allegro patetico
  26. No. 16 Allegro appassionato

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1 review for Mischa Levitzki: Complete Works for Solo Piano

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    ‘From adventurous Toccata Classics comes a programme of short works by three pianist-composers from the so-called Golden Age… While he [Levitzki] left behind a substantial amount of recordings, he composed only eight short miniatures. All these appear in chronological order on Margarita Glebov’s delightful disc. The most famous … is the Valse in A major, Op 2, a Kreisleresque miniature of enormous charm… The remainder of Glebov’s disc has four slightly more ambitious pieces by Ossip Gabrilowitsch… These are followed by a selection of transcriptions and original works by the great Ignaz Friedman… These original works alone are worth the price of the disc in convincing and powerful performances. Altogether an imaginative and rewarding disc that comes with an excellent booklet by Maxwell Brown.’ —Gramophone, October 2016

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