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Brailowsky Plays Virtuoso Showpieces


Release Date: 02/14/2011 
Label:  Rca Victor Gold Seal Catalog #: 68165   Spars Code: ADD 
Composer:  Johann Sebastian Bach,  Camille Saint-Saëns,  Franz Liszt,  Sergei Lyapunov,   ... 
Performer:  Alexander Brailowsky
Conductor:  Charles Munch
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Boston Symphony Orchestra
Number of Discs: 2 
Recorded in: n/a 
Length: 2 Hours 36 Mins. 

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Works on This Recording

1.
Partita for Violin solo no 2 in D minor, BWV 1004: 5th movement, Chaconne by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer:  Alexander Brailowsky (Piano)
Period: Baroque 
Written: circa 1720; Cöthen, Germany 
2.
Concerto for Piano no 4 in C minor, Op. 44 by Camille Saint-Saëns
Performer:  Alexander Brailowsky (Piano)
Conductor:  Charles Munch
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Boston Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1875; France 
3.
Légendes (2) for Piano, S 175: no 1, St Francis of Assisi preaching by Franz Liszt
Performer:  Alexander Brailowsky (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1863; Rome, Italy 
4.
Études (12) d'exécution transcendante for Piano, Op. 11: no 10 in B minor "Lezghinka" by Sergei Lyapunov
Performer:  Alexander Brailowsky (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1903; Russia 
5.
Impromptu for Piano no 2 in F minor, Op. 31 by Gabriel Fauré
Performer:  Alexander Brailowsky (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1883; France 
6.
Jeux d'eau by Maurice Ravel
Performer:  Alexander Brailowsky (Piano)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1901; France 
7.
La plus que lente by Claude Debussy
Performer:  Alexander Brailowsky (Piano)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1910; France 
8.
Etudes (12) for Piano, Op. 8: no 12 in D sharp minor by Alexander Scriabin
Performer:  Alexander Brailowsky (Piano)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1894; Russia 
9.
Rondo a capriccio for Piano in G major, Op. 129 "Rage Over a Lost Penny" by Ludwig van Beethoven
Performer:  Alexander Brailowsky (Piano)
Period: Classical 
Written: 1795; Vienna, Austria 
10.
Impromptus (4) for Piano, D 899/Op. 90: no 3 in G flat major by Franz Schubert
Performer:  Alexander Brailowsky (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1827; Vienna, Austria 
11.
Songs without words, vol 6, Op. 67: no 4, Presto in C major "Spinning Song" by Felix Mendelssohn
Performer:  Alexander Brailowsky (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1845; Germany 
12.
Waltzes (16) for Piano 4 hands, Op. 39: no 15 in A flat major by Johannes Brahms
Performer:  Alexander Brailowsky (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1865; Austria 
13.
Morceaux (7) de salon, Op. 10: no 2, Waltz in A major by Sergei Rachmaninov
Performer:  Alexander Brailowsky (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1893-1894; Russia 
14.
Allegro barbaro for Piano, Sz 49 by Béla Bartók
Performer:  Alexander Brailowsky (Piano)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1911; Budapest, Hungary 
15.
Tale of Tsar Saltan: Suite, Op. 57 - Flight of the bumblebee by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Performer:  Alexander Brailowsky (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1903; Russia 
16.
El amor brujo: Danza rituel del fuego "Ritual Fire Dance" by Manuel de Falla
Performer:  Alexander Brailowsky (Piano)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1914-1915; Spain 
17.
Hungarian Rhapsodies (19) for Piano, S 244: no 2 in C sharp minor by Franz Liszt
Performer:  Alexander Brailowsky (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1847; Hungary 
18.
Transcendental Etudes (6) after Paganini, S 140: no 3 "La Campanella" by Franz Liszt
Performer:  Alexander Brailowsky (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1838; Switzerland 
19.
Valses oubliées (4) for Piano, S 215: no 4 "Valse Impromptu" by Franz Liszt
Performer:  Alexander Brailowsky (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: Rome, Italy 
20.
Hungarian Rhapsodies (19) for Piano, S 244: no 7 in D minor by Franz Liszt
Performer:  Alexander Brailowsky (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1846-1885; Weimar, Germany 
21.
Liebesträume for Piano, S 541: no 3, O Lieb, so lang by Franz Liszt
Performer:  Alexander Brailowsky (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: circa 1850; Weimar, Germany 
22.
Episodes from Lenau's Faust, S 110: no 2, Der Tanz in der Dorfschenke "Mephisto Waltz no 1" by Franz Liszt
Performer:  Alexander Brailowsky (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1861; Weimar, Germany 
23.
Transcendental Etudes (6) after Paganini, S 140: no 5 "La Chasse" by Franz Liszt
Performer:  Alexander Brailowsky (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1838; Switzerland 
24.
Children's Corner: no 3, Serenade for the Doll by Claude Debussy
Performer:  Alexander Brailowsky (Piano)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1906-1908; France 
25.
Gaspard de la nuit: 1st movement, Ondine by Maurice Ravel
Performer:  Alexander Brailowsky (Piano)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1908; France 
26.
Fantasies or Caprices (3) for Piano, Op. 16: no 2 in E minor, Scherzo by Felix Mendelssohn
Performer:  Alexander Brailowsky (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1829; Germany 
27.
Rondo capriccioso for Piano in E major, Op. 14 by Felix Mendelssohn
Performer:  Alexander Brailowsky (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1824; Germany 

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