Alexis Weissenberg - The Champagne Pianist


CD1: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 

Mozart - Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-flat major, K. 271
Mozart - Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major, K. 467

[Alexis Weissenberg, Carlo Maria Giulini, Wiener Symphoniker (1978)]


CD2: Frédéric Chopin

Chopin - Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11
Chopin - Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Op. 21

[Alexis Weissenberg, Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire (1967)]


CD3: Johannes Brahms, César Franck

Brahms - Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15

[Alexis Weissenberg, Carlo Maria Giulini, London Symphony Orchestra (1972)]

Franck - Symphonic Variations

[Alexis Weissenberg, Herbert von Karajan, Berliner Philharmoniker (1972)]

Franck - Prelude, Fugue and Variation, Op. 18

[Alexis Weissenberg (1969)]


CD4: Pyotr Tchaikovsky, Sergei Rachmaninoff

Tchaikovsky - Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23

[Alexis Weissenberg, Herbert von Karajan, Orchestre de Paris (1970)]

Rachmaninoff - Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18

[Alexis Weissenberg, Herbert von Karajan, Berliner Philharmoniker (1972)]


CD5: Sergei Rachmaninoff, Sergei Prokofiev

Rachmaninoff - Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30

[Alexis Weissenberg, Leonard Bernstein, Orchestre National de France (1979)]

Prokofiev - Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major, Op. 26

[Alexis Weissenberg, Seiji Ozawa, Orchestre de Paris (1970)]


CD6: George Gershwin, Maurice Ravel, Modest Mussorgsky

Gershwin - Rhapsody in Blue
Gershwin - Variations on I Got Rhythm

[Alexis Weissenberg, Seiji Ozawa, Berliner Philharmoniker (1983)]

Ravel - Piano Concerto in G major

[Alexis Weissenberg, Seiji Ozawa, Orchestre de Paris (1970)]

Mussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition

[Alexis Weissenberg (1971)]


CD7: Johann Sebastian Bach

Bach - 9 Transcriptions from Hess, Busoni, Lüstner, Liszt and Siloti
Bach - Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue, BWV 903
Bach - Italian Concerto in F major, BWV 971

[Alexis Weissenberg (1972/1973, 1966, 1966)]


CD8: Robert Schumann

Schumann - Kinderszenen, Op. 15
Schumann - Fantasie in C major, Op. 17
Schumann - Humoreske in B-flat major, Op. 20

[Alexis Weissenberg (1968, 1967, 1977)]


CD9: Robert Schumann

Schumann - Album für die Jugend, Op. 66

[Alexis Weissenberg (1973)]


CD10: Encores

Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor, Op. 27/2: I. Adagio sostenuto
Beethoven - Bagatelle in A minor, WoO 59
Beethoven - Rondo alla ingharese quasi un capriccio in G major, Op. 129
Chopin - Etude in E major, Op. 10/3: Lento ma non troppo
Chopin - Impromptu No. 1 in A flat major, Op. 29
Schumann - Arabesque in C major, Op. 18
Liszt - Liebestraum No. 3 in A-flat major, S. 541
Liszt - Valse-Impromptu in A-flat major, S. 213
Tchaikovsky - Romances, Op. 16: I. Cradle Song in C-sharp minor (Transcription: Sergei Rachmaninoff)
Debussy - Etude No. 11 for Composite Arpeggios
Debussy - Suite bergamasque: III. Clair de Lune
Debussy - La plus que lente in G-flat major, L. 121
Scriabin - Prelude and Nocturne for the Left Hand, Op. 9: II. Nocturne in D-flat major
Scriabin - Etude in B-flat minor, Op. 8/11: Andante cantabile
Séverac - En Vacances - Part 1: VII. Valse romantique
Rachmaninoff - Morceaux de fantaisie, Op. 3: II. Prelude in C-sharp minor
Vladigerov - Improvisation

[Alexis Weissenberg (1976-1979)]


Label: Warner Classics
Release Date: 2012

From ArkivMusic: This fine collection has a diverse range of well know piano repertoire from Bach to Gershwin and illustrates Weissenberg’s brilliance and his exciting lyrical playing. Including both orchestral and solo piano works this collection offers a magnificent range of repertoire for the piano enthusiast.Weissenberg is critically acclaimed for his interpretations of Brahms’s Piano Concerto No.1 and Rachmaninov’s Piano Concert No.2 both of which are included in this set. A pianist of virtuoso technique, with wide repertory but a particular interest in the Romantic period (especially the music of Chopin and Schumann), he can give in performance and recordings the impression of a forceful flamboyance of style. Also of key interest to any fan of Weissenberg’s recordings is a fine disc of his concert encores. This delightful collection includes magnificent interpretations of such well-known piano repertoire as Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata, Liszt’s Liebestraum and Rachmaninov’s Prelude in C# minor. 


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Annotation:

Since i am by no means an expert in audio engineering, the folders don't contain .cue/.log files beside the .flac-tracks. I ripped the CD's with EAC running the default lossless settings. The complete booklet and scans of the box front and back cover are included.

In addition, there's a tiny folder named "underappreciated" with the piano score and audio file (played by Marc-André Hamelin) of Max Reger's Humoreske, Op. 20/2, a very charming, accessible and widely unknown little piece (just for fun)