Nikita Magaloff was one of the great piano virtuosos of the twentieth century and still enjoys an outstanding reputation, in particular as a Chopin player. He is also considered an excellent interpreter of the works of Schumann, Mozart, Beethoven, Liszt, and Stravinsky. His name stands for an elegant style, French-influenced cultivated lightness and a pianistics rich in colors and nuances. Born in Russia in 1912, the pianist was a grand disciple of Liszt and Chopin in Paris, where he studied composition with Prokofiev. Magaloff had a particularly close connection with another teacher, Igor Stravinsky, who had fled to Paris with his family before the Revolution. In Stravinsky's opinion, the compatriot was a congenial interpreter of his works. One can easily hear this in Magaloff's outstanding interpretation of the Concerto for Piano and Wind instruments, which is included in this box set of original albums + bonus tracks from the years 1937 to 1962. This selection of Magaloff's art is mainly devoted to his Chopin repertoire (all of the Mazurkas, Piano Concerto No. 1, Recital) and also contains legendary recordings of the works of Schumann (Carnaval, Études symphoniques), Beethoven (Piano Concerto No. 5, Sonata Op 109), Granados (Goyescas), Liszt (Études d'exécution transcendante d'après Paganini, Sonata S. 178), as well as compositions by Haydn, Handel, and Mozart.
Tracklist
CD 1
■ CHOPIN Récital (1955)
Frédéric Chopin (1810 – 1849)
Piano Sonta No. 3 in B Minor Op. 58 / h-Moll
1. I. Allegro maestoso 8‘51
2. II. Scherzo: Molto vivace 2‘31
3. II. Largo 8‘47
4. IV. Finale: Presto non tanto 5‘05
5. Impromptu No. 1 in A Flat Major Op. 29 / As-Dur 4‘26
6. Impromptu No.2 in F Sharp Major Op. 36 / Fis-Dur 5‘36
7. Impromptu No. 3 in G Flat Major Op. 51 / Ges-Dur 5‘38
8. Impromptu No. 4 in C Sharp Minor Op. 66 5‘20
“Fantaisie-Impromptu” / cis-Moll
9. Berceuse in D Flat Major Op. 57 / Des-Dur 4‘50
Nikita Magaloff piano / Klavier
recorded / aufgenommen 1954
Total Time 51‘05
CD 2
■ SCHUMANN Carnaval Op. 9 /
LISZT Études d’execution
transcendante d’après Paganini (1962)
Robert Schumann (1810 – 1856)
Carnaval Op. 9
1. Préambule 2‘12
2. Pierrot 1‘09
3. Arlequin 0‘59
4. Valse noble 1‘07
5. Eusebius 1‘37
6. Florestan 0‘56
7. Coquette 1‘20
8. Réplique 0‘47
9. Papillons 0‘47
10. A.S.C.H. - S.C.H.A. 0‘54
(Lettres dansantes)
11. Chiarina 1‘18
12. Chopin 1‘22
13. Estrella 0‘28
14. Reconnaissance 1‘46
15. Pantalon et Colombine 0‘51
16. Valse allemande. 2‘01
Intermezzo: Paganini
17. Aveu 0‘53
18. Promenade 1‘50
19. Pause 0‘18
20. Marche des 3‘41
« Davidsbündler » contre les Philistins
■ Franz Liszt (1811 – 1886)
Paganini Studies / 6 Études d’exécution transcendante d’après Paganini
21. No. 1 in G Minor 4‘23
« Trémolo » / g-Moll
22. No. 2 in E Flat Major 4‘12
« Octaves » / Es-Dur
23. No. 3 in A Flat Minor 4‘42
« La Campanella » / As-Dur
24. No. 4 in E Major 2‘06
« Arpeggio » / E-Dur
25. No. 5 in E Major 2‘58
« La Chasse » / E-Dur
26. No. 6 in A Minor 5‘09
« Thème et variations » / a-Moll
Nikita Magaloff piano / Klavier
recorded / aufgenommen 1961
Total Time 51‘05
CD 3
■ HAYDN Sonata in C Major
BEETHOVEN Sonata in E Major
Op. 109
SCHUMANN Études
Symphoniques Op. 13 (1962)
Joseph Haydn (1732 – 1809)
Piano Sonata in C Major
HOB. XVI, 48 / C-Dur
1. I. Andante con 6‘11
espressione
2. II. Rondo: Presto 4‘06
■ Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 – 1827)
Piano Sonata in E Major Op. 109 /
E-Dur
3. I. Vivace, ma non troppo. 3‘27
Adagio espressivo
4. II. Prestissimo 2‘16
5. III. Gesangsvoll, mit 12‘05
innigster Empfindung.
Andante, molto cantabile
ed espressivo
■ Robert Schumann (1810 – 1856)
Études symphoniques Op. 13
6. Thema 1‘22
7. Variation 1 / Étude 1 1‘20
8. Variation 2 / Étude 2 1‘45
9. Étude 3 1‘20
10. Variation 3 / Étude 4 0‘59
11. Variation 4 / Étude 5 0‘39
12. Variation 5 / Étude 6 1‘03
13. Variation 4 posth. 2‘42
14. Variation 6 / Étude 7 1‘11
15. Variation 7 / Étude 8 1‘43
16. Étude 5 posth. 1‘28
17. Étude 9 0‘43
18. Variation 8 / Étude 10 1‘13
19. Variation 9 / Étude 11 2‘28
20. Finale: Étude 12 6‘03
Nikita Magaloff piano / Klavier
recorded / aufgenommen 1960
Total Time 54‘08
CD 4
■ BEETHOVEN Concerto pour piano et orchestre No. 5 (1962)
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 – 1827)
Piano Concerto No. 5 in E Flat Major Op. 73 “Emperor”
1. I. Allegro 19‘10
2. II. Adagio un poco mosso 7‘13
3. III. Rondo: Allegro 9‘28
Nikita Magaloff piano / Klavier
Wiener Symphoniker
conductor / Dirigent Willem van Otterloo
recorded / aufgenommen 1961
■ BONUS
Franz Liszt (1811 – 1886)
4. Danse macabre S.126 15‘49
Nikita Magaloff piano / Klavier
Orchestre des Concerts Lamoureux
conductor / Dirigent Roberto Benzi
recorded / aufgenommen 1961
Total Time 51‘43
CD 5
■ GRANADOS Goyescas en El Pelele (1954)
Enrique Granados (1867 – 1916)
Goyescas, Book I / Heft I
1. I. Los requiebros 8‘47
2. II. Coloquio en la reja 11‘35
3. III. El Fandango del Candil 6‘20
4. IV. Quejas ó la maya y el ruiseñor 5‘48
5. El pelele 4‘16
■ BONUS
Goyescas, Book II / Heft II
6. El amor y la muerte 11‘26
7. Epilogo: Serenata del espectro 7‘32
Nikita Magaloff piano / Klavier
recorded / aufgenommen 1952 (1-5) 1954 (6-7)
Total Time 55‘47
CD 6
■ CHOPIN Mazurkas Vol. I (1957)
Frédéric Chopin (1810 – 1849)
Four Mazurkas Op. 6 / Vier Mazurken
1. Mazurka No. 1 in 1‘49
F Sharp Minor / Nr. 1 fis-Moll
2. Mazurka No. 2 in 2‘25
C Sharp Minor / Nr. 2 cis-Moll
3. Mazurka No. 3 in 1‘53
E Major / Nr. 3 E-Dur
4. Mazurka No. 4 in 0‘57
E Flat Minor / Nr. 4 es-Moll
Five Mazurkas Op. 7 / Fünf Mazurken
5. Mazurka No. 1 in 2‘16
B Flat Major / Nr. 1 B-Dur
6. Mazurka No. 2 in 2‘57
A Minor / Nr. 2 a-Moll
7. Mazurka No. 3 in 2‘17
F Minor / Nr. 3 f-Moll
8. Mazurka No. 4 in 1‘09
A Flat Major / Nr. 4 As-Dur
9. Mazurka No. 5 in 0‘38
C Major / Nr. 5 C-Dur
Four Mazurkas Op. 17 / Vier Mazurken
10. Mazurka No. 1 in 2‘10
B Flat Major / Nr. 1 B-Dur
11. Mazurka No. 2 in 2‘00
E Minor / Nr. 2 e-Moll
12. Mazurka No. 3 in 2‘57
A Flat Major / Nr. 3 As-Dur
13. Mazurka No. 4 in 3‘49
A Minor / Nr. 4 a-Moll
Four Mazurkas Op. 24/Vier Mazurken
14. Mazurka No. 1 in 2‘33
G Minor / Nr. 1 g-Moll
15. Mazurka No. 2 in 2‘12
C Major / Nr. 2 C-Dur
16. Mazurka No. 3 in 1‘51
A Flat Major / Nr. 3 As-Dur
17. Mazurka No. 4 in 4‘25
B Flat Minor / Nr. 4 b-Moll
Nikita Magaloff piano / Klavier
recorded / aufgenommen 1956
■ HANDEL Sonata in D Major (1937)
Georg Friedrich Händel (1685–1759)
Sonata in D Major Op. 1, 13 / D-Dur
18. I. Adagio. Adagio 4‘07
sostenuto
19. II. Allegro 2‘36
20. III. Larghetto 3‘27
21. IV. Allegro 2‘59
Joseph Szigeti violin / Violine
Nikita Magaloff piano / Klavier
recorded / aufgenommen 1937
Total Time 51‘27
CD 7
■ CHOPIN Mazurkas Vol. II (1957)
Frédéric Chopin (1810 – 1849)
Four Mazurkas Op. 30 / Vier Mazurken
1. Mazurka No. 1 in 1‘31
C Minor / Nr. 1 c-Moll
2. Mazurka No. 2 in 1‘13
B Minor / Nr. 2 h-Moll
3. Mazurka No. 3 in 2‘22
D Flat Major / Nr. 3 Des-Dur
4. Mazurka No. 4 in 3‘51
C Sharp Minor / Nr. 4 cis-Moll
Four Mazurkas Op. 33 / Vier Mazurken
5. Mazurka No. 1 in 1‘29
G Sharp Minor / Nr. 1 gis-Moll
6. Mazurka No. 2 in 2‘17
D Major / Nr. 2 D-Dur
7. Mazurka No. 3 in 1‘17
C Major / Nr. 3 C-Dur
8. Mazurka No. 4 in 4‘53
B Minor / Nr. 4 h-Moll
Four Mazurkas Op. 41 / Vier Mazurken
9. Mazurka No. 1 in 3‘15
C Sharp Minor / Nr. 1 cis-Moll
10. Mazurka No. 2 in 1‘50
E Minor / Nr. 2 e-Moll
11. Mazurka No. 3 in 1‘09
B Major / Nr. 3 H-Dur
12. Mazurka No. 4 in 1‘54
A Flat Major / Nr. 4 As-Dur
Three Mazurkas Op. 50 / Drei Mazurken
13. Mazurka No. 1 in 2‘17
G Major / Nr. 1 G-Dur
14. Mazurka No. 2 in 2‘48
A Flat Major / Nr. 2 As-Dur
15. Mazurka No.3 in 4‘26
C Sharp Minor / Nr. 3 cis-Moll
Three Mazurkas Op. 56 / Drei Mazurken
16. Mazurka No. 1 in 3‘38
B Major / Nr. 1 H-Dur
Nikita Magaloff piano / Klavier
recorded / aufgenommen 1956
■ BONUS
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)
Sonate für Violine und Klavier e-Moll, KV 304/300c
17. I. Allegro 4‘27
18. II. Menuetto 4‘59
Joseph Szigeti violin / Violine
Nikita Magaloff piano / Klavier
recorded / aufgenommen 1937
Total Time 49‘39
CD 8
■ CHOPIN Mazurkas Vol. III (1957)
Frédéric Chopin (1810 – 1849)
Three Mazurkas Op. 56 / Drei
Mazurken (continued / Fortsetzung)
1. Mazurka No. 2 in 1‘37
C Major / Nr. 2 C-Dur
2. Mazurka No. 3 in 5‘33
C Minor / Nr. 3 c-Moll
Three Mazurkas Op. 59 / Drei Mazurken
3. Mazurka No. 1 in 3‘30
A Minor / Nr. 1 a-Moll
4. Mazurka No. 2 in 2‘28
A Flat Major / Nr. 2 As-Dur
5. Mazurka No. 3 in 3‘12
F Sharp Minor / Nr. 3 fis-Moll
Three Mazurkas Op. 63 / Drei Mazurken
6. Mazurka No. 1 in 2‘12
B Major / Nr. 1 H-Dur
7. Mazurka No. 2 in 1‘51
F Minor / Nr. 2 f-Moll
8. Mazurka No. 3 in 2‘03
B Major / Nr. 3 H-Dur
Four Mazurkas Op. 67 / Vier Mazurken
9. Mazurka No. 1 in 1‘07
G Major / Nr. 1 G-Dur
10. Mazurka No. 2 in 1‘30
G Minor / Nr. 2 g-Moll
11. Mazurka No. 3 in 1‘22
C Major / Nr. 3 C-Dur
12. Mazurka No. 4 in 2‘55
A Minor / Nr. 4 a-Moll
Four Mazurkas Op. 68 / Vier Mazurken
13. Mazurka No 1 in 1‘37
C Major / Nr. 1 C-Dur
14. Mazurka No. 2 in 2‘30
A Minor / Nr. 2 a-Moll
15. Mazurka No.3 in 1‘20
F Major / Nr. 3 F-Dur
16. Mazurka No. 4 in 1‘43
F Minor / Nr. 4 f-Moll
17. Mazurka in A Minor 3‘11
(Notre Temps, No. 2)
Op. posth. / a-Moll
18. Mazurka in A Minor 2‘23
(à Émile Gaillard)
Op. posth. / a-Moll
Nikita Magaloff piano / Klavier
recorded / aufgenommen 1956
Total Time 42‘06
CD 9
■ CHOPIN Concerto pour piano et orchestre No. 1 (1962)
Frédéric Chopin (1810 – 1849)
Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Minor Op. 11 / e-Moll
1. I. Allegro maestoso 18‘47
2. II. Romance: Larghetto 9‘59
3. III. Rondo: Vivace 10‘07
Nikita Magaloff piano / Klavier
Orchestre des Concerts Lamoureux
Conductor / Dirigent Roberto Benzi
recorded / aufgenommen 1961
■ LISZT Piano Sonata 178 (1952)
Franz Liszt (1811 – 1886)
Piano Sonata in B Minor S. 178 / h-Moll
4. I. Lento assai. Allegro energico 10‘56
5. II. Andante sostenuto. Quasi adagio 1‘43
6. III. Quasi adagio 3‘45
7. IV. Allegro energico. Andante sostenuto 9‘04
Nikita Magaloff piano / Klavier
recorded / aufgenommen c. 1951
Total Time 64‘24
CD 10
■ STRAVINSKY Concerto for Piano and Wind Instruments /
Capriccio for Piano and Orchestra (1958)
Igor Stravinsky (1882 – 1971)
Concerto for Piano and Wind Instruments
1. I. Largo 6‘46
2. II. Larghissimo 6‘17
3. III. Allegro 4‘37
Capriccio for Piano and Orchestra (revised version 1949)
4. I. Presto 6‘32
5. II. Andante rapsodico 4‘56
6. III. Allegro capriccioso ma tempo giusto 5‘26
Nikita Magaloff piano / Klavier
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
Conductor / Dirigent Ernest Ansermet
recorded / aufgenommen 1955
Total Time 34‘37
Details
Genre: Classical
Set content: 10
EAN: 4053796005328