Complete Piano Solo Recordings

Complete Piano Solo Recordings

It was in 1958 that a fabulously talented 23-year-old French pianist made his name in the musical world with the release of his debut concerto recording for Columbia Masterworks. That coupling of the Grieg A minor and Rachmaninoffs Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini, with Eugene Ormandy conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra, was the first of many best-selling albums that Philippe Entremont would record for Columbia over the next two decades. In 2014, Sony Classical issued set containing all of his concerto recordings. Now, to mark Entremonts 85th birthday in 2019, Sony is pleased to announce the release of his complete solo recordings at budget price. Philippe Entremont was born in Reims to two professional musicians who were also his first teachers. He then studied with the legendary pianist Marguerite Long and entered the Paris Conservatoire, where he won numerous prizes. When he was only 16, he won the prestigious Marguerite Long-Jacques Thibaud Competition. European tours soon followed as well as his Carnegie Hall debut in 1953: playing concertos by Liszt E flat Concerto and AndrÃ© Jolivet, he brought down the house with his technical and musical mastery (New York Times). The new release, which contains many recordings never before issued, ranges from Entremonts 1956 Chopin recital originally released on CBSs Epic label to a recital of keyboard favorites he recorded in Vienna in 1985. There is Entremonts Debussy, played with bold splashes of color...and tremendous warmth (High Fidelity) and his Liszt. The many other recitals in this capacious, newly remastered reissue showcase composers ranging from Rameau, Bach, Haydn, Mozart, Kuhlau, Clementi, Beethoven, Chopin, Schumann and Mendelssohn to Tchaikovsky, Rubinstein, Scriabin, Rachmaninoff and Prokofiev. There is Spanish music by Granados, Albeniz and Falla. And, naturally, there is an abundance of French music works by FaurÃ©, Ravel, Satie, Poulenc and Saint-SaÃ«ns. Two very special albums recorded in 1979 deserve separate mention: a coupling of DohnÃ¡nyi Nursery Song Variations, the Strauss Burleske and the Litolff Scherzo, with Okko Kamu conducting the National Philharmonic, and the delectable recital from Paris in which Philippe Entremont accompanies the great soprano RÃ©gine Crespin in mÃ©lodies by Ravel and Satie.
Country USA
Brand Sony
Manufacturer Sony Masterworks
Binding Audio CD
ItemPartNumber 36021719
ReleaseDate 2019-06-21
UnitCount 34
UPCs 190758994420
EANs 0190758994420

Country	USA
Brand	Sony
Manufacturer	Sony Masterworks
Binding	Audio CD
ItemPartNumber	36021719
ReleaseDate	2019-06-21
UnitCount	34
UPCs	190758994420
EANs	0190758994420

Complete Piano Solo Recordings

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