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Title: Complete RCA Album Collection
Artist: Beethoven / Pennario
Label: Sony Masterworks
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 190758992723
Genre: Classical
Release Date: 2019-02-08
Number of Discs: 12
Nobody plays the piano better than Leonard Pennario, wrote the eminent critic Andrew Porter in London's New Statesman in 1952, when the competition would have included none less than Horowitz in his prime. That year, Pennario began recording for Capitol Records in Los Angeles, and a decade later he moved to RCA Victor, for which label he made a series of distinguished albums. To mark the tenth anniversary of Pennario's death, Sony Classical is now pleased to reissue all of the pianist's RCA recordings together for the first time in a single set. Born in 1924 in Buffalo, New York, Pennario gave his first public performance there at the age of seven, later moving with his family to Los Angeles, where his teachers included the legendary Isabella Vengerova. His breakthrough came in 1936, when he made his orchestral debut deputizing for an indisposed soloist with the Dallas Symphony. On that memorable occasion, the twelve-year-old performed the Grieg Piano Concerto, a work he had never heard, let alone played, until a few days earlier. Dazzling concertos would, of course, feature prominently in Pennario's discography, and his first RCA Victor releases in 1964 included Rachmaninoff's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini and the Franck Symphonic Variations with Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops and the two Liszt concertos with René Leibowitz conducting the London Symphony. Among the acclaimed solo recital albums in this set are a collection of popular short pieces by Beethoven, Schubert, Dvorák, Tchaikovsky, Rubinstein, Grieg, Falla, Debussy, Gershwin and Rachmaninoff which Pennario plays with admirable care and impeccable taste (High Fidelity) as well as both books of Debussy Préludes: This is a most beautifully played set (Gramophone). Although Pennario became best known as a formidable virtuoso, he was also renowned for his performances of chamber music, and RCA documents his participation in the famous series given by Jascha Heifetz and Gregor Piatigorsky.
Tracks:
1.1 Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op.43
1.2 Symphonic Variations for Piano ; Orchestra, M46
1.3 Scherzo (From Concerto Symphonique No. 4)
1.4 Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 1 in E-Flat Major S 124
1.5 Concerto for Piano and Orchestra Concerto for Piano and Orchestra
1.6 Kaiser-Walzer Op. 437
1.7 A Midsummer Night's Dream Op. 61 - Scherzo
1.8 Danse Macabre Op. 40
1.9 The Age of Gold Op. 22B - Polka
1.10 The Love for Three Oranges Op. 33 - March
1.11 La Valse M 72
1.12 Liebesleid
1.13 Valse de L'opéra Faust
1.14 Humoresque in G-Flat Major Op. 101/7
1.15 Humoresque in G Major Op. 10/2
1.16 Humoresque in G Major Op. 10/5
1.17 Polichinelle in F-Sharp minor Op. 3/4
1.18 Golliwogg's Cakewalk L 113/6
1.19 3 Preludes
1.20 Moment Musical in F minor D 780/3
1.21 FÜR Elise - Bagatelle in a Minor Woo 59
1.22 November: Troika Op. 37A/11
1.23 Lyric Pieces Op. 43
1.24 Andaluza Imf 10/4
1.25 Romance in E-Flat Major Op. 44/1
1.26 Scherzo Humoristique in D Major Op. 19/2
1.27 Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 1 in F-Sharp minor Op. 1
1.28 Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 4 in G minor Op. 40
1.29 Préludes: Book I L 117
1.30 Préludes: Book II L 123
1.31 Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in a Minor Op. 54
1.32 Burleske for Piano and Orchestra in D minor TRV 145
1.33 Sonata for Piano and Cello No. 2 in D Major Op. 58
1.34 Sonata for Cello and Piano in F Major Op. 6
1.35 Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello No. 2 in C minor Op. 66
1.36 Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello No. 1 in D minor Op. 32
1.37 Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello No. 1 Op. 35
1.38 Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello No. 6 in E-Flat Major Op. 70/2
1.39 Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello No. 2 in C Major Op. 87
1.40 Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello No. 3 in F minor Op. 65
1.41 Quintet for Piano, 2 Violins, Viola and Cello in F minor
Artist: Beethoven / Pennario
Label: Sony Masterworks
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 190758992723
Genre: Classical
Release Date: 2019-02-08
Number of Discs: 12
Nobody plays the piano better than Leonard Pennario, wrote the eminent critic Andrew Porter in London's New Statesman in 1952, when the competition would have included none less than Horowitz in his prime. That year, Pennario began recording for Capitol Records in Los Angeles, and a decade later he moved to RCA Victor, for which label he made a series of distinguished albums. To mark the tenth anniversary of Pennario's death, Sony Classical is now pleased to reissue all of the pianist's RCA recordings together for the first time in a single set. Born in 1924 in Buffalo, New York, Pennario gave his first public performance there at the age of seven, later moving with his family to Los Angeles, where his teachers included the legendary Isabella Vengerova. His breakthrough came in 1936, when he made his orchestral debut deputizing for an indisposed soloist with the Dallas Symphony. On that memorable occasion, the twelve-year-old performed the Grieg Piano Concerto, a work he had never heard, let alone played, until a few days earlier. Dazzling concertos would, of course, feature prominently in Pennario's discography, and his first RCA Victor releases in 1964 included Rachmaninoff's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini and the Franck Symphonic Variations with Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops and the two Liszt concertos with René Leibowitz conducting the London Symphony. Among the acclaimed solo recital albums in this set are a collection of popular short pieces by Beethoven, Schubert, Dvorák, Tchaikovsky, Rubinstein, Grieg, Falla, Debussy, Gershwin and Rachmaninoff which Pennario plays with admirable care and impeccable taste (High Fidelity) as well as both books of Debussy Préludes: This is a most beautifully played set (Gramophone). Although Pennario became best known as a formidable virtuoso, he was also renowned for his performances of chamber music, and RCA documents his participation in the famous series given by Jascha Heifetz and Gregor Piatigorsky.
Tracks:
1.1 Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op.43
1.2 Symphonic Variations for Piano ; Orchestra, M46
1.3 Scherzo (From Concerto Symphonique No. 4)
1.4 Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 1 in E-Flat Major S 124
1.5 Concerto for Piano and Orchestra Concerto for Piano and Orchestra
1.6 Kaiser-Walzer Op. 437
1.7 A Midsummer Night's Dream Op. 61 - Scherzo
1.8 Danse Macabre Op. 40
1.9 The Age of Gold Op. 22B - Polka
1.10 The Love for Three Oranges Op. 33 - March
1.11 La Valse M 72
1.12 Liebesleid
1.13 Valse de L'opéra Faust
1.14 Humoresque in G-Flat Major Op. 101/7
1.15 Humoresque in G Major Op. 10/2
1.16 Humoresque in G Major Op. 10/5
1.17 Polichinelle in F-Sharp minor Op. 3/4
1.18 Golliwogg's Cakewalk L 113/6
1.19 3 Preludes
1.20 Moment Musical in F minor D 780/3
1.21 FÜR Elise - Bagatelle in a Minor Woo 59
1.22 November: Troika Op. 37A/11
1.23 Lyric Pieces Op. 43
1.24 Andaluza Imf 10/4
1.25 Romance in E-Flat Major Op. 44/1
1.26 Scherzo Humoristique in D Major Op. 19/2
1.27 Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 1 in F-Sharp minor Op. 1
1.28 Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 4 in G minor Op. 40
1.29 Préludes: Book I L 117
1.30 Préludes: Book II L 123
1.31 Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in a Minor Op. 54
1.32 Burleske for Piano and Orchestra in D minor TRV 145
1.33 Sonata for Piano and Cello No. 2 in D Major Op. 58
1.34 Sonata for Cello and Piano in F Major Op. 6
1.35 Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello No. 2 in C minor Op. 66
1.36 Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello No. 1 in D minor Op. 32
1.37 Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello No. 1 Op. 35
1.38 Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello No. 6 in E-Flat Major Op. 70/2
1.39 Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello No. 2 in C Major Op. 87
1.40 Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello No. 3 in F minor Op. 65
1.41 Quintet for Piano, 2 Violins, Viola and Cello in F minor
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