Olga Samaroff & Frank La Forge - Complete solo recordings

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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Johann Sebastian Bach, Ludwig van Beethoven, Johannes Brahms, Cecile Chaminade, Frederic Chopin, Cla
    • PERFORMER
      Olga Samaroff, Frank La Forge
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      June 28, 2024
    • UPC
      5024709160440
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      APR6044
    • LABEL
      APR
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      2
    • GENRE
      Orchestral & Symphonic
    Works ⌄

    1. Die Ruinen von Athen (The Ruins of Athens), Op. 113: Turkish March (arr. Anton Rubinstein for piano)

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Olga Samaroff

    2. Nocturne No. 2 in E-Flat Major, Op. 9, No. 2

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Olga Samaroff

    3. Ballade No. 3 in A-Flat Major, Op. 47

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Olga Samaroff

    4. Piano Sonata No. 3 in B Minor, Op. 58: IV. Finale: Presto non tanto

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Olga Samaroff

    5. Lieder ohne Worte (Songs without Words), Book 5, Op. 62: No. 30 in A Major, Op. 62, No. 6, MWV U161, "Frühlingslied" (Spring Song)

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Performer: Olga Samaroff

    6. Fantasiestücke, Op. 12: No. 2. Aufschwung

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Performer: Olga Samaroff

    7. 3 Romanzen, Op. 28: No. 2 in F-Sharp Major

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Performer: Olga Samaroff

    8. 3 Intermezzos, Op. 117: No. 1 in E-Flat Major

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Performer: Olga Samaroff

    9. Grandes études de Paganini, S141/R3b: No. 3 in G-Sharp Minor, "La campanella"

      Composer: Franz Liszt

      Performer: Olga Samaroff

    10. Liebesträume, S541/R211: No. 3. Nocturne in A-Flat Major

      Composer: Franz Liszt

      Performer: Olga Samaroff

    11. 19 Hungarian Rhapsodies, S244/R106: No. 12 in C-Sharp Minor

      Composer: Franz Liszt

      Performer: Olga Samaroff

    12. Die Walküre, Act III. Ride of the Valkyries (arr. E. Hutcheson for piano)

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Performer: Olga Samaroff

    13. Lyric Pieces, Book 5, Op. 54: No. 4. Notturno (Nocturne)

      Composer: Edvard Grieg

      Performer: Olga Samaroff

    14. 8 Morceaux caractéristiques, Op. 36: No. 6. Étincelles

      Composer: Moritz Moszkowski

      Performer: Olga Samaroff

    15. Suite bergamasque: III. Clair de lune

      Composer: Claude Debussy

      Performer: Olga Samaroff

    16. Satyre und Nymphen, Op. 18: I. Etude (Najaden im Quell)

      Composer: Paul Juon

      Performer: Olga Samaroff

    17. Fugue in G Minor, BWV 578 (arr. O. Samaroff)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Olga Samaroff

    18. Préludes, Book 1: No. 10. La cathédrale engloutie

      Composer: Claude Debussy

      Performer: Olga Samaroff

    19. Roman Sketches, Op. 7: No. 1. The White Peacock

      Composer: Charles Tomlinson Griffes

      Performer: Olga Samaroff

    20. Andalucía, "Suite Espagnole": VI. Malagueña

      Composer: Ernesto Lecuona

      Performer: Olga Samaroff

    21. Etude de concert, Op. 36

      Composer: Edward MacDowell

      Performer: Frank La Forge

    22. Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-Flat Major, Op. 73, "Emperor": II. Adagio un poco moto

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Victor Orchestra

      Performer: Frank La Forge

      Conductor: Anonymous

    23. Nocturne No. 8 in D-Flat Major, Op. 27, No. 2

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Frank La Forge

    24. Berceuse in D-Flat Major, Op. 57

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Frank La Forge

    25. Lyric Pieces, Book 3, Op. 43: No. 1. Sommerfugl (Butterfly)

      Composer: Edvard Grieg

      Performer: Frank La Forge

    26. Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 16: II. Adagio

      Composer: Edvard Grieg

      Ensemble: Victor Orchestra

      Performer: Frank La Forge

      Conductor: Walter B. Rogers

    27. Liebesträume, S541/R211: No. 3. Nocturne in A-Flat Major

      Composer: Franz Liszt

      Performer: Frank La Forge

    28. Fantasia on Hungarian Folk Themes, S123/R458, "Hungarian Fantasy": Vivace assai

      Composer: Franz Liszt

      Ensemble: Victor Orchestra

      Performer: Frank La Forge

      Conductor: Anonymous

    29. Pasquinade, Op. 59

      Composer: Louis Moreau Gottschalk

      Performer: Frank La Forge

    30. La Lisonjera, Op. 50

      Composer: Cécile Chaminade

      Performer: Frank La Forge

    31. Les Sylvains, Op. 60

      Composer: Cécile Chaminade

      Performer: Frank La Forge

    32. Callirhoe, Op. 37: No. 3. Pas des Echarpes (Scarf Dance)

      Composer: Cécile Chaminade

      Performer: Frank La Forge

    33. Danse creole, Op. 94: III. 2me Havanaise

      Composer: Cécile Chaminade

      Performer: Frank La Forge

    34. Le papillon, Op. 18

      Composer: Calixa Lavallée

      Performer: Frank La Forge

    35. Gavotte

      Composer: Frank La Forge

      Performer: Frank La Forge

    36. Souvenir de Vienne

      Composer: Frank La Forge

      Performer: Frank La Forge

    37. Romance

      Composer: Frank La Forge

      Performer: Frank La Forge

    38. Valse de concert

      Composer: Frank La Forge

      Performer: Frank La Forge


OLGA SAMAROFF (1880-1948) and FRANK LA FORGE (1879-1953) were amongst the earliest pianists to record for the US Victor label, both making most of their discs in the acoustic era before 1925. Though American, both went to Europe to study - Samaroff to the Paris Conservatoire and La Forge to Leschetizky in Vienna. Samaroff was the greater virtuoso, as can be heard in her famous recording of Wagner's 'Ride of the Valkyries', but after a fall, in 1926 she retired to an equally successful teaching career at the Juilliard School, her pupils including William Kapell, Raymond Lewenthal and Rosalyn Tureck amongst many others. La Forge gravitated towards accompanying and went on to record hundreds of discs for Victor in that capacity. His discs as soloist include some of the earliest attempts to record concerted works.