Toccata
Levitzki: Complete Works for Solo Piano / Glebov
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- Composer
- GABRILOWITSCH LEVITZKI FRIED
- Artist
- Margarita Glebov
- Format
- CD
- Label
- Toccata
- Released
- May 27, 2016
- Catalog #
- TOCC0334
- UPC
- 5060113443342
About
Of the three pianist-composers represented here as composers only Levitzki and Friedman have an extensive recorded legacy as executants. By comparison Gabrilowitsch, who also conducted the Detroit Symphony, seems to have been neglected when it came to the recording studio. Levitzki commanded his own series on Naxos (Volume 1 ~ Volume 2 ~ Volume 3) while the same label also celebrated Friedman with similar splendor (Volume 1 ~ Volume 2 ~ Volume 3 ~ Volume 4).
Trust Toccata Classics to approach these three names from one of the golden ages of pianism from an unaccustomed angle. All three wrote piano music under the nurturing that being a great world-touring pianist brings. Levitzki's haughty Valse de concert - one of many waltzes from his pen - has plenty of sentimental fancy in play. There's a touching Valse in A Major, a slow motion swirling Arabesque Valsante and a nice Valse Tzigane. The dance theme continues with a Meissen china Gavotte, a trilling and tear-unfocused Enchanted Nymph and a Dance of the Doll that bears the stamp of ragtime.
There's not a lot of Gabrilowitsch but it is classy. The Romance is touching and perfumed with a romance that sweeps along in Chopin-like grandeur. A deliberate pulse is often favored and this seems to imply cool calculation rather than anything impulsive. The Gavotte, rather like the one by Levitzki, has a predictably antique surface. The Feuillet is successful - a vehicle for the finer emotions; nothing cheap and nothing melodramatic.
I was less impressed with the Friedman arrangements. The four offered up seem prettified and of them only the Couperin, with its grace-note delights and ice-palace fantasy, holds the attention. The disc concludes with no fewer than eleven original works by Friedman. The four Preludes are impressive: No. 1: subtle with delicately chiming dissonances and a sleepy sign-off; No. 2: alive with swirling activity; No. 3: bell-tower Rachmaninov echoes but too short-breathed and No. 4: a quick pulsed and capricious brevity. The selection of Études include a trillingly liquid charmer (No.1 ), an exercise in rapid tremolo (No. 2), a luxuriously emotional essay presented in velvet (No. 4), a sentimental Allegro, con abandono (No. 9), a Godowsky-style study in decorative intricacy, a stormy tempest of the heart, very much in the Rachmaninovian manner (No. 11); likewise the final one (No. 16).
This very well-packed CD is further evidence that Toccata continues to enrich the classical listening experience with unexpected perspectives. Where Toccata lead others may follow. Not everything from these three contemporaries has striking musical substance but there is much to impress and where it does not impress it certainly delights.
– MusicWeb International (Rob Barnett)
Trust Toccata Classics to approach these three names from one of the golden ages of pianism from an unaccustomed angle. All three wrote piano music under the nurturing that being a great world-touring pianist brings. Levitzki's haughty Valse de concert - one of many waltzes from his pen - has plenty of sentimental fancy in play. There's a touching Valse in A Major, a slow motion swirling Arabesque Valsante and a nice Valse Tzigane. The dance theme continues with a Meissen china Gavotte, a trilling and tear-unfocused Enchanted Nymph and a Dance of the Doll that bears the stamp of ragtime.
There's not a lot of Gabrilowitsch but it is classy. The Romance is touching and perfumed with a romance that sweeps along in Chopin-like grandeur. A deliberate pulse is often favored and this seems to imply cool calculation rather than anything impulsive. The Gavotte, rather like the one by Levitzki, has a predictably antique surface. The Feuillet is successful - a vehicle for the finer emotions; nothing cheap and nothing melodramatic.
I was less impressed with the Friedman arrangements. The four offered up seem prettified and of them only the Couperin, with its grace-note delights and ice-palace fantasy, holds the attention. The disc concludes with no fewer than eleven original works by Friedman. The four Preludes are impressive: No. 1: subtle with delicately chiming dissonances and a sleepy sign-off; No. 2: alive with swirling activity; No. 3: bell-tower Rachmaninov echoes but too short-breathed and No. 4: a quick pulsed and capricious brevity. The selection of Études include a trillingly liquid charmer (No.1 ), an exercise in rapid tremolo (No. 2), a luxuriously emotional essay presented in velvet (No. 4), a sentimental Allegro, con abandono (No. 9), a Godowsky-style study in decorative intricacy, a stormy tempest of the heart, very much in the Rachmaninovian manner (No. 11); likewise the final one (No. 16).
This very well-packed CD is further evidence that Toccata continues to enrich the classical listening experience with unexpected perspectives. Where Toccata lead others may follow. Not everything from these three contemporaries has striking musical substance but there is much to impress and where it does not impress it certainly delights.
– MusicWeb International (Rob Barnett)
Tracklist 26 tracks
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1 Valse de concert, Op. 1 04:15
- Track
- 1
- Title
- Valse de concert, Op. 1
- Duration
- 04:15
- Composer
- Mischa Levitzki
- Performer
- Margarita Glebov
-
2 Waltz in A Major, Op. 2 01:35
- Track
- 2
- Title
- Waltz in A Major, Op. 2
- Duration
- 01:35
- Composer
- Mischa Levitzki
- Performer
- Margarita Glebov
-
3 Gavotte, Op. 3 02:11
- Track
- 3
- Title
- Gavotte, Op. 3
- Duration
- 02:11
- Composer
- Mischa Levitzki
- Performer
- Margarita Glebov
-
4 Arabesque valsante, Op. 6 03:06
- Track
- 4
- Title
- Arabesque valsante, Op. 6
- Duration
- 03:06
- Composer
- Mischa Levitzki
- Performer
- Margarita Glebov
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5 The Enchanted Nymph 04:37
- Track
- 5
- Title
- The Enchanted Nymph
- Duration
- 04:37
- Composer
- Mischa Levitzki
- Performer
- Margarita Glebov
-
6 Valse Tzigane, Op. 7 02:14
- Track
- 6
- Title
- Valse Tzigane, Op. 7
- Duration
- 02:14
- Composer
- Mischa Levitzki
- Performer
- Margarita Glebov
-
7 Dance of the Doll, Op. 8 02:23
- Track
- 7
- Title
- Dance of the Doll, Op. 8
- Duration
- 02:23
- Composer
- Mischa Levitzki
- Performer
- Margarita Glebov
-
8 5 Piano Pieces, Op. 1: No. 4. Romance 03:40
- Track
- 8
- Title
- 5 Piano Pieces, Op. 1: No. 4. Romance
- Duration
- 03:40
- Composer
- Ossip Gabrilovich
- Performer
- Margarita Glebov
-
9 No. 1. Fantaisie - Nocturne 05:23
- Track
- 9
- Title
- No. 1. Fantaisie - Nocturne
- Duration
- 05:23
- Composer
- Ossip Gabrilovich
- Performer
- Margarita Glebov
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10 No. 2. Gavotte 04:16
- Track
- 10
- Title
- No. 2. Gavotte
- Duration
- 04:16
- Composer
- Ossip Gabrilovich
- Performer
- Margarita Glebov
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11 No. 3. Feuillet d' Album 02:58
- Track
- 11
- Title
- No. 3. Feuillet d' Album
- Duration
- 02:58
- Composer
- Ossip Gabrilovich
- Performer
- Margarita Glebov
-
12 6 Pieces for Organ: No. 3. Prelude, fugue et variation in B Minor, Op. 18, M. 30 (arr. I. Friedman for piano) 08:52
- Track
- 12
- Title
- 6 Pieces for Organ: No. 3. Prelude, fugue et variation in B Minor, Op. 18, M. 30 (arr. I. Friedman for piano)
- Duration
- 08:52
- Composer
- César Franck
- Performer
- Margarita Glebov
-
13 Adagio (arr. I. Friedman for piano) 03:53
- Track
- 13
- Title
- Adagio (arr. I. Friedman for piano)
- Duration
- 03:53
- Composer
- Giovanni Battista Grazioli
- Performer
- Margarita Glebov
-
14 Symphony in G Major, Op. 13/16, No. 4: III. Prestissimo (arr. I. Friedman for piano) 03:19
- Track
- 14
- Title
- Symphony in G Major, Op. 13/16, No. 4: III. Prestissimo (arr. I. Friedman for piano)
- Duration
- 03:19
- Composer
- Carl Stamitz
- Performer
- Margarita Glebov
-
15 Pieces de clavecin, Book 1: 5th Ordre in A Major-Minor: La Tendre Fanchon (arr. I. Friedman for piano) 03:54
- Track
- 15
- Title
- Pieces de clavecin, Book 1: 5th Ordre in A Major-Minor: La Tendre Fanchon (arr. I. Friedman for piano)
- Duration
- 03:54
- Composer
- François Couperin
- Performer
- Margarita Glebov
-
16 No. 1. Pensieroso 01:31
- Track
- 16
- Title
- No. 1. Pensieroso
- Duration
- 01:31
- Composer
- Ignaz Friedman
- Performer
- Margarita Glebov
-
17 No. 2. Vivo e molto leggiero 01:24
- Track
- 17
- Title
- No. 2. Vivo e molto leggiero
- Duration
- 01:24
- Composer
- Ignaz Friedman
- Performer
- Margarita Glebov
-
18 No. 3. Con abandono 01:26
- Track
- 18
- Title
- No. 3. Con abandono
- Duration
- 01:26
- Composer
- Ignaz Friedman
- Performer
- Margarita Glebov
-
19 No. 4. Molto appassionato ed animato 01:29
- Track
- 19
- Title
- No. 4. Molto appassionato ed animato
- Duration
- 01:29
- Composer
- Ignaz Friedman
- Performer
- Margarita Glebov
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20 No. 1. Allegro, molto leggiero 02:33
- Track
- 20
- Title
- No. 1. Allegro, molto leggiero
- Duration
- 02:33
- Composer
- Ignaz Friedman
- Performer
- Margarita Glebov
-
21 No. 2. Vivo e con delicatezza 01:47
- Track
- 21
- Title
- No. 2. Vivo e con delicatezza
- Duration
- 01:47
- Composer
- Ignaz Friedman
- Performer
- Margarita Glebov
-
22 No. 4. Andante molto cantabile 01:59
- Track
- 22
- Title
- No. 4. Andante molto cantabile
- Duration
- 01:59
- Composer
- Ignaz Friedman
- Performer
- Margarita Glebov
-
23 No. 9. Allegro, con abandono 01:30
- Track
- 23
- Title
- No. 9. Allegro, con abandono
- Duration
- 01:30
- Composer
- Ignaz Friedman
- Performer
- Margarita Glebov
-
24 No. 10. Allegretto, sempre leggiero 01:46
- Track
- 24
- Title
- No. 10. Allegretto, sempre leggiero
- Duration
- 01:46
- Composer
- Ignaz Friedman
- Performer
- Margarita Glebov
-
25 No. 11. Allegro patetico 03:06
- Track
- 25
- Title
- No. 11. Allegro patetico
- Duration
- 03:06
- Composer
- Ignaz Friedman
- Performer
- Margarita Glebov
-
26 No. 16. Allegro appassionato 03:02
- Track
- 26
- Title
- No. 16. Allegro appassionato
- Duration
- 03:02
- Composer
- Ignaz Friedman
- Performer
- Margarita Glebov