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Raymond Lewenthal – The Romantic Piano
Label: Columbia Masterworks – MG 35183 Format: 2 × Vinyl, LP, Album, 12", 33RPM, Stereo Country: US Released: 1978 Genre: Classical Style: Concerto, Orchestra, Romantic
Tracklist
A1 Piano Concerto No. 4 In D Minor, Op. 70 (Beginning), I - Moderato Assai 11:53 A2 Piano Concerto No. 4 In D Minor, Op. 70 (Beginning), II - Andante 9:50 B1 Piano Concerto No. 4 In D Minor, Op. 70 (Conclusion), III - Allegro 9:10 B2 Piano Concerto No. 2 In C Minor, Op. 56 (Finale), III - Allegro Non Troppo 8:60 C1 Piano Concerto In F Minor, Op. 16, I - Allegro Patetico 12:37 C2 Piano Concerto In F Minor, Op. 16, II - Larghetto 7:04 C3 Piano Concerto In F Minor, Op. 16, III - Allegro Agitato 7:46 D1 Totentanz: For Piano And Orchestra 19:14
Credits
Conductor – Sir Charles Mackerras Orchestra – The London Symphony Orchestra Piano – Raymond Lewenthal
Notes
- Raymond Lewenthal (August 29, 1923 – November 21, 1988) was an American virtuoso pianist. Among his teachers were Olga Samaroff, who was a pupil of Charles-Valentin Alkan's son, Élie-Miriam Delaborde.
Lewenthal made his debut in 1948 with Dimitri Mitropoulos and the Philadelphia Orchestra. The occasion marked the first time a soloist had been invited to play Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No. 3 under Mitropoulos's direction, that being a work which the conductor was famous for playing himself. The success of this performance was followed a few weeks later by Lewenthal's New York recital debut. These events launched his North American career, which flourished until it came to a sudden halt in 1953; while walking through New York's Central Park, Lewenthal was attacked by a gang of hoodlums and suffered broken bones in his hands and arms. After a slow physical and psychological recovery, Lewenthal moved abroad and withdrew from the concert stage except for occasional touring and recording in Europe and South America. During this time he began his research on the French Romantic composer, Charles-Valentin Alkan, with the intention of writing an exhaustive study of Alkan's life and music. Lewenthal's Alkan book remained unpublished at the time of his death.
Lewenthal's recordings include releases for Westminster Records, Reader's Digest, RCA Victor, Columbia Records/CBS, and Angel Records. In addition to his Schirmer edition of selected Alkan piano works. Lewenthal also prepared for the same publisher an anthology called Piano Music for One Hand and another collection of Encores of Famous Pianists, both containing extensive notes and commentary.
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