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Title A rhapsody in blue : the extraordinary life of Oscar Levant
Published [New York] : Sony Classical, [2018?]

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Contents Oscar Levant plays Gershwin. Concerto in F (30:50) -- Rhapsody in blue (12:46) -- Second rhapsody (13:25) -- "I got rhythm" variations (8:51)
Oscar Levant plays popular moderns. Preludes for piano / George Gershwin (5:36) -- Les collines d'anacapri (2:35) ; Jardins sous la pluie (2:46) / Claude Debussy -- Toccata in C major (0:54) ; Nocturne (2:25) / Valery Zhelobinsky -- Prelude in A minor (0:51) ; The age of gold -- suite (1:49) / Dmitri Shostakovich -- Sonatine / Maurice Ravel (2:48) -- Sonatina / Oscar Levant (2:45) -- Danza ritual del fuego / Manuel de Falla (3:46) -- Malagueña / Ernesto Lecuona (2:45) -- Pastourelle / Francis Poulenc (1:36) -- Golliwog's cakewalk (2:17) ; La fille aux cheveux de lin (2:19) ; Clair de lune (4:24) / Claude Debussy -- 3 mouvements perpétuels / Francis Poulenc (4:19) -- Danza del molinero (Farruca) / Manuel de Falla (1:50) -- Tango / Isaac Albéniz (2:27) -- Partita no. 1 in B-flat major / Johann Sebastian Bach (10:34)
Oscar Levant plays the music of German, Russian and American composers. Piano sonata no. 14 in C-sharp minor "Moonlight" (10:30) ; Piano sonata no. 20 in G major (3:42) ; Piano sonata no. 8 in C minor "Pathétique" (5:40) / Ludwig van Beethoven -- Tristan und Isolde: Liebestod / Richard Wagner (9:56) -- Waltz in A-flat major / Johannes Brahms (1:40) -- Träumerei / Robert Schumann (2:55) -- Intermezzo in A major / Johannes Brahms (4:35) -- Prélude in D minor (2:40) ; Prélude in E-flat major (3:54) ; Prélude in G major (2:50) / Sergei Rachmaninoff -- Sabre dance (2:27) ; Lullaby (3:11) / Aram Khachaturian -- Billy the Kid / Aaron Copland (6:43) -- Blue plate special / Oscar Levant (1:17)
Oscar Levant plays Chopin and Debussy. Étude in G-flat major "Black keys" (1:34) ; Étude in C minor "Revolutionary" (2:16) ; Étude in E major (4:31) ; Nocturne in E-flat major (4:23) ; Nocturne in F-sharp major (3:13) ; Berceuse in D-flat major (4:11) ; Polonaise in A major "Military" (4:2) ; Waltz in G-flat major (2:12) ; Étude in C-sharp minor (1:55) ; Waltz in C-sharp minor (3:14) / Frédéric Chopin -- Reflets dans l'eau (4:24) ; La soirée dans Grenade (4:33) ; General Lavine -- eccentric (2:12) ; Minstrels (2:06) ; La Cathédrale engloutie (4:33) ; Serenade for the doll (2:31) ; The little shepherd (2:02) ; La plus que lente (4:13) ; 2 Arabesques (6:29) / Claude Debussy
Oscar Levant plays Tchaikovsky, Grieg and Honegger. Concerto for piano and orchestra no. 1 in B-flat minor / Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (31:14) -- Concerto for piano and orchestra in A minor / Edvard Grieg (27:45) -- Concertino for piano and orchestra / Arthur Honegger (10:20)
Oscar Levant plays Khachaturian and Rubinstein. Concerto for piano and orchestra in D-flat major / Aram Khachaturian (34:49) -- Concerto for piano and orchestra no. 4 in D minor / Anton Rubinstein (34:11)
Oscar Levant plays the music of Liszt, Ravel and Mompou. Sonetto 104 del Petrarca (7:02) ; Hungarian rhapsody no. 12 in C-sharp minor (9:59) ; Valse oubliée no. 1 in F-sharp major (3:06) ; Hungarian rhapsody no. 10 in E major (5:59) ; Hungarian rhapsody no. 4 in E-flat major (5:49) ; Hungarian rhapsody no. 13 in A minor (9:27) / Franz Liszt -- Pavane pour une infante défunte (5:29) ; Le tombeau de Couperin (11:13) / Maurice Ravel -- Scènes d'enfants / Frederic Mompou (5:59)
Oscar Levant plays the music of Chopin, Rachmaninoff, Shostakovich, Scott and Prokofiev. Waltz in C-sharp minor (3:43) ; Mazurka in A minor (4:48) ; Mazurka in B-flat minor (5:29) ; Mazurka in C-sharp minor (2:27) ; Mazurka in A minor (3:28) ; Étude in C minor "Revolutionary" (2:32) / Frédéric Chopin -- Minstrels (2:24) ; General Lavine -- eccentric (2:43) ; Jardins sous la pluie (3:29) ; Serenade for the doll (2:23) / Claude Debussy -- Sonatine / Maurice Ravel (12:25) -- Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini for piano and orchestra / Sergei Rachmaninoff (2:51) -- The age of gold -- suite / Dmitri Shostakovich (2:05) -- Lotus land / Cyril Scott (4:45) -- Visions fugitives / Sergei Prokofiev (6:13)
Notes Most music previously released (1942-1958)
Performer Oscar Levant, piano solo ; and with various orchestras and conductors
Subject Concertos.
Rhapsodies (Music)
Canons, fugues, etc.
Jazz.
Sonatas.
Suites.
Waltzes.
Tangos.
Songs.
Mazurkas.
Piano music.
Canons, fugues, etc.
Concertos.
Jazz.
Mazurkas.
Piano music.
Rhapsodies (Music)
Sonatas.
Songs.
Suites.
Tangos.
Waltzes.
Genre/Form Streaming audio
Form Streaming audio
Author Levant, Oscar, 1906-1972, instrumentalist.