Artist(s): Levitzki, Mischa
Label: Naxos Historical
Genre: Instrumental
Period: Baroque; Classical; Romantic
Catalogue No: 8.110688
Barcode: 0636943168820
Distribution Note(s):
Not available in the United States due to possible copyright restrictions
Release Date: 10/2002

LEVITZKI, Mischa: Complete Recordings, Vol. 1 (1924-1928)

Now largely forgotten, the Ukrainian-born American pianist Mischa Levitzki won a considerable reputation for himself, at first in Europe and then, principally in the interwar years, in the United States. His death in 1941 at the age of 42 was overshadowed by world events, but he had by then secured a position for himself as one of the leading virtuosi of the day.

Tracklist

Gluck, Christoph Willibald
Sgambati, Giovanni - Arranger
Levitzki, Mischa (piano)
1 Orfeo ed Euridice: Melodie 03:55
Levitzki, Mischa (piano)
Schubert, Franz
Tausig, Carl - Arranger
Levitzki, Mischa (piano)
2 Marche Militaire in D Major, D. 733, No. 1 06:03
Levitzki, Mischa (piano)
Mendelssohn, Felix
Levitzki, Mischa (piano)
3 Spring Song 02:51
Levitzki, Mischa (piano)
Chopin, Fryderyk
Levitzki, Mischa (piano)
4 Waltz No. 14 in E Minor 03:06
Levitzki, Mischa (piano)
Levitzki, Mischa (piano)
5 Waltz No. 11 in G-Flat Major, Op. 70, No. 1 01:51
Levitzki, Mischa (piano)
Levitzki, Mischa (piano)
6 Etude No. 5 in G-Flat Major, Op. 10, No. 5, "Black Keys" 01:33
Levitzki, Mischa (piano)
Levitzki, Mischa (piano)
7 Etude No. 13 in A-Flat Major, Op. 25, No. 1, "Harp Study" 02:50
Levitzki, Mischa (piano)
Moszkowski, Moritz
Levitzki, Mischa (piano)
8 La jongleuse, Op. 52, No. 4 01:37
Levitzki, Mischa (piano)
Liszt, Franz
Levitzki, Mischa (piano)
9 19 Hungarian Rhapsodies, S244/R106: No. 6 in D-Flat Major 08:06
Levitzki, Mischa (piano)
Levitzki, Mischa
Levitzki, Mischa (piano)
10 Valse de concert, Op. 1 08:06
Levitzki, Mischa (piano)
Levitzki, Mischa (piano)
11 Waltz in A Major, Op. 2 03:44
Levitzki, Mischa (piano)
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich
Levitzki, Mischa (piano)
12 Les saisons (The Seasons), Op. 37a: XI. November: Troika 02:40
Levitzki, Mischa (piano)
Chopin, Fryderyk
Levitzki, Mischa (piano)
13 Waltz No. 14 in E Minor 02:50
Levitzki, Mischa (piano)
Liszt, Franz
Levitzki, Mischa (piano)
14 Grandes Etudes de Paganini, S141/R3b: No. 3 in G-Sharp Minor, "La campanella" 04:55
Levitzki, Mischa (piano)
Levitzki, Mischa (piano)
15 Prelude 03:21
Levitzki, Mischa (piano)
16 Fugue 05:55
Levitzki, Mischa (piano)
Scarlatti, Alessandro
Levitzki, Mischa (piano)
17 Sonata in A Major, K. 113 03:22
Levitzki, Mischa (piano)
Gluck, Christoph Willibald
Brahms, Johannes - Arranger
Levitzki, Mischa (piano)
18 Gavotte from Iphigenie en Aulide 03:14
Levitzki, Mischa (piano)
Beethoven, Ludwig van
Levitzki, Mischa (piano)
19 Ecossaise in E-Flat Major, WoO 86 02:26
Levitzki, Mischa (piano)
Schubert, Franz
Tausig, Carl - Arranger
Levitzki, Mischa (piano)
20 Marche Militaire in D Major, D. 733, No. 1 04:53
Levitzki, Mischa (piano)
Mendelssohn, Felix
Levitzki, Mischa (piano)
21 Rondo capriccioso in E Major, Op. 14 06:13
Levitzki, Mischa (piano)

Total Playing Time: 01:23:31