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Early Live And Unissued Takes

Sergio Fiorentino

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Format: CD

Cat No: RH026

Release Date:  02 June 2023

Label:  Rhine Classics

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  4713106280264

Genres:  Classical  

  • Description

    Fiorentino's early recordings, including the recordings released under the false name "Leff Pouishnoff"

    The disc includes both live and studio recordings from Geneva in 1947, Edinburgh in 1955 with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Hamburg in 1958, London in 1960 and also 1962.

    "E' Il Solo Altro Pianista" (He is the only other pianist) - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (from a conversation with his pupil and friend, pianist Alberto Neumann).

    "Recently I listened to a pianist on the radio who impressed me very much: Sergio Fiorentino, do you know him?" - Vladimir Horowitz (during a conversation with Italian pianist Rodolfo Caporali in his home in New York City in 1963).

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Bach: Prelude And Fugue In A Minor, Bwv 889 (Wtc Book II, No.20) -prelude
      • 2. Fugue
      • 3. Chopin: Fantaisie In F Minor, Op.49 - Marcia. Grave
      • 4. Bbc Broadcast Opening Announce
      • 5. Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No.4 In G Minor, Op.40 (Final Version, 1941) - I. Allegrovivace – Moderato – Tempo I
      • 6. II. Largo – Attacca Subito
      • 7. III. Allegro Vivace – A Tempo, Meno Mosso – Tempo I
      • 8. Liszt: Mephisto-Walzer No.1, S.514 “der Tanz In Der Dorfschenkeâ€�
      • 9. Chopin: Polonaise-Fantaisie In A-Flat Major, Op.61
      • 10. Chopin: Impromptu No.4 In C-Sharp Minor, Op.66 “fantaisie-Impromptuâ€�
      • 11. Chopin: Tarantella In A-Flat Major, Op.43
      • 12. Rachmaninov/Fiorentino: Vocalise, Op.34 No.14 (Piano Transcription, 1962)