Ruth Slenczynska - Complete American Decca Recordings (10CD)

TRACK LIST

CD 1
FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN (1810–1849)
12 Études, Op. 10
Impromptu No. 1 in A flat major, Op. 29
Impromptu No. 2 in F sharp major, Op. 36

CD 2
FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN (1810–1849)
12 Études, Op. 25
Impromptu No. 3 in G flat major, Op. 51
Impromptu No. 4 in C sharp minor, Op. 66 ‘Fantasie-Impromptu’

CD 3
FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN (1810–1849)
Scherzo No. 1 in B minor, Op. 20
Scherzo No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 31
Scherzo No. 3 in C sharp minor, Op. 39
Scherzo No. 4 in E major, Op. 54

CD 4
FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN (1810–1849)
Grande Valse brillante in E flat major, Op. 18
Three Waltzes, Op. 34
Waltz in A flat major, Op. 42 ‘Grande Valse’
Three Waltzes, Op. 64
Two Waltzes, Op. 69
Three Waltzes, Op. posth. 70
Waltz in E flat major, Op. posth.
Waltz in E major, Op. posth.
Waltz in E minor, Op. posth.

CD 5
FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN (1810–1849)
24 Preludes, Op. 28
Polonaise in A flat major, Op. 53

CD 6
FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN (1810–1849)
Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23
Ballade No. 2 in F major, Op. 38
Ballade No. 3 in A flat major, Op. 47
Ballade No. 4 in F minor, Op. 52

FRANZ LISZT (1811–1886)
Six Chants polonaise de Frédéric Chopin, S.480
Transcriptions for piano of songs from Chopin’s Op. 74

CD 7
FRANZ LISZT (1811–1886)
Rhapsodie espagnole, S.254
Feux follets (No. 5 of 12 Études d’exécution transcendante)
Six Grandes Études de Paganini, S.141

CD 8
J.S. BACH (1685–1750)
Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in D minor, BWV 903

FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN (1810–1849)
Nocturne in B flat minor, Op. 9 No. 1

FELIX MENDELSSOHN (1809–1847)
Rondo capriccioso in E major, Op. 14

SERGEI RACHMANINOV (1873–1943)
Prelude in C sharp minor, Op. 3 No. 2

DOMENICO SCARLATTI (1685–1757)
Sonata in G major, Kk 455

BÉLA BARTÓK (1881–1945)
Six Romanian Folk Dances, BB 68 (Sz.56)

ROBERT SCHUMANN (1810–1856)
Arranged by Franz Liszt (1811–1886)
Liebeslied (Widmung), S.566

CLAUDE DEBUSSY (1862–1918)
La fille aux cheveux de lin (Préludes: Book I)

FRANZ LISZT (1811–1886)
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 15

CD 9
J.S. BACH (1685–1750)
Prelude in E major, BWV 937

FELIX MENDELSSOHN (1809–1847)
Spinning Song, Op. 67 No. 1

FRANZ SCHUBERT (1797–1828)
Moment musical in F minor, Op. 94 No. 3

SERGEI PROKOFIEV (1891–1953)
Suggestion diabolique

FRANZ LISZT (1811–1886)
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 12

SERGEI RACHMANINOV (1873–1943)
Prelude in A minor, Op. 23 No. 6

MODEST MUSSORGSKY (1839–1881)
Hopak (Sorochintsy Fair)

ROBERT SCHUMANN (1810–1856)
Der Kontrabandiste (arr. Tausig)

CLAUDE DEBUSSY (1862–1918)
Clair de lune (Suite bergamasque)

HEITOR VILLA-LOBOS (1887–1959)
Moreninha (Prole do Bebe)

FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN (1810–1849)
Polonaise No. 6 in A flat major, Op. 53

CD 10
FRANZ LISZT (1811–1886)
Piano Concerto No. 1 in E flat major, S. 124
Wiener Symphoniker
Carl Melles

CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS (1835–1921)
Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 22
Symphony of the Air
Henry Swoboda

RUTH SLENCZYNSKA, piano
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