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To Order: MSR Records - Leonard Pennario the Early Years 1950-1958
This set is the outcome of a 10 year crusade by Robert LaPorta, once a record producer for EMI, to make available the early solo recordings of Leonard Pennario.
Finally, in October 2006, his efforts bore fruit, and the result is the stunning, and to Pennario fans extremely welcome, release in CD format of recordings that have not been available for over 50 years.
Here is a track listing of this landmark work:
CD1 Frédéric Chopin (72:40)
FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN: Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 35 ............Tracks 1-4
FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN: Complete Waltzes..........................................Tracks 5-18
These are from the "Red" LP (1952)
FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN: Polonaise in A-flat major, Op. 53..................Track 19
CD2 Romantic Composers (74:45)
ROBERT SCHUMANN: Fantasia in C major, Op. 17......................Tracks 1-3
FRANZ LISZT: Sonata in B minor, S.178.........................................Tracks 4-6
This is the performance from the very early 'Liszt Recital' LP.
CÉSAR FRANCK: Prelude, Chorale, and Fugue.............................Track 7
CD3 Contemporary Composers (79:57)
MODESTE MUSSORGSKY: Pictures at an Exhibition ..................Tracks 1-16
SERGEI PROKOFIEV: Visions Fugitives, Op. 22 ...........................Tracks 17-36
BÉLA BARTÓK: Piano Sonata, Sz. 80 .............................................Tracks 37-39
MIKLÓS RÓZSA: Piano Sonata in A minor, Op. 20 .......................Tracks 40-42
CD4 Ravel, Debussy and Pennario (78:37)
MAURICE RAVEL: Miroirs .............................................................Tracks 1-5
MAURICE RAVEL: Gaspard de la Nuit ..........................................Tracks 6-8
MAURICE RAVEL: La Valse ...........................................................Track 9
CLAUDE DEBUSSY: La Plus que Lent ...........................................Track 10
CLAUDE DEBUSSY: Rêverie ..........................................................Track 11
LEONARD PENNARIO: Midnight on the Cliffs (1942 version) .....Track 12
LEONARD PENNARIO: Variations on The Kerry Dancers (1942) Track 13
From a long lost private recording. No one has heard this piece before now!