American Virtuoso on the World Stage

Olga Samaroff (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 21, 1996)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Pearl
• ASIN: B000000WWS
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #676,867 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Ruins Of Athens: Turkish March

2. Nocturne in E flat, Op.9 No.2

3. Ballade in A flat, Op.47

4. Son in b, Op.58: Finale

5. Song Without Words, Op.62 No.6

6. Fantasiestucke, Op.12: Aufschwung

7. Intermezzo in E flat, Op.117 No.1

8. Hungarian Rhap No.12 in c#

9. Liebestraume

10. La Campanella

11. Ride Of The Valkyries

12. Sparks, Op.36 No.6

13. Ste Bergamasque: Clair De Lune

14. Naiads At The Spring

15. Org Fuge in g, BWV 578

16. Prlds, Book I: La Cathedrale Engloutie

17. Malaguena

18. The White Peacock

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Olga Samaroff was one of the first American musicians to earn an international reputation and career, but she retired early to become a very successful teacher. All of her surviving recordings are here. Most of them were made by the acoustical process, resulting in very limited fidelity. But since Samaroff insisted on a grand piano, we can still hear the heroic power of her Chopin Third Sonata finale and the amazing Hutchinson transcription of Wagner's Ride of the Valkyries. Four electrical sides, including a sly and sexy Lecuona Malagneña, give us a better idea of her luminous tone. This disc is a limited but precious souvenir of a great artist. --Leslie Gerber