Godowsky, Leopold > Le Cygne (The Swan)

Dancing on Ivory: Romantic Transcriptions for Piano / Jue Wang

1 CD / MSR Classics / 2012-05-08

Works: Percy Grainger: Ramble on R Strauss's love duet from "Der Rosenkavalier"; Love Walked In, transcription for piano (after Gershwin); Earl Wild: Embraceable You, etude for piano (Virtuoso Etudes on Ger...
Performers: Wang, Jue

Chinese pianist Jue Wang was first prize and gold medal winner of the Santander Paloma O'Shea International Piano Competition. He has made successful debuts at...continue...
Recording information: Greenfield Recital Hall, Manhattan School of Music (06/2011)....continue...

The Godowsky Edition, Vol. 7 / Carlo Grante, piano

1 CD / Music & Arts / 2012-02-14

Works: Leopold Godowsky: Paraphrase of Albeniz' "Triana"; Tango, contrapuntal arrangement for piano (after Albeniz's Op. 165/2); Adagietto, transcription for piano (after Bizet); Still wie die Nacht, transc...
Performers: Grante, Carlo

Transcription is the genre most generously represented in Godowsky's compositional output, and the one for which he is best known; he made piano transcriptions (and...continue...

Kaleidoscope - Piano Encores

1 CD / Decca Import / 2006-05-01

Works: Leopold Godowsky: Symphonic metamorphosis of Johann Strauss's "Wein, Weib und Gesang" Waltzes; Le Cygne (The Swan), transcription for piano after Saint-Saëns; Tambourin in E minor (Book I, no 6)...
Performers: Cherkassky, Shura

This Collection Presents, For The First Time In Its Entirety, The 1974 Studio Recordings Of Encores, Entitled Kaleidoscope, After A Piece By Cherkassy's Teacher, Josef...continue...