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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...

Leopold Godowsky: Piano Music, Vol. 10

1 CD / Marco Polo / 2010-03-30

Works: Leopold Godowsky: Fantasies (24) for Piano "Walzermasken"; Symphonic metamorphosis of themes from Johann Strauss's "Kunstlerleben"
Performers: Scherbakov, Konstantin [Piano]

Published in 1912, Leopold Godowsky's "Waltz Masques: 24 Fantasies in Triple Time for Piano" pay homage to such illustrious pianist-composers as Chopin, Schumann, Liszt, Debussy...continue...
Recording information: Potton Hall, Westleton, Suffolk, England (11/12/2007-11/13/2007)....continue...

Godowsky: Strauss transcriptions and other Waltzes / Marc-André Hamelin

1 CD / Hyperion / 2008-08-12

Works: Leopold Godowsky: Symphonic metamorphosis of themes from Johann Strauss's "Kunstlerleben"; Fantasies (24) for Piano "Walzermasken"; Symphonic metamorphosis of themes from "Die Fledermaus"; Triakontam...
Performers: Hamelin, Marc-André [Piano]

"These are virtuoso showpieces for grown-ups, leavened with some delightful smaller works, in performances that are as close to ideal as one can imagine. Amplified...continue...

Godowsky: Piano Music / Rian de Waal

1 CD / Hyperion / 2006-07-11

Works: Leopold Godowsky: Passacaglia on the Opening of Schubert's "Unfinished" Symphony, variations (44) for piano; Schubert Songs (12), freely transcribed for piano; Aufforderung zum Tanz (Invitation to th...
Performers: Waal, Rian de

"A musical as well as a technical revelation De Waal's virtuosity is awe-inspiring, and he's complemented throughout by a beautifully natural and wide-ranging recording." -Gramophone...continue...

Classic Portraits - The Art of Earl Wild

2 CD / Artemis / 2006-05-30

Works: Henri Herz: Variations on "Non Piú Mesta" from Rossini's "La Cenerentola", for piano, Op. 60; Leopold Godowsky: Symphonic metamorphosis of themes from Johann Strauss's "Kunstlerleben"; Anton Rub...
Performers: Wild, Earl [Piano]

Johann Strauss II - Piano Transcriptions / Schrade

1 CD / Centaur / 2005-06-02

Works: Andrei Schulz-Evler: Arabesques on themes from the "Blue Danube Waltzes"; Eduard Schutt: Paraphrase for piano on Johann Strauss II's "G'schichten aus dem Wiener Wald"; Carl Tausig: Nouvelles soir&eac...
Performers: Schrade, Rorianne

David Saperton Plays Chopin and Godowsky

2 CD / Video Artists International / 1995-11-06

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Etudes (12) for Piano, Op. 10; Etudes (12) for Piano, Op. 25; Trois nouvelles études, for piano, KK IIb/3, CT. 38-40 (B. 130); Leopold Godowsky: Studies (53) on Chopin...
Performers: Saperton, David

J Strauss Jr: Virtuoso Piano Transcriptions

1 CD / Video Artists International / 1994-08-16

Works: Alfred Grünfeld: Arrangement for piano of Johann Strauss II's "Soirée de Vienne", Op. 56; Arrangement for piano of Johann Strauss II's "Frühlingsstimmenwalzer, Op 410"; Andrei Schulz-E...
Performers: Bolet, Jorge; Dohnanyi, Ernst von; Grunfeld, Alfred; Lhevinne, Josef; Moiseiwitsch, Benno; Rachmaninov, Sergei; Rosenthal, Moriz; Saperton, David; Smeterlin, Jan