Alexis Weissenberg

Alexis Weissenberg/Sergei Rachmaninov - Works

Alexis Weissenberg

47 media for this composer
20 labels for this composers
46 works for this composer
26 recordings for this composer

Alexis Weissenberg ( 1929 - 2012 ) was born in Sofia, Bulgaria. He studied at Julliard with Wanda Landowska and Artur Schnabel, and would sign with EMI and eventually Deutsche Grammophon. Through the course of his career he recorded composers which include Rachmaninov, Tchaikovsky, Liszt, Chopin, Stravinsky and a Beethoven concerto cycle with Karajan who called him one of the best pianists of the time.

Alexis Weissenberg - Sergei Rachmaninov Discography

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Piano Sonatas

Piano Sonata No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 28

Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 36



Preludes

Prelude in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 23, No. 1
Prelude in B-Flat Major, Op. 23, No. 2
Prelude in D Minor, Op. 23, No. 3
Prelude in D Major, Op. 23, No. 4
Prelude in G Minor, Op. 23, No. 5
Prelude in E-Flat Major, Op. 23, No. 6
Prelude in C Minor, Op. 23, No. 7
Prelude in A-Flat Major, Op. 23, No. 8
Prelude in E-Flat Minor, Op. 23, No. 9
Prelude in G-Flat Major, Op. 23, No. 10

Prelude in C Major, Op. 32, No. 1
Prelude in B-Flat Minor, Op. 32, No. 2
Prelude in E Major, Op. 32, No. 3
Prelude in E Minor, Op. 32, No. 4
Prelude in G Major, Op. 32, No. 5
Prelude in F Minor, Op. 32, No. 6
Prelude in F Major, Op. 32, No. 7
Prelude in A Minor, Op. 32, No. 8
Prelude in A Major, Op. 32, No. 9
Prelude in B Minor, Op. 32, No. 10
Prelude in B Major, Op. 32, No. 11
Prelude in G-Sharp Minor, Op. 32, No. 12
Prelude in D-Flat Major, Op. 32, No. 13



Piano and Orchestra

Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18
- Herbert von Karajan conducting Berliner Philharmoniker


Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 30
- Georges Prêtre conducting Chicago Symphony Orchestra

- Leonard Bernstein conducting Orchestre National de France




Pieces/Klavierstucke/Morceaux

Morceaux de fantasie No. 2 - Prelude in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 3



Songs

Romance No. 3 in D Major, Op. 4 'In the Silence of the Secret Night'
- performed with Nicolai Gedda
Romance No. 4 in A Minor, Op. 4 'Do Not Sing, My Beauty'
- performed with Nicolai Gedda
Romance No. 5 in D Minor, Op. 4 'Oh Thou, My Field'
- performed with Nicolai Gedda

Romance No. 8 in F Minor, Op. 14 'Oh, Do Not Grieve!'
- performed with Nicolai Gedda
Romance No. 11 in E-Flat Major, Op. 14 'Spring Waters'
- performed with Nicolai Gedda

Romance No. 4 in D-Flat Major, Op. 21 'They Answered'
- performed with Nicolai Gedda
Romance No. 5 in A-Flat Major, Op. 21 'Lilacs'
- performed with Nicolai Gedda
Romance No. 6 in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 21 'Fragment from Musset'
- performed with Nicolai Gedda
Romance No. 7 in A Major, Op. 21 'How Fair this Spot'
- performed with Nicolai Gedda

Romance No. 6 in F Minor, Op. 26 'Christ Is Risen'
- performed with Nicolai Gedda
Romance No. 7 in F Major, Op. 26 'To The Children'
- performed with Nicolai Gedda
Romance No. 10 in A Major, Op. 26 'Before my Window'
- performed with Nicolai Gedda

Romance No. 3 in E Minor, Op. 34 'The Storm'
- performed with Nicolai Gedda
Romance No. 4 in C Major, Op. 34 'The Migrant Wind'
- performed with Nicolai Gedda
Romance No. 5 in D Major, Op. 34 'Arion'
- performed with Nicolai Gedda
Romance No. 10 in A-Flat Major, Op. 34 'I Remember that Day'
- performed with Nicolai Gedda
Romance No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 34 'Vocalise'
- performed with Nicolai Gedda



Transcriptions/Arrangements

Transcription on Tchaikovsky's Lullaby, Op. 16, TN iii/14