TITLE : Grigory Ginsburg
CATALOGUE NUMBER : 456 802-2
INTERNATIONAL RELEASE DATE : August 1999
SERIES : Great Pianists of the 20th Century
 
COMPOSERS AND WORKS
Liszt
Hungarian Rhapsodies Nos. 2, 6, 10, 13, 17 and 18 (rec. 1946, 1958)
Etude No. 5, S 140 "La Chasse" (rec. 1955)

Beethoven / A. Rubenstein
March from "Die Ruinen von Athen" (rec. 1952)

Liszt / Schubert
Serenade (rec. 1950)

Liszt / Alabyev
Nightingale (rec. 1947)

Liszt / Tchaikovsky
Polonaise from "Eugene Onegin" (rec. 1947)

Beethoven
Rondo a capriccio, Op. 129 ("Rage over a lost Penny")

Pabst
Fantasia on Tchaikovsky's "Eugene Onegin" themes

Tchaikovsky
Grand Sonata in G, Op. 37 (rec. 1949)

Prokofiev
Piano Sonata No. 3 in A minor, Op. 28

Medtner
Piano Sonata in A minor, Op. 38 No. 1 "Reminiscence" (rec. 1956)

Myaskovsky
Song and Rhapsody, Op. 58
 
RECORDING INFORMATION
Although hardly known outside of his native Russia, Ginsburg is revered in his homeland as one of the very greatest pianists.

Assembled with the help of his son, Lev Ginsburg, the recordings show Grigory Ginsburg to be a titanic pianist, capable of incredible feats of virtuosity.

Over 140 minutes of music on two CDs for the price of one.