Philippe Entremont – The Complete Piano Solo Recordings On Columbia Masterworks

It was in 1958 that a fabulously talented 23-year-old French pianist made his name in the musical world with the release of his debut concerto recording for Columbia Masterworks. That coupling of the Grieg A minor and Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini, with Eugene Ormandy conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra, was the first of many best-selling albums that Philippe Entremont would record for Columbia over the next two decades. In 2014, Sony Classical issued set containing all of his concerto recordings. Now, to mark Entremont’s 85th birthday in 2019, Sony is pleased to announce the release of his complete solo recordings at budget price. Philippe Entremont was born in Reims to two professional musicians who were also his first teachers. He then studied with the legendary pianist Marguerite Long and entered the Paris Conservatoire, where he won numerous prizes. When he was only 16, he won the prestigious Marguerite Long-Jacques Thibaud Competition. European tours soon followed as well as his Carnegie Hall debut in 1953: playing concertos by Liszt E flat Concerto and André Jolivet, he “brought down the house” with his “technical and musical mastery” (New York Times). The new release, which contains many recordings never before issued, ranges from Entremont’s 1956 Chopin recital originally released on CBS’s Epic label to a recital of keyboard favorites he recorded in Vienna in 1985. There is Entremont’s Debussy, played “with bold splashes of color…and tremendous warmth” (High Fidelity) and his Liszt. The many other recitals in this capacious, newly remastered reissue showcase composers ranging from Rameau, Bach, Haydn, Mozart, Kuhlau, Clementi, Beethoven, Chopin, Schumann and Mendelssohn to Tchaikovsky, Rubinstein, Scriabin, Rachmaninoff and Prokofiev. There is Spanish music by Granados, Albeniz and Falla. And, naturally, there is an abundance of French music – works by Fauré, Ravel, Satie, Poulenc and Saint-Saëns. Two very special albums recorded in 1979 deserve separate mention: a coupling of Dohnányi “Nursery Song” Variations, the Strauss Burleske and the Litolff Scherzo, with Okko Kamu conducting the National Philharmonic, and the delectable recital from Paris in which Philippe Entremont accompanies the great soprano Régine Crespin in mélodies by Ravel and Satie.

• Albéniz: Sevilla (from Suite Española, Op. 47)
• Albéniz: Tango (No. 2 from Espana, Op. 165)
• Albéniz: Tango (No. 2 from Espana, Op. 165)
• Bach, J S: Cantata BWV140 ‘Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme’
• Bach, J S: Cantata BWV147 ‘Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben’: Jesu, bleibet meine Freude
• Bach, J S: Cantata BWV147 ‘Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben’: Jesu, bleibet meine Freude
• Bach, J S: Pieces from Notenbuch der Anna Magdalena Bach
• Bach, J S: Siciliano in G minor from Flute Sonata No. 2, BWV1031
• Bach, J S: Three-part Inventions (Sinfonias) Nos. 1-15, BWV787-801
• Beethoven: Cello Sonata No. 3 in A major, Op. 69
• Beethoven: Für Elise (Bagatelle in A minor, WoO59)
• Beethoven: Für Elise (Bagatelle in A minor, WoO59)
• Beethoven: Minuets WoO 10 – No. 2 in G major
• Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 10 in G major, Op. 14 No. 2
• Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 2 ‘Moonlight’: Adagio sostenuto
• Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 19 in G minor, Op. 49 No. 1
• Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 19 in G minor, Op. 49 No. 1
• Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 20 in G major, Op. 49 No. 2
• Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 20 in G major, Op. 49 No. 2
• Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 25 in G major, Op. 79
• Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 9 in E major, Op. 14 No. 1
• Beethoven: The Ruins of Athens: Turkish March
• Beethoven: The Ruins of Athens: Turkish March
• Brahms: Cello Sonata No. 2 in F major, Op. 99
• Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 5
• Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 6 in D flat major
• Brahms: Waltz, Op. 39 No. 15 in A flat major
• Burgmüller, F: Etudes op.100
• Chabrier: Scherzo-valse (No. 10 from Pièces pittoresques)
• Chopin: Ballade No. 3 in A flat major, Op. 47
• Chopin: Ballades Nos. 1-4
• Chopin: Ballades Nos. 1-4
• Chopin: Écossaises (3), Op. 72 No. 3
• Chopin: Écossaises (3), Op. 72 No. 3
• Chopin: Étude Op. 10 No. 12 in C minor ‘Revolutionary’
• Chopin: Étude Op. 10 No. 12 in C minor ‘Revolutionary’
• Chopin: Étude Op. 10 No. 3 in E major ‘Tristesse’
• Chopin: Étude Op. 10 No. 5 in G flat major ‘Black Key’
• Chopin: Impromptu No. 1 in A flat major, Op. 29
• Chopin: Impromptu No. 4 in C sharp minor, Op. 66 ‘Fantaisie-Impromptu’
• Chopin: Mazurka No. 5 in B flat major, Op. 7 No. 1
• Chopin: Nocturne No. 1 in B flat minor, Op. 9 No. 1
• Chopin: Nocturne No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 9 No. 2
• Chopin: Nocturne No. 8 in D flat major, Op. 27 No. 2
• Chopin: Polonaise No. 3 in A major, Op. 40 No. 1 ‘Military’
• Chopin: Polonaise No. 3 in A major, Op. 40 No. 1 ‘Military’
• Chopin: Polonaise No. 5 in F sharp minor, Op. 44
• Chopin: Polonaise No. 5 in F sharp minor, Op. 44
• Chopin: Polonaise No. 6 in A flat major, Op. 53 ‘Héroïque’
• Chopin: Polonaise No. 6 in A flat major, Op. 53 ‘Héroïque’
• Chopin: Polonaises (2), Op. 26
• Chopin: Polonaises (2), Op. 40
• Chopin: Prelude Op. 28 No. 15 in D flat major ‘Raindrop’
• Chopin: Prelude Op. 28 No. 7 in A major
• Chopin: Scherzi Nos. 1-4
• Chopin: Scherzo No. 1 in B minor, Op. 20
• Chopin: Tarantella in A flat major, Op. 43
• Chopin: Waltz No. 1 in E flat major ‘Grande Valse Brillante’, Op. 18
• Chopin: Waltz No. 3 in A minor ‘Grande Valse Brillante’, Op. 34 No. 2
• Chopin: Waltzes Nos. 1-14
• Clementi: Sonatina in C Major, Op. 36 No. 1
• Clementi: Sonatina in D, Op. 36 no. 6
• Clementi: Sonatina in G Major, Op. 36 No. 2
• Clementi: Sonatina in G Major, op. 36 No. 5
• Clementi: Sonatina Op. 36, No. 3 in C Major
• Clementi: Sonatina Op. 36, No. 4 in F Major
• Daquin: Le Coucou
• Daquin: Le Coucou
• Daquin: Le Coucou
• Debussy: Arabesque No. 1
• Debussy: Arabesques (2)
• Debussy: Arabesques (2)
• Debussy: Children’s Corner
• Debussy: Clair de Lune (from Suite Bergamasque)
• Debussy: Clair de Lune (from Suite Bergamasque)
• Debussy: Golliwog’s Cakewalk (from Children’s Corner)
• Debussy: Images pour piano – Book 1
• Debussy: Images pour piano – Book 2
• Debussy: L’isle joyeuse
• Debussy: La plus que lente
• Debussy: Pour le piano
• Debussy: Préludes – Book 1: No. 1, Danseuses de Delphes
• Debussy: Préludes – Book 1: No. 11, La Danse de Puck
• Debussy: Préludes – Book 1: No. 12, Minstrels
• Debussy: Préludes – Book 1: No. 8, La fille aux cheveux de lin
• Debussy: Préludes – Book 1: No. 8, La fille aux cheveux de lin
• Debussy: Préludes – Book 1: No. 9, La serenade interrompue
• Debussy: Préludes – Book 2: No. 12, Feux d’artifice
• Debussy: Préludes – Book 2: No. 3, La Puerta del Vino
• Debussy: Préludes – Book 2: No. 6, General Lavine – eccentric
• Debussy: Reflets dans l’eau (No. 1 from Images pour piano – Book 1)
• Debussy: Rêverie
• Debussy: Rêverie
• Dohnányi: Variations on a Nursery Tune, Op. 25
• Dussek, J L: Sonatina No. 1 in C major
• Dvorak: Humoresque in G flat major, Op. 101 No. 7
• Dvorak: Humoresque in G flat major, Op. 101 No. 7
• Falla: Ritual Fire Dance (from El amor brujo)
• Falla: Ritual Fire Dance (from El amor brujo)
• Fauré: Impromptu No. 3 in A flat major Op. 34
• Fauré: Nocturne No. 6 in D flat major, Op. 63
• Field: Nocturne No. 5 in B flat major
• Gershwin: Prelude No. 2
• Granados: Danza española, Op. 37 No. 5 ‘Andaluza’
• Grieg: Peer Gynt: Anitra’s Dance
• Handel: Keyboard Suite, HWV 430 in E major ‘The Harmonious Blacksmith’
• Haydn: Piano Sonata No. 42 in G major, Hob.XVI:27
• Haydn: Piano Sonata No. 48 in C major, Hob.XVI:35
• Haydn: Piano Sonata No. 48 in C major, Hob.XVI:35
• Haydn: Piano Sonata No. 49 in C sharp minor, Hob.XVI:36
• Haydn: Piano Sonata No. 50 in D major, Hob.XVI:37
• Haydn: Piano Sonata No. 53 in E minor, Hob.XVI:34
• Kuhlau: Piano Sonatina, Op. 20 No. 1 in C major
• Kuhlau: Piano Sonatina, Op. 20 No. 2 in G major
• Kuhlau: Piano Sonatina, Op. 20 No. 3 in F major
• Kuhlau: Piano Sonatina, Op. 55 No. 1 in C major
• Kuhlau: Piano Sonatina, Op. 55 No. 2 in G major
• Kuhlau: Piano Sonatina, Op. 55 No. 3 in C major
• Liszt: Canzonetta del Salvator Rosa (Années de pèlerinage II, S. 161 No. 3)
• Liszt: Consolation, S. 172 No. 3 in D flat major
• Liszt: Consolation, S. 172 No. 3 in D flat major
• Liszt: Gnomenreigen, S145 No. 2
• Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody, S244 No. 15 in A minor ‘Rákóczy Marsch’
• Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody, S244 No. 2 in C sharp minor
• Liszt: La leggierezza – Étude de concert No. 2, S144
• Liszt: Liebestraum, S541 No. 3 (Nocturne in A flat major)
• Liszt: Liebestraum, S541 No. 3 (Nocturne in A flat major)
• Liszt: Mephisto Waltz No. 1
• Liszt: Three Concert Studies, S144 / R5: Un lamento; La leggierezza; Un sospiro
• Liszt: Un Sospiro from 3 Concert Studies, S144 No. 3
• Liszt: Valse oubliée No. 1, S.215 / 1
• Litolff: Concerto symphonique No. 4 in D minor, Op. 102: Scherzo
• Mendelssohn: Scherzo in E minor, Op. 16 No. 2
• Mendelssohn: Song without Words, Op. 62 No. 6 in A major ‘Spring Song’
• Mendelssohn: Song without Words, Op. 67 No. 4 in C major ‘Spinning Song’ or ‘Bee’s Wedding’
• Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 11 in A major, K331 ‘Alla Turca’
• Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 12 in F major, K332
• Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 16 in C major, K545 ‘Facile’
• Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 16 in C major, K545 ‘Facile’
• Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 5 in G, K283
• Mozart: Rondo alla Turca from Piano Sonata No. 11, K331
• Mozart: Sonata in F major, K.Anh. 135 (K547a)
• Mozart: Variations (12) on ‘Ah, vous dirai-je, Maman’ in C major, K265
• Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
• Paderewski: Humoresques de concert, Op. 14: No. 1. Menuet celebre
• Poulenc: Toccata (Trois pieces pour piano No. 2)
• Prokofiev: Classical Symphony Op. 25: Gavotte
• Prokofiev: The Love for Three Oranges: March
• Prokofiev: The Love for Three Oranges: Suite Op. 33a: March
• Rachmaninov: Prelude Op. 23 No. 5 in G minor
• Rachmaninov: Prelude Op. 23 No. 5 in G minor
• Rachmaninov: Prelude Op. 3 No. 2 in C sharp minor
• Rachmaninov: Prelude Op. 3 No. 2 in C sharp minor
• Rameau: Suite in E minor: Le Tambourin
• Rameau: Suite in E minor: Le Tambourin
• Ravel: A la manière de Borodine
• Ravel: A la manière de Chabrier
• Ravel: Alborada del gracioso (Miroirs No. 4)
• Ravel: Alborada del gracioso (Miroirs No. 4)
• Ravel: Gaspard de la Nuit
• Ravel: Habanera
• Ravel: Histoires naturelles (5)
• Ravel: Jeux d’eau
• Ravel: Jeux d’eau
• Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin
• Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin: Rigaudon
• Ravel: Ma Mère l’Oye
• Ravel: Menuet antique
• Ravel: Menuet sur le nom de Haydn
• Ravel: Miroirs, 5 pieces for piano
• Ravel: Pavane pour une infante défunte
• Ravel: Pavane pour une infante défunte
• Ravel: Pavane pour une infante défunte
• Ravel: Pavane pour une infante défunte
• Ravel: Prélude
• Ravel: Sonatine
• Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales
• Rubinstein, A: Kamennoi-Ostrov Op. 10 No. 22 ‘Rêve Angélique’
• Rubinstein, A: Melody in F major, Op. 3 No. 1
• Rubinstein, A: Melody in F major, Op. 3 No. 1
• Saint-Saëns: Le carnaval des animaux
• Saint-Saëns: Polonaise for 2 Pianos in F minor, Op. 77
• Saint-Saëns: Variations on a theme by Beethoven, Op. 35
• Satie: Avant Dernières Pensées (Idylle, Aubade, Méditation)
• Satie: Chanson du Chat
• Satie: Croquis et Agaceries d’un Gros Bonhomme en bois
• Satie: Daphénéo
• Satie: Descriptions automatiques
• Satie: Gnossienne No. 1
• Satie: Gnossienne No. 2
• Satie: Gnossienne No. 3
• Satie: Je te veux
• Satie: Je te veux
• Satie: L’omnibus automobile
• Satie: La statue de bronze
• Satie: Le chapelier
• Satie: Les trois valses distinguées du précieux dégouté
• Satie: Nocturne No. 1 ‘Doux et calme’
• Satie: Poudre d’or
• Satie: Stabd-Walk (la Diva de ‘L’Empire’)
• Satie: Tendrement
• Satie: Trois Gymnopédies
• Satie: Trois Gymnopédies
• Schubert: Moments Musicaux, D780: No. 3 in F minor
• Schubert: Moments Musicaux, D780: No. 3 in F minor
• Schumann: Fröhlicher Landmann, Op. 68 No. 10
• Schumann: Kinderszenen, Op. 15: Träumerei
• Schumann: Kinderszenen, Op. 15: Träumerei
• Strauss, R: Burleske for Piano and orchestra in D minor, AV85
• Tchaikovsky: Capriccioso (No. 5 from Morceaux (6), Op. 19)
• Tchaikovsky: Chanson triste, Op. 40 No. 2
• Tchaikovsky: Chanson triste, Op. 40 No. 2
• Tchaikovsky: Chant sans paroles, Op. 40 No. 6
• Tchaikovsky: Humoresque, Op. 10 No. 2
• Tchaikovsky: Mazurka de Salon, Op. 9 No. 3
• Tchaikovsky: Nocturne for cello & small orchestra (or cello & piano), Op. 19 No. 4
• Tchaikovsky: Romance in F minor, Op. 5
• Tchaikovsky: Scherzo humoristique (No. 2 from Morceaux (6), Op. 19)
• Tchaikovsky: Scherzo, Op. 40, No. 11
• Tchaikovsky: Souvenir de Hapsal, Op. 2: No. 3. Song without Words in F major
• Tchaikovsky: The Seasons, Op. 37b: June (Barcarolle)
• Tchaikovsky: The Seasons, Op. 37b: June (Barcarolle)
• Tchaikovsky: Valse-scherzo in A major for piano, Op. 7