Artist: Ruth Slenczynska

Title: Ruth Slenczynska - Complete American Decca Recordings

Year Of Release: 2020

Label: Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd.

Genre: Classical Piano

Quality: flac lossless

Total Time: 07:24:38

Total Size: 1.36 gb



Tracklist



01. Chopin: 12 Études, Op. 10-No. 1 in C Major

02. Chopin: 12 Études, Op. 10-No. 2 in A Minor

03. Chopin: 12 Études, Op. 10-No. 3 in E Major

04. Chopin: 12 Études, Op. 10-No. 4 in C-Sharp Minor

05. Chopin: 12 Études, Op. 10-No. 5 in G-Flat Major

06. Chopin: 12 Etudes, Op.10-No. 6 in E-Flat Minor

07. Chopin: 12 Etudes, Op.10-No. 7 in C Major

08. Chopin: 12 Études, Op. 10-No. 8 in F Major

09. Chopin: 12 Études, Op. 10-No. 9 in F Minor

10. Chopin: 12 Études, Op. 10-No. 10 in A-Flat Major

11. Chopin: 12 Études, Op. 10-No. 11 in E-Flat Major

12. Chopin: 12 Études, Op. 10-No. 12 in C Minor

13. Chopin: Impromptu No. 1 in A-Flat Major, Op. 29

14. Chopin: Impromptu No. 2 in F-Sharp Major, Op. 36

15. Chopin: 12 Études, Op. 25-No. 1 in A-Flat Major "Harp Study"

16. Chopin: 12 Études, Op. 25-No. 2 in F Minor

17. Chopin: 12 Études, Op. 25-No. 3 in F Major

18. Chopin: 12 Études, Op. 25-No. 4 in A Minor

19. Chopin: 12 Études, Op. 25-No. 5 in E Minor

20. Chopin: 12 Études, Op. 25-No. 6 in G-Sharp Minor

21. Chopin: 12 Études, Op. 25-No. 7 in C-Sharp Minor

22. Chopin: 12 Études, Op. 25-No. 8 in D-Flat Major

23. Chopin: 12 Études, Op. 25-No. 9 in G-Flat Major

24. Chopin: 12 Études, Op. 25-No. 10 in B Minor

25. Chopin: 12 Études, Op. 25-No. 11 in A Minor

26. Chopin: 12 Études, Op. 25-No. 12 in C Minor

27. Chopin: Impromptu No. 3 in G-Flat Major, Op. 51

28. Chopin: Impromptu No. 4 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 66 "Fantaisie-Impromptu"

29. Chopin: Scherzo No. 1 in B Minor, Op. 20

30. Chopin: Scherzo No. 2 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 31

31. Chopin: Scherzo No. 3 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 39

32. Chopin: Scherzo No. 4 in E Major, Op. 54

33. Chopin: Waltz No. 1 in E-Flat Major, Op. 18 -"Grande valse brillante"-Vivo

34. Chopin: 3 Waltzes, Op. 34-No. 1 Vivace in A-Flat Major

35. Chopin: 3 Waltzes, Op. 34-No. 2 Lento in A Minor

36. Chopin: 3 Waltzes, Op. 34-No. 3 Vivace in F Major

37. Chopin: Waltz No. 5 in A-Flat Major, Op. 42-"Grande valse"

38. Chopin: 3 Waltzes, Op. 64-No. 1 in D-Flat Major

39. Chopin: 3 Waltzes, Op. 64-No. 2 in C-Sharp Minor

40. Chopin: 3 Waltzes, Op. 64-No. 3 in A-Flat Major

41. Chopin: 2 Waltzes, Op. 69-No. 1. Waltz in A-Flat Major

42. Chopin: 2 Waltzes, Op. 69-No. 2 Waltz in B Minor

43. Chopin: Waltz No. 11 in G-Flat Major, Op. 70 No. 1

44. Chopin: Waltz No. 12 in F Minor /A-Flat Major, Op. 70 No. 2-Waltz No. 12 in F Minor /A-Flat Major, Op. 70 No. 2

45. Chopin: Waltz No. 13 in D-Flat Major, Op. 70 No. 3-Waltz No. 13 in D-Flat Major, Op. 70 No. 3

46. Chopin: Waltz No. 18 in E-Flat Major, Op.posth.

47. Chopin: Waltz No. 15 in E Major, Op.posth.-Tempo di Valse

48. Chopin: Waltz No. 14 in E Minor, Op.posth.-Vivace

49. Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op. 28-No. 1 in C Major: Agitato

50. Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op. 28-No. 2 in A Minor: Lento

51. Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op. 28-No. 3 in G Major: Vivace

52. Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op. 28-No. 4 in E Minor: Largo

53. Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op. 28-No. 5 in D Major: Molto allegro

54. Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op. 28-No. 6 in B Minor: Lento assai

55. Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op. 28-No. 7 in A Major: Andantino

56. Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op. 28-No. 8 in F-Sharp Minor: Molto agitato

57. Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op. 28-No. 9 in E Major: Largo

58. Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op. 28-No. 10 in C-Sharp Minor: Molto allegro

59. Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op. 28-No. 11 in B Major, Vivace

60. Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op. 28-No. 12 in G-Sharp Minor; Presto

61. Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op. 28-No. 13 in F-Sharp Minor: Lento

62. Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op. 28-No. 14 in E-Flat Minor: Allegro

63. Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op. 28-No. 15 in D-Flat Major: Sostenuto

64. Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op. 28-No. 16 in B-Flat Minor: Presto con fuoco

65. Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op. 28-No. 17 in A-flat Major: Allegretto

66. Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op. 28-No. 18 in C Minor: Molto allegro

67. Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op. 28-No. 19 in E-Flat Major: Vivace

68. Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op. 28-No. 20 in C Minor: Largo

69. Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op. 28-No. 21 in B-Flat Major: Cantabile

70. Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op. 28-No. 22 in G Minor: Molto agitato

71. Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op. 28-No. 23 in F Major: Moderato

72. Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op. 28-No. 24 in D Minor: Allegro appassionato

73. Chopin: Polonaise in A-Flat Major, Op. 53 "Heroic"

74. Chopin: Ballade No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 23

75. Chopin: Ballade No. 2 in F Major, Op. 38

76. Chopin: Ballade No. 3 in A-Flat Major, Op. 47

77. Chopin: Ballade No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 52

78. Chopin: 6 Chants polonais de Frédéric Chopin, S. 480-No. 1 The Maiden's Wish

79. Chopin: 6 Chants polonais de Frédéric Chopin, S.480-2. Spring

80. Chopin: 6 Chants polonais de Frédéric Chopin, S. 480-No. 3 The Ring

81. Chopin: 6 Chants polonais de Frédéric Chopin, S. 480-No. 4 Drinking Song

82. Chopin: 6 Chants polonais de Frédéric Chopin, S. 480-No. 5 My Joys

83. Chopin: 6 Chants polonais de Frédéric Chopin, S. 480-No. 6 Return Home

84. Liszt: Rhapsodie espagnole, S. 254

85. Liszt: 12 Études d'exécution transcendante, S.139-No. 5 Feux follets. Allegretto

86. Liszt: Grandes études de Paganini, S. 141-No. 1 Preludio. Andante-Étude

87. Liszt: Grandes études de Paganini, S. 141-No. 2 Andante

88. Liszt: Grandes études de Paganini, S.141-No. 3 La Campanella

89. Liszt: Grandes études de Paganini, S. 141-No. 4 Vivo

90. Liszt: Grandes études de Paganini, S. 141-No. 5 Allegretto

91. Liszt: Grandes études de Paganini, S. 141-No. 6 Quasi presto

92. J.S. Bach: Chromatic Fantasia And Fugue in D Minor, BWV 903-Fantasy and Fugue

93. Chopin: 3 Nocturnes, Op. 9-No. 1 in B-Flat Minor

94. Mendelssohn: Rondo capriccioso in E Major, Op. 14, MWV U67-Rondo capriccioso in E Major, Op. 14, MWV U67

95. Rachmaninov: 5 Morceaux de Fantaisie, Op. 3-No. 2 Prelude in C-Sharp Minor

96. Scarlatti: Keyboard Sonata in G Major, Kk.455 (L. 209)

97. Bartók: 6 Romanian Folk Dances, BB 68, Sz. 56-No. 1 Stick Dance

98. Bartók: 6 Romanian Folk Dances, BB 68, Sz. 56-No. 2 Sash Dance

99. Bartók: 6 Romanian Folk Dances, BB 68, Sz. 56-No. 3 In One Spot

100. Bartók: 6 Romanian Folk Dances, BB 68, Sz. 56-No. 4 Horn Dance

101. Bartók: 6 Romanian Folk Dances, BB 68, Sz. 56-No. 5 Roumanian Polka

102. Bartók: 6 Romanian Folk Dances, BB 68, Sz. 56-No. 6 Fast Dance

103. Schumann: Liebeslied (Widmung), S. 566

104. Debussy: Préludes / Book 1, L. 117-No. 8 La fille aux cheveux de lin

105. Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsodies, S.244-No. 15 in A minor

106. J.S. Bach: 6 Kleine Präludien, BWV 933-938-No. 5 Prelude in E Major, BWV 937

107. Mendelssohn: Lieder ohne Worte, Op. 67-No. 4 Presto "Spinning Song"

108. Schubert: 6 Moments musicaux, Op. 94, D. 780-No. 3 Allegro moderato

109. Prokofiev: Four Pieces, Op. 4-No. 4 Suggestion diabolique

110. Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 12 in C-Sharp Minor, S. 244

111. Rachmaninoff: Ten Preludes, Op. 23-No. 6 Andante

112. Mussorgsky: Sorochintsy Fair-transcr. Sergei Rachmaninoff-Hopak

113. Schumann: Spanisches Liederspiel, Op. 74-Transcr. for Concert Performance by Carl Tausig-Der Kontrabandiste

114. Debussy: Suite bergamasque, L. 75-No. 3 Clair de lune

115. Villa-Lobos: Prole do Bebe, Series 1-No. 2 Moreninha-A Boneca de Massa

116. Chopin: Polonaise in A-Flat Major, Op. 53 "Heroic"

117. Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-Flat Major, S. 124-1. Allegro maestoso

118. Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-Flat Major, S. 124-2. Quasi adagio

119. Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-Flat Major, S. 124-3. Allegretto vivace-Allegro animato

120. Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-Flat Major, S. 124-4. Allegro marziale animato

121. Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 22, R. 190-1. Andante sostenuto

122. Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 22, R. 190-2. Allegro scherzando

123. Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 22, R. 190-3. Presto





A debut on CD for the American Decca legacy of Ruth Slenczynska, a prodigious Romantic-age keyboard lioness. The biography for her Wigmore Hall recital in March 1957 claimed that the 32-year-old Ruth Slenczynska had given 1600 concerts. Scarcely believably, perhaps, but no less so than other elements of her extraordinary life story - making her public debut at the age of four, under the instruction of a tyrannical and abusive father, playing a Mozart concerto at the Salle Pleyel in Paris just three years later, attracting the admiration and tutelage of Cortot and Rachmaninov, apparently burnt out before adulthood. A first marriage and highlights such as playing for (and duets with) Harry Truman followed. Touring with Arthur Fiedler and Boston Pops in the mid-50s taught Slenczynska how to work an audience and to draw strength from their attention, but she readily understood the imperatives of the microphone. The year before her Wigmore Hall date she began recording for the American Brunswick division of Decca at the label's New York studios, and once their sales were boosted by the publication of her painfully honest autobiography in 1957, her albums won acclaim on both sides of the Atlantic. She has continued to perform and to teach well into her 90s, but this box is the first comprehensive tribute to her artistry. Born in California to Polish parents, Slenczynska was a Chopin pianist by nature and nurture, with a temperament and background that tended towards the extremes of the Romantic style, abounding in rubato and timbral nuance. The facility and security of her technique were shown to best advantage by the Études (1956), then the Scherzos (1957), followed by a selection of waltzes (1959), the Ballades and Polish songs arranged by Liszt (1960) and the Préludes (1962). A Liszt album from 1958 tests her bullet-proof technique with the exigent demands of the Rhapsodie espagnole, Feux follets and the most gravity-defying versions of the Grandes Études de Paganini. A mixed recital from 1957 marks the silver jubilee of her debut at New York City Hall. The Brunswick discogrpahy is rounded off with a disc of encores (1959) and a pair of concertos, Saint-Saëns' Second (1959) and Liszt's First (1963). By the time of these recordings, Slenczynska had thrown off the prodigy tag and her musicianship had matured accordingly from machine-tooled virtuosity to lyrical fantasy. The pianism presented here is extraordinary, and shows no trace of a performer who had learned her craft through the harshest discipline and punishment. The first release of these albums on CD is celebrated in style by Eloquence with an 'original covers' box and a booklet full of hitherto unpublished photographs and memorabilia as well as a new survey of Slenczynska's life and studio career by Stephen Siek.