VLADIMIR FELTSMAN: COMPLETE COLUMBUA ALBUM COLLECTION (8 CDs)

In summer 1987, nine years after he first requested permission to emigrate, the 35-year-old Russian pianist Vladimir Feltsman was finally allowed to leave the Soviet Union. Feltsman, who had studied at the Moscow Conservatory with the legendary Yakov Flier and won first prize at the prestigious Long-Thibaud Competition in Paris at the age of 19, arrived in New York amid a welter of publicity. CBS Masterworks offered him a recording contract, while President Ronald Reagan welcomed him to the White House for a recital that was glowingly reviewed in the New York Times. Now Sony Classical is reissuing his Carnegie debut recital from 1987, a Russian Chopin recording that preceded it and an even earlier Schubert recital, from Paris in 1978, along with all the other Feltsman performances captured by CBS mics before his collaboration with the label ended in 1989.

Preludes (24) for Piano, Op. 28 by Frédéric Chopin
Vladimir Feltsman (Piano)


Variations (6) for Piano on an Original Theme in D major, Op. 76 by Ludwig van Beethoven
Vladimir Feltsman (Piano)
Live Carnegie Hall, NYC

Vingt regards sur l'enfant Jésus: no 13, Noël by Olivier Messiaen
Vladimir Feltsman (Piano)
Live Carnegie Hall, NYC

Preludes (13) for Piano, Op. 32: no 12 in G sharp minor, Allegro by Sergei Rachmaninov
Vladimir Feltsman (Piano)


Sonata for Piano in A major, D 664/Op. 120 by Franz Schubert
Vladimir Feltsman (Piano)
Live Carnegie Hall, NYC

Symphonic Etudes for Piano, Op. 13 by Robert Schumann
Vladimir Feltsman (Piano)
Live Carnegie Hall, NYC

Vingt regards sur l'enfant Jésus: no 11, Première communion de la Vierge by Olivier Messiaen
Vladimir Feltsman (Piano)
Live Carnegie Hall, NYC

Vingt regards sur l'enfant Jésus: no 16, Regard des prophètes, desbergers et des mages by Olivier Messiaen
Vladimir Feltsman (Piano)
Live Carnegie Hall, NYC

Concerto for Piano no 3 in D minor, Op. 30 by Sergei Rachmaninov
Vladimir Feltsman (Piano)
Zubin Mehta
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra


Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini, Op. 43 by Sergei Rachmaninov
Vladimir Feltsman (Piano)
Zubin Mehta
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra


Concerto for Piano no 1 in D flat major, Op. 10 by Sergei Prokofiev
Vladimir Feltsman (Piano)
Michael Tilson Thomas, London Symphony Orchestra


Concerto for Piano no 2 in G minor, Op. 16 by Sergei Prokofiev
Vladimir Feltsman, Michael Tilson Thomas, London Symphony Orchestra


Pieces (10) for Piano from "Romeo and Juliet", Op. 75: no 10, Romeo and Juliet before Parting by Sergei Prokofiev

Sonata for Piano in B minor, S 178 by Franz Liszt


Années de pèlerinage, deuxième année, S 161 "Italie": no 4, Sonetto 47 del Petrarca by Franz Liszt

Légendes (2) for Piano, S 175: no 1, St Francis of Assisi preaching by Franz Liszt

Années de pèlerinage, deuxième année, S 161 "Italie": no 5, Sonetto 104 del Petrarca 

Années de pèlerinage, deuxième année, S 161 "Italie": no 6, Sonetto 123 del Petrarca 

Concerto for Piano no 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23 by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Vladimir Feltsman, Mstislav Rostropovich, National Symphony


Concerto for Piano no 3 in E flat major, Op. 75 by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Vladimir Feltsman, Mstislav Rostropovich, National Symphony