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Raymond Lewenthal
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Raymond Lewenthal (August 29, 1923 – November 21, 1988) was an American virtuoso pianist. Among his teachers were Olga Samaroff, who was a pupil of Charles-Valentin Alkan's son, Élie-Miriam Delaborde. Lewenthal was born in San Antonio, Texas to Russian-French parents. His birth date is often given as 1926, but he was actually born three years earlier in 1923 (an examination of his birth certificate has confirmed this). The false birth year was probably an attempt to assist his career as a child actor. After spending several years as a child movie actor in Hollywood, he studied the piano there with Lydia Cherkassky, mother and teacher of the renowned pianist Shura Cherkassky. In 1945 he won all three of the major competitions then being held in California: The Young Artist Competition at UCLA (judged by Bruno Walter), the Young Artist Contest of Occidental College, and the Gainsborough Award in San Francisco. He continued his studies at the Juilliard School as a full scholarship student of Olga Samaroff-Stokowski. Later Lewenthal worked in Europe with Alfred Cortot and with Guido Agosti. Lewenthal made his debut in 1948 with Dimitri Mitropoulos and the Philadelphia Orchestra. The occasion marked the first time a soloist had been invited to play Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No. 3 under Mitropoulos's direction, that being a work which the conductor was famous for playing himself. The success of this performance was followed a few weeks later by Lewenthal's New York recital debut.
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Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27, No. 2, "Quasi una fantasia": I. Adagio sostenuto
5702Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27, No. 2, "Quasi una fantasia": II. Allegretto
3533Piano Sonata No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 13, "Pathétique": II. Adagio cantabile
3444Piano Sonata No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 13, "Pathétique": I. Grave - Allegro di molto e con brio
3325Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27, No. 2, "Quasi una fantasia": III. Presto agitato
1296Piano Sonata No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 13, "Pathétique": III. Rondo. Allegro
947Barcarolle, Op. 65, No. 6
468Toccata alla Scarlatti
379Toy Symphony (Kindersymphonie) in C: III. Moderato
3510Toy Symphony (Kindersymphonie) in C: I. Allegro un poco maestoso
33albums
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50 Piano Classics for Relaxation
Piano Music of Alkan, Liszt:Hexameron
Henselt: Piano Concerto in F Minor, Op. 16 - Liszt: Totentanz, S. 126
The Liszt Legacy
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Raymond Lewenthal Plays... Beethoven: Piano Sonata Nos. 8 & 14
Raymond Lewenthal: The Concerto Recordings
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60 Relaxing Piano for Sleep
Toy Symphonies
Piano Music of Alkan & Liszt
Rubinstein: Piano Concerto No. 4, Op. 70 - Scharwenka: Finale to Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 56
Raymond Lewenthal Plays Alkan And Liszt
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15 Beethoven Playlist