Lympany,Moura Hmv Recordings 1947-1952 CD

Moura Lympany (1916-2005) was the last of the major Matthay pupils. In 1938 she shot to international fame when she finished second to Emil Gilels in the Queen Elisabeth competition. A brilliant technician, she made the first complete recording of the Rachmaninov preludes in the 1940s and gave the western premiere of Khachaturian's piano concerto and subsequently recorded it. The HMV recordings presented here emphasize her virtuoso credentials and feature many of the piano's most fearsome warhorses. This is repertoire she excelled in and her performances of, for example, the toccatas of Ravel and Prokofiev, have rarely been equaled.

1. Fantasy Impromptu in C Sharp minor, Op. 66 2. Thema: Andante 3. Variation 1: Un Poco Pi? Vivo 4. Variation 2 5. ?tude 3: Vivace 6. Variation 3 7. Variation 4 8. Variation 5 9. Variation 6: Allegro Molto 10. Variation 7 11. ?tude 9: Presto Possibile 12. Variation 8 13. Variation 9 14. Finale: Allegro Brillante 15. Vogel Als Prophet 16. Theme - Variations 1 to 14 17. Andante Non Troppo E Con Molto Espressione 18. Feux Follets 19. Les Jeux D'eaux ? la Villa D'este 20. Polonaise in E Major 21. Der Tanz in Der Dorfschenke - Erster Mephisto-Walzer, 'Mephisto Waltz No. 1', S514A 22. Clair de Lune 23. Toccata 24. Quejas, O la Maja y El Ruise±or 25. Tango 26. Toccata in D minor, Op. 11 27. March: Allegretto 28. Waltz: Andantino 29. Polka: Allegretto 30. Molto Allegro Con Fuoco 31. Andante 32. Presto - Molto Allegro E Vivace 33. Rondo Brillant in E Flat Major, Op. 29 34. Variations Symphoniques 35. Rapsodia Sinfonica 36. Scherzo: Presto