GREEK PIANIST GINA BACHAUER (1913-1976) 2 CDR

 

GINA BACHAUER (ATHENS, MAY 21, 1913 – ATHENS, AUGUST 22, 1976)

 

Gina Bachauer was a Greek classical pianist who toured extensively in the United States and Europe. She was Jewish. She gave her first recital in Athens at the age of eight. She graduated from the Athens Conservatory in 1929. Her first concert with an orchestra was in 1932, when she was 19 years old. She recorded for the HMV (His Master’s Voice), RCA Victor and Mercury labels. She gave hundreds of concerts, including 630 for the Allied troops in the Middle East during World War II. Gina Bachauer was also the piano teacher of Princess Irene. Bachauer was a close friend of Maurice Abravanel and often appeared with the Utah Symphony Orchestra. She died in 1976 of a heart attack at the Athens Festival, on the day she was to appear as soloist with the National Symphony Orchestra of Washington, D.C.

TRACKLIST

 

19 Hungarian Rhapsodies, S. 244 No. 12 in C-Sharp Minor (Liszt)

Ballade in F-Sharp Major, Op. 19 (Fauré)

Concerto pour piano No. 1 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 23 I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso – Allegro con spirito (Tchaikovsky)

Concerto pour piano No. 1 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 23 II. Andantino semplice – Prestissimo (Tchaikovsky)

Concerto pour piano No. 1 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 23 III. Allegro con fuoco (Tchaikovsky)

Gaspard de la nuit, M. 55 I. Ondine (Ravel)

Gaspard de la nuit, M. 55 II. Le gibet (Ravel)

Gaspard de la nuit, M. 55 III. Scarbo (Ravel)

Harmonies poétiques et religieuses, S. 173 VII. Funérailles (Liszt)

Piano Concerto in a Minor, Op. 16 I. Allegro molto moderato (Grieg)

Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 16 II. Adagio (Grieg)

Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 16 III. Allegro moderato molto e marcato (Grieg)

Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-Flat Major, Op. 83 I. Allegro non troppo (Brahms)

Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-Flat Major, Op. 83 II. Allegro appassionato (Brahms)

Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-Flat Major, Op. 83 III. Andante (Brahms)

Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-Flat Major, Op. 83 IV. Allegretto grazioso (Brahms)

Piano Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 22, R. 190 I. Andante sostenuto (Saint-Saëns)

Piano Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 22, R. 190 II. Allegro scherzando (Saint-Saëns)

Piano Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 22, R. 190 III. Presto (Saint-Saëns)

Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-Flat Major, Op. 73 Emperor I. Allegro (Beethoven)

Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-Flat Major, Op. 73 Emperor II. Adagio un poco mosso (Beethoven)

Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-Flat Major, Op. 73 Emperor III. Rondo. Allegro (Beethoven)

Piano Concerto No. 24 in C Minor, K. 491 I. Allegro (Mozart)

Piano Concerto No. 24 in C Minor, K. 491 II. Larghetto (Mozart)

Piano Concerto No. 24 in C Minor, K. 491 III. Allegretto (Mozart)

Piano Concerto No. 26 in D Major, K. 537 Coronation I. Allegro (Mozart)

Piano Concerto No. 26 in D Major, K. 537 Coronation II. Larghetto (Mozart)

Piano Concerto No. 26 in D Major, K. 537 Coronation III. Allegretto (Mozart)

Pour le piano, L. 95 (Debussy)

Pour le piano, L. 95 II. Sarabande (Debussy)

Pour le piano, L. 95 III. Toccata (Debussy)

Rhapsodie espagnole, S254R90, Folies d’Espagne et jota aragonesa (Liszt)

Toccata, Adagio & Fugue in C Major, BWV 564 I. Preludio (Bach)

Toccata, Adagio & Fugue in C Major, BWV 564 II. Intermezzo (Bach)

Toccata, Adagio & Fugue in C Major, BWV 564 III. Fugue (Bach)