8 Great Litolff Scherzo Performances (from Concerto Symphonique 4)

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Scherzo, from Concerto Symphonique No. 4 in D minor, Op. 102 (c.1852)
This is the third movement of a piano concerto by English virtuoso pianist, composer and music publisher Henry Charles Litolff (1818-1891), a student of Ignaz Moscheles.

Piano: Misha Dichter
Conductor: Neville Marriner
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fiels




Shura Cherkassky plays Scherzo from Concerto Symphonique No.4 by Henry Litolff. Sir Adrian Boult conducting the London Philharmonic Orchestra. A World Record Club recording from 1969.




Litolff Scherzo Shura Cherkassky BBCSO Sir Malcolm Sargent




Moura Lympany plays Litolff Scherzo
from Concerto Symphonique No. 4 in D minor, Op. 102
Royal Philarmonic Orchestra
cond. Sir Malcom Sargent
Recorded 1964




Litolff Scherzo from Concerto Symphonique Lympany Rec 1948
Moura Lympany plays the delightful Scherzo from Litolff's Concerto Symphonique. Walter Susskind conducts the Philharmonia Orchestra.
Recorded 1948




Scherzo, from Concerto Symphonique No. 4 in D Minor, Op. 102
Clifford Curzon
Adrian Boult with the London Philharmonic
1959




Isador Goodman plays Litolff Scherzo from Concerto Symphonique No. 4 in D minor, Op. 102
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
cond. Patrick Thomas

Isador Goodman (27 May 1909 -- 2 December 1982) was a South African-Australian Jewish pianist, composer and conductor. He became a household name in Australia in the 1930s-1970s, taught at the New South Wales Conservatorium of Music for 50 years, introduced many Australians to classical music, and contributed hugely to music making in his adopted country.




Litolff Scherzo from Concerto Symphonique 4
Leonard Pennario, piano
Pennario, who passed away in 2008, is one of the most fascinating pianists of the 20th century, with an equally fascinating repertoire and a handful of fascinating compositions and transcriptions.