Lazar Berman - The American Debut
Miami Univ. (Ohio) 1976
This is the American debut recital by Larzar Berman. It was given at Miami University in Oxford Ohio on Jan. 14, 1976. This is the first part of his program which included the following:
Shostakovich Ten Preludes
Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 18 in E Flat Major, Op. 31, No. 3
Just before the recital, someone waxed the concert grand piano using a spray can and the mist settled onto the keyboard. Lazar Berman tried the piano and said he could not play it with the keyboard so slippery. Someone had to go and clean the keyboard of the wax before the recital could start.
This is the second part of his program which included the following:
Liszt Sonata in B Minor
Liszt Spanish Rhapsody
Four Encores:
Rachmaninoff Prelude Op. 3, No. 2
Scriabin Etude Op. 8, No. 12
Beethoven-Liszt Turkish March
Schubert-Liszt Erlkonig
Lazar Berman: The CBS Recital
STUDIO RECORDING 1976
SIDE A
00:00 RACHMANINOFF Prélude Op.3/2
04:22 RACHMANINOFF Prélude Op.32/5
07:55 RACHMANINOFF Prélude Op.23/5
11:55 CHOPIN Etude Op.25/7
17:39 PROKOFIEV March from "The Love of 3 Oranges"
19:18 BEETHOVEN/RUBINSTEIN/RACHMANINOFF Turkish March from "Die Ruinen von Athen"
SIDE B
22:06 KHACHATURIAN Toccata
26:20 SCRIABIN Etude Op.8/11
31:01 SCRIABIN Etude Op.8/12
33:23 SCHUBERT/LISZT Gretchen am Spinrade
38:06 SCHUBERT/LISZT Erlkönig
43:14 BEETHOVEN Minuet from Piano Sonata No.20 Op.49/2
46:45 FALLA Ritual Fire Dance
