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Anatole Kitain: The Complete Columbia Recordings 1936-80

Anatole Kitain (piano)

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A chance to discover the elegant playing of this largely forgotten pianist.

Anatole Kitain: The Complete Columbia Recordings 1936-80

Anatole Kitain (piano)

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About

Anatole Kitain (1903–1980) was an exact contemporary and fellow pupil of Vladimir Horowitz in Kiev, where he studied, as did the slightly older Simon Barere, with Felix Blumenfeld. All three developed fabulous techniques and were romantic pianists in the grand manner, and each fled Russia after the Revolution to make their way in the West.

That Kitain is the least known can only be put down to misfortune, as these pre-War European recordings attest to a pianist of fabulous talent. Sadly he failed to ‘make it’ after his Wartime emigration to the USA and slowly faded from view, giving his last New York concert in 1963.

Contents and tracklist

No. 5 in G-Flat Major "Black Keys"
Track length1:25
No. 6 in E-Flat Minor "Lament"
Track length2:17
No. 7 in C Major "Toccata"
Track length1:27
No. 8 in F Major "Sunshine"
Track length2:07
No. 12 in C Minor "Revolutionary"
Track length2:19
No. 1, Waldesrauschen
Track length3:24
No. 6, Vallee d'Obermann
Track length10:00
No. 4, Sonetto 47 del Petrarca
Track length4:44
No. 6, Sonetto 123 del Petrarca
Track length4:25
No. 5 in B-Flat Major "Feux follets"
Track length3:58
No. 1 in D Minor "Edward"
Track length3:32
No. 1 in B Major
Track length0:51
No. 2 in E Major
Track length1:34
No. 3 in G-Sharp Minor
Track length1:05
No. 4 in E Minor
Track length1:29
No. 5 in E Major
Track length1:01
No. 6 in C-Sharp Major
Track length0:52
No. 7 in C-Sharp Minor
Track length2:27
No. 8 in B-Flat Major
Track length1:25
No. 9 in D Minor
Track length0:56
No. 10 in G Major
Track length0:35
No. 11 in B Minor
Track length1:19
No. 12 in E Major
Track length1:16
No. 13 in B Major
Track length0:53
No. 14 in G-Sharp Minor
Track length1:28
No. 15 in A-Flat Major
Track length1:29
No. 16 in C-Sharp Minor
Track length0:49
No. 1, Étude in C-Sharp Minor
Track length2:18
No. 2 in A Minor
Track length1:45
No. 3 in E Minor. Lento
Track length1:54
No. 1, Elegie in E-Flat Minor
Track length4:48
No. 1 in F Minor. Allegro non troppo
Track length2:06
No. 12 in G-Sharp Minor. Allegro
Track length2:01
No. 2, Die Fledermaus
Track length7:59
The Flight of the Bumblebee (Arr. J. Strimer for Piano)
Track length1:02

Awards and reviews

  • Gramophone Magazine
    August 2015
    Re-issue of the Month

August 2015

A chance to discover the elegant playing of this largely forgotten pianist.

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