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Byron Janis Edition [Box set]

Byron Janis , Various Audio CD
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  • Conductor: Various
  • Composer: Various
  • Audio CD (23 Aug 2010)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Box set
  • Label: Brilliant Classics
  • ASIN: B003LMHW2I
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 134,338 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Disc: 1
1. Piano Concerto No. 2
2. Piano Concerto No. 3
3. Prelude in E Flat, Op. 23, No. 6
4. Prelude in C Sharp Minor, Op. 3, No. 2
Disc: 2
1. Piano Concerto No. 1
2. Piano Concerto No. 3
Disc: 3
1. Piano Concerto
2. Arabeske in C Major, Op. 18
3. Piano Concerto No. 1 in B Flat Minor, Op. 23
Disc: 4
1. Piano Concerto No. 1
2. Piano Concerto No. 2
3. Pictures at an Exhibition

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Œuvres de Rachmaninov, Prokofiev, Schumann, Tchaïkovski, Liszt, Moussorgski / Byron Janis, piano - Antal Dorati - Orchestre Philharmonique de Moscou - Kirill Kondrashin, direction - Orchestre Symphonique de la Radio de Moscou - G. Rozhdestvensky, dir....

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18 of 20 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars a marvellous set 5 Sep 2010
By S. Ramsey-Hardy TOP 1000 REVIEWER
This box-set is a remarkable bargain. These recordings by Byron Janis were made approximately 50 years aqo, they were state-of-the-art then, and sound fresh and luminous in this new edition.

To mention only one of the 8 piano concertos in this collection: Byron Janis' performance of Rachmaninov's 1st is unforgettable, and is possibly the finest of this under-rated work currently available. It is a concerto of youthful romance, whimsy, and optimism, and Janis performs the piece with such radiant sincerity and conviction, that you wonder why anyone would fail to rate the 1st Concerto as highly as the famous 2nd.

This 4-disc set has piano concertos by: Rachmaninov (1,2,&3), Schumann, Tchaikovsky (1st), Prokoviev (3rd), and Liszt (1&2), with 'Pictures from an Exhibition' by Mussorgsky. Also included in this marvellous set are some shorter works.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Tremendous pianism 5 Oct 2012
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I remember as a young man (about 50 years ago) borrowing the Mercury vinyl LP of Rach 1 / Prokoviev 3 from a friend. Hearing it again the pianism is as stunning now as I remember it. Janis was a pupil of Horowitz (one of the very few) whose career was cruelly curtailed by arthritis. At his best, however, he was a virtuoso born to play the romantic repetoire, something born out when he played in Russia, from where the recordings with Kondrashin hail. Here is superb pianism not to be missed. When we note that the individual remastered Mercury discs are each listed as more expensive than this entire set, my only advice is to buy it before Brilliant realise what a snip these discs are and raise the price!
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38 of 40 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Lapidus has it wrong 17 May 2011
By David J. Mao - Published on Amazon.com
I must take issue with Mr Lapidus on three points: (1) he himself describes these recordings variously as "extremely brilliant" and "staggeringly great," yet gives a 1 star rating to the release, and in the process is suggesting the casual scanner of recordings that they are bad--rather like the person who gives one star to a product, because there was a problem with delivery. (2) Copyright laws expire for a reason: I wonder if Mr Lapidus take a similar dim view of laws which permit drug companies to produce generic versions of older drugs which have lost patent protection. But (3) and most important, Mr Lapidus is simply wrong in claiming that Brilliant Records has robbed (his word) the original copyright owners. Upon reading his review I contacted Brilliant Records, and was informed by their Mr. Pieter van Winkel that "These recordings are not out of copyright. We licensed them from Universal in a fully legal way, paying Universal a royalty per CD sold."
Thus Mr. Lapidus review is wrong with respect to the facts, and misleading to those who assume stars are awarded on the basis of the merit of the product, not on extraneous ethical considerations.
29 of 35 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant release from Brilliant Classics 21 Dec 2010
By J. Grant - Published on Amazon.com
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This 4 disc set is all the evidence necessary to prove Byron Janis deserves his place as one of the finest American pianists of the past century, alongside Kapell, Katchen, Fleisher, Graffman and (perhaps to a lesser extent) Perahia. He was probably more famous than the aforementioned, due in large part to his marriage to the daughter of Gary Cooper (Maria). His "golden boy" image set aside, Janis had the chops to back up the virtuoso reputation. A pupil of two polar opposites, Adele Marcus the classicist and Vladimir Horowitz the romantic, Janis took the best both had to offer and blend it into something special. Many have referred to Janis as a Horowitz clone, but I find his playing more similar to Rachmaninov, as evidenced by his playing on this set. Unlike most pianists of the last few decades, excepting Argerich and Hough, Janis takes the concertos at an astoundingly fleet tempo, very reminiscent of the composer's own recordings. I just wish the 4th (I shamefully admit that I don't know if he ever recorded it) was included on disc 2 instead of the Prokofiev 3rd (not one of my favorite composers). I actually prefer these recordings with Dorati and Kondrashin better than his famous ones with Reiner and Munch on Mercury. In a very crowded field of excellent recordings of two old war horses (Tchaikovsky & Schumann), these recordings stand up nicely. The Liszt is also very good, but not quite equal to Richter (BBC). Last, but not least, Janis' performance of Mussorgy's Pictures stands just behind Richter and Kapell as my three favorite versions of that piece. All in all, another great release from Brilliant Classics (the folks who brought us some fine box sets from Richter, Oistrakh, Gilels, etc. in their Historic Russian Archives series). I found no issue with the sound at all. At under $20 this is a real bargain. *4 1/2 stars*

CD 1- Rach- Concertos 2 & 3 -Dorati/LSO (3rd), Dorati/Minneapolis SO (2nd); Preludes op.23/6 & op. 3/2
CD 2- Rach- No.1; Prokofiev- No.3 Kondrashin/Moscow PO
CD 3- Schumann- concerto- Skrowaczewski/Minn SO, Arabeske op.18; Tchaik- concerto- Menges/LSO
CD 4- Liszt- No.1 Kondrashin/Moscow PO; No.2 Rozhdestvensky/Moscow Radio SO; Mussorgsky- Pictures at an Exhibition (solo)
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Janis is a keeper 26 Nov 2012
By j.r.r. token - Published on Amazon.com
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I first heard Janis on a recording of Burleske (sic?) by R Strauss and couldn't believe the intensity and flamboyancy of Janis' performance. I didn't hesitate to buy a "collected works" of Janis for the same reason. A great collection at a terrific price!!
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