The Mordecai Shehori CD Collection on Cembal d'amour

Recordings	Works	Reviews
SCARALTTI: Sonata in B Minor, K.87	CD 99 Mordecai Shehori, Piano DOMENICO SCARLATTI: Six Sonatas: K.322, K. 27, K87, K.29, K302, K.24 BEETHOVEN: Sonata Op. 2, No. 3 in C Major BRAHMS: Variations on a Theme by Paganini, Books 1 & 2 Total playing time: 69:45 Price: $13.50	"...A throwback to an older style of pianism, with interpretive individuality and gleaming tonal richness as defining virtues." Ultimate Audio "...A killer disc... Shehori captured his own powerful pianism in faultless sound, with sparkling treble and deep rumbling bass rarely heard on piano discs." Fi-The Magazine of Music & Sound
CHOPIN-LISZT: My Joy	CD 100 Mordecai Shehori, Piano MOZART: Fantasy in D minor, K.397, Andante for the Mechanical Organ in F major, K.616, Adagio in B minor, K.540, Rondo in D major, K.485 BEETHOVEN: Sonata Op. 2, No. 2, in A major CHOPIN-LISZT: Six Polish Songs LISZT: Spanish Rhapsody Total playing time: 76:26 Price: $13.50	"Shehori is rock solid and deeply musical. This is a big-hearted interpretation, with a beautiful variety of tone colour and a sense of empathy with the composer." BBC Music Magazine
CHOPIN: Polonaise in F-sharp Minor, Op. 44	CD 101 Mordecai Shehori, Piano BACH-SILOTI: Prelude in B minor HANDEL: Chaconne in G major BEETHOVEN: Sonata Op. 31, No. 2 in D minor, "The Tempest" CHOPIN: Barcarolle; Polonaise in F-sharp minor SCHUBERT-LISZT: Serenade, Atlas, To Be Sung on the Water LISZT: Saint Francis of Paula Walking on the Water Total playing time: 77:09 Price: $13.50	"Shehori: Poetry in Music." The Washington Post
SCHUBERT: Wanderer Fantasie (Segment)	CD 102 Mordecai Shehori, Piano SCHUBERT: Fantasie Op. 15, in C major, "The Wanderer" FAURE: Nocturne Op.63, No. 6, in D-flat major LISZT: Sonata in B minor Total playing time: 62:41 Price: $13.50
SCARLATTI: Sonata in A minor, K. 532	CD 103 Mordecai Shehori, Piano DOMENICO SCARLATTI: 21 KEYBOARD SONATAS K.532, K.481, K.398, K.232, K.184, K.95, K.127, K.128, K.124, K.474, K.98, K.44 K.175, K.173, K.33, K.213, K.259, K.421 K.64, K.517, K.547 (Different sonatas than the six that are on CD 99) Total playing time: 77:06 Price: $13.50	"The Scarlatti sonatas he has selected are not among the most often heard and were obviously chosen for contrast in mood and style. Shehori treats them seriously, as a kind of precursor to Chopin-elegiac, expressive, logical, witty, with similar mixture of brilliance and lyricism-and plays them with an emotional depth and intensity that is not apparent in the printed notes. His articulation is crisp (he tosses off repeated notes, trills, and arpeggios with impressive ease), his phrasing is subtle and effective." American Record Guide
RAMEAU: Tambourin	CD 104 Mordecai Shehori, Piano Jean-Philippe Rameau PIÈCES DE CLAVECIN Allemande in A minor; Allemande in E minor; La Dauphine; La Livri; LesTourbillons; La Triomphante Gavotte Variée; L’Enharmonique La Joyeuse; Tambourin; Les Soupirs; L’Egyptienne; Les Tendres Plaintes; La Poule; Le Lardon; Les Cyclopes L’Entretien des Muses; Les Sauvages Le Rappel des Oiseaux Total playing time: 57:52 Price: $13.50	"Shehori makes the most of their strong contrasts, integrates their elaborate ornamentation nicely into the musical flow, and again his skillful phrasing and rhythmic zest are very engaging. These performances will infuriate the purists, but they are likely to please anyone who cares about excellent piano playing and lovely music." American Record Guide
BRAHMS: Scherzo from the Sonata in F minor, Op. 5	CD 107 Mordecai Shehori, Piano The Celebrated New York Recitals, Vol. 1 (Recorded live: 2 April 1977 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art) BRAHMS: Sonata in F minor, Op. 5 CHOPIN: Nocturne in F major, op. 15, No. 1. Nocturne in B major, Op. 9, No. 3. Scherzo No. 3 in C-sharp minor, op. 39. RAVEL: Gaspard de la Nuit Total playing time: 69:36 Price: $13.50	"What sets Mr. Shehori apart from most virtuosos with their off-the-shelf performances is the poetic inwardness and rapturous intensity of his playing. Mr. Shehori has developed a cult following in New York piano circles." Mr. Shehori has developed a cult following in New York piano circles." The New York Times
J. S. BACH: Musette in D Major	CD 108 Mordecai Shehori, Piano Learning by Example, Vol. 1 47 works by 18 composers of the most loved piano pieces for the young and not-so-young pianist. For more details please double click here for complete list of works. Total playing time: 73:59 Price: $13.50	"Mordecai Shehori is a musician’s musician — that is, the sort of pianist whom it will profit other pianists to study." New York Newsday
LISZT: Cantique d’amour LISZT: Gretchen am Spinnrade LISZT: Mephisto Waltz No. 1	CD 116 Mordecai Shehori, Piano Love and the Devil Mordecai Shehori Plays Liszt, Vol. 1 Cantique d’amour Scherzo and March Gretchen (Second movement from Faust Symphony) Gretchen am Spinnrade (After Schubert) Ständchen von Shakespeare (After Schubert) Réminiscences de Don Juan (After Mozart) Mephisto Waltz No. 1 Total playing time: 73:29 Price: $13.50	"Mordecai Shehori is a marvelous pianist in almost every conceivable category. Indeed, if elegance had a middle name, it would be Shehori. At last here is a pianist who not only understand the power of gentleness but puts it to work at every opportunity. Though it goes without saying that his technique is impeccable, something more is afoot when he plays, as he found a way to harness the storm before the storm." John Bell Young American Record Guide
MUZIO CLEMENTI: Spiritoso from Sonatina Op. 36, No. 3 in C major GEORG ANTON BENDA: Sonatina in a Minor FRIDRICH KUHLAU: Allegretto grazioso from Sonatina Op. 55, No. 3 in C major DMITRI KABALEVSKY: Presto from Sonatina Op. 13, No. 1 in A minor	CD 119 Mordecai Shehori, Piano Learning by Example, Vol. 2 14 Sonatinas by: Clementi, Benda, Mozart, Beethoven, Spindler, Dussek, Kuhlau, Diabelli, and Kabalevsky. Please double click here for complete list of works. Total playing time: 77:00 Price: $13.50
BEETHOVEN: Sonata Op. 111 in C minor. Arietta (segment) RACHMANINOFF: Musical Moment, in E minor, Op. 16, No. 4 KABALEVSKY: Sonata No. 3 in F Major. 3rd Movement, Giocoso (segment) LISZT: Dante Sonata (segment)	CD 128 Mordecai Shehori, Piano The Celebrated New York Concerts, Vol. 2 BEETHOVEN: Sonata No. 32, Op. 111 in C minor RACHMANINOFF: Six Moments Musicaux, Op. 16 KABALEVSKY: Sonata No. 3, Op. 46 in F Major LISZT: Après une lecture du Dante-Fantasia quasi Sonata Total playing time: 78:55 Price: $13.50
COUPERIN: The Cuckoos BURGMULLER: The Farewell MACDOWELL: To a Wild Rose	CD 131 Mordecai Shehori, Piano Learning by Example Series, Vol. 3 Please double click here for the complete list of works. Total playing time: 79:36 Price: $13.50
J.S. BACH: Largo from the Harpsichord Concerto in F minor, (BWV 1056) Arranged for piano solo by Mordecai Shehori CHOPIN: Scherzo No. 1 in B minor, Op. 20	CD 133 Mordecai Shehori, Piano The Celebrated New York Concerts, Volume 3 J.S. BACH 1. Largo from the Harpsichord Concerto in F minor, (BWV 1056) Arranged for piano solo by Mordecai Shehori BEETHOVEN Sonata in F Major, Op. 54 2. Tempo d’un Menuetto 3. Allegretto CHOPIN 4. Berceuse in D-flat Major, Op. 57 5. Polonaise in E-flat minor, Op. 40, No. 1 6. Scherzo No. 1 in B minor, Op. 20 SCHUBERT-LISZT 7. Gretchen am Spinnrade 8. Erlkönig 9. Soirées de Vienne-Valse Caprice No. 6 LISZT 10. Consolation No. 3 in D-flat Major 11. Mephisto Waltz No. 1, After Lenau’s Faust MORIZ ROSENTHAL 12. Carnaval de Vienne-Humoresque after themes by J. Strauss Total playing time: 76:21 Price: $13.50	"The third volume of Mordecai Shehori’s ongoing New York recital series is now with us. The recitals range from 1979 to 1987. Most were recorded at the usual venue, the Merkin Concert Hall, but three things were taped at the 92nd Street Y. Shehori’s Chopin is usually special. His B minor Scherzo is full of fancy and colour, long on contrasts, full of delicacy and gravity and palpable depth of feeling. There’s no artifice in this reading and there are no extraneous gestures and rhetorical effects; it’s entirely musical, musicianship devoted entirely to the service of the text, none of which excludes a most terrific and brilliant conclusion. The vein of rich poetry, of which Shehori is a master, can be felt in his Berceuse in D flat major. Once again he ensures that architectural concerns are uppermost, and that the music flows within the parameters he has established. It’s a reading of the utmost beauty of tone. There is a sequence of Schubert-Liszt transcriptions. Some of these have been associated on disc, at various times, with titans such as Petri and Horowitz amongst many others. Gretchen am Spinrade was certainly a Petri specialty and he played it with a strong series of dynamics and an almost vertical sense in terms of voicing. Shehori is richer and warmer, more chordally resonant, and spins out the song with enveloping sensitivity. Erlkönig finds Shehori on superb form – virtuosic and atmospheric. Soirées de Vienne is another piece that Petri recorded – but then so did Horowitz, Rosenthal and de Greef (in a truncated version). Shehori plays quite pungently here – and this is the one occasion where I think the recording level is against him; it imparts a touch of hardness to his tone that one doesn’t notice in his other performances. Of course there are the more refined and delicate moments where one can appreciate his tone in a more natural way though no one has quite matched Rosenthal’s grandeur and capricious rubati here. Shehori’s own Bach arrangement from the familiar Keyboard Concerto is solemn, slow with a chorale texture – and with great gravity implicit in those bass extensions. The brace of Liszt pieces contains an excellent Consolation No.3. Shehori plays it at a Horowitz tempo but doesn't’t of course seek to replicate Horowitz’s very personal rubatos. The Mephisto Waltz No.1 is a cracking display of virtuosity, control and eloquence and it leads onto the disc’s finale, Rosenthal’s Carnaval de Vienne, a Straussian confection which Shehori plays with remarkable virtuosity and admirable command – though maybe the composer teased out a greater sense of playfulness in his more technically fallible 1935 recording. Once again the Shehori recitals prove a seedbed of poetry and digital control. He balances both these facets with accustomed eloquence, allowing the music to speak with naturalness, shorn of interventions, crudities and gaucherie. If you’re lucky enough to see him advertised in concert, don’t miss the chance to hear Shehori, one of the unsung giants of our time. Jonathan Woolf www.musicweb-international.com/
LISZT: Harmonies du soir SCHUMANN-LISZT:: Widmung	CD 135 Mordecai Shehori, Piano Mordecai Shehori Plays Schumann & Liszt SCHUMANN: 1. Arabesque in C Major, Op. 18 LISZT: 2. Harmonies du soir (Transcendental Etude No. 11) SCHUMANN-LISZT: 3. Liebeslied (Widmung) SCHUMANN: 4-7 Sonata in G minor, Op. 22 LISZT: 8. Saint Francis of Assisi Sermon of the Birds 9. Ballade No. 2 Total playing time: 68:37 Price: $13.50
HAYDN: Arietta and 12 Variations in A Major, (segment) SCHUBERT: Sonata in A minor, Op. posth. 143. Third movement Allegro vivace Rachmaninoff: Etude-Tableau in E-flat minor, Op. 39, No. 5	CD 139 Mordecai Shehori, Pianist The Celebrated New York Concerts, Vol. 4 1. HAYDN: Arietta and 12 Variations* in A Major (Hob.XVll:2, Mindru Katz’s arrangement) SCHUBERT:* Sonata in A Minor, Op. posth. 143 2. Allegro giusto 3. Andante 4. Allegro vivace RACHMANINOFF: 5. Mélodie in E Major, Op. 3, No. 3 6. Barcarolle in G Minor, Op. 10, No. 3 7. Etude-Tableau in E-flat Minor, Op. 39, No. 5 8. Valse in A Major, Op. 10, No. 2 9. Humoresque in G Major, Op. 10, No. 5 10. Prelude in E-flat Major, Op. 23, No. 6 11. Polichinelle in F-sharp Minor, Op. 3, No. 4 12. LISZT: Tarantella (from Venezia e Napoli) 13. Shehori announces Mozart’s birthday and the following encore 14. MOZART: The Bread and Butter Valse Total playing time: 65:58 Price: $13.50
MOZART: Rondo in A Minor, KV 511 MOZART: Allegretto from Sonata in B-flat Major, KV 570	CD 141 Mordecai Shehori, Piano Mordecai Shehori Plays Mozart 1. Fantasie in C Minor, KV 396 (Completed by Maximilian Stadler after the fragments of the Sonatensatzes for Violin and Piano) 2. Rondo in A Minor, KV 511 3. Fantasie in C Minor, KV 475 4-6. Sonata in B-flat Major, KV 570 7-9. Sonata in C Minor, KV 457 Total playing time: 69:22 Price: $13.50
GLINKA-BALAKIREV: The Skylark BALAKIREV: Islamey (segment) PROKOFIEV: Precipitato from the Seventh Sonata	CD 143 Mordecai Shehori, Piano Mordecai Shehori Plays Russian Music PROKOFIEV: Seventh Sonata, Op. 83 GLINKA-BALAKIREV: The Skylark BALAKIREV: Islamey TCHAIKOVSKY: The Lark (From the Seasons, Op. 37) Romance in F Minor, Op. 5 Dumka, Op. 59 TCHAIKOVSKY-PABST: A Paraphrase after the Opera Eugene Onegin Total playing time: 65:09 Price: $13.50
Kitten on the Keys Meandering Rhythm Venture	CD 147 Mordecai Shehori, Piano Mordecai Shehori Plays Zez Confrey's "Kitten on the Keys," "Dizzy Fingers" and 26 additional and delightful piano novelties. Including 10 never-before-recorded compositions. (Recorded November 2009, Las Vegas) 1. Kitten on the Keys 2. Meandering 3. Dizzy Fingers 4. Spring Song (After Mendelssohn) 5. Mouse’s Hooves 6. Lullaby from Mars 7. Anticipation 8. Tune for Mademoiselle 9. Tap Dance of the Chimes 10. My Pet 11. Mighty Lackawanna 12. Sparkling Water (Valse Brillante) 13. Greenwich Witch 14. Grandfather’s Clock 15. Coaxing the Piano 16. Movie Ballet 17. Charleston Chuckles 18. Wistfulness 19. Nickel in the Slot 20. You Tell ‘Em, Ivories 21. Humorestless (After Dvořák) 22. Rag Doll Dimples 23. Valse Mirage 24. Blumenlied (Flower Song after Lange) 25. Rhythm Venture 26. Champagne 27. Stumbling 28. Parade of the Jumping Beans Total playing time: 76:51 Price: $13.50
“Nun freut euch, lieben Christen gmein” “Ich ruf’ zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ” (Segment) Chaconne in D Minor (Segment) Organ Toccata in C Major- Fuga (Segment)	CD 149 Mordecai Shehori, Piano Mordecai Shehori Plays Bach-Busoni Johann Sebastian Bach- Ferruccio Busoni Ten Chorale-Preludes After the original organ works by J. S. Bach “transcribed for piano in chamber style” 1907-09. Dedicated to Mr. Jose Vianna da Motta 1. “Komm, Gott Schöpfer, heiliger Geist” (Come, God Creator)(BWV 667, ca. 1708-17) 2. “Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme” (Awake, the Voice commands) (BWV 645, from the cantata BWV 140, ca. 1731) 3. “Nun komm’ der Heiden Heiland” (Now comes the gentiles’ Savior)(BWV 659, ca. 1708-17) 4. “Nun freut euch, lieben Christen gmein” (Rejoice, beloved Christians) (BWV 734a, ca. 1708-17) 5. “Ich ruf’ zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ” (I call on Thee, Lord Jesus Christ) (BWV 639, from Das Orgelbüchlein, Part III, 1713-17) 6. “Herr Gott, nun schleuß den Himmel auf” (Lord God, now open heaven’s gate)(BWV 617, from Das Orgelbüchlein, Part III, 1713-17) 7. “Durch Adam Fall ist ganz verderbt” (All is lost through Adam’s fall) (First version) (BWV 637, from Das Orgelbüchlein, Part III, 1713-17) 8. “Durch Adam Fall ist ganz verderbt” (All is lost through Adam’s fall) (Second version)(BWV 705) 9. “In dir ist Freude” (In You is joy) (BWV 615, from Das Orgelbüchlein, Part III, 1713-17) 10. “Jesus Christus, unser Heiland” (Jesus Christ, Our Savior) (BWV 665, ca. 1798-9) 11. Chaconne in D Minor (From the second violin partita, BWV 1004) Organ Toccata in C Major (BWV 564) 12. Preludio, quasi improvvisando 13. Intermezzo, adagio- il soprano con intimo e sempre cantando 14. Fuga, Moderatamente scherzando, un poco umoristico Total Playing Time: 64:46 Price: $13.50
Sigismond Thalberg Etude No. 1 in E-flat Major, (segment) Franz Liszt Etude in E Major (Morceau de Salon) (segment) Edouard Wolff Etude No. 1 in E-flat Minor (segment)	CD 152 Mordecai Shehori performs the Complete Moschelès and Fétis “Methode des Methodes” 20 Études de Perfectionnement (Etudes for attaining perfection/refinement/sophistication) Ignaz Moschelès 1. Etude No. 1: “L’Enjoument” in A Major 2. Etude No. 2: “L’Ambition” in G Minor Frédéric Chopin 3. Etude No. 1 in F Minor 4. Etude No. 2 in D-flat Major 5. Etude No. 3 in A-Flat Major Sigismond Thalberg 6. Etude No. 1 in E-flat Major 7. Etude No. 2 in A Minor Felix Mendelssohn 8. Etude in F Minor Franz Liszt 9. Etude in E Major (Morceau de Salon) Jakob Rosenhain 10. Etude in D Major Theodor Döhler 11. Etude No. 1 in F Major 12. Etude No. 2 in B Minor Stephen Heller 13. Etude in E-flat Major (The Hunt) Edouard Wolff 14. Etude No. 1 in E-flat Minor 15. Etude No. 2 in C-sharp Minor Adolf Henselt 16. Etude in G-flat Major (La Gondola) Sir Julius Benedict 17. Etude in A-flat Major Amédée Méreaux 18. Etude in C-sharp Minor (Elegia) Wilhelm Taubert 19. Etude No. 1 in F-sharp Minor 20. Etude No. 2 in F-sharp Major Total playing time: 62:54 Recorded April 2010, Las Vegas Price: $13.50
Waltz in A-flat Major, (Brown-Index 21) Waltz in E-flat Major, Op. 18 (segment) Waltz A-flat Major, Op. 34, No. 1 (segment)	CD 156 Mordecai Shehori Plays Chopin, Vol. 1 19 Waltzes 1. A-flat Major, (Brown-Index 21) 2. D-flat Major, Op. 70, No. 3 3. B Minor, Op. posth. 69, No. 2 4. E Major, (Brown-Index 44) 5. E-flat Major, (Brown-Index 46) 6. E Minor, (Brown-Index 56) 7. E-flat Major, Op. 18 8. G-flat Major, Opus posth. 70, No. 1 9. A-flat Major, Opus posth. 69, No. 1 10. A Minor, Op. 34, No. 2 11. A-flat Major, Op. 34, No. 1 12. F Major, Op. 34, No. 3 13. E-flat Major, (Brown-Index 133) 14. A-flat Major, Op. 42 15. F Minor, Opus posth. 70, No. 2 16. A Minor, (Brown-Index 150) 17. C-sharp Minor, Op. 64, No. 2 18. A-flat Major, Op. 64, No. 3 19. A-flat Major, Op. 64, No. 1 Total playing time: 63:58 Recorded 3-14 October, 2010, Las Vegas Price: $13.50
CARL MARIA von WEBER: Aufforderung zum Tanze, in D-flat Major, Op. 65 (Segment) LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN: 32 Variations on an Original Theme in C Minor (Segment) FRANZ LISZT: Spanish Rhapsody (Folies d’Espagne et Jota aragonesa) (Segment)	CD 158 Mordecai Shehori, Piano The Celebrated New York Concerts, Vol. 5 CARL MARIA von WEBER: Aufforderung zum Tanze, in D-flat Major, Op. 65 (Invitation to the Dance) LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN: 32 Variations on an Original Theme in C Minor FRANZ SCHUBERT: Impromptu in E-flat Major, Op. 90, No. 2, Impromptu in G-flat Major, Op. 90, No. 3 FRÉDÉRICK CHOPIN: Sonata No. 2 in B-flat Minor, Op. 35 (Funeral March) ROBERT SCHUMANN-FRANZ LISZT: Frühlingsnacht (Spring Night) FRANZ LISZT: Spanish Rhapsody (Folies d’Espagne et Jota aragonesa) Total playing time: 70:57 Price: $13.50
Ballade No. 1 (segment) Ballade No. 2 (segment) Scherzo No. 4 (segment) Grande Polonaise Brillante (segment)	CD 160 Mordecai Shehori, Piano Shehori Plays Chopin, Vol. 2 1. Ballade No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 23, BI 66 (1835) 2. Ballade No. 2 in F Major, Op. 38, BI 102 (1836-39) 3. Ballade No. 3 in A-flat Major, Op. 47, BI 136 (1841) 4. Ballade No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 52, BI 146 (1842) 5. Scherzo No. 4 in E Major, Op. 54, BI 148 (1842) 6. Andante Spianato and Grande Polonaise Brillante, Op. 22, BI 58/88 (1830-39) Recordings Information The Four Ballades were recorded on 6-9 April, 2011, Las Vegas, Scherzo No. 4 was recorded on 7 July, 2003, and the Andante Spianato & Grande Polonaise Brillante were recorded on 6 August, 2002. Total Playing time: 62:49 Price: $13.50
Vallée d’Obermann (segment) Les jeux d’eau á la Villa d’Este (segment) Petrarca: Sonetto 104 (segment) “Faust Waltz” after Gounod (segment)	CD 162 Mordecai Shehori, Piano Shehori Plays Liszt, Vol. 2 On Nature’s Beauty and Man’s Torment 1. Impromptu in F-sharp Major 2. Au Bord d’une Source in A-flat Major (Mr. Shehori plays the extended ending composed by Liszt in 1863 for his student Giovanni Sgambati) 3. Vallée d’Obermann (From Années de pèlerinage, première annèe: Suisse) 4. Les jeux d’eau á la Villa d’Este (From Années de pèlerinage, troisième annèe: Italie) 5. Canzone “Nessùn maggior dolore” (after Rossini’s opera ‘Otello’ from Venezia e Napoli) 6. Funérailles (From Harmonies poétiques et religieuses) Three Petrarca Sonnets from Années de pèlerinage, deuxième annèe: Italie 7. Sonetto 47 8. Sonetto 104 9. Sonetto 123 10. “Faust Waltz” after Gounod Total Playing Time: 76:37 (Recorded February 2009, Las Vegas) Price: $13.50
Rondo in G Major, Op. 51, No. 2 (Segment) Sonata in C Minor, Op. 13, “Grande Sonata Pathétique” Rondo-Allegro (Segment) Sonata in C Major, Op. 53, “Waldstein” Rondo, (Segment) Sonata in F Minor, Op. 57, "Appassionata” Allegro ma non troppo, (Segment)	CD 164 Mordecai Shehori, Piano Shehori Plays Beethoven, Vol. 1 1. Rondo in G Major, Op. 51, No. 2 (1800) (Recorded 28 June, 1996, New York) 2-4. Sonata in C Minor, Op. 13, “Grande Sonata Pathétique” (1798/99) (Recorded 5 August, 2002, New York) 5-7. Sonata in C Major, Op. 53, “Waldstein” (1803/04) (Recorded 13 February, 2009, Las Vegas) 8-10. Sonata in F Minor, Op. 57, “Appassionata” (1804/05) (Recorded 10 September, 2001, New York) Total Playing time: 74:32 Price: $13.50
CZERNY: Variations on a Theme by Rode, Op. 33, in E-flat Major, “La Ricordanza” (Segment) BRAHMS: Intermezzo in B Minor, Op 119 (Segment) BRAHMS: Rhapsodie in E-flat Major, Op. 119 (Segment) VLADIMIR HOROWITZ: Dance Excentrique PROKOFIEV: Prelude Op. 12, No. 7, in C Major (Segment)	CD 166 Mordecai Shehori, Piano The Celebrated New York Concerts, Vol. 6 The Cd contains extremely rare live performances of Vladimir Horowitz’s original compositions including a first ever live performance (1993) of his Etude-Caprice “Les Vagues” (The Waves), As well as seldom played works by Czerny and Debussy. “Shehori gave a large audience the opportunity to hear some unusually thoughtful and thought-provoking playing.” The New York Times Program 1. CZERNY: Variations on a Theme by Rode, Op. 33, in E-flat Major, “La Ricordanza” MENDELSSOHN: 3 Songs without Words 2. Op. 38, No. 2 in C Minor 3. Op. 53, No. 3 in G Minor 4. Op. 67, No. 2 in F-sharp Minor BRAHMS: 4 Piano Works Op. 119 5. Intermezzo in B Minor 6. Intermezzo in E Minor 7. Intermezzo in C Major 8. Rhapsodie in E-flat Major 9. DEBUSSY: Valse Romantique in F Minor VLADIMIR HOROWITZ: 3 Works 10. Etude-Caprice “Les Vagues” (The Waves) 11. Waltz in F Minor 12. Dance Excentrique in C Major 13 RAVEL: La Valse (Poéme chorégraphique) Encores: 14. J. S. BACH-SHEHORI: Sicilienne in G Minor (from the Flute Sonata No. 2) 15. DAQUIN: Le Coucou 16. PROKOFIEV: Prelude Op. 12, No. 7, in C Major 17. CONFREY: Humorestless (After Dvorák) Recording information: Tracks: 1, 13, 15, Merkin Concert Hall* 4/20/1983. Tracks: 2-4, 10, 16, 17, Weill Recital Hall, 2/6/1993. Tracks: 5-8, 9, 11, 12, 14, Alice Tully Hall* 6/14/2003. Total playing time: 66:05 Price: $13.50
Impromptu Op. 142, No. 1 in F Minor (segment) Impromptu Op. 142, No. 3 in B-flat Major (segment) Impromptu Op. 142, No. 4 in F Minor (segment) Sonata in B-flat Major, Op. posth. First Movement: Molto moderato (segment) Sonata in B-flat Major, Op. posth. Second Movement: Andante Sostenuto (segment) Sonata in B-flat Major, Op. posth. Fourth Movement: Allegro, ma non troppo (segment)	CD 168 Mordecai Shehori, Piano Shehori Plays Schubert, Vol. 1 FRANZ SCHUBERT (1797-1828) Four Impromptus Op. posth. 142 Deutsch-Verz. 935 (1827) 1. No. 1 in F Minor 2. No. 2 in A-flat Major 3. No. 3 in B-flat Major 4. No. 4 in F Minor Recorded 2 June, 1997, New York Sonata in B-flat Major, Op. posth. Deutsch-Verz. 960 (1828) 5. Molto moderato 6. Andante sostenuto 7. Scherzo-Allegro vivace con delicatezza 8. Allegro, ma non troppo Recorded 5 June, 1997, New York Total playing time: 75:06 Price: $13.50
Etude Op. 10, No 2 in A Minor Etude Op. 10, No. 3 in A Major Etude Op. 10, No. 4 in C-sharp Minor Etude Op. 10, No. 11 in E-flat Major Etude Op. 25, No. 1 in A-flat Major Etude Op. 25, No. 6 in G--sharp Minor Etude Op. 25, No. 11 in A minor (Winter Wind)	CD 170 Mordecai Shehori, Piano Shehori Plays Chopin, Vol. 3 12 Etudes Opus 10 (1829-1832) 12 Etudes Opus 25 (1832-1836) 3 Nouvelles Etudes for the “Méthode des Méthodes” by Moschelès and Fétis (1839) Recorded 11-14 November 2011 & 11-15 August 2012, Las Vegas. Total playing time: 67:52 Price: $13.50
CLEMENTI: Sonata in F-sharp Minor, OP. 26, No. 2, Allegro con espressione (Segment) TCHAIKOVSKY: “Grande Sonate” in G Major, Op. 37, Andante non troppo quasi moderato (Segment) TCHAIKOVSKY: “Grande Sonate” in G Major, Op. 37, Finale (Segment) LISZT: Paraphrase after Tchaikovsky’s Opera “Eugene Onegin” (Segment) BACH-MARCELLO: Adagio (Segment) MOSZKOWSKI: Etude in F Major, Op. 72, (Segment) CHOPIN: Polonaise in A-flat Major, Op. 53, “Heroic” (Segment)	CD 172 Mordecai Shehori, Piano The Celebrated New York Concerts, Vol. 7 Program: 1-3. CLEMENTI: Sonata in F-sharp Minor, OP. 26, No. 2 4-7. TCHAIKOVSKY: “Grande Sonate” in G Major, Op. 37 8. KHATCHATURIAN: Vocalise 9. LISZT: Paraphrase after Tchaikovsky’s Opera “Eugene Onegin” ENCORES: 10. BACH-MARCELLO: Adagio (From the Keyboard Concerto in D Minor) 11. MOSZKOWSKI: Etude in F Major, Op. 72 12. CHOPIN: Mazurka in G Minor, Op. 24, No. 1 13. CHOPIN: Polonaise in A-flat Major, Op. 53, “Heroic” Total playing time: 69:02 Price: $13.50
Jean-Baptiste Lully: suite de piècesCourante (Segment) Claude Debussy: Reflets dans l’eau (Reflections in the Water, from Images, Book. 1) (Segment) Frédéric Chopin: Bolero in A Minor, Op. 19 (Segment) Sergei Rachmaninoff: Etude-Tableau in A Minor, Op. 39, No. 6 (Segment) Camille Saint-Saëns/Franz Liszt/Vladimir Horowitz: Danse Macabre (Segment)	CD 173 Mordecai Shehori, Piano Dances and Visions A colorful collection of works that concludes with the rarely played and fantastic 1942 paraphrase of Saint-Saëns/Liszt Danse Macabre by Vladimir Horowitz 1-5. Jean-Baptiste Lully: suite de pièces 6. Claude Debussy: Reflets dans l’eau (Reflections in the Water, from Images, Book. 1) 7. Frédéric Chopin: Bolero in A Minor, Op. 19 Sergei Rachmaninoff: Six Works: 8. Etude-Tableau in A Minor, Op. 39, No. 6 9. Etude-Tableau in D Minor, Op. 39, No. 8 10. Prelude in G Major, Op. 32, No. 5 11. Prelude in C Minor, Op. 23, No. 7 12. “Daisies” in F Major, Op. 38, No. 3 13. Etude-Tableau in D Major, Op. 39, No. 9 14. Camille Saint-Saëns/Franz Liszt/Vladimir Horowitz: Danse Macabre Total playing time: 63:42 Price: $13.50
Sonata in E Major, Op. 109, Prestissimo (Segment) Sonata in E Major, Op. 109, Andante molto cantabile ed espressivo(Segment) Sonata in E Major, Op. 109, Variations lll & lV Sonata in E-Flat Major, Op. 81a "Les Adieux, Allegro (Segment) Sonata in E-Flat Major, Op. 81a "Les Adieux, Das Wiederschen (Segment) Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-Flat Major, Op. 73 (“Emperor”) Allegro (Segment) Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-Flat Major, Op. 73 (“Emperor”) Adagio un poco moto (Segment) Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-Flat Major, Op. 73 (“Emperor”) Rondo, Allegro ma non troppo (Segment)	CD 174 Mordecai Shehori, Piano Mordecai Shehori Plays Beethoven, Vol. 2 Sonata in E Major, Op. 109 (1820) (Recorded: 10 January 2014, Las Vegas, USA) Sonata in E-Flat Major, Op. 81a, “Les Adieux” (1809/10) (Recorded: 28 June, 1996, New York, USA) Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-Flat Major, Op. 73 (“Emperor”) (1809) James Bolle, Conducting the New Hampshire Symphony Orchestra. (Recorded live: 16 October, 1992, Manchester, New Hampshire, USA Total playing time: 76:27 Price: $13.50
Prelude No. 3 in C-Sharp Major, BWV 848 (Segment) Prelude No. 5 in D Major, BWV 850 (Segment) Prelude No. 8 in E-Flat Minor, BWV 853 (Segment) Fugue No. 12 in F Minor, BWV 857 (Segment)	CD 176 Mordecai Shehori, Piano Mordecai Shehori Plays J. S. Bach, Vol. 1 The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, Preludes & Fugues 1-12. Total playing time: 54:01 Price: $13.50
Prelude in G Minor, BWV 861 Fugue in G Minor, BWV 861 Prelude in B-Flat Major, BWV 866 Prelude in B-Flat Minor, BWV 867	CD 177 Mordecai Shehori, Piano Mordecai Shehori Plays J. S. Bach, Vol. 2 The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, Preludes & Fugues 13-24 Total playing time: 55:33 Price: $13.50
BACH: Prelude No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 871 BACH: Prelude No. 6 in D Minor, BWV 875 BACH: Prelude No. 8 in D-Sharp Minor, BWV 877 BACH: Fugue No. 8 in D-Sharp Minor, BWV 877 BACH: Fugue No. 12 in F Minor, BWV 881	CD 178 Mordecai Shehori, Piano Mordecai Shehori Plays J. S. Bach, Vol. 3 The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, Preludes & Fugues 1-12 Total playing time: 67:41 Price: $13.50
BACH: Prelude No. 14 in F-Sharp Minor, BWV 883 BACH: Prelude No 15 in G Major, BWV 884 BACH: Prelude No 18 in G-Sharp Minor, BWV 887 BACH: Fugue No 24 in B Minor, BWV 893	CD 179 Mordecai Shehori, Piano Mordecai Shehori Plays J. S. Bach, Vol. 4 The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, Preludes & Fugues 13-24 Total playing time: 75:41 Price: $13.50

SCARALTTI: Sonata in B Minor, K.87

CD 99
Mordecai Shehori, Piano

DOMENICO SCARLATTI:
Six Sonatas: K.322, K. 27, K87, K.29, K302, K.24

BEETHOVEN: Sonata Op. 2, No. 3 in C Major

BRAHMS: Variations on a Theme by Paganini, Books 1 & 2

Total playing time: 69:45

Price: $13.50

"...A throwback to an older style of pianism, with interpretive individuality and gleaming tonal richness as defining virtues."
Ultimate Audio

"...A killer disc... Shehori captured his own powerful pianism in faultless sound, with sparkling treble and deep rumbling bass rarely heard on piano discs."
Fi-The Magazine of Music & Sound

CHOPIN-LISZT: My Joy

CD 100
Mordecai Shehori, Piano

MOZART: Fantasy in D minor, K.397, Andante for the Mechanical Organ in F major, K.616, Adagio in B minor, K.540, Rondo in D major, K.485

BEETHOVEN: Sonata Op. 2, No. 2, in A major

CHOPIN-LISZT: Six Polish Songs

LISZT: Spanish Rhapsody

Total playing time: 76:26

Price: $13.50

"Shehori is rock solid and deeply musical. This is a big-hearted interpretation, with a beautiful variety of tone colour and a sense of empathy with the composer."
BBC Music Magazine

Mordecai Shehori, Pianist

CHOPIN: Polonaise in F-sharp Minor,
Op. 44

CD 101
Mordecai Shehori, Piano

BACH-SILOTI: Prelude in B minor
HANDEL: Chaconne in G major

BEETHOVEN: Sonata Op. 31, No. 2 in D minor, "The Tempest"

CHOPIN: Barcarolle; Polonaise in F-sharp minor

SCHUBERT-LISZT: Serenade, Atlas, To Be Sung on the Water

LISZT: Saint Francis of Paula Walking on the Water

Total playing time: 77:09

Price: $13.50

"Shehori: Poetry in Music."
The Washington Post

SCARLATTI: Sonata in A minor, K. 532

CD 103
Mordecai Shehori, Piano

DOMENICO SCARLATTI:
21 KEYBOARD SONATAS

K.532, K.481, K.398, K.232, K.184, K.95, K.127, K.128, K.124, K.474, K.98, K.44 K.175, K.173, K.33, K.213, K.259, K.421 K.64, K.517, K.547

(Different sonatas than the six that are on CD 99)

Total playing time: 77:06

Price: $13.50

"The Scarlatti sonatas he has selected are not among the most often heard and were obviously chosen for contrast in mood and style. Shehori treats them seriously, as a kind of precursor to Chopin-elegiac, expressive, logical, witty, with similar mixture of brilliance and lyricism-and plays them with an emotional depth and intensity that is not apparent in the printed notes. His articulation is crisp (he tosses off repeated notes, trills, and arpeggios with impressive ease), his phrasing is subtle and effective."
American Record Guide

RAMEAU: Tambourin

CD 104
Mordecai Shehori, Piano

Jean-Philippe Rameau
PIÈCES DE CLAVECIN

Allemande in A minor; Allemande in E minor; La Dauphine; La Livri; LesTourbillons; La Triomphante
Gavotte Variée; L’Enharmonique
La Joyeuse; Tambourin; Les Soupirs; L’Egyptienne; Les Tendres Plaintes; La Poule; Le Lardon; Les Cyclopes L’Entretien des Muses; Les Sauvages Le Rappel des Oiseaux

Total playing time: 57:52

Price: $13.50

"Shehori makes the most of their strong contrasts, integrates their elaborate ornamentation nicely into the musical flow, and again his skillful phrasing and rhythmic zest are very engaging. These performances will infuriate the purists, but they are likely to please anyone who cares about excellent piano playing and lovely music."
American Record Guide

BRAHMS: Scherzo from the
Sonata in F minor, Op. 5

CD 107
Mordecai Shehori, Piano

The Celebrated
New York Recitals, Vol. 1

(Recorded live: 2 April 1977 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art)

BRAHMS: Sonata in F minor,
Op. 5

CHOPIN: Nocturne in F major, op. 15, No. 1. Nocturne in B major, Op. 9, No. 3. Scherzo No. 3 in C-sharp minor, op. 39.

RAVEL: Gaspard de la Nuit

Total playing time: 69:36

Price: $13.50

"What sets Mr. Shehori apart from most virtuosos with their off-the-shelf performances is the poetic inwardness and rapturous intensity of his playing.
Mr. Shehori has developed a cult following in New York piano circles." Mr. Shehori has developed a cult following in New York piano circles."
The New York Times

Mordecai Shehori, Pianist

J. S. BACH: Musette in D Major

CD 108
Mordecai Shehori, Piano
Learning by Example, Vol. 1

47 works by 18 composers of the most loved piano pieces for the young and not-so-young pianist. For more details please double click here for complete list of works.

Total playing time: 73:59

Price: $13.50

"Mordecai Shehori is a musician’s musician — that is, the sort of pianist whom it will profit other pianists to study."
New York Newsday

LISZT: Cantique d’amour

LISZT: Gretchen am Spinnrade

LISZT: Mephisto Waltz No. 1

CD 116
Mordecai Shehori, Piano

Love and the Devil
Mordecai Shehori Plays Liszt,
Vol. 1

Cantique d’amour
Scherzo and March
Gretchen (Second movement from Faust Symphony)
Gretchen am Spinnrade (After Schubert)
Ständchen von Shakespeare (After Schubert)
Réminiscences de Don Juan (After Mozart)
Mephisto Waltz No. 1

Total playing time: 73:29

Price: $13.50

"Mordecai Shehori is a marvelous pianist in almost every conceivable category. Indeed, if elegance had a middle name, it would be Shehori. At last here is a pianist who not only understand the power of gentleness but puts it to work at every opportunity. Though it goes without saying that his technique is impeccable, something more is afoot when he plays, as he found a way to harness the storm before the storm."
John Bell Young
American Record Guide

MUZIO CLEMENTI: Spiritoso from Sonatina Op. 36, No. 3 in C major

GEORG ANTON BENDA: Sonatina in a Minor

FRIDRICH KUHLAU: Allegretto grazioso from Sonatina Op. 55, No. 3 in C major

DMITRI KABALEVSKY: Presto from Sonatina Op. 13, No. 1 in A minor

CD 119
Mordecai Shehori, Piano
Learning by Example, Vol. 2

14 Sonatinas by: Clementi, Benda, Mozart, Beethoven, Spindler, Dussek, Kuhlau, Diabelli, and Kabalevsky. Please double click here for complete list of works.

Total playing time: 77:00

Price: $13.50

Mordecai Shehori

BEETHOVEN: Sonata Op. 111 in C minor. Arietta (segment)

RACHMANINOFF: Musical Moment, in E minor, Op. 16, No. 4

KABALEVSKY: Sonata No. 3 in F Major. 3rd Movement, Giocoso (segment)

LISZT: Dante Sonata (segment)

CD 128
Mordecai Shehori, Piano
The Celebrated New York Concerts, Vol. 2

BEETHOVEN: Sonata No. 32, Op. 111 in C minor

RACHMANINOFF: Six Moments Musicaux, Op. 16

KABALEVSKY: Sonata No. 3, Op. 46 in F Major

LISZT: Après une lecture du Dante-Fantasia quasi Sonata

Total playing time: 78:55

Price: $13.50

COUPERIN: The Cuckoos

BURGMULLER: The Farewell

MACDOWELL: To a Wild Rose

CD 131
Mordecai Shehori, Piano
Learning by Example Series,
Vol. 3

Please double click here for the complete list of works.

Total playing time: 79:36

Price: $13.50

J.S. BACH: Largo from the Harpsichord Concerto in F minor, (BWV 1056) Arranged for piano solo by Mordecai Shehori

CHOPIN: Scherzo No. 1 in B minor, Op. 20

CD 133
Mordecai Shehori, Piano
The Celebrated New York Concerts, Volume 3

J.S. BACH
1. Largo from the Harpsichord Concerto in F minor, (BWV 1056)
Arranged for piano solo by Mordecai Shehori
BEETHOVEN
Sonata in F Major, Op. 54
2. Tempo d’un Menuetto
3. Allegretto
CHOPIN
4. Berceuse in D-flat Major, Op. 57
5. Polonaise in E-flat minor, Op. 40, No. 1
6. Scherzo No. 1 in B minor, Op. 20
SCHUBERT-LISZT
7. Gretchen am Spinnrade
8. Erlkönig
9. Soirées de Vienne-Valse Caprice No. 6
LISZT
10. Consolation No. 3 in D-flat Major
11. Mephisto Waltz No. 1, After Lenau’s Faust
MORIZ ROSENTHAL
12. Carnaval de Vienne-Humoresque after themes by J. Strauss

Total playing time: 76:21

Price: $13.50

"The third volume of Mordecai Shehori’s ongoing New York recital series is now with us. The recitals range from 1979 to 1987. Most were recorded at the usual venue, the Merkin Concert Hall, but three things were taped at the 92nd Street Y. Shehori’s Chopin is usually special. His B minor Scherzo is full of fancy and colour, long on contrasts, full of delicacy and gravity and palpable depth of feeling. There’s no artifice in this reading and there are no extraneous gestures and rhetorical effects; it’s entirely musical, musicianship devoted entirely to the service of the text, none of which excludes a most terrific and brilliant conclusion. The vein of rich poetry, of which Shehori is a master, can be felt in his Berceuse in D flat major. Once again he ensures that architectural concerns are uppermost, and that the music flows within the parameters he has established. It’s a reading of the utmost beauty of tone. There is a sequence of Schubert-Liszt transcriptions. Some of these have been associated on disc, at various times, with titans such as Petri and Horowitz amongst many others. Gretchen am Spinrade was certainly a Petri specialty and he played it with a strong series of dynamics and an almost vertical sense in terms of voicing. Shehori is richer and warmer, more chordally resonant, and spins out the song with enveloping sensitivity. Erlkönig finds Shehori on superb form – virtuosic and atmospheric. Soirées de Vienne is another piece that Petri recorded – but then so did Horowitz, Rosenthal and de Greef (in a truncated version). Shehori plays quite pungently here – and this is the one occasion where I think the recording level is against him; it imparts a touch of hardness to his tone that one doesn’t notice in his other performances. Of course there are the more refined and delicate moments where one can appreciate his tone in a more natural way though no one has quite matched Rosenthal’s grandeur and capricious rubati here. Shehori’s own Bach arrangement from the familiar Keyboard Concerto is solemn, slow with a chorale texture – and with great gravity implicit in those bass extensions. The brace of Liszt pieces contains an excellent Consolation No.3. Shehori plays it at a Horowitz tempo but doesn't’t of course seek to replicate Horowitz’s very personal rubatos. The Mephisto Waltz No.1 is a cracking display of virtuosity, control and eloquence and it leads onto the disc’s finale, Rosenthal’s Carnaval de Vienne, a Straussian confection which Shehori plays with remarkable virtuosity and admirable command – though maybe the composer teased out a greater sense of playfulness in his more technically fallible 1935 recording. Once again the Shehori recitals prove a seedbed of poetry and digital control. He balances both these facets with accustomed eloquence, allowing the music to speak with naturalness, shorn of interventions, crudities and gaucherie. If you’re lucky enough to see him advertised in concert, don’t miss the chance to hear Shehori, one of the unsung giants of our time.
Jonathan Woolf
www.musicweb-international.com/

LISZT: Harmonies du soir

SCHUMANN-LISZT:: Widmung

CD 135
Mordecai Shehori, Piano
Mordecai Shehori Plays Schumann & Liszt

SCHUMANN:
1. Arabesque in C Major, Op. 18
LISZT:
2. Harmonies du soir
(Transcendental Etude No. 11)
SCHUMANN-LISZT:
3. Liebeslied (Widmung)
SCHUMANN:
4-7 Sonata in G minor, Op. 22
LISZT:
8. Saint Francis of Assisi Sermon of the Birds
9. Ballade No. 2

Total playing time: 68:37

Price: $13.50

HAYDN: Arietta and 12 Variations in A Major, (segment)

SCHUBERT: Sonata in A minor, Op. posth. 143. Third movement Allegro vivace

Rachmaninoff: Etude-Tableau in E-flat minor, Op. 39, No. 5

CD 139
Mordecai Shehori, Pianist
The Celebrated New York Concerts, Vol. 4

1. HAYDN: Arietta and 12 Variations* in A Major
(Hob.XVll:2, Mindru Katz’s arrangement*)

SCHUBERT: Sonata in A Minor, Op. posth. 143
2. Allegro giusto
3. Andante
4. Allegro vivace

RACHMANINOFF:
5. Mélodie in E Major, Op. 3, No. 3
6. Barcarolle in G Minor, Op. 10, No. 3
7. Etude-Tableau in E-flat Minor, Op. 39, No. 5
8. Valse in A Major, Op. 10, No. 2
9. Humoresque in G Major, Op. 10, No. 5
10. Prelude in E-flat Major, Op. 23, No. 6
11. Polichinelle in F-sharp Minor, Op. 3, No. 4

12. LISZT: Tarantella (from Venezia e Napoli)

13. Shehori announces Mozart’s birthday
and the following encore

14. MOZART: The Bread and Butter Valse

Total playing time: 65:58

Price: $13.50

Mordecai Shehori

MOZART: Rondo in A Minor, KV 511

MOZART: Allegretto from Sonata in B-flat Major, KV 570

CD 141
Mordecai Shehori, Piano
Mordecai Shehori Plays Mozart

1. Fantasie in C Minor, KV 396
(Completed by Maximilian Stadler after the
fragments of the Sonatensatzes for Violin and Piano)

2. Rondo in A Minor, KV 511

3. Fantasie in C Minor, KV 475

4-6. Sonata in B-flat Major, KV 570

7-9. Sonata in C Minor, KV 457

Total playing time: 69:22

Price: $13.50

Mordecai Shehori

GLINKA-BALAKIREV: The Skylark

BALAKIREV: Islamey (segment)

PROKOFIEV: Precipitato from the Seventh Sonata

CD 143
Mordecai Shehori, Piano

Mordecai Shehori Plays
Russian Music

PROKOFIEV: Seventh Sonata, Op. 83
GLINKA-BALAKIREV: The Skylark
BALAKIREV: Islamey
TCHAIKOVSKY: The Lark
(From the Seasons, Op. 37)
Romance in F Minor, Op. 5
Dumka, Op. 59
TCHAIKOVSKY-PABST:
A Paraphrase after the Opera
Eugene Onegin

Total playing time: 65:09

Price: $13.50

Mordecai Shehori, Piano

Kitten on the Keys

Meandering

Rhythm Venture

CD 147
Mordecai Shehori, Piano
Mordecai Shehori Plays Zez Confrey's

"Kitten on the Keys," "Dizzy Fingers"
and 26 additional and delightful piano novelties. Including 10 never-before-recorded compositions.
(Recorded November 2009, Las Vegas)

1. Kitten on the Keys
2. Meandering
3. Dizzy Fingers
4. Spring Song (After Mendelssohn)
5. Mouse’s Hooves
6. Lullaby from Mars
7. Anticipation
8. Tune for Mademoiselle
9. Tap Dance of the Chimes
10. My Pet
11. Mighty Lackawanna
12. Sparkling Water (Valse Brillante)
13. Greenwich Witch
14. Grandfather’s Clock
15. Coaxing the Piano
16. Movie Ballet
17. Charleston Chuckles
18. Wistfulness
19. Nickel in the Slot
20. You Tell ‘Em, Ivories
21. Humorestless (After Dvořák)
22. Rag Doll Dimples
23. Valse Mirage
24. Blumenlied (Flower Song after Lange)
25. Rhythm Venture
26. Champagne
27. Stumbling
28. Parade of the Jumping Beans

Total playing time: 76:51

Price: $13.50

Mordecai Shehori, Piano

“Nun freut euch, lieben Christen gmein”

“Ich ruf’ zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ” (Segment)

Chaconne in D Minor (Segment)

Organ Toccata in C Major- Fuga (Segment)

CD 149
Mordecai Shehori, Piano
Mordecai Shehori Plays Bach-Busoni

Johann Sebastian Bach- Ferruccio Busoni
Ten Chorale-Preludes
After the original organ works by J. S. Bach “transcribed for piano in chamber style” 1907-09. Dedicated to Mr. Jose Vianna da Motta

1. “Komm, Gott Schöpfer, heiliger Geist”
(Come, God Creator)(BWV 667,
ca. 1708-17)
2. “Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme”
(Awake, the Voice commands)
(BWV 645, from the cantata BWV 140,
ca. 1731)
3. “Nun komm’ der Heiden Heiland”
(Now comes the gentiles’ Savior)(BWV 659,
ca. 1708-17)
4. “Nun freut euch, lieben Christen gmein” (Rejoice, beloved Christians)
(BWV 734a,
ca. 1708-17)
5. “Ich ruf’ zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ” (I call on Thee, Lord Jesus Christ)
(BWV 639, from Das Orgelbüchlein,
Part III, 1713-17)
6. “Herr Gott, nun schleuß den Himmel auf”
(Lord God, now open heaven’s gate)(BWV 617, from Das Orgelbüchlein, Part III, 1713-17)
7. “Durch Adam Fall ist ganz verderbt”
(All is lost through Adam’s fall)  (First version) (BWV 637, from Das Orgelbüchlein, Part III, 1713-17)
8.  “Durch Adam Fall ist ganz verderbt”
(All is lost through Adam’s fall)
(Second version)(BWV 705)
9. “In dir ist Freude” (In You is joy)
(BWV 615, from Das Orgelbüchlein, Part III,
1713-17)
10. “Jesus Christus, unser Heiland” (Jesus Christ, Our Savior) (BWV 665,
ca. 1798-9)
11. Chaconne in D Minor (From the second violin partita, BWV 1004)
Organ Toccata in C Major (BWV 564)
12. Preludio, quasi improvvisando
13. Intermezzo, adagio- il soprano con intimo e sempre cantando
14. Fuga, Moderatamente scherzando, un poco umoristico

Total Playing Time: 64:46

Price: $13.50

Mordecai Shehori, Piano

Sigismond Thalberg
Etude No. 1 in E-flat Major, (segment)

Franz Liszt
Etude in E Major (Morceau de Salon) (segment)

Edouard Wolff
Etude No. 1 in E-flat Minor (segment)

CD 152
Mordecai Shehori performs the Complete Moschelès and Fétis “Methode des Methodes” 20 Études de Perfectionnement

(Etudes for attaining perfection/refinement/sophistication)

Ignaz Moschelès
1. Etude No. 1: “L’Enjoument” in A Major
2. Etude No. 2: “L’Ambition” in G Minor
Frédéric Chopin
3. Etude No. 1 in F Minor
4. Etude No. 2 in D-flat Major
5. Etude No. 3 in A-Flat Major
Sigismond Thalberg
6. Etude No. 1 in E-flat Major
7. Etude No. 2 in A Minor
Felix Mendelssohn
8. Etude in F Minor
Franz Liszt
9. Etude in E Major (Morceau de Salon)
Jakob Rosenhain
10. Etude in D Major
Theodor Döhler
11. Etude No. 1 in F Major
12. Etude No. 2 in B Minor
Stephen Heller
13. Etude in E-flat Major (The Hunt)
Edouard Wolff
14. Etude No. 1 in E-flat Minor
15. Etude No. 2 in C-sharp Minor
Adolf Henselt
16. Etude in G-flat Major (La Gondola)
Sir Julius Benedict
17. Etude in A-flat Major
Amédée Méreaux
18. Etude in C-sharp Minor (Elegia)
Wilhelm Taubert
19. Etude No. 1 in F-sharp Minor
20. Etude No. 2 in F-sharp Major

Total playing time: 62:54
Recorded April 2010, Las Vegas

Price: $13.50

Mordecai Shehori, Piano

Waltz in A-flat Major, (Brown-Index 21)

Waltz in E-flat Major, Op. 18 (segment)

Waltz A-flat Major, Op. 34, No. 1 (segment)

CD 156
Mordecai Shehori Plays Chopin, Vol. 1
19 Waltzes

1. A-flat Major, (Brown-Index 21)
2. D-flat Major, Op. 70, No. 3
3. B Minor, Op. posth. 69, No. 2
4. E Major, (Brown-Index 44)
5. E-flat Major, (Brown-Index 46)
6. E Minor, (Brown-Index 56)
7. E-flat Major, Op. 18
8. G-flat Major, Opus posth. 70, No. 1
9. A-flat Major, Opus posth. 69, No. 1
10. A Minor, Op. 34, No. 2
11. A-flat Major, Op. 34, No. 1
12. F Major, Op. 34, No. 3
13. E-flat Major, (Brown-Index 133)
14. A-flat Major, Op. 42
15. F Minor, Opus posth. 70, No. 2
16. A Minor, (Brown-Index 150)
17. C-sharp Minor, Op. 64, No. 2
18. A-flat Major, Op. 64, No. 3
19. A-flat Major, Op. 64, No. 1

Total playing time: 63:58
Recorded 3-14 October, 2010, Las Vegas

Price: $13.50

CARL MARIA von WEBER: Aufforderung zum Tanze, in D-flat Major,
Op. 65 (Segment)

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN: 32 Variations on an Original Theme in C Minor (Segment)

FRANZ LISZT: Spanish Rhapsody (Folies d’Espagne et Jota aragonesa) (Segment)

CD 158
Mordecai Shehori, Piano
The Celebrated New York Concerts, Vol. 5

CARL MARIA von WEBER: Aufforderung zum Tanze, in D-flat Major, Op. 65   (Invitation to the Dance)
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN: 32 Variations on an Original Theme in C Minor
FRANZ SCHUBERT: Impromptu in E-flat Major, Op. 90, No. 2, Impromptu in G-flat Major, Op. 90, No. 3
FRÉDÉRICK CHOPIN: Sonata No. 2 in B-flat Minor, Op. 35 (Funeral March)
ROBERT SCHUMANN-FRANZ LISZT: Frühlingsnacht (Spring Night)
FRANZ LISZT: Spanish Rhapsody (Folies d’Espagne et Jota aragonesa)

Total playing time: 70:57

Price: $13.50

Ballade No. 1 (segment)

Ballade No. 2 (segment)

Scherzo No. 4 (segment)

Grande Polonaise Brillante (segment)

CD 160
Mordecai Shehori, Piano
Shehori Plays Chopin, Vol. 2

1. Ballade No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 23, BI 66 (1835)
2. Ballade No. 2 in F Major, Op. 38, BI 102 (1836-39)
3. Ballade No. 3 in A-flat Major, Op. 47, BI 136 (1841)
4. Ballade No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 52, BI 146 (1842)
5. Scherzo No. 4 in E Major, Op. 54, BI 148 (1842)
6. Andante Spianato and Grande Polonaise
Brillante, Op. 22, BI 58/88 (1830-39)

Recordings Information
The Four Ballades were recorded on 6-9 April, 2011, Las Vegas,
Scherzo No. 4 was recorded on 7 July, 2003, and the Andante Spianato & Grande Polonaise Brillante were recorded on 6 August, 2002.

Total Playing time: 62:49

Price: $13.50

Mordecai Shehori Plays Liszt Vol. 2

Vallée d’Obermann (segment)

Les jeux d’eau á la Villa d’Este (segment)

Petrarca: Sonetto 104 (segment)

“Faust Waltz” after Gounod (segment)

CD 162
Mordecai Shehori, Piano
Shehori Plays Liszt, Vol. 2
On Nature’s Beauty and Man’s Torment

1. Impromptu in F-sharp Major

2. Au Bord d’une Source in A-flat Major
(Mr. Shehori plays the extended ending composed
by Liszt in 1863 for his student Giovanni Sgambati)

3. Vallée d’Obermann
(From Années de pèlerinage, première annèe: Suisse)

4. Les jeux d’eau á la Villa d’Este
(From Années de pèlerinage, troisième annèe: Italie)

5. Canzone “Nessùn maggior dolore”
(after Rossini’s opera ‘Otello’ from Venezia e Napoli)

6. Funérailles
(From Harmonies poétiques et religieuses)

Three Petrarca Sonnets from Années de pèlerinage,
deuxième annèe: Italie
7. Sonetto 47
8. Sonetto 104
9. Sonetto 123

10. “Faust Waltz” after Gounod

Total Playing Time: 76:37

(Recorded February 2009, Las Vegas)

Price: $13.50

Mordecai Shehori, Piano

Rondo in G Major, Op. 51, No. 2 (Segment)

Sonata in C Minor, Op. 13, “Grande Sonata Pathétique” Rondo-Allegro (Segment)

Sonata in C Major, Op. 53, “Waldstein” Rondo, (Segment)

Sonata in F Minor, Op. 57, "Appassionata” Allegro ma non troppo, (Segment)

CD 164
Mordecai Shehori, Piano
Shehori Plays Beethoven, Vol. 1

1. Rondo in G Major, Op. 51, No. 2 (1800)
(Recorded 28 June, 1996, New York)

2-4. Sonata in C Minor, Op. 13, “Grande Sonata Pathétique” (1798/99)
(Recorded 5 August, 2002, New York)

5-7. Sonata in C Major, Op. 53, “Waldstein” (1803/04)
(Recorded 13 February, 2009, Las Vegas)

8-10. Sonata in F Minor, Op. 57, “Appassionata” (1804/05)
(Recorded 10 September, 2001, New York)

Total Playing time: 74:32

Price: $13.50

Mordecai Shehori, Piano

CZERNY: Variations on a Theme by Rode,
Op. 33, in E-flat Major, “La Ricordanza” (Segment)

BRAHMS: Intermezzo in B Minor, Op 119 (Segment)

BRAHMS: Rhapsodie in E-flat Major, Op. 119 (Segment)

VLADIMIR HOROWITZ: Dance Excentrique

PROKOFIEV: Prelude Op. 12, No. 7,
in C Major (Segment)

CD 166
Mordecai Shehori, Piano
The Celebrated New York Concerts, Vol. 6

The Cd contains extremely rare live performances of Vladimir Horowitz’s original compositions including a first ever live performance (1993) of his Etude-Caprice “Les Vagues” (The Waves), As well as seldom played works by Czerny and Debussy.

“Shehori gave a large audience the opportunity to hear
some unusually thoughtful and thought-provoking playing.”
The New York Times

Program

1. CZERNY: Variations on a Theme by Rode,
Op. 33, in E-flat Major, “La Ricordanza”

MENDELSSOHN: 3 Songs without Words
2. Op. 38, No. 2 in C Minor
3. Op. 53, No. 3 in G Minor
4. Op. 67, No. 2 in F-sharp Minor

BRAHMS: 4 Piano Works Op. 119
5. Intermezzo in B Minor
6. Intermezzo in E Minor
7. Intermezzo in C Major
8. Rhapsodie in E-flat Major

9. DEBUSSY: Valse Romantique in F Minor

     VLADIMIR HOROWITZ: 3 Works
10. Etude-Caprice “Les Vagues” (The Waves)
11. Waltz in F Minor
12. Dance Excentrique in C Major

13 RAVEL: La Valse (Poéme chorégraphique)

Encores:
14. J. S. BACH-SHEHORI: Sicilienne in
G Minor (from the Flute Sonata No. 2)

15. DAQUIN: Le Coucou

16. PROKOFIEV: Prelude Op. 12, No. 7,
in C Major

17. CONFREY: Humorestless
(After Dvorák)

Recording information:
Tracks: 1, 13, 15, Merkin Concert Hall*
4/20/1983. Tracks: 2-4, 10, 16, 17, Weill
Recital Hall, 2/6/1993. Tracks: 5-8, 9, 11, 12,
14, Alice Tully Hall* 6/14/2003.

Total playing time: 66:05

Price: $13.50

Mordecai Shehori Plays Schubert

Impromptu Op. 142, No. 1
in F Minor (segment)

Impromptu Op. 142, No. 3
in B-flat Major (segment)

Impromptu Op. 142, No. 4
in F Minor (segment)

Sonata in B-flat Major, Op. posth.
First Movement: Molto moderato (segment)

Sonata in B-flat Major, Op. posth.
Second Movement: Andante Sostenuto (segment)

Sonata in B-flat Major, Op. posth.
Fourth Movement: Allegro, ma non troppo (segment)

CD 168
Mordecai Shehori, Piano
Shehori Plays Schubert, Vol. 1

FRANZ SCHUBERT (1797-1828)

Four Impromptus Op. posth. 142
Deutsch-Verz. 935 (1827)

1. No. 1 in F Minor
2. No. 2 in A-flat Major
3. No. 3 in B-flat Major
4. No. 4 in F Minor

Recorded 2 June, 1997, New York

Sonata in B-flat Major, Op. posth.
Deutsch-Verz. 960 (1828)
5. Molto moderato
6. Andante sostenuto
7. Scherzo-Allegro vivace con delicatezza
8. Allegro, ma non troppo

Recorded 5 June, 1997, New York

Total playing time: 75:06

Price: $13.50

Etude Op. 10, No 2 in A Minor

Etude Op. 10, No. 3 in A Major

Etude Op. 10, No. 4 in C-sharp Minor

Etude Op. 10, No. 11 in E-flat Major

Etude Op. 25, No. 1 in A-flat Major

Etude Op. 25, No. 6 in G--sharp Minor

Etude Op. 25, No. 11 in A minor (Winter Wind)

CD 170
Mordecai Shehori, Piano
Shehori Plays Chopin, Vol. 3

12 Etudes Opus 10 (1829-1832)
12 Etudes Opus 25 (1832-1836)
3 Nouvelles Etudes for the “Méthode des Méthodes” by Moschelès and Fétis (1839)

Recorded 11-14 November 2011 & 11-15 August 2012, Las Vegas.

Total playing time: 67:52

Price: $13.50

CLEMENTI: Sonata in F-sharp Minor, OP. 26, No. 2, Allegro con espressione (Segment)

TCHAIKOVSKY: “Grande Sonate” in G Major, Op. 37, Andante non troppo quasi moderato (Segment)

TCHAIKOVSKY: “Grande Sonate” in G Major, Op. 37, Finale (Segment)

LISZT: Paraphrase after Tchaikovsky’s
Opera “Eugene Onegin” (Segment)

BACH-MARCELLO: Adagio (Segment)

MOSZKOWSKI: Etude in F Major, Op. 72, (Segment)

CHOPIN: Polonaise in A-flat Major, Op. 53, “Heroic” (Segment)

CD 172
Mordecai Shehori, Piano
The Celebrated New York Concerts, Vol. 7

Program:
1-3. CLEMENTI: Sonata in F-sharp Minor, OP. 26, No. 2
4-7. TCHAIKOVSKY: “Grande Sonate” in G Major, Op. 37
8. KHATCHATURIAN: Vocalise
9. LISZT: Paraphrase after Tchaikovsky’s
Opera “Eugene Onegin”

ENCORES:
10. BACH-MARCELLO: Adagio
(From the Keyboard Concerto in D Minor)
11. MOSZKOWSKI: Etude in F Major, Op. 72
12. CHOPIN: Mazurka in G Minor, Op. 24, No. 1
13. CHOPIN: Polonaise in A-flat Major, Op. 53, “Heroic”

Total playing time: 69:02

Price: $13.50

Jean-Baptiste Lully: suite de piècesCourante (Segment)

Claude Debussy: Reflets dans l’eau
(Reflections in the Water, from Images,
Book. 1) (Segment)

Frédéric Chopin: Bolero in A Minor, Op. 19 (Segment)

Sergei Rachmaninoff: Etude-Tableau in A Minor, Op. 39, No. 6 (Segment)

Camille Saint-Saëns/Franz Liszt/Vladimir Horowitz: Danse Macabre (Segment)

CD 173
Mordecai Shehori, Piano
Dances and Visions
A colorful collection of works that concludes with the rarely played and fantastic 1942 paraphrase of Saint-Saëns/Liszt Danse Macabre by Vladimir Horowitz

1-5. Jean-Baptiste Lully: suite de pièces

6. Claude Debussy: Reflets dans l’eau
(Reflections in the Water, from Images, Book. 1)

7. Frédéric Chopin: Bolero in A Minor, Op. 19

Sergei Rachmaninoff: Six Works:

8. Etude-Tableau in A Minor, Op. 39, No. 6
9. Etude-Tableau in D Minor, Op. 39, No. 8
10. Prelude in G Major, Op. 32, No. 5
11. Prelude in C Minor, Op. 23, No. 7
12. “Daisies” in F Major, Op. 38, No. 3
13. Etude-Tableau in D Major, Op. 39, No. 9

14. Camille Saint-Saëns/Franz Liszt/Vladimir Horowitz: Danse Macabre

Total playing time: 63:42

Price: $13.50

Mordecai Shehori Plays Beethoven, Vol. 2

Sonata in E Major, Op. 109, Prestissimo (Segment)

Sonata in E Major, Op. 109, Andante molto cantabile ed espressivo(Segment)

Sonata in E Major, Op. 109, Variations lll & lV

Sonata in E-Flat Major, Op. 81a "Les Adieux, Allegro (Segment)

Sonata in E-Flat Major, Op. 81a "Les Adieux, Das Wiederschen (Segment)

Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-Flat Major, Op. 73 (“Emperor”) Allegro (Segment)

Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-Flat Major, Op. 73 (“Emperor”) Adagio un poco moto (Segment)

Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-Flat Major, Op. 73 (“Emperor”) Rondo, Allegro ma non troppo (Segment)

CD 174
Mordecai Shehori, Piano
Mordecai Shehori Plays Beethoven, Vol. 2

Sonata in E Major, Op. 109 (1820)
(Recorded: 10 January 2014, Las Vegas, USA)
Sonata in E-Flat Major, Op. 81a, “Les Adieux” (1809/10)
(Recorded: 28 June, 1996, New York, USA)
Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-Flat Major, Op. 73 (“Emperor”) (1809)
James Bolle, Conducting the New Hampshire Symphony Orchestra.
(Recorded live: 16 October, 1992, Manchester,
New Hampshire, USA

Total playing time: 76:27

Price: $13.50

Prelude No. 3 in C-Sharp Major, BWV 848 (Segment)

Prelude No. 5 in D Major, BWV 850 (Segment)

Prelude No. 8 in E-Flat Minor, BWV 853 (Segment)

Fugue No. 12 in F Minor, BWV 857 (Segment)

CD 176
Mordecai Shehori, Piano
Mordecai Shehori Plays J. S. Bach, Vol. 1

The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1,
Preludes & Fugues 1-12.

Total playing time: 54:01

Price: $13.50

Prelude in G Minor, BWV 861

Fugue in G Minor, BWV 861

Prelude in B-Flat Major, BWV 866

Prelude in B-Flat Minor, BWV 867

CD 177
Mordecai Shehori, Piano
Mordecai Shehori Plays J. S. Bach, Vol. 2

The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1,
Preludes & Fugues 13-24

Total playing time: 55:33

Price: $13.50

BACH: Prelude No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 871

BACH: Prelude No. 6 in D Minor, BWV 875

BACH: Prelude No. 8 in D-Sharp Minor, BWV 877

BACH: Fugue No. 8 in D-Sharp Minor,
BWV 877

BACH: Fugue No. 12 in F Minor, BWV 881

CD 178
Mordecai Shehori, Piano
Mordecai Shehori Plays J. S. Bach, Vol. 3

The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2,
Preludes & Fugues 1-12

Total playing time: 67:41

Price: $13.50

BACH: Prelude No. 14 in F-Sharp Minor, BWV 883

BACH: Prelude No 15 in G Major, BWV 884

BACH: Prelude No 18 in G-Sharp Minor, BWV 887

BACH: Fugue No 24 in B Minor, BWV 893

CD 179
Mordecai Shehori, Piano
Mordecai Shehori Plays J. S. Bach, Vol. 4

The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2,
Preludes & Fugues 13-24

Total playing time: 75:41

Price: $13.50

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