Eugene Istomin – The Concerto And Solo Recordings

Eugene Istomin (19252003), one of Americas most respected pianists, was highly esteemed by audiences and colleagues alike for his all-encompassing virtuosity and unusually wide-ranging repertoire. 2015 marks Istomins 90th-anniversary year, a milestone that Sony Classical celebrates with the first ever release of his complete concerto and solo recordings for Columbia Masterworks in a limited edition original jackets collection. Many of the performances appear in their first authorized CD editions, including the 19-year-old pianists recorded debut in Bachs D minor Concerto led by Adolf Busch; his youthful concerto collaborations with Pablo Casals; Chopins complete Nocturnes; Brahmss Handel Variations; Schuberts D major Sonata, D 850; plus the long-out-of-print Rachmaninoff 2nd, Tchaikovsky 1st, Brahms 2nd, Chopin 2nd, and Beethoven 4th and 5th Concertos with Eugene Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra.