The Mordecai Shehori Collection
(18 CDs)
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CD 99 DOMENICO SCARLATTI: 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
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"...A throwback to an older style of pianism, with interpretive individuality and gleaming tonal richness as defining virtues." "...A killer disc... Shehori captured his own powerful pianism in faultless sound, with sparkling treble and deep rumbling bass rarely heard on piano discs." |
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CD 100 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." |
CHOPIN: Polonaise in F-sharp Minor,
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CD 101 BACH-SILOTI: Prelude in B minor 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." |
 SCHUBERT: Wanderer Fantasie (Segment)  |
CD 102 FAURE: Nocturne Op.63, No. 6, in D-flat major LISZT: Sonata in B minor Total playing time: 62:41 Price: $13.50 |
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 SCARLATTI: Sonata in A minor, K. 532 |
CD 103 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 Allemande in A minor; Allemande in E minor; La Dauphine; La Livri; LesTourbillons; La Triomphante 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 BRAHMS: Sonata in F minor, 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 Total playing time: 73:59 Price: $13.50
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"Mordecai Shehori is a musician’s musician — that is, the sort of pianist whom it will profit other pianists to study." New York Newsday |
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CD 116 Love and the Devil 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 Total playing time: 77:00 Price: $13.50 |
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BEETHOVEN: Sonata Op. 111 in C minor. Arietta (segment) RACHMANINOFF: Musical Moment, in E minor, Op. 16, No. 4 LISZT: Dante Sonata (segment)
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CD 128 BEETHOVEN: Sonata No. 32, Op. 111 in C minor Total playing time: 78:55 Price: $13.50
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COUPERIN: The Cuckoos |
CD 131 Please double click here for the complete list of works. Total playing time: 79:36 Price: $13.50 |
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J.S. BACH: Largo from the Harpsichord Concerto in F minor, (BWV 1056) Arranged for piano solo by Mordecai Shehori |
CD 133 J.S. BACH 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. |
 LISZT: Harmonies du soir |
CD 135 SCHUMANN: Price: $13.50 |
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 HAYDN: Arietta and 12 Variations in A Major, (segment) SCHUBERT: Sonata in A minor, Op. posth. 143. Third movement Allegro vivace
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CD 139 1. HAYDN: Arietta and 12 Variations* in A Major SCHUBERT: Sonata in A Minor, Op. posth. 143 RACHMANINOFF 12. LISZT: Tarantella (from Venezia e Napoli) 13. Shehori announces Mozart’s birthday 14. MOZART: The Bread and Butter Valse Price: $13.50 |
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CD 141 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
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GLINKA-BALAKIREV: The Skylark
BALAKIREV: Islamey (segment)
PROKOFIEV: Precipitato from the Seventh Sonata
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CD 143 PROKOFIEV: Seventh Sonata, Op. 83 Total playing time: 65:09 Price: $13.50 |
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Kitten on the Keys
Meandering
Rhythm Venture
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CD 147 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
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