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EDWARD KILENYI (PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA 1910 – TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA 2000)

 

 

 

 

By the age of four, Kilenyi was already displaying notable pianistic talents and soon travelled to Europe for more intensive instruction. He enrolled at the Franz Liszt Royal Hungarian Conservatory of Music at Budapest around 1922 and graduated in 1930. His principal teacher there was Ernst von Dohnanyi. Kilenyi’s professional career began with a performance in Amsterdam with the Concertgebouw Orchestra in 1929. He made his debut in England in 1935 and then in the United States in 1940. Kilenyi proceeded to perform on several continents and made more than one hundred recordings (for Pathe, Columbia, and Remington) during his lifetime. Kilenyi went on to be a Professor of Music at Florida State University. He died on January 6, 2000.

 

 

TRACKLIST

 

 

1. 2 Waltzes, Op. Posth. 69 No. 1 in A-Flat Major L’adieu (Chopin)
2. 2 Waltzes, Op. Posth. 69 No. 2 in B Minor (Chopin)
3. 3 Waltzes, Op. 34 No. 1 in A-Flat Major (Chopin)
4. 3 Waltzes, Op. 34 No. 2 in A Minor (Chopin)
5. 3 Waltzes, Op. 34 No. 3 in F Major (Chopin)
6. 3 Waltzes, Op. 64 No. 1 in D-Flat Major Minute (Chopin)
7. 3 Waltzes, Op. 64 No. 2 in C-Sharp Minor (Chopin)
8. 3 Waltzes, Op. 64 No. 3 in A-Flat Major (Chopin)
9. 3 Waltzes, Op. Posth. 70 No. 1 in G-Flat Major (Chopin)
10. 3 Waltzes, Op. Posth. 70 No. 2 in F Minor (Chopin)
11. 3 Waltzes, Op. Posth. 70 No. 3 in D-Flat Major (Chopin)
12. Grande valse brillante in E-Flat Major, Op. 18 (Chopin)
13. Waltz in A-Flat Major, Op. 42 (Chopin)
14. Waltz in E Minor, Op. Posth. (Chopin)
15. Préludes, Livre I, L. 117 No. 1, Danseuses de Delphes (Debussy)
16. Préludes, Livre I, L. 117 No. 2, Voiles (Debussy)
17. Préludes, Livre I, L. 117 No. 3, Le vent dans la plaine (Debussy)
18. Préludes, Livre I, L. 117 No. 4, Les sons et les parfums tournent dans l’air du soir (Debussy)
19. Préludes, Livre I, L. 117 No. 5, Les collines d’Anacapri (Debussy)
20. Préludes, Livre I, L. 117 No. 6, Des pas sur la neige (Debussy)
21. Préludes, Livre I, L. 117 No. 7, Ce qu’a vu le vent d’ouest (Debussy)
22. Préludes, Livre I, L. 117 No. 8, La fille aux cheveux de lin (Debussy)
23. Préludes, Livre I, L. 117 No. 9, La sérénade interrompue (Debussy)
24. Préludes, Livre I, L. 117 No. 10, La cathédrale engloutie (Debussy)
25. Préludes, Livre I, L. 117 No. 11, La danse de Puck (Debussy)
26. Préludes, Livre I, L. 117 No. 12, Minstrels (Debussy)