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Alexis Weissenberg

p, 1929-2012 BG, Sofia
Musician of Classical
A.k.a. Sigi Weissenberg

Alexis Weissenberg (July 26, 1929 – January 8, 2012) was a Bulgarian-born French pianist.

     
Genres
  • Classical
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Suite bergamasque, L. 75: Clair de lune on Alexis Weissenberg plays Debussy by Claude Debussy & Alexis Weissenberg
Suite bergamasque, L. 75: III. Clair de lune on Debussy: Clair de Lune; Piano Works by Claude Debussy & Alexis Weissenberg
Nocturnes, Op. 9: No. 2 in E-Flat Major (Andante) on Bedtime Piano by Various Artists
Bach, JS: Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147: No. 10, Choral. "Jesus bleibet meine Freude" (Transcr. Hess) on Bach: Piano Transcriptions by Johann Sebastian Bach & Bruno-Leonardo Gelber
Liszt: 3 Liebesträume, S. 541: No. 3 in A-Flat Major on 100 Best Piano by Various Artists
Bach, JS: Flute Sonata in E-Flat Major, BWV 1031: II. Siciliano (Arr. Lüstner) on Bach: Piano Transcriptions by Johann Sebastian Bach & Bruno-Leonardo Gelber
Debussy: Suite bergamasque, CD 82, L. 75: III. Clair de lune on 100 Best Piano by Various Artists
Preludes, Op. 32: No. 5 in G on Rachmaninoff: Preludes by Sergei Rachmaninoff & Alexis Weissenberg
Chopin: Grande valse brillante in E-Flat Major, Op. 18 on Chopin: Masterpieces by Frédéric Chopin
Schumann: Kinderszenen, Op. 15: No. 7, Träumerei on 100 Best Piano by Various Artists

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Discography



Title Artist Year Type
Deutsche Grammophon RecordingsAlexis Weissenberg2016Album
The Complete RCA Album CollectionAlexis Weissenberg2016Album
Karajan And His Solists II (1969-1984)Herbert von Karajan - Gidon Kremer, Anne-Sophie Mutter, David Oistrach, Mstislav Rostropovich, Alexis Weissenberg2014Album
Bach TranscriptionsJohann Sebastian Bach, Bruno Leonardo Gelber, Alexis Weissenberg2013Compil.
Alexis WeissenbergAlexis Weissenberg - Igor Stravinsky, Sergei Prokofiev, Alexander Scriabine, Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff, Frédéric Chopin, Johann Sebastian Bach, Johannes Brahms2011Album
Complete Music For Piano And Orchestra / Piano Sonatas 2 & 3Frédéric Chopin – Alexis Weissenberg - Piano, Orchestre De La Société Des Concerts Du Conservatoire, Stanislaw Skrowaczewski2007Compil.
Oeuvres PolonaisesFrédéric Chopin - Alexis Weissenberg, Ronald Smith, Witold Malcuzynsky, Eugenia Zareska2006Compil.
Klaviermusik für Kinder Vol. 1Martha Argerich, Anatol Ugorski, Alexis Weissenberg, Homero Francesch, Olli Mustonen2006Album
Les Animaux Modèles / Le Carnaval Des AnimauxFrancis Poulenc / Camille Saint-Saëns / Orchestre De La Société Des Concerts Du Conservatoire, Georges Prêtre, Aldo Ciccolini, Alexis Weissenberg2004Album
Klavierkonzerte Nr. 1 & 2Frédéric Chopin, Alexis Weissenberg, Orchestre De La Société Des Concerts Du Conservatoire, Stanislaw Skrowaczewski2002Album
Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2Frédéric Chopin, Alexis Weissenberg, Orchestre De La Société Des Concerts Du Conservatoire, Stanislaw Skrowaczewski2001Album
Variations Goldberg / Partitas 1-6 / Concerto Italien / Ouverture Française / Fantaisie Chromatique & FugueAlexis Weissenberg / Johann Sebastian Bach2000Compil.
Sinfonia N. 5 In Do Minore Op. 67 / Concerto Per Pianoforte N. 5 In Mi Bemolle Maggiore "Imperatore"Ludwig van Beethoven / Herbert von Karajan, Philharmonia Orchestra, Berliner Philharmoniker, Alexis Weissenberg1998Compil.
Symphony In D MinorCésar Franck : Herbert von Karajan / Riccardo Muti / Alexis Weissenberg1997Compil.
Concerto N. 2 In Si Bem. Mag. Op. 83 Canto Del Destino Op. 54Johannes Brahms, Alexis Weissenberg, Orchestra Sinfonica Di Torino Della RAI, Peter Maag, Bruno Walter, Nino Antonellini1995Album
Piano Works - KlavierwerkeClaude Debussy / Alexis Weissenberg1995Album
Satie & Debussy Piano MusicErik Satie, Claude Debussy, William Masselos, Alexis Weissenberg1995Album
Concerto Per Pianoforte E Orchestra N. 3 In Re Min. Op.30 / 3 Preludi Per PianoforteSergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff - Alexis Weissenberg, The Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Georges Prêtre1995Album
Partitas No.5 Et No.7 "Ouverture Française" Fantaisie Chromatique Et FugueJohann Sebastian Bach1993Album
Johannes Brahms - Piano Concerto No.1 in D-minor, Op. 15 / Franz Liszt - Les PréludesJohannes Brahms, Franz Liszt, Alexis Weissenberg, Riccardo Muti, The Philadelphia Orchestra1991Album
Concierto Para Piano Nº. 1 - Cuadros De Una ExposiciónPyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Modest Mussorgsky, Alexis Weissenberg, Orchestre De Paris1991Album
Symphony No. 6 "Pathetique" - Piano Concerto No. 1Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Alexis Weissenberg, Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan1990Album
Preludes - CompleteSergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff - Alexis Weissenberg1990Album
14 WaltzesFrédéric Chopin - Alexis Weissenberg1990Album
Mélodies, Songs / GesängeSergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff - Николай Черепнин / Nicolai Gedda, Alexis Weissenberg, Alexander Tcherepnin1990Compil.
Bach - Chopin - BrahmsAlexis Weissenberg - Johann Sebastian Bach, Frédéric Chopin, Johannes Brahms1990Compil.
Italienisches Konzert - Partiten Nos. 4 & 6Johann Sebastian Bach, Alexis Weissenberg1990Album
Chromatische Fantasie Und Fuge, Zwei Partiten BWV 829 & 831Johann Sebastian Bach - Alexis Weissenberg1990Album
Rachmaninov: Klaviersonaten Nos. 1 & 2Alexis Weissenberg, Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff1989Album
Piano Concertos 3 & 4Ludwig van Beethoven, Alexis Weissenberg, Berliner Philharmoniker1988Album
Partitas No. 4 & 6Johann Sebastian Bach, Alexis Weissenberg1988Album
Klavierkonzerte Piano Concertos Concertos Pour Piano 1 & 2Ludwig van Beethoven, Alexis Weissenberg, Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan1988Album
Pianoconcerto No.5 "L'empereur"Ludwig van Beethoven - Alexis Weissenberg, Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan1988Album
Sonaten - SonatasDomenico Scarlatti / Alexis Weissenberg1986Album
Symphony In D Minor; Variations Symphoniques Pour Piano Et OrchestreCésar Franck - Herbert von Karajan, Orchestre De Paris, Alexis Weissenberg, Berliner Philharmoniker1986Compil.
Les Bis (Deuxième Disque)Alexis Weissenberg1985Compil.
Concerto No. 1 En Ré MineurJohannes Brahms - Alexis Weissenberg, The Philadelphia Orchestra, Riccardo Muti1984Album
Die Violinsonaten / The Violin Sonatas / Les Sonates Pour Violin Et PianoJohannes Brahms - Anne-Sophie Mutter, Alexis Weissenberg1983Album
Bach Goldberg-VariationenAlexis Weissenberg1982Album
Wiegenlied Für ErwachseneAnke Engelke, Alexis Weissenberg1981Single
Klavierkonzert Nr.3 - Complete VersionSergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff - Leonard Bernstein - Alexis Weissenberg - Orchestre National De France1981Album
Canto A Sevilla et 5 Mélodies de MontsaltvageMontserrat Caballé, Alexis Weissenberg - Joaquín Turina, Xavier Montsalvatge1979Album
Comédie Musicale "La Fugue"Alexis Weissenberg1979Album
MasterpieceSergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff, John Ogdon, André Previn, The London Symphony Orchestra, John Pritchard, Philharmonia Orchestra, Nicolai Gedda, Alexis Weissenberg, Leopold Stokowski And His Symphony Orchestra, Agustin Anievas, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Moshe Atzmon, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Gerald Moore, Aldo Ceccato1979Compil.
Originallieder Für BaritonFranz Liszt - Hermann Prey, Alexis Weissenberg1979Album
Piano Concertos No. 9 In E Flat, K.271 / No. 21 In C, K.467Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart / Alexis Weissenberg, Wiener Symphoniker, Carlo Maria Giulini1979Album
Canto A Sevilla Five Songs Fifteen SongsMontserrat Caballé, Alexis Weissenberg - Joaquín Turina, Xavier Montsalvatge, Richard Strauss1979Album
Die Fünf Klavier KonzerteLudwig van Beethoven, Alexis Weissenberg, Herbert von Karajan, Berliner Philharmoniker1978Album
SonatenFrédéric Chopin / Alexis Weissenberg1978Album
Chopin : Sonates N°2 En Si Mineur "Marche Funèbre" & N°3 En Si MineurFrédéric Chopin, Alexis Weissenberg1978Album
Davidsbündlertänze-Humoreske-Träumerei-Vogel als ProphetRobert Schumann, Alexis Weissenberg1978Album
Tomita's WorldTomita, Seiji Ozawa, Lorin Hollander, Alexis Weissenberg1977Compil.
La SicilienneAlexis Weissenberg1977Single
Liszt: Sonata In B Minor. Schumann: Fantasia In CAlexis Weissenberg1977Album
Konzert für Klavier und Orchester Nr. 4Ludwig van Beethoven, Alexis Weissenberg, Herbert von Karajan, Berliner Philharmoniker1977Album
Symphonic Etudes Op. 13 / Three Sonetti Del PetrarcaRobert Schumann / Franz Liszt : Alexis Weissenberg1976Album
Schumann Album For The Young, KinderscenenAlexis Weissenberg1976Album
Stravinsky: Three Movements From Petrouchka, Ravel: Le Tombeau De CouperinAlexis Weissenberg1976Album
Alexis Weissenberg Plays Bach Partita No. 4 in D Major Partita No. 7 in B Minor "Overture in the French Manner"Alexis Weissenberg1976Album
Weissenberg RecitalAlexis Weissenberg1976Album
Alexis Weissenburg Plays BachAlexis Weissenberg1976Album
Sonaten für Klavier Nr.20, 37, 52Joseph Haydn, Alexis Weissenberg1975Album
Concerto L'EmpereurLudwig van Beethoven, Alexis Weissenberg, Herbert von Karajan, Berliner Philharmoniker1974Album
Les 7 Partitas (Enregistrement Intégral) Fantaisie Chromatique Et FugueAlexis Weissenberg, Johann Sebastian Bach1974Album
Album For The Young, Op.68Robert Schumann, Alexis Weissenberg1974Album
Piano Concerto No. 2 / Symphonic VariationsSergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff / César Franck / Alexis Weissenberg / Herbert von Karajan / Berliner Philharmoniker1973Album
Jésus, Que Ma Joie Demeure Et Les Grandes Transcriptions De Jean-Sébastien BachJohann Sebastian Bach, Alexis Weissenberg1973Album
Klavierkonzert Nr.1 C-moll / Variations SymphoniquesSergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff, César Franck, Alexis Weissenberg, Herbert von Karajan, Berliner Philharmoniker1973Album
SongsSergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff - Nicolai Gedda • Alexis Weissenberg1972Album
Sonate En Si Mineur, Trois Sonnets De PétrarqueFranz Liszt - Alexis Weissenberg1972Album
Les Tableaux D'une Exposition - Le Tombeau De CouperinAlexis Weissenberg - Maurice Ravel - Modest Mussorgsky1972Album
24 PréludesAlexis Weissenberg, Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff1972Album
Variations GoldbergJohann Sebastian Bach / Alexis Weissenberg1971Album
Fantaisie Op. 17, Scènes d'Enfants Op. 15Robert Schumann - Alexis Weissenberg1970Album
Piano Concerto No. 2 / Four Pieces For OrchestraBéla Bartók - The Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy, Alexis Weissenberg1970Album
Sonatas No. 62 In E-flat / No. 50 In D / No. 33 In C MinorAlexis Weissenberg plays Joseph Haydn1969Album
Clair De LuneClaude Debussy Pianista Alexis Weissenberg1969Album
Nocturnes - Enregistrement IntégralFrédéric Chopin, Alexis Weissenberg1969Album
Carnaval, Op. 9 - Sonata No. 2 In G Minor, Op. 22Alexis Weissenberg, Robert Schumann1968Album
L'œvre Pour Piano Et Orchestra = Works For Piano And OrchestraFrédéric Chopin, Alexis Weissenberg, Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, Orchestre De La Société Des Concerts Du Conservatoire1968Album
Music For Piano & OrchestraFrédéric Chopin - Alexis Weissenberg, Orchestre De La Société Des Concerts Du Conservatoire, Stanislaw Skrowaczewski1968Album
The Model Animals • Carnival Of The AnimalsFrancis Poulenc / Camille Saint-Saëns / Georges Prêtre, Orchestre De La Société Des Concerts Du Conservatoire, Aldo Ciccolini, Alexis Weissenberg1967Album
Sonata In B Minor / Scherzo No. 1 In B Minor / Scherzo No. 2 In B-Flat MinorAlexis Weissenberg - Frédéric Chopin1967Album
Trois Mouvements De Pétrouchka Pour Piano / Valses Nobles Et SentimentalesAlexis Weissenberg - Igor Stravinsky / Maurice Ravel1966Album
Chopin: Piano Concerto No.1, Liszt: Piano Concerto No.1Frédéric Chopin, Franz Liszt, Alexis Weissenberg, Orchestre De La Société Des Concerts Du Conservatoire, Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, Gyorgy Cziffra, Orchestre De Paris, György Cziffra, Jr.Album
Partitas No.1 Et No.3 - Duos BWV 802 A 805Johann Sebastian BachAlbum
Konzert Für Klavier Und Orchester Nr. 2 F-moll Op. 21 / Fantasie über Polnische Volkslieder Op. 13Frédéric Chopin, Alexis Weissenberg - Orchestre De La Société Des Concerts Du Conservatoire, Stanislaw SkrowaczewskiAlbum
MélodiesSergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff - Nicolai Gedda • Alexis WeissenbergAlbum
Jésus Que Ma Joie Demeure - Nocturne En Ut Dièse MineurAlexis WeissenbergSingle
Concerto N° 1 Pour Piano Et OrchestreFrédéric Chopin, Alexis Weissenberg, Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, Orchestre De La Société Des Concerts Du ConservatoireAlbum
Andante Spianato Und Große Polonaise Es-Dur Op.22 - B-Dur Op.2 Don Giovanni Thema - Polonaise As-Dur Op.61 - Krakowiak Konzert Rondo F-Dur Op.14Alexis Weissenberg - Frédéric Chopin - Stanislaw Skrowaczewski - Orchestre De La Société Des Concerts Du ConservatoireAlbum
Concerto N° 1Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Alexis Weissenberg, Herbert von Karajan, Orchestre De ParisAlbum
The Carnival Of The Animals / Piano Concerto No. 2 In G MinorCamille Saint-Saëns - Aldo Ciccolini & Alexis Weissenberg, Orchestre De La Société Des Concerts Du Conservatoire, Georges Prêtre, Orchestre De Paris, Serge BaudoAlbum
Les Bis De Alexis Weissenberg - Premier DisqueAlexis WeissenbergCompil.
Rachmaninow-LiederSergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff, Nicolai Gedda, Alexis WeissenbergAlbum
Concerto En Sol Majeur / Concerto N° 3 En Ut MajeurMaurice Ravel, Sergei Prokofiev, Alexis Weissenberg, Orchestre De Paris, Seiji OzawaAlbum
Concerto Pour Piano = Klavierkonzert = Piano Concerto No 1Frédéric Chopin, Orchestre De La Société Des Concerts Du Conservatoire, Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, Alexis WeissenbergAlbum
Concerto Per Pianoforte E Orchestra N.°2 In Si Bemolle Maggiore Op.83Alexis Weissenberg, Peter Maag, Johannes BrahmsAlbum
Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2Frédéric Chopin, Alexis Weissenberg, Stanislaw SkrowaczewskiAlbum
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