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Menahem Pressler
p, *1923 DE, Magdeburg
Musician of Classical
Menahem Pressler (born 16 December 1923, Magdeburg) is a German-born Israeli-American pianist.Following Kristallnacht, Pressler and his immediate family fled Nazi Germany in 1939, initially to Italy, and then to Palestine. His grandparents, uncles, aunts and cousins all died in concentration camps. His career was launched after he won first prize at the Debussy International Piano Competition in San Francisco in 1946. His Carnegie Hall debut subsequently followed, with the Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy.
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Rêverie, L. 68 on Debussy: Rêverie, L. 68 by Claude Debussy & Menahem Pressler Piano Quintet In A, Op. 81, B. 155: 2. Dumka (Andante con moto) on Dvorák: Piano Quintet, Op. 81 / Piano Quartet, Op. 87 by Antonín Dvořák, Emerson String Quartet & Menahem Pressler Deux arabesques, L. 66: No. 1 Andante con moto on Clair de lune by Menahem Pressler & Claude Debussy Suite bergamasque, L. 75: III. Clair de lune on Clair de lune by Menahem Pressler & Claude Debussy Piano Quintet In A, Op. 81, B. 155: 1. Allegro, ma non tanto on Dvorák: Piano Quintet, Op. 81 / Piano Quartet, Op. 87 by Antonín Dvořák, Emerson String Quartet & Menahem Pressler Piano Quintet In A, Op. 81, B. 155: 3. Scherzo (Furiant) (Molto vivace) on Dvorák: Piano Quintet, Op. 81 / Piano Quartet, Op. 87 by Antonín Dvořák, Emerson String Quartet & Menahem Pressler Piano Quartet in E flat, Op. 47: 3. Andante cantabile on Schumann: Piano Quintet, Op.22; Piano Quartet, Op. 47 by Robert Schumann, Emerson String Quartet & Menahem Pressler Piano Quintet In A, Op. 81, B. 155: 4. Finale (Allegro) on Dvorák: Piano Quintet, Op. 81 / Piano Quartet, Op. 87 by Antonín Dvořák, Emerson String Quartet & Menahem Pressler Piano Quintet in E flat, Op. 44: 1. Allegro brillante on Schumann: Piano Quintet, Op.22; Piano Quartet, Op. 47 by Robert Schumann, Emerson String Quartet & Menahem Pressler Nocturne No. 20 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. posth. on Beethoven, Schubert & Chopin: Piano Works by Menahem PresslerTrack list and 30sec audio provided by 
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Discography
| Title | Artist | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clair De Lune (Debussy • Fauré • Ravel) | Menahem Pressler | 2018 | Album |
| Fantasia K475 & Piano Sonatas K457, 333 | Menahem Pressler, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | 2017 | Album |
| Piano Quintet / String Quartet No. 1 | Johannes Brahms, Robert Schumann – Pacifica Quartet, Menahem Pressler | 2017 | Album |
| Piano Sonatas, K 331, 570 & 576 | Menahem Pressler - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | 2015 | Album |
| Estampes, Suite Bergamesque, 2 Arabesques, Rêverie, La Plus Que lente, La Fille Aux Cheveux De Lin | Claude Debussy - Menahem Pressler | 2015 | Album |
| Lyric Pieces - Books 3 And 4 | Edvard Grieg, Menahem Pressler | 2014 | Album |
| Piano Quintet Op.44 · Klavierquintett · Quintette Avec Piano / Piano Quartet · Klavierquartett Op.47 | Robert Schumann - Menahem Pressler · Emerson String Quartet | 1995 | Album |
| Piano Concerto No. 14 In E-Flat Major, Piano Concerto No. 15 In B-Flat Major | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Wiener Kammerorchester, Edgar Seipenbusch, Menahem Pressler | 1995 | Album |
| Piano Quintet Op. 81 / Piano Quartet Op. 87 | Antonín Dvořák - Emerson String Quartet, Menahem Pressler | 1994 | Album |
| Triple Concerto / Choral Fantasy | Beaux Arts Trio, Ludwig van Beethoven, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Menahem Pressler, Kurt Masur | 1994 | Album |
| 11 Trios | Ludwig van Beethoven, Beaux Arts Trio, Daniel Guilet, Menahem Pressler, Bernard Greenhouse | 1994 | Compil. |
| The Twenty-Four Piano Preludes, Op. 34 | Dmitri Shostakovich - Menahem Pressler | 1992 | Album |
| Mozart: The Piano Trios | Beaux Arts Trio, Menahem Pressler | 1987 | Album |
| Schubert The Piano Trios Samtliche Klaviertrios Beaux Arts Trio | Franz Schubert, Beaux Arts Trio, Menahem Pressler, Isidore Cohen, Bernard Greenhouse | 1985 | Album |
| Schubert Les Trios avec Piano | Beaux Arts Trio, Menahem Pressler, Daniel Guilet, Bernard Greenhouse, Franz Schubert | 1984 | Album |
| Polonäser och Mazurkor | Frédéric Chopin, Menahem Pressler | 1975 | Album |
| Klavierkonzerte - In G-dur, K. 453 / In C-moll, K. 491 | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Menahem Pressler, Wiener Kammerorchester, Wilfried Boettcher | 1967 | Album |
| D'Indy - Suite In Olden Style For Trumpet, Two Flutes And Strings, Op. 24 / Saint-Saens - Septet For Piano, Trumpet And Strings, Op 65 | Menahem Pressler, Harry Glantz, Julius Baker, Claude Monteux, Philip Sklar | 1966 | Album |
| The Modern Russians: Kabalevsky, Prokofiev, Shostakovitch | Menahem Pressler, Harry Glantz, Orchestre De La Société Des Concerts Du Conservatoire | 1960 | Album |
| Shostakovitch: Concerto For Piano, Trumpet, And Strings / Shostakovitch: Sonata No. 2 | Menahem Pressler, Harry Glantz, Theodore Bloomfield, The M-G-M Orchestra | 1960 | Album |
| Bachianas Brasilieras No. 1 For Eight ´Celli; No. 4 For Solo Piano | Heitor Villa-Lobos / Cello Ensamble Conducted By Theodore Bloomfield ; Solo Pianist: Menahem Pressler | 1955 | Album |
| The Twenty-Four Piano Preludes, Op. 34 | Dmitri Shostakovich - Menahem Pressler | 1955 | Album |
| Manuel De Falla | Menahem Pressler | 1954 | Single |
| La Boîte à Joujoux / Histoires (10 Pieces For Piano) | Claude Debussy / Jacques Ibert - Menahem Pressler | 1953 | Album |
| D'Indy - Suite In Olden Style For Trumpet, Two Flutes And Strings, Op. 24 / Saint-Saens - Septet For Piano, Trumpet And Strings, Op 65 | Menahem Pressler, Harry Glantz, Julius Baker, Claude Monteux, Philip Sklar | Album | |
| Grieg*: Lyric Pieces Books 5 And 6. Opp. 54 And 57 - Menahem Pressler, Pianist | Edvard Grieg, Menahem Pressler | Album | |
| Lyric Pieces - Books 1 And 2, Op. 12 And 38. Menahem Pressler, Pianist | Menahem Pressler, Edvard Grieg | Album | |
| Shostakovitch: Concerto For Piano, Trumpet, And Strings / Shostakovitch: Sonata No. 2 | Menahem Pressler, Harry Glantz, Theodore Bloomfield, The M-G-M Orchestra | Album | |
| Song Of Love | Menahem Pressler | Album | |
| Chopin - Concerto De Piano En Fa Mineur / Mendelssohn - Concerto De Piano En Sol Mineur | Frédéric Chopin, Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Menahem Pressler | Album | |
| The Complete Piano Sonatas Of Sergei Prokofiev Vol IV, Sonata No. 9 In C Major, Op. 103, Prokofiev: Ten Pieces From "Cinderella" | Menahem Pressler | Album | |
| Polonaisen Und Mazurken | Frédéric Chopin – Menahem Pressler | Album | |
| Concerto For Piano, Trumpet And Strings, Op. 35 / Sonata Nº 2 In B Minor, Op. 64 | Dmitri Shostakovich, Menahem Pressler, Harry Glantz, Theodore Bloomfield | Album | |
| Ravel trio avec piano Beaux Arts Trio, Sonate pour violon et piano Tzigane Arthur Grumiaux Istvan Hajdu | Maurice Ravel, Menahem Pressler, Daniel Guilet, Bernard Greenhouse, Beaux Arts Trio, Arthur Grumiaux, István Hajdú | Album | |
| Music of Villa-Lobos | Joseph Battista, Lenore Engdahl, Menahem Pressler, Heitor Villa-Lobos | Album | |
| Estampes | Claude Debussy, Menahem Pressler | Album | |
| Music of Villa-Lobos | Menahem Pressler, Joseph Battista, Theodore Bloomfield, Izler Solomon, Lenore Engdahl, Carlos Surinach | Compil. | |
| Klavierkonzert Nr. 1 / Andante Spianato Und Grande Polonaise Brillante | Frédéric Chopin, Menahem Pressler, Orchester Der Wiener Staatsoper, David Josefowitz / Jean-Marie Auberson | Album | |
| Mendelssohn - Sextet for piano, violin, two violas, ‘cello, and contrabass, Op. 110 | Menahem Pressler | Album |
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