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Nikita Magaloff

p, 1912-1992 RU, Saint Petersburg
Musician of Classical

Nikita Magaloff (Russian: Никита Магалов) (21 February [O.S. 8 February] 1912 – 26 December 1992) was a Georgian-Russian pianist.He was born in Saint Petersburg to a Georgian noble family named Maghalashvili. Magaloff and his family left Russia in 1918 for Finland. His musical interest first stimulated by family friend Serge Prokofiev, he studied with Alexander Siloti before going to Paris, where he studied with Isidor Philipp, chair of the piano department at the Paris Conservatory. He numbered Ravel among his friends there, who, when he graduated in 1929, said 'In Magaloff a great, a truly extraordinary musician is born.'

     
Genres
  • Classical
  • Spoken Word
Plays With
Zurich Radio Orchestra
Radio-Orchester Beromünster
The Hague Philharmonic
Orchestra da camera del festival internazionale di Brescia e Bergamo
Popular Tracks   
Mazurka No. 4 in E flat minor Op. 6 No. 4 on Chopin: The Complete Piano Music by Frédéric Chopin & Nikita Magaloff
24 Préludes, Op. 28: 4. in E minor on Chopin: The Complete Piano Music by Frédéric Chopin & Nikita Magaloff
Waltz No. 6 in D Flat, Op. 64 No. 1 -"Minute Waltz" on Chopin: The Complete Piano Music by Frédéric Chopin & Nikita Magaloff
Valses nobles et sentimentales, M. 61: 5. Presque lent - dans un sentiment intime - Live au Festival de musique de Montreux-Vevey / 1988 on Debussy. Fauré. Ravel by Nikita Magaloff, Claude Debussy, Gabriel Fauré & Maurice Ravel
Waltz No. 10 in B Minor, Op. 69 No. 2 on Chopin: The Complete Piano Music by Frédéric Chopin & Nikita Magaloff
6 Etudes d'exécution transcendante d'après Paganini, S.140: 4. Arpeggio on Liszt: The Complete Etudes by Franz Liszt, Claudio Arrau & Nikita Magaloff
12 Etudes, Op. 10: No. 4 in C Sharp Minor on Chopin: The Complete Piano Music by Frédéric Chopin & Nikita Magaloff
Waltz No. 13 in D Flat, Op. 70 No. 3 on Chopin: The Complete Piano Music by Frédéric Chopin & Nikita Magaloff
Valses nobles et sentimentales, M. 61: 2. Assez lent - avec une expression intense - Live au Festival de musique de Montreux-Vevey / 1988 on Debussy. Fauré. Ravel by Nikita Magaloff, Claude Debussy, Gabriel Fauré & Maurice Ravel
La plus que lente, L. 121 on French Melodies by Claude Debussy, Francis Poulenc, Erik Satie, Maurice Ravel & Gabriel Fauré

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Discography



Title Artist Year Type
The Art Of Nikita MagaloffNikita Magaloff2017Compil.
Chopin - 57 Mazurkas Nikita MagaloffNikita Magaloff2016Album
Invitation A La Valse / Konzerstûck / Symphonie N° 1Carl Maria von Weber - Sir Colin Davis, Nikita Magaloff, Sir Charles Mackerras, The London Symphony Orchestra, Wilfried Boettcher, New Philharmonia Orchestra2012Compil.
Etüden op.10 & 25Frédéric Chopin / Nikita Magaloff2010Album
Günter Wand Edition Vol. 13: Joseph HaydnGünter Wand, Joseph Haydn, Nikita Magaloff, Hansjörg Schellenberger2006Album
Günter Wand-Edition Volume 9Bernd Alois Zimmermann, Igor Stravinsky, György Ligeti, Wolfgang Fortner, Nikita Magaloff, Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester, NDR Sinfonieorchester, Günter Wand2006Album
Carnaval - Etudes symphoniquesNikita Magaloff, Robert Schumann2005Album
Fantasiestücke / Papillons / Études SymphoniquesFriedrich Gulda / Ingrid Haebler / Nikita Magaloff - Robert Schumann2005Compil.
Chopin RécitalFrédéric Chopin - Nikita Magaloff2004Album
Nikita MagaloffNikita Magaloff1999Compil.
Ungarische Fantasie - Danse Macabre - Etudes D'Après PaganiniFranz Liszt, Nikita Magaloff, Orchestre Des Concerts Lamoureux, Roberto Benzi1998Album
The Complete EtudesFranz Liszt, Claudio Arrau, Nikita Magaloff1997Compil.
Piano RecitalNikita Magaloff, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka, Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Frédéric Chopin, Franz Liszt, Alexander Scriabine1994Compil.
Concerto De Piano N° 1Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Nikita Magaloff Piano, Residentie Orkest1993Album
Les Trois Cahiers D'Études Pour Piano (Intégrale)Alexander Scriabine - Nikita Magaloff1993Album
Magaloff Et Ses Contemporains RussesNikita Magaloff, Sergei Prokofiev, Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff, Igor Stravinsky1992Compil.
Nikita Magaloff Plays SchubertFranz Schubert, Nikita Magaloff1992Album
W. A. Mozart F. J. HaydnWolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Joseph Haydn, Orchestra da camera del festival internazionale di Brescia e Bergamo, Agostino Orizio, Nikita Magaloff, Alexander Lonquich1990Album
Tableaux D'une Exposition / Etudes - TableauNikita Magaloff, Modest Mussorgsky, Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff1990Album
Nocturnes Nos. 1- 11Frédéric Chopin - Nikita Magaloff1990Album
Carnaval - Symphonie N°3 - OuvertureRobert Schumann, Nikita Magaloff, Carl Schuricht, Sinfonie-Orchester Des Süddeutschen Rundfunks1989Album
Pijanisti Na Dubrovačkim Ljetnim Igrama = Pianists On The Dubrovnik Summer FestivalMartha Argerich, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Van Cliburn, Nikita Magaloff, Maurizio Pollini, Sviatoslav Richter, Fou Ts'Ong1989Album
Les Preludes - Mazeppa - Concertos N° 1 Et 2 Pour Piano Et OrchestreFranz Liszt, Paul Paray, Orchestre National De L'Opéra De Monte-Carlo, Nikita Magaloff, Serge Baudo, Zurich Radio Orchestra1989Album
Concerto N°2 Pour PianoJohannes Brahms, Nikita Magaloff, Willem Van Otterloo, Carl Schuricht, Südwestfunkorchester Baden-Baden1989Album
Piano WorksFelix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Nikita Magaloff1989Album
Quatuor A Cordes En Sol MineurClaude Debussy, Nikita Magaloff, Quatuor De Genève1989Album
Manuel De Falla - Nikita MagaloffManuel De Falla, Nikita Magaloff1989Album
MendelssohnNikita Magaloff1989Album
26 Préludes • 4 ImpromptusFrédéric Chopin - Nikita Magaloff1988Compil.
Concerti K. 365, 488, Concerto Hob. XVIII n.11Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Joseph Haydn, Nikita Magaloff, Alexander Lonquich, Orchestra da camera del festival internazionale di Brescia e Bergamo, Agostino Orizio1988Album
Nikita Magaloff en concert. Liszt - ProkofievNikita Magaloff, Fritz Rieger, Lovro Von Matacic, Orchestre National De France, Franz Liszt, Sergei Prokofiev1988Album
Piano ConcertoPyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Frédéric Chopin, Willem Van Otterloo, Nikita Magaloff, The Hague Philharmonic1987Album
Franz Schubert Vier Impromptus Op. 90, Frederic Chopin Ballade Nr. 1 G-moll Op. 23 - Scherzo Nr. 2 B-moll Op. 31, Carl Maria Von Weber Invitation A La ValseFranz Schubert, Frédéric Chopin, Nikita Magaloff1986Album
Valzer NotturniFrédéric Chopin, Nikita Magaloff1986Album
Chopin - Polacche N.6, Op. 53 E N.3 Op.40 N.1Nikita Magaloff / Frédéric Chopin1986Album
Concerto In Re Maggiore Hob XVIII N.2 Per Pianoforte Ed Orchestra - Sinfonia In Re Minore Op.12 N.4 «La Casa Del Diavolo»Joseph Haydn, Luigi Boccherini, Nikita Magaloff1985Album
19 Liriche Op.74 / Trascrizione Su Sei Liriche PolaccheLeyla Gencer, Nikita Magaloff1983Album
Piezas Para PianoFrédéric Chopin, Nikita Magaloff1981Compil.
The Piano Works / Das Klavierwerk / Œuvres pour pianoFrédéric Chopin, Nikita Magaloff1979Album
Quadri di Un'esposizione / Etudes - TableauNikita Magaloff, Modest Mussorgsky, Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff1978Album
Sonata No.2, Op.35 (Including The "Funeral March") / Sonata No.3, Op.58Frédéric Chopin - Nikita Magaloff1977Album
Four Scherzi / Berceuse, Op.57 / Barcarolle, Op.60Frédéric Chopin - Nikita Magaloff1977Album
Sämtliche Polonaisen = Complete PolonaisesFrédéric Chopin - Nikita Magaloff1977Album
Ballades Nos. 1-4 / Impromptus Nos. 1-4Frédéric Chopin, Nikita Magaloff1976Album
Chopin Complete Waltzes Nos. 1-19Frédéric Chopin, Nikita Magaloff1976Album
Sämtliche/Complete NocturnesFrédéric Chopin - Nikita Magaloff1975Album
Complete Etudes Op. 10 & Op. 25Frédéric Chopin - Nikita Magaloff1975Album
Concerto De Piano N° 2 / N° 4Ludwig van Beethoven - Nikita Magaloff . Zurich Radio Orchestra . Gianfranco Rivoli1971Album
The Mazurkas, Vol. 1Nikita Magaloff, Frédéric Chopin1971Album
Piano Concerto No. 2 In G, Op. 44Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Nikita Magaloff (Piano), The London Symphony Orchestra Conducted By Sir Colin Davis1970Album
Fantasia On Hungarian Folk Tunes / Hungarian Rhapsodies Nos. 1 In F Minor & 4 In C Sharp Minor / Les PreludesFranz Liszt, Nikita Magaloff1969Album
Piano WorksClaude Debussy - Nikita Magaloff1969Album
Nikita Magaloff Plays ChopinFrédéric Chopin, Nikita Magaloff1966Album
Concerto De Piano N° 2Johannes Brahms - Nikita Magaloff, Residentie Orkest, Willem Van Otterloo1965Album
Concerto Pour Piano Et Orchestre No. 1 & Danse MacabreFrédéric Chopin, Franz Liszt, Nikita Magaloff, Orchestre Des Concerts Lamoureux, Roberto Benzi1962Album
Stravinsky - Concerto For Piano And Wind Instruments / Capriccio For Piano And OrchestraIgor Stravinsky, Nikita Magaloff, L'Orchestre De La Suisse Romande, Ernest Ansermet1958Album
Mazurkas Volume 1 Nos. 1-17Frédéric Chopin, Nikita Magaloff1957Album
Mazurkas Volume 3 Nos. 34-51Frédéric Chopin, Nikita Magaloff1957Album
Mazurkas Volume 2 Nos. 18-33Frédéric Chopin, Nikita Magaloff1957Album
Chopin - The Four ImpromptusFrédéric Chopin, Nikita Magaloff1956Album
ChopinNikita Magaloff1955Album
Chopin RécitalFrédéric Chopin - Nikita Magaloff1955Album
Chopin - RecitalNikita Magaloff1955Album
Recital ChopinNikita Magaloff - Frédéric Chopin1955Album
Récital ChopinNikita Magaloff - Frédéric Chopin1955Album
CarnavalRobert Schumann, Nikita Magaloff1954Album
Chopin MazurkasNikita MagaloffAlbum
The Complete Piano MusicFrédéric Chopin - Nikita MagaloffCompil.
Sonata In B MinorNikita Magaloff, Franz LisztAlbum
Concours Musical International Reine Elisabeth. SouvenirsEmil Gilels, Maria Tipo, John Browning, Arthur Rubinstein, Malcolm Frager, Nikita Magaloff, Aldo Ciccolini, Jean-Claude Vanden Eynden, Marcel PootAlbum
Concerto De Piano N° 1 / KrakowiakPyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky / Frédéric Chopin, Nikita Magaloff, Residentie Orkest, Willem Van OtterlooAlbum
Schumann - Carnaval; Liszt - Six Paganini StudiesNikita MagaloffAlbum
Chopin - Fifty-One MazurkasNikita Magaloff, Frédéric ChopinAlbum
Klavierkonzert Nr. 1Frédéric Chopin, Nikita Magaloff, Orchestre Des Concerts Lamoureux, Roberto BenziAlbum
Klavierkonzert Nr. 5Ludwig van Beethoven, Nikita MagaloffAlbum
Konzertstück For Piano And Orchestra / Le Carnaval Romain - Royal Hunt And Storm (Les Troyens)Carl Maria von Weber / Hector Berlioz - Nikita Magaloff, The London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin DavisAlbum
Concertos L'empereur Et N°0Ludwig van Beethoven - Nikita Magaloff, Wiener Symphoniker, Willem Van Otterloo, Lidia Grychtołówna, Das Folkwang-Kammerorchester, Heinz DresselAlbum
The Mazurkas, Vol 2Nikita Magaloff, Frédéric ChopinAlbum
Klavierkonzert Nr. 5Ludwig van Beethoven, Nikita Magaloff, Wiener Symphoniker Ltg. Willem Van OtterlooAlbum
Goyescas And El PeleleEnrique Granados, Nikita MagaloffAlbum
Chopin FestivalNikita Magaloff, Frédéric ChopinAlbum
Chopin - The Four ImpromptusFrédéric Chopin, Nikita MagaloffAlbum
Schumann - Carnaval; Liszt - Six Paganini StudiesNikita MagaloffAlbum
Nikita Magaloff Composizioni Per Pianoforte, Interpreta Nikita MagaloffManuel De Falla, Nikita MagaloffAlbum
Chopin The Four ImpromptusNikita MagaloffAlbum
Chopin / Preludi / ImprovvisiFrédéric Chopin, Nikita MagaloffAlbum
Fountain Of Arethusa / Flight Of The Bumble Bee / Pastorale (1910)Joseph Szigeti With Nikita MagaloffAlbum
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