Jorge Bolet: Complete Decca Recordings

Collected for the first time in one set are Jorge Bolet's complete Decca recordings. The set includes the first-ever release of Bolet's last recording, a selection of Chopin's Nocturnes and the Berceuse, recorded just seven months before his death.

Disc 1
1: 1. Etude in C Major
2: 3. Etude in D-Flat Major
3: 5. Etude in G-Flat Major
4: 5. Etude in G-Flat Major
5: 6. Etude in E-Flat Minor
6: 7. Etude in C Major
7: 1. Etude in A-Flat Major
8: Etude in F Minor, Op. Posth. "Méthode des méthodes"
9: Waltz No. 6 in D-Flat Major, Op .64, No. 1 -"Minute"
10: Waltz No. 8 in A-Flat Major, Op. 64, No. 3
11: Waltz No. 9 in A-Flat Major, Op. 69 No. 1 -"Farewell"
12: Waltz No. 12 in F Minor/A-Flat Major, Op. 70, No. 2
13: Waltz No. 13 in D-Flat Major, Op. 70, No. 3
14: Waltz No. 1 in E-Flat Major, Op. 18 -"Grande Valse Brillante"

Disc 2
1: No.1 Waldesrauschen
2: No.2 Gnomenreigen
3: No. 1 in A flat "Il lamento" (A capriccio - Allegro cantabile)
4: No. 2 in F minor "La leggierezza" (A capriccio - Quasi allegretto)
5: No. 3 in D Flat Major - "Un sospiro" (Allegro affettuoso)
6: Consolation No.1, Andante con moto, S.172, No.1
7: Consolation No.2, S.172 No.2
8: Consolation No.3, S.172, No.3
9: Consolation No.4, Quasi Adagio
10: Consolation No.5, Andantino
11: Consolation No.6, S.172 No.6
12: Réminiscences de Don Juan, S. 418

Disc 3
1: Aria
2: Variation I
3: Variation II
4: Variation III
5: Variation IV
6: Variation V
7: Variation VI
8: Variation VII
9: Variation VIII
10: Variation IX
11: Variation X
12: Variation XI
13: Variation XII
14: Variation XIII
15: Variation XIV
16: Variation XV
17: Variation XVI
18: Variation XVII
19: Variation XVIII
20: Variation XIX
21: Variation XX
22: Variation XXI
23: Variation XXII
24: Variation XXIII
25: Variation XXIV
26: Variation XXV
27: Fuga
28: Thema: Tempo di minuetto
29: Variation No. 1 L'istesso tempo
30: Variation No. 2 L'istesso tempo
31: Variation No. 3 L'istesso tempo
32: Variation No. 4 L'istesso tempo
33: Variation No. 5 Non troppo vivace
34: Variation No. 6 Non troppo vivace
35: Variation No. 7 Quasi tempo primo
36: Variation No. 8 Tempo primo
37: Variation No. 9 Non troppo vivace
38: Variation No. 10 Quasi adagio
39: Variation No. 11 Quasi adagio
40: Variation No. 12 Poco vivace
41: Variation No. 13 Tempo primo
42: Variation No. 14 Meno vivace
43: Variation No. 15 Andante
44: Variation No. 16 Adagio
45: Variation No. 17 Poco andante
46: Variation No. 18 Tempo primo
47: Variation No. 19 Poco vivace
48: Variation No. 20 Poco vivace
49: Variation No. 21 Vivace
50: Variation No. 22 Vivace
51: Variation No. 23 Poco andante. Molto adagio
52: Fugue: Vivace con spirito

Disc 4
1: Die Forelle, S. 564 piano transcription after Schubert
2: Der Müller und der Bach (after Schubert)
3: Wohin?, S565/5 (after Schubert)
4: Lebe Wohl!, S563/1 (after Schubert)
5: Das Wandern, S565/1 (after Schubert)
6: Der Lindenbaum, S.561 No.7 (after Schubert, D.911)
7: Ständchen ("Horch, horch! die Lerch"), S.558 No.9 piano transcription after Schubert
8: Auf dem Wasser zu singen, S. 558 No.2 piano transcription after Schubert
9: Die Post, S561/4 (after Schubert)
10: No.3 Aufenthalt
11: Lob der Tränen, S557 (after Schubert)
12: Erlkönig, S.558 (after Schubert, D.328)

Disc 5
1: Hungarian Rhapsody No.12 in C sharp minor, S.244
2: Liebestraum No.3 in A flat, S.541 No.3
3: Mephisto Waltz No.1, S.514
4: No. 7 Funérailles
5: Concert Paraphrase on Rigoletto, S.434 after Verdi's opera
6: 3. La Campanella

Disc 6
1: Lento assai - Allegro energico - Grandioso - Recita- tivo
2: Andante sostenuto -
3: Allegro energico - Andante sostenuto - Lento assai
4: Valse Impromptu
5: Liebestraum No.1, S.541 No.1
6: Liebestraum No.2, S.541 No.2
7: Grand Galop Chromatique

Disc 7
1: 1. Sposalizio
2: 2. Il Penseroso
3: 3. Canzonetta del Salvator Rosa
4: 4. Sonetto 47 del Petrarca
5: 5. Sonetto 104 del Petrarca
6: 6. Sonetto 123 del Petrarca
7: 7. Après un lecture du Dante (Fantasia quasi Sonata)

Disc 8
1: 1. Allegro ma non tanto
2: 2. Intermezzo (Adagio)
3: 3. Finale (Alla breve)

Disc 9
1: 1. La Chapelle de Guilaume Tell
2: 2. Au lac de Wallenstadt
3: 3. Pastorale
4: 4. Au bord d'une source
5: 5. Orage
6: 6. Vallée d'Obermann
7: 7. Eglogue
8: 8. La mal du pays
9: 9. Les cloches de Genêve

Disc 10
1: 1. Gondoliera
2: 2. Canzone
3: 3. Tarantella
4: 4. Les jeux d'eau à la Villa d'Este
5: 3.Bénédiction de Dieu dans la solitude
6: Ballade No.2 in B minor, S.171

Disc 11
1: Totentanz, S.126. Paraphrase on "Dies Irae"for piano and orchestra
2: Malédiction for piano and orchestra, S121
3: Fantasia on Hungarian Folk tunes, S.123
4: 1. Allegro con fuoco
5: 2. Adagio
6: 3. Presto
7: 4. Allegro

Disc 12
1: No.1 Prélude (Presto)
2: No.2 Molto vivace
3: No.3 Paysage (Poco adagio)
4: No.4 Mazeppa (Presto)
5: No.5 Feux follets (Allegretto)
6: No.6 Vision (Lento)
7: No.7 Eroica (Allegro)
8: No.8 Wilde Jagd (Presto furioso)
9: No.9 Ricordanza (Andantino)
10: No.10 Allegro agitato molto
11: No.11 Harmonies du soir (Andantino)
12: No.12 Chasse neige (Andante con moto)

Disc 13
1: Rondo capriccioso, Op.14
2: No. 3 in A (Molto allegro) "Hunting Song"
3: Nocturne in F Sharp Major, Op.15, No.2
4: Waltz No.6 in D Flat, Op.64 No.1- "Minute Waltz"
5: Waltz No.14 in E Minor, Op.Posth.
6: Nocturne No.2 in E Flat, Op.9 No.2
7: No.1 in A Flat "Harp Study"
8: No. 2 in F Minor
9: No. 11 in A Minor, "Winter Wind"
10: 8. La fille aux cheveux de lin
11: Rosamunde, D.797
12: Tango, Op.165, No.2
13: Elegy For The Left Hand Alone
14: Ständchen, Op.17, No.2
15: Adagietto
16: In Autumn, Op.36, No.4
17: La Jongleuse, Op.52, No.4
18: Étude Op.1, No.2

Disc 14
1: 1. Préambule
2: 2. Pierrot
3: 3. Arlequin
4: 4. Valse noble
5: 5. Eusebius
6: 6. Florestan
7: 7. Coquette
8: 8. Réplique - Sphinxes
9: 9. Papillons
10: 10. A.S.C.H.-S.C.H.A. (Lettres dansantes)
11: 11. Chiarina
12: 12. Chopin
13: 13. Estrella
14: 14. Reconnaissance
15: 15. Pantalon et Colombine
16: 16a. Valse Allemande
17: 16b. Intermezzo: Paganini
18: 17. Aveu
19: 18. Promenade
20: 19. Pause
21: 20. Marche des "Davidsbündler" contre les Philistins
22: 1. Durchaus fantastisch und leidenschaftlich vorzutragen - Im Legenden-Ton
23: 2. Mäßig. Durchaus energisch - Etwas langsamer - Vielbewegter
24: 3. Langsam getragen. Durchweg leise zu halten - Etwas bewegter

Disc 15
1: Theme
2: Var. 1. Moderato
3: Var. 2. Allegro
4: Var. 3
5: Var. 4
6: Var. 5. Meno mosso
7: Var. 6. Meno mosso
8: Var. 7. Allegro
9: Var. 8
10: Var. 9
11: Var. 10. Più vivo
12: Var. 11. Lento
13: Var. 12. Moderato
14: Var. 13. Largo
15: Var. 15. Allegro scherzando
16: Var. 16. Lento
17: Var. 17. Grave
18: Var. 18. Più mosso
19: Var. 19. Allegro vivace
20: Var. 20. Presto
21: Var. 21. Andante
22: Var. 22. Maestoso
23: Prélude in C sharp minor, Op.3, No.2
24: Prelude in F, Op.32, No.7
25: Prélude in G sharp minor, Op.32, No.12
26: Prelude in G minor, Op.23, No.5
27: Prélude in G flat, Op.23, No.10
28: Melodie in E, Op.3, No.3
29: Liebesleid
30: Liebesfreud

Disc 16
1: Ballade No.1 in G minor, Op.23
2: Ballade No.2 in F, Op.38
3: Ballade No.3 in A flat, Op.47
4: Ballade No.4 in F minor, Op.52
5: Barcarolle in F sharp, Op.60
6: Fantaisie in F minor, Op.49

Disc 17
1: 1. in C major
2: 2. in A minor
3: 3. in G major
4: 4. in E minor
5: 5. in D major
6: 6. in B minor
7: 7. in A major
8: 8. in F sharp minor
9: 9. in E major
10: 10. in C sharp minor
11: 11. in B major
12: 12. in G sharp minor
13: 13. in F sharp major
14: 14. in E flat minor
15: 15. in D flat major ("Raindrop")
16: 16. in B flat minor
17: 17. in A flat major
18: 18. in F minor
19: 19. in E flat major
20: 20. in C minor
21: 21. in B flat major
22: 22. in G minor
23: 23. in F major
24: 24. in D minor
25: Nocturne No.7 in C sharp minor, Op.27 No.1
26: Nocturne No.15 in F minor, Op.55 No.1
27: Nocturne No.8 in D flat, Op.27 No.2
28: Nocturne No.18 in E, Op.62 No.2

Disc 18
1: Prélude
2: Chorale
3: Fugue
4: 1. Prelude
5: 2. Aria
6: 3. Finale

Disc 19
1: 1. Allegro
2: 2. Andantino
3: 3. Scherzo (Allegro vivace)
4: 4. Rondo (Allegretto)
5: 1. Allegro giusto
6: 2. Andante
7: 3. Allegro vivace

Disc 20
1: 1. Lento - Allegro ma non troppo - Allegro
2: 2. Allegretto
3: 3. Allegro non troppo
4: Variations symphoniques

Disc 21
1: 1. Allegro molto moderato
2: 2. Adagio
3: 3. Allegro moderato molto e marcato - Quasi presto - Andante maestoso
4: 1. Allegro affettuoso
5: 2. Intermezzo (Andantino grazioso)
6: 3. Allegro vivace

Disc 22
1: 1. Moderato
2: 2. Adagio sostenuto
3: 3. Allegro scherzando
4: 1. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso - Allegro con spirito
5: 2. Andantino semplice - Prestissimo - Tempo I
6: 3. Allegro con fuoco

Disc 23
1: Prelude and Fugue in E minor, Op.35, No.1
2: Prélude, Chorale et Fugue, FWV 21
3: Reminiscences de Norma, S.394 (after Bellini)

Disc 24
1: 1. Danseuses de Delphes
2: 3. La puerta del vino
3: 6. Des pas sur la neige
4: 11. La danse de Puck
5: 9. La sérénade interrompue
6: 3. Le vent dans la plaine
7: 5. Bruyères
8: 6. "General Lavine" - eccentric
9: 10. Canope
10: 7. Ce qu'a vu le vent d'ouest
11: 8. La fille aux cheveux de lin
12: 12. Minstrels
13: 10. La cathédrale engloutie
14: 8. Ondine
15: 7. La terrasse des audiences du clair de lune
16: 12. Feux d'artifice

Disc 25
1: No. 1 in B flat Minor (Larghetto)
2: No. 3 in B Major (Allegretto)
3: No. 1 in F Major (Andante cantabile)
4: No. 1 in B Major (Andante sostenuto)
5: No. 2 in A flat Major (Lento)
6: No. 2 in E flat Major (Lento sostenuto)
7: Nocturne In E Minor Op.72 No.1
8: Berceuse in D flat Major Op. 57

Disc 26
1: 1. Allegro maestoso
2: 2. Romance (Larghetto)
3: 3. Rondo (Vivace)
4: 1. Maestoso
5: 2. Larghetto
6: 3. Allegro vivace

Number of Discs: 26

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