Anatol Ugorski: Complete Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon (FLAC)

Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach, Ludwig van Beethoven, Johannes Brahms, Ferruccio Busoni, Frédéric François Chopin, Claude Achille Debussy, Ferencz Liszt, Felix Mendelssohn, Olivier Messiaen, Modest Mussorgsky, Sergey Rachmaninov, Franz Peter Schubert, Robert Schumann, Alexander Scriabin, Igor Stravinsky, Carl Maria von Weber
Performer: Anatol Ugorski
Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Pierre Boulez
Number of Discs: 13
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Deutsche Grammophon
Catalogue: 4799923
Release: 2018
Size: 2.44 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover

CD 01
Beethoven: 33 Piano Variations In C, Op.120 On A Waltz By Anton Diabelli
01. Tema Vivace
02. Variation 1 Alla marcia maestoso
03. Variation 2 Poco allegro
04. Variation 3 L’istesso tempo
05. Variation 4 Un poco più vivace
06. Variation 5 Allegro vivace
07. Variation 6 Allegro ma non troppo e serioso
08. Variation 7 Un poco più allegro
09. Variation 8 Poco vivace
10. Variation 9 Allegro pesante e risoluto
11. Variation 10 Presto
12. Variation 11 Allegretto
13. Variation 12 Un poco più moto
14. Variation 13 Vivace
15. Variation 14 Grave e maestoso
16. Variation 15 Presto scherzando
17. Variation 16 Allegro
18. Variation 17
19. Variation 18 Poco moderato
20. Variation 19 Presto
21. Variation 20 Andante
22. Variation 21 Allegro con brio – Meno allegro – Tempo I
23. Variation 22 Allegro molto: Alla “Notte e giorno faticar” di Mozart
24. Variation 23 Allegro assai
25. Variation 24 Fughetta Andante
26. Variation 25 Allegro
27. Variation 26
28. Variation 27 Vivace
29. Variation 28 Allegro
30. Variation 29 Adagio ma non troppo
31. Variation 30 Andante, sempre cantabile
32. Variation 31 Largo, molto espressivo
33. Variation 32 Fuga Allegro – Poco adagio
34. Variation 33 Tempo di minuetto moderato, ma non tirarsi dietro

CD 02
Mussorgsky: Pictures At An Exhibition
01. Promenade. Allegro giusto, nel modo rustico, senza allegrezza, ma poco sostenuto – attacca (for Piano)
02. Gnomus.Sempre vivo (for Piano)
03. Promenade.Moderato commodo assai e con delicatezza – attacca (for Piano)
04. The Old Castle.Andantino molto cantabile e con dolore (for Piano)
05. Promenade.Moderato non tanto,pesamente – attacca (for Piano)
06. The Tuileries Gardens.Allegretto non troppo troppo,capriccioso (for Piano)
07. Bydlo.Sempre moderato,pesante (for Piano)
08. Promenade.Tranquillo – attacca (for Piano)
09. Ballet of the Chickens in Their Shells (for Piano)
10. Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuyle.Andante.Grave-energico – Andantino (for Piano)
11. Promenade.Allegro giusto,nel modo russico, poco sostenuto – attacca (for Piano)
12. The Market-place at Limoges.Allegretto vivo,sempre scherzando – attacca (for Piano)
13. The Catacombs Sepulchrum romanum.Largo – attacca (for Piano)
14. Con mortuis in lingua mortua.Andante non troppo,con lamento (for Piano)
15. The Hut on Fowl’s Legs Baba-Yaga.Allegro con brio,feroce – Andante mosso – Allegro molto – attacca (for Piano)
16. The Great Gate of Kiev.Allegro alla breve.Maestoso.Con grandezza (for Piano)

Stravinsky: Petrouchka (Three Movements for Piano 1921)
17. Russian Dance (Scene 1)
18. Petrouchka’s Room (Scene 2)
19. The Shrovetide Fair (Scene 4)

CD 03
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.32 in C minor, Op.111
01. 1. Maestoso – Allegro con brio ed appassionato
02. 2. Arietta Adagio molto semplice e cantabile

Beethoven: 6 Bagatelles, Op.126
03. 1. Andante con moto
04. 2. Allegro
05. 3. Andante
06. 4. Presto
07. 5. Quasi Allegretto
08. 6. Presto – Andante amabile e con moto

Beethoven: Bagatelle In A Minor, WoO 59 -“Für Elise”
09. Poco moto
10 Rondo A Capriccio In G, Op.129 “Die Wut über den verlornen Groschen” For Piano

CD 04
Schumann: Davidsbündlertänze, Op.6
01. 1. Lebhaft
02. 2. Innig
03. 3. Mit Humor
04. 4. Ungeduldig
05. 5. Einfach
06. 6. Sehr rasch
07. 7. Nicht schnell
08. 8. Frisch
09. 9. Lebhaft
10. 10. Balladenmässig, sehr rasch
11. 11. Einfach
12. 12. Mit Humor
13. 13. Wild und lustig
14. 14. Zart und singend
15. 15. Frisch
16. 16. Mit gutem Humor
17. 17. Wie aus der Ferne
18. 18. Nicht schnell

Schubert: Fantasia For Piano In C Major, Op.15, D. 760
19. 1. Allegro con fuoco, ma non troppo
20. 2. Adagio
21. 3. Presto
22. 4. Allegro

CD 05
Messiaen: Catalogue d’oiseaux
01. 1. Le Chocard des Alpes (Book 1)
02. 2. Le Loriot (Book 1)
03. 3. Le Merle bleu (Book 1)
04. 4. Le Traquet stapazin (Book 2)
05. 5. La chouette hulotte (Book 3)
06. 6. L’Alouette Lulu (Book 3)

CD 06
Messiaen: Catalogue d’oiseaux
01. 7. La Rousserolle effarvatte (Book 4)
02. 8. L’Alouette calandrelle (Book 5)
03. 9. La Bouscarle (Book 5)
04. 10. Le Merle de roche (Book 6)

CD 07
Messiaen: Catalogue d’oiseaux
01. 11. La Buse variable (Book 7)
02. 12. Le Traquet rieur (Book 7)
03. 13. Le Courlis cendré (Book 7)

04. Messiaen: La Fauvette des jardins

CD 08
Busoni: An die Jugend, Kind. 254
01. 3. Giga, Bolero e Variazione. Studie nach Mozart

Liszt: O lieb, so lang du lieben kannst, S.298
02. Liebestraum No. 3

Debussy: Suite bergamasque, L. 75
03. 3. Clair de lune

Mendelssohn: 3 Fantasies or caprices, Op.16
04. No. 2 Scherzo In E Minor, Mwv U71

Schumann: Kinderszenen, Op. 15
05. 7. Träumerei

Chopin: Impromptu No.4 In C Sharp Minor, Op.66 “Fantaisie-Impromptu”
06. Allegro agitato

Scriabin: 2 Poèmes, Op.32
07. 1. Poème in F sharp
08. 2. Poème in D

Rachmaninov: Morceaux de Fantasie, Op.3
09. No.2 Prelude In C Sharp Minor

Scriabin: Prelude in C sharp minor, Op.9, No.1 for the left hand
10. 1. Prélude: Andante

Scriabin: Nocturne in D flat, Op.9, No.2 for the left hand
11. 2. Nocturne: Andante

Weber: Aufforderung zum Tanze, Op.65, J.260
12. Moderato – Allegro vivace

Weber: Piano Sonata No.1 in C major, Op.24: IV. Rondo Presto ‘Moto perpetuo’
13. 4. Rondo presto. “Perpetuum mobile”

Chopin: Feuille D’Album In E, Op.posth.
14. Moderato
15. Cantabile In B Flat
16. Fugue In A Minor

Chopin: Largo in E flat, Op.posth.
17. Original Version

CD 09
Brahms: Piano Sonata No.1 in C, Op.1
01. 1. Allegro
02. 2. Andante
03. 3. Scherzo Allegro molto e con fuoco
04. 4. Finale Allegro con fuoco

Brahms: Piano Sonata No.2 in F sharp minor, Op.2
05. 1. Allegro non troppo, ma energico
06. 2. Andante con espressione
07. 3. Scherzo. Allegro
08. 4. Finale Introduzione. Sostenuto – Allegro non troppo e rubato

Bach: Partita For Violin Solo No.2 In D Minor, Bwv 1004
09. Chaconne (transcribed for piano for the left hand by Johannes Brahms)

CD 10
Brahms: Piano Sonata No.3 in F minor, Op.5
01. 1. Allegro maestoso
02. 2. Andante espressivo
03. 3. Scherzo
04. 4. Intermezzo Andante molto
05. 5. Finale Allegro moderato ma rubato

Brahms: Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel, Op.24
06. Aria
07. Variation I
08. Variation II
09. Variation III
10. Variation IV
11. Variation V
12. Variation VI
13. Variation VII
14. Variation VIII
15. Variation IX
16. Variation X
17. Variation XI
18. Variation Xii
19. Variation XIII
20. Variation XIV
21. Variation XV
22. Variation XVI
23. Variation XVII
24. Variation XVIII
25. Variation XIX
26. Variation XX
27. Variation XXI
28. Variation XXII
29. Variation XXIII
30. Variation XXIV
31. Variation XXV
32. Fuga

CD 11
01. Chopin: Polonaise No.8 in D minor, Op.71 No.1 Allegro maestoso
02. Chopin: Polonaise No.9 In B Flat, Op.71 No.2 Allegro ma non troppo
03. Chopin: Polonaise No.10 In F Minor, Op.71 No.3
04. Chopin: Polonaise In B Flat Minor, Op.posth.
05. Chopin: Polonaise In G Flat, Op.posth.
06. Chopin: Polonaise In G Minor, Op.posth.
07. Chopin: Polonaise In B Flat, Op.posth.
08. Chopin: Polonaise In A Flat, Op.posth.
09. Chopin: Polonaise in G sharp minor, Op.posth. Moderato
10. Chopin: Bolero In C/A, Op.19 Introduzione. Allegro molto – Allegro vivace
11. Chopin: Tarantelle in A flat, Op.43 Presto
12. Chopin: Marche funèbre in C minor, Op.72,2 Original Version
13. Chopin: Etude in F minor, Op.posth. ” Méthode des méthodes ”
14. Chopin: Etude In A Flat, Op.posth. ” Méthode des méthodes ”
15. Chopin: Etude In D Flat, Op.posth. ” Méthode des méthodes ”

Chopin: Three Ecossaises op.post 72, no.3
16. No.1 in D Major
17. No.2 in G Major
18. No.3 in D flat Major

CD 12
01. Scriabin: Le Poème de l’Extase, Op.54

Scriabin: Piano Concerto in F sharp minor, Op.20
02. 1. Allegro
03. 2. Andante
04. 3. Allegro

05. Scriabin: Promethée – Le Poème du Feu, Op.60

CD 13
Scriabin: Piano Sonata No.2, in G sharp minor op.19 “Sonata Fantasy”
01. 1. Andante
02. 2. Presto

03. Scriabin: Piano Sonata No.5 in F sharp major, Op.53
04. Scriabin: Piano Sonata No.9, Op.68 “Black Mass”

Scriabin: Piano Sonata No.3 in F sharp minor, Op.23
05. 1. Drammatico
06. 2. Allegretto
07. 3. Andante
08. 4. Presto con fuoco

Anatol Ugorski is one of the very few pianists who experienced a meteoric rise in fame who also kept up and even refined his deep pianistic beliefs. Deeply rooted in the often-cited “Russian tradition” he is also a highly individualistic virtuoso personality. His distinctive commitment to 20th century composers like Messiaen and Boulez is characterized in an anecdote from 1967 when he attended one of the few guest concerts of Pierre Boulez in the Soviet Union. Ugorski was so enthusiastic in public about the Boulez program featuring Schoenberg, Berg and Webern that he experienced reprimands and threats from the official censorship authorities afterwards.


Ugorski’s interpretations are informed by his personal beliefs. An intrinsic aspect of his artistic personality is that he challenges audiences and critics to discourse; for example, his reading of the Arietta from Beethoven’s op. 111 stimulated scholarly discussion over his intense Larghissimo taking more time for the movement than almost all other interpreters. Some considered his tempo to be a wholehearted intellectual testing of the musical material, others were outraged by the freedom he took with his interpretation. Unaffected by such debates, Ugorski holds to the musico-philosophical mantra that there is no supreme interpretative rule or ‘definative’ interpretation, only the “truth of the moment.”


When it comes to biographical details, Ugorski has always been reluctant to provide personal details about himself. Why? “The music is more important.”


The first-ever collection of Anatol Ugorski’s complete recordings on Deutsche Grammophon.